Winchester city, VA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.2% the month before
14,340
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
27,981
people in Winchester city
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,648
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Winchester 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 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+530 jobs)
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Winchester city layoffs
No layoff notices naming Winchester 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.
Employers hiring most in Winchester 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.
- The US Oncology Network2 open roles
- Unifirst2 open roles
- Allen Lund Company1 open role
- AMN Healthcare Leadership Solutions | B.E. Smith1 open role
- Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
- B.E. Smith1 open role
- Brian Omps Towing & Repair1 open role
- BrightView Health1 open role
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- Career Crunch1 open role
Colleges in Winchester city
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shenandoah University | Winchester | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Winchester 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).
Virginia Career Works Winchester Center
Winchester · Affiliate · 540-545-4146
9:00 am -12 noon & 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Mon, Tue, Th, Fri; 9:30am to 12 noon & 1:00-4:00 pm Wed
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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