Montgomery County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
48,358
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
99,159
people in Montgomery County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,769
median household income
Source: Census ACS
51%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Montgomery County ranks
Where Montgomery County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Montgomery County outlook: Cooling
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
Learn and get funded in Montgomery County
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Montgomery County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Montgomery County 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 Montgomery County
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.
- Virginia Tech64 open roles
- Tenneco4 open roles
- Torc Robotics4 open roles
- Carilion Medical Center2 open roles
- Moog2 open roles
- Real Ventures2 open roles
- Artisantalent1 open role
- Blacksburg High School1 open role
- BrightSpring Health Services1 open role
- Carilion Clinic1 open role
Colleges in Montgomery County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Blacksburg | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
| Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine | Blacksburg | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Montgomery County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Virginia? How to file for unemployment in Virginia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- New River/Mt. Rogers Workforce Development Board
Bland, Bristol, Carroll, Floyd, Galax, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Radford, Smyth, Washington, Wythe
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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