Waynesboro city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Waynesboro city economy

• 3.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.9% the month before

• 12,150

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 22,574

  people in Waynesboro city

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $56,364

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 35%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Waynesboro 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 12.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 7.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.2%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+785 jobs)

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Waynesboro city layoffs

No layoff notices naming Waynesboro 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 Waynesboro 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. Northrop Grumman6 open roles
2. Cintas2 open roles
3. Heidelberg1 open role
4. Mariner Finance1 open role

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