Berkeley County, WV jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meBerkeley County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
67,261
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
126,165
people in Berkeley County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,329
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Berkeley County 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 6.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 13.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+845 jobs), professional & technical (+356 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−654 jobs)
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Berkeley County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Berkeley 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.
Employers hiring most in Berkeley 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.
- Veterans Health Administration5 open roles
- Macy's3 open roles
- Air National Guard Units2 open roles
- Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company2 open roles
- Commercial Metals2 open roles
- Reonomy2 open roles
- The Library2 open roles
- Burke & Herbert Bank1 open role
- City National Bank of West Virginia1 open role
- CMZ Companies1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Berkeley County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in West Virginia? How to file for unemployment in West Virginia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- West Virginia Region 7 Workforce Development Board
Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton
Career One Stop
Martinsburg · Comprehensive · 304-264-6133
Monday -Friday 8:00 am-4:00 pm
Cities in Berkeley County
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from West Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. West Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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