Employment
Current
Job Openings
Employment statistics for the City of Hopewell and Prince George County show the
diversity of the region. The industry with the highest employment in Hopewell
is Manufacturing, followed by Health Care and Social Assistance. In Prince
George County it is Public Administration, followed by Retail Trade.
Most of 2006 hires in Hopewell were in the food and accommodations/ hospitality
fields. Prince George new hires were with wholesale trade. Another exciting
opportunity for the area is a result of the Base Realignment and Closing (BRAC)
expansion.
December 2006 Unemployment rates:
City of Hopewell 4.1
Prince George County 3.1
National average 4.3
Statistics provided by
Virginia Employment Commission
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P.O. Box
1297, Hopewell, VA 23860