Bartow, FL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Bartow

• PARALEGAL SPECIALISTFlorida
• ParalegalCrisp Recruit
• Police ChiefCity of Bartow, FL
• Executive DirectorAmerican Water Works Association
• Executive Director, Regional Water Utility LeadershipMiami Neuroscience Institute Baptist Health South Florida
• Executive Director, Regional Water UtilityPolkfl
• Executive Director - Polk Regional Water CooperativePolk County FL
• Senior Telecommunications Network SpecialistPolk County FL
• Planner I, II, III, Senior PlannerPolk County FL
• IT Infrastructure EngineerPolk County FL

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Employers hiring most in Bartow

1. State of Florida11 open roles
2. Polk County FL6 open roles
3. Polk County Public Schools2 open roles
4. American Water Works Association1 open role
5. City of Bartow, FL1 open role
6. Crisp Recruit1 open role
7. Florida1 open role
8. HNTB1 open role
9. Miami Neuroscience Institute Baptist Health South Florida1 open role
10. Polkfl1 open role

Bartow layoffs

No layoff notices naming Bartow in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Polk County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 19.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 5.2%, unchanged from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,863 jobs), construction (+1,481 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−835 jobs), agriculture (−495 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Bartow

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• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Bartow. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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Polk County economy

• 5.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.2% the month before

• 364,459

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 760,961

  people in Polk County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $63,644

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 32%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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