How many jobs were added in Virginia last month?
Refreshed monthly
Virginia gained 5,200 jobs in June 2026, ranking it sixth among states in job growth. Those figures comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' state employment report, which tracks monthly job changes. Job numbers can swing month to month as local economies expand or contract, but over the past five years the state has averaged about 5,000 new jobs per month. These figures are often revised in later months as more complete data rolls in.
+5.2K
month to month change in number of jobs (June 2026)
6th
rank among states in monthly job growth (June 2026)
Virginia’s job gain of 5,200 June 2026 was a directional change from the previous month. The latest monthly job change was up from the 6,700 loss in May 2026.
During the latest five year period (July 2021 to June 2026), Virginia gained jobs in 41 out of 60 months. June 2026 had the 27th-highest job growth during this period. The highest gains during this period occurred in February 2022 (28,600) while job growth was weakest in October 2025 (-23,200).
There were 5,200 more jobs in June 2026 in Virginia than the previous month.
Monthly change in nonfarm employment, July 2021–June 2026, seasonally adjusted
Which Virginia sectors and industries had the best and worst job growth in June 2026?
The three supersectors with the highest job growth in June 2026 were local government, health care and social assistance, and professional, scientific, and technical services. Local government added 2,700 jobs. Health care and social assistance gained 1,900 jobs, while professional, scientific, and technical services added 1,700. The remaining supersectors either posted smaller gains or lost jobs during the month.
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The health care and social assistance sector gained 1,900 jobs during June 2026.
Change in jobs since previous month with circle size representing number of sector jobs in Virginia (June 2026)
How does Virginia's job growth in 2026 compare to previous years?
In 2025, Virginia lost an average of 1,367 jobs every month. That's lower than the 2024 average monthly increase of 4,575, and the lowest since 2020. The 2025 average ranks as fourth-lowest in job growth since 2007.
When excluding the two pandemic-affected years of 2020 and 2021, job growth ranged from a loss of 8,900 on average every month in 2009 to a gain of 9,000 on average every month in 2015.
In 2025, Virginia lost an average of 1,400 jobs every month.
Average monthly change in the number of jobs, seasonally adjusted
Job growth among nine metro areas primarily in Virginia during June 2026 ranged from a loss of 700 jobs in the Blacksburg, VA area to a gain of 1,500 jobs in the Richmond, VA area metro area
Monthly job growth, by metro area
Metro areas where at least one of its primary counties are within Virginia
| Metro area | Change in jobs | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | +7,600 | |
| 2. | +1,500 | |
| 3. | +400 | |
| 4. | +200 | |
| 5. | +100 | |
| 6. | +100 | |
| 7. | +0 | |
| 8. | +0 | |
| 9. | +0 | |
| 10. | -700 |
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