Petersburg city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Petersburg city economy

• 5.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.1% the month before

• 14,994

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 33,365

  people in Petersburg city

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $50,741

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 28%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Petersburg city 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 down 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 5.8%, up 0.7 points from a year ago

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Petersburg city layoffs

No layoff notices naming Petersburg 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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Employers hiring most in Petersburg 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.

1. Gerdau7 open roles
2. Novo Nordisk4 open roles
3. Mohenis Services3 open roles
4. Amazon2 open roles
5. Commonwealth of Virginia2 open roles
6. Abacus1 open role
7. Abacus Staffing1 open role
8. Bleachtech1 open role
9. Bon Secours Mercy Health1 open role
10. Bushnell University1 open role

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