Fredericksburg city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meFredericksburg city economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
16,036
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,383
people in Fredericksburg city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$85,368
median household income
Source: Census ACS
51%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Fredericksburg city outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 8.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,559 jobs)
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Fredericksburg city layoffs
No layoff notices naming Fredericksburg 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.
Employers hiring most in Fredericksburg city
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- Amazon10 open roles
- Encompass Health3 open roles
- SimVentions3 open roles
- American Systems2 open roles
- Iron Horse Restoration2 open roles
- Matern Staffing2 open roles
- REC2 open roles
- Rollins2 open roles
- UFP Industries2 open roles
- 84 Lumber1 open role
Colleges in Fredericksburg city
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Mary Washington | Fredericksburg | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
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