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Southwestern Virginia LWIA I

VA · 8 counties · 85 WARN notices

Workforce Retraining Outcomes

WIOA Participants
2,280
PY 2024
Employment Rate
64.0%
Q2 after exit
Median Quarterly Earnings
$11,838
Q2 after exit
Training Rate
10.9%
Received training services

Outcomes Over Time

Program YearParticipantsEmployment RateMedian Qtr EarningsTraining RateWage Change
PY20193,60961.7%$7,1168.1%-37.4%
PY2024Q22,28064.0%$11,83810.9%-35.2%
PY2024Q32,24463.7%$12,59411.3%-33.9%

PY2022 data is incomplete (31 of 55 states reported).

Earnings Before vs After

Before Program
$19,566
Q3 before entry
After Program
$12,679
Q2 after exit
Change
-35.2%
Wage change
Sample Size
946
Workers with before/after wages

Participant Demographics

Median Age
42
Under 25
6.8%
25-44
48.2%
45+
45.0%
Male
50.8%
Female
48.7%

88.6% were unemployed at program entry.

Where Workers Went (Top Industries After Program)

IndustryWorkers
Professional Services295
Administrative Services154
Healthcare97
Hospitality & Food51
Education50

Layoff Activity (WARN Act)

Total WARN Notices
85
All time
Workers Affected
6,034
All time
Recent Notices
31
Since 2021
Recent Workers Affected
1,096
Since 2021

Largest Layoffs in This Area

CompanyWorkers Laid Off
Alpha Natural Resources550
Cumberland River Coal Company452
Wellmore Energy Company, LLC410
Sykes394
TECO Coal Corporation372
Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated368
Serco326
SunCoke Energy, Inc.320
Suncoke Energy, Inc.302
Lee Regional Medical Center274

Recent WARN Notices

CompanyCityWorkersLayoff DateNotice Date
Wellmore Energy Compny, LLCBig Rock, VA92025-12-312025-10-31
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCBig Rock, VA122025-12-062025-10-06
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy, VA82025-12-062025-10-06
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCHurley, VA12025-12-062025-10-06
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy, VA22025-12-062025-10-06
Wellmore Energy, LLC (Paw Paw 2 South)Big Rock, VA952025-12-062025-10-06
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCBig Rock, VA172025-10-042025-08-04
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy, VA282025-09-062025-07-07
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCHurley, VA272025-09-062025-07-07
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy122023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCBig Rock32023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCBig Rock392023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCHurley202023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCBig Rock22023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCHurley582023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy12023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy152023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy122023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCBig Rock32023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy, VA12023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy, VA122023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCHurley, VA582023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCBig Rock, VA22023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCHurley, VA202023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCBig Rock, VA392023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCGrundy, VA152023-09-102023-07-11
Wellmore Energy Company, LLCBig Rock, VA32023-09-102023-07-11
SercoClintwood1632022-03-312022-01-19
SercoClintwood, VA1632022-03-312022-01-19
Joy Global Underground Mining, LLC. (Komatsu Mining Corp. Group)Bluefield1282021-03-152021-01-11
Joy Global Underground Mining, LLC. (Komatsu Mining Corp. Group)Bluefield, VA1282021-03-152021-01-11
Joy Global Underground Mining (Komatsu Mining Corp. Group)Bluefield712020-06-052020-06-05
Joy Global Underground Mining (Komatsu Mining Corp. Group)Bluefield, VA712020-06-052020-06-05
BlackjewelAppalachia922019-09-182019-09-18
BlackjewelAppalachia, VA922019-09-182019-09-18
SykesVansant1972019-09-032019-06-26
SykesVansant, VA1972019-09-032019-06-26
WalmartBig Stone Gap812019-08-162019-06-10
WalmartBig Stone Gap, VA812019-08-162019-06-10
Ammar's, Inc.Bluefield972018-10-022018-07-02
Ammar's, Inc.Bluefield, VA972018-10-022018-07-02
Ammar's Inc-Magic Mart #312Norton262018-10-022018-07-02
Ammar's Inc-Magic Mart #312Norton, VA262018-10-022018-07-02
Ammar's Inc-Magic Mart #363Tazewell282018-10-022018-07-02
Ammar's Inc-Magic Mart #363Tazewell, VA282018-10-022018-07-02
Ammar's, Inc-Magic Mart #475Richlands242018-10-022018-07-02
Ammar's, Inc-Magic Mart #475Richlands, VA242018-10-022018-07-02
Ammar's, Inc-Magic Mart #500Grundy262018-10-022018-07-02
Ammar's, Inc-Magic Mart #500Grundy, VA262018-10-022018-07-02
Sykes Enterprises, IncorporatedVansant1842016-03-042016-01-04

Showing 50 most recent of 85 total notices.

Counties in This Board Area

Buchanan County, VA · Dickenson County, VA · Lee County, VA · Russell County, VA · Scott County, VA · Tazewell County, VA · Wise County, VA · Norton city, VA

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, WIOA Participant Individual Record Layout (PIRL)

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