Emporia city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Emporia city’s unemployment rate is 7.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Emporia city economy

7.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
8.7% the month before
2,025
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
5,633
people in Emporia city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,375
median household income
Source: Census ACS
18%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Emporia city outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs down 9.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 4.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 7.5%, down 1.2 points from a year ago

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Emporia city layoffs

No layoff notices naming Emporia city in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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