Total, All Industries
3rd Quarter (July, August, September) 2012, Aggregate of all types
Period:
Industry:
Ownership:
Cities and Counties
Area NameEstablishmentsAverage EmploymentAverage Weekly Wage
Accomack County94313,113620
Albemarle County2,99448,848961
Alexandria city6,22496,3771,266
Alleghany County3234,226716
Amelia County3142,341667
Amherst County7079,012643
Appomattox County3613,042512
Arlington County8,504165,7901,488
Augusta County1,60224,576751
Bath County1662,285603
Bedford city2953,093644
Bedford County1,64315,601605
Bland County1211,910691
Botetourt County7869,661690
Bristol city75512,089616
Brunswick County4364,022592
Buchanan County5978,368848
Buckingham County3353,055630
Buena Vista city1252,261574
Campbell County1,24115,709760
Caroline County4545,382662
Carroll County5936,274495
Charles City County1801,532714
Charlotte County2952,677539
Charlottesville city2,28835,639820
Chesapeake city5,68994,225725
Chesterfield County7,759117,165826
Clarke County4393,820779
Colonial Heights city71210,811557
Covington city2703,832871
Craig County74660582
Culpeper County1,21314,860725
Cumberland County1781,232536
Danville city1,51226,654620
Dickenson County3523,505752
Dinwiddie County4157,625750
Emporia city2503,669501
Essex County3584,086552
Fairfax city1,64419,7151,058
Fairfax County34,630590,7161,410
Falls Church city99711,3531,188
Fauquier County2,28721,553827
Floyd County4072,935504
Fluvanna County4814,137672
Foreign Country Work Location322,3761,997
Franklin city3154,294596
Franklin County1,31713,269582
Frederick County1,67925,295734
Fredericksburg city1,63224,950769
Galax city3755,998538
Giles County3584,816670
Gloucester County9659,525562
Goochland County74012,0251,190
Grayson County3652,316505
Greene County4083,392608
Greensville County1744,264613
Halifax County96811,525634
Hampton city2,66455,224828
Hanover County3,51246,532711
Harrisonburg city1,59630,807710
Henrico County10,104178,293898
Henry County1,22512,771616
Highland County115535500
Hopewell city4937,782936
Isle of Wight County73910,132684
James City County1,68928,153640
King and Queen County162924684
King George County53410,0401,407
King William County3473,353798
Lancaster County4864,738616
Lee County4914,995559
Lexington city3674,869751
Loudoun County9,951142,3041,077
Louisa County7638,199825
Lunenburg County2532,437555
Lynchburg city2,46850,588756
Madison County3313,019630
Manassas city1,48124,2761,092
Manassas Park city2612,726857
Martinsville city83611,277551
Mathews County2111,459474
Mecklenburg County1,00811,506559
Middlesex County3793,320543
Montgomery County2,15839,569795
Multiple County Locations7,71657,2761,493
Nelson County5073,577524
New Kent County4303,941645
Newport News city3,73395,660871
Norfolk city5,614136,815908
Northampton County4566,319526
Northumberland County3752,632623
Norton city2804,163710
Nottoway County3645,091614
Orange County8528,525649
Out-of-State Work Location1,5398,5641,490
Page County5125,573525
Patrick County4115,040494
Petersburg city83313,571696
Pittsylvania County1,20111,440557
Poquoson city2331,691564
Portsmouth city1,84743,376932
Powhatan County7317,225761
Prince Edward County6038,858587
Prince George County57414,000927
Prince William County7,937112,988828
Pulaski County74512,917657
Radford city3496,090781
Rappahannock County2691,435849
Richmond city7,083148,2021,000
Richmond County2222,557656
Roanoke city3,23965,719775
Roanoke County2,25933,715696
Rockbridge County4565,994509
Rockingham County1,57628,444714
Russell County6026,546642
Salem city1,01022,761868
Scott County4294,674576
Shenandoah County1,05513,370583
Smyth County82511,606622
Southampton County2853,771568
Spotsylvania County2,57931,364693
Stafford County2,34038,207876
Staunton city84111,297591
Suffolk city1,61126,892815
Surry County1002,0831,119
Sussex County2433,442621
Tazewell County1,20616,060622
Virginia Beach city11,323167,259723
Warren County1,01111,930678
Washington County1,53020,166698
Waynesboro city6229,550643
Westmoreland County3753,505497
Williamsburg city56414,134681
Winchester city1,42525,153820
Wise County1,03813,959681
Work Location Unknown4,9526,724782
Wythe County90511,644557
York County1,52721,469649
Planning Regions
Area NameEstablishmentsAverage EmploymentAverage Weekly Wage
Accomack-Northampton PDC1,39919,432589
Central Shenandoah PDC7,466120,618689
Commonwealth PDC2,34225,691594
Crater PDC11,553184,412798
Cumberland Plateau PDC2,75734,480694
George Washington RC7,539109,944838
Hampton Roads PDC38,898714,704793
Lenowisco PDC2,23827,792646
Middle Peninsula PDC2,42222,666592
Mount Rogers PDC5,46972,003612
New River Valley PDC4,01766,329745
Northern Neck PDC1,45813,432594
Northern Shenandoah Valley RC6,12185,141716
Northern Virginia RC71,6291,166,2441,296
Rappahannock-Rapidan RC4,95249,392754
Region 2000 LGC6,71597,045711
Richmond Regional PDC30,539514,915897
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany RC9,278153,844749
Southside PDC2,41227,053596
Thomas Jefferson PDC7,441103,791864
West Piedmont PDC6,50280,452587
Workforce Investment Regions
Area NameEstablishmentsAverage EmploymentAverage Weekly Wage
Alexandria/Arlington (LWIA XII)14,728262,1671,406
Bay Consortium (LWIA XIII)11,853155,949767
Capital Region Workforce Partnership (LWIA IX)30,539514,915897
Combined Projections Area (LWIA XI and LWIA XII)71,6291,166,2441,296
Crater Area (LWIA XV)3,79467,248749
Greater Peninsula (LWIA XIV)11,375225,856783
Hampton Roads (LWIA XVI)27,423486,764796
New River/Mt. Rogers (LWIA II)9,486138,332676
Northern Virginia (LWIA XI)56,901904,0771,264
Piedmont Workforce Network (LWIA VI)12,393153,183828
Region 2000/Central VA (LWIA VII)6,71597,045711
Shenandoah Valley (LWIA IV)13,587205,759700
South Central (LWIA VIII)4,75452,744595
Southwestern Virginia (LWIA I)4,99562,271672
West Piedmont (LWIA XVII)5,18567,183588
Western Virginia (LWIA III)9,278153,844749
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Area NameEstablishmentsAverage EmploymentAverage Weekly Wage
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area3,61063,393756
Charlottesville, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area6,67895,592867
Danville, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area2,71338,094601
Harrisonburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area3,17259,251712
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, VA part2,71436,930656
Lynchburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area6,71597,045711
Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area36,027593,577878
Roanoke, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area8,685145,786747
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, VA part38,509708,097795
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division, VA part81,9171,298,0681,244
Winchester, VA-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area, VA part3,10450,448777
Micropolitan Statistical Areas
Area NameEstablishmentsAverage EmploymentAverage Weekly Wage
Culpeper, VA Micropolitan Statistical Area1,21314,860725
Martinsville, VA Micropolitan Statistical Area2,06124,048585
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Micropolitan Statistical Area3,06545,422689
Virginia Community College Regions
Area NameEstablishmentsAverage EmploymentAverage Weekly Wage
Blue Ridge Community College6,352105,209701
Central Virginia Community College6,71597,045711
Combined Area (JSRCC and JTCC)34,556580,828884
Dabney S. Lancaster Community College1,70723,467671
Danville Community College3,68149,619609
Eastern Shore Community College1,39919,432589
Germanna Community College9,935136,347809
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College22,933400,476919
John Tyler Community College11,623180,352806
Lord Fairfax Community College8,677108,129740
Mountain Empire Community College2,59031,296658
New River Community College4,01766,329745
Northern Virginia Community College71,6291,166,2441,296
Patrick Henry Community College3,78942,357574
Paul D. Camp Community College2,95045,089744
Piedmont Virginia Community College7,776106,846857
Rappahannock Community College4,84450,079760
Southside Virginia Community College4,86458,336588
Southwest Virginia Community College2,75734,480694
Thomas Nelson Community College10,410216,331793
Tidewater Community College26,084468,567802
Virginia Highlands Community College3,11043,861655
Virginia Western Community College8,685145,786747
Wytheville Community College3,18439,748567
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Source: Virginia Employment Commission,
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

50 Largest Employers in Virginia
3rd Qtr. 2012
Area Type:
Area:
Period:


RankEmployerNAICS CodeOwnership *Size Code **
1U.S. Department of Defense928 1009
2Wal Mart452 5009
3Fairfax County Public Schools611 3009
4Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.336 5009
5Sentara Healthcare622 5009
6Postal Service491 1009
7Food Lion445 5009
8County of Fairfax921 3009
9HCA Virginia Health System622 5009
10U.S. Department of Homeland Defense926 1009
11Capital One Bank522 5009
12University of Virginia / Blue Ridge Hospital611 2009
13Inova Health System622 5009
14City of Virginia Beach Schools611 3009
15Booz, Allen and Hamilton541 5009
16Prince William County School Board611 3009
17Science Applications International Corporation541 5009
18Loudoun County Schools611 3009
19U.S. Department of Commerce926 1009
20Target Corp452 5009
21Virginia Commonwealth University611 2009
22Lowes' Home Centers, Inc.444 5009
23Virginia Tech Cooperative Extension Office611 2009
24Riverside Regional Medical Center622 5009
25Kroger445 5009
26Chesterfield County School Board611 3009
27MCV Hospital622 5009
28Wells Fargo Bank NA522 5009
29The Home Depot444 5009
30Bon Secours Richmond Health System622 5009
31Henrico County School Board611 3009
32City of Virginia Beach921 3009
33VDOT237 2009
34Northrop Grumman Corporation334 5009
35Veterans Affairs923 1009
36University of Virginia Medical Center622 2009
37Dominion Virginia Power221 5009
38Chesapeake City Public School Board611 3009
39U.P.S.492 5009
40Norfolk City School Board611 3009
41Roanoke Memorial Community Hospital622 5009
42George Mason University611 2009
43Centra Health622 5009
44Giant Food445 5009
45United Air Lines481 5009
46Red Lobster & The Olive Garden722 5009
47City of Norfolk921 3009
48Bank of America522 5009
49GEICO, Government Employees Insurance525 5009
50Arlington County School Board611 3009

Ownership Code *Ownership Type
10Federal Government
20State Government
30Local Government
50Private
Size Code **Number of Employees
091000 and over employees
08500 to 999 employees
07250 to 499 employees
06100 to 249 employees
0550 to 99 employees
0420 to 49 employees
0310 to 19 employees
025 to 9 employees
010 to 4 employees

Source: Virginia Employment Commission,
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

New Startup Firms in Virginia
Area Type:
Area:


Year1st Qtr.2nd Qtr.3rd Qtr.4th Qtr.Total
20123,0812,5064,0510
20113,0903,0232,4052,51811,036
20102,6392,4832,7672,58010,469
20092,4302,4242,4382,1399,431
20084,7801,8812,2962,15811,115
20076,3203,0972,82486913,110
20062,8992,7431,9871,2398,868
20053,8431,8382,4642,31810,463
20041,6631,7271,5091,7336,632
20031,6451,3751,3471,2645,631
The following criteria was used to define new startup firms:
  1. Setup and liability date both occurred during the quarter
  2. Establishment had no predecessor UI Account Number
  3. Private Ownership
  4. Average employment is less than 250
  5. For multi-unit establishments, the parent company must also meet the above criteria.
Source: Virginia Employment Commission,
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

Establishments by Size Class in Virginia
3rd Quarter (July, August, September) 2012, Aggregate of all types
Area Type:
Area:
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Display:


NAICSEmployment Size of Firm
CodeIndustry0-45-910-1920-4950-99100-249250-499500-9991000+
00 Total, All Industries141,43537,38326,80319,3966,9303,6901,022351235
11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting91139819085247***0***
21 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction1213568683319******0
22 Utilities13975791125924640
23 Construction14,1393,2182,1631,415430185319***
31-33 Manufacturing2,5811,0117957423503131003921
42 Wholesale Trade7,9301,7891,20180824211427100
44-45 Retail Trade10,2706,6014,7702,58386160313211***
48-49 Transportation and Warehousing3,33493268456827512149259
51 Information2,23355343235616210634133
52 Finance and Insurance6,7712,5591,16352115674231614
53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing6,0441,56277630874371000
54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Servi26,1764,2252,6792,1027534631193925
55 Management of Companies and Enterprises1,0912782662651458943129
56 Administrative and Support and Waste Manageme7,1091,9221,4341,06548231486239
61 Educational Services1,676457387359201127735957
62 Health Care and Social Assistance21,9504,2193,0012,1287594641203848
71 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation1,3164273984472161023254
72 Accommodation and Food Services4,1312,8203,7993,9871,165205226***
81 Other Services (except Public Administration)18,2223,4751,8128632219616***0
92 Public Administration1,565689649611322227963931
99 Unclassified3,72613857300000
*** indicates disclosure suppression.

Source: Virginia Employment Commission,
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)