Newport News city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meNewport News city economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
87,653
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
184,774
people in Newport News city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,718
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Newport News 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 up 1.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,039 jobs), wholesale (+425 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,341 jobs), management of companies (−532 jobs)
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Newport News city layoffs
No layoff notices naming Newport News 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 Newport News 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.
- Newport News Shipbuilding32 open roles
- HII Mission Technologies24 open roles
- Riverside Healthcare Association12 open roles
- Riverside Health System8 open roles
- Leidos4 open roles
- Naval Sea Systems Command4 open roles
- North Wind4 open roles
- Riverside Health System4 open roles
- Kinder Morgan3 open roles
- Michael Page3 open roles
Colleges in Newport News city
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Newport University | Newport News | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
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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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