# Cities in Virginia by employed residents, 2025

All 34 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/virginia-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Virginia Beach, VA | 225,705 |
| 2 | Richmond, VA | 125,913 |
| 3 | Chesapeake, VA | 121,652 |
| 4 | Norfolk, VA | 102,947 |
| 5 | Alexandria, VA | 97,926 |
| 6 | Newport News, VA | 85,279 |
| 7 | Hampton, VA | 64,135 |
| 8 | Suffolk, VA | 48,767 |
| 9 | Roanoke, VA | 46,991 |
| 10 | Portsmouth, VA | 41,919 |
| 11 | Lynchburg, VA | 35,569 |
| 12 | Leesburg, VA | 28,952 |
| 13 | Harrisonburg, VA | 24,761 |
| 14 | Charlottesville, VA | 23,872 |
| 15 | Manassas, VA | 23,358 |
| 16 | Blacksburg, VA | 20,324 |
| 17 | Danville, VA | 16,893 |
| 18 | Fredericksburg, VA | 15,911 |
| 19 | Herndon, VA | 14,843 |
| 20 | Petersburg, VA | 14,450 |
| 21 | Fairfax, VA | 14,181 |
| 22 | Winchester, VA | 14,136 |
| 23 | Salem, VA | 12,976 |
| 24 | Staunton, VA | 12,864 |
| 25 | Waynesboro, VA | 11,744 |
| 26 | Manassas Park, VA | 9,727 |
| 27 | Hopewell, VA | 9,621 |
| 28 | Colonial Heights, VA | 9,041 |
| 29 | Radford, VA | 8,468 |
| 30 | Falls Church, VA | 8,082 |
| 31 | Bristol, VA | 7,103 |
| 32 | Williamsburg, VA | 6,783 |
| 33 | Poquoson, VA | 6,657 |
| 34 | Martinsville, VA | 5,594 |