Staunton city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Staunton city’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 14 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Staunton city economy

3.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.9% the month before
13,315
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
25,765
people in Staunton city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,586
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Staunton 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 3.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.1%, up 0.2 points from a year ago

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Staunton city layoffs

1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
0
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

Layoff notices filed in Staunton city, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Feb 5, 2026	Liberty Dental Plan CorporationTakes effect Apr 6, 2026	Staunton	0	—	State record

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Employers hiring most in Staunton 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.

City National Bank of West Virginia2 open roles
Commonwealth of Virginia2 open roles
Timmons Group2 open roles
Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
Daikin Applied1 open role
Daikin U.S.1 open role
Innovative Refrigeration Systems1 open role
Rollins1 open role
Southern Arkansas University1 open role
Virginia Department of Human Resource Management1 open role

Colleges in Staunton city

Colleges in Staunton city
College	City	Type	Students
Mary Baldwin University	Staunton	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Cities in Staunton city

Staunton14 jobs

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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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