Prince George County, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Prince George County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 25 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Prince George County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
16,696
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,873
people in Prince George County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$88,225
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Prince George County 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 14.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+912 jobs)

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Prince George County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Prince George 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.

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Employers hiring most in Prince George 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.

Defense Commissary Agency4 open roles
Jabil3 open roles
Amazon2 open roles
NVR2 open roles
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command2 open roles
United States Army Installation Management Command2 open roles
2303 Dulles Station Boulevard1 open role
Army Transformation and Training Command1 open role
Defense Contract Management Agency1 open role
HII Mission Technologies1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Prince George 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).

Crater Regional Workforce Development Board
Dinwiddie, Emporia, Greensville, Hopewell, Petersburg, Prince George, Surry, Sussex

Virginia Career Works - Prince George Center
Prince George · Comprehensive · 804-862-6155
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8:30am to 4:30pm and Wed 9:30am-4:30pm

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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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