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Suffolk city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Suffolk city’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 67 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Suffolk city economy

  • 3.9%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.6% the month before

  • 49,962

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 96,638

    people in Suffolk city

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $90,089

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 43%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Suffolk city outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 31.6% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 10.4% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+6,942 jobs), health care (+853 jobs)

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Suffolk city layoffs

No layoff notices naming Suffolk 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Suffolk 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. Amazon9 open roles
  2. IES Holdings7 open roles
  3. Serco North America5 open roles
  4. United States Fleet Forces Command4 open roles
  5. Smithfield Foods3 open roles
  6. Akima Systems Engineering2 open roles
  7. ASRC Federal Holding Company2 open roles
  8. Augmentis2 open roles
  9. Galls2 open roles
  10. Grace and Faye Consulting2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Suffolk city. 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).

  • Suffolk Workforce Development Center

    Suffolk · Affiliate · 757-514-7730

    Mondays-Fridays - 8:30 a.m. until 4:45 p.m.

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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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