Destin, FL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Sales ConsultantLa-Z-Boy
- Trauma Program Director|RNi4 Search Group
- Assistant Sales ManagerOneWater Marine
- Assistant Director, Marketing & Business DevelopmentSimon Property Group
- Loan Originator NEPlainsCapital Bank
- Branch Wholesale Product SpecialistSherwin Williams
- Office Operations AssistantAscension Health Alliance
- Team Leader - KeyholderVera Bradley
- Investment Associate - Destin FLSynovus
Employers hiring most in Destin
- Ascension Health Alliance1 open role
- i4 Search Group1 open role
- La-Z-Boy1 open role
- OneWater Marine1 open role
- PlainsCapital Bank1 open role
- Sherwin Williams1 open role
- Simon Property Group1 open role
- Synovus1 open role
- Vera Bradley1 open role
Destin layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
8
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grunt Style | DESTIN | 8 | — | State record |
Conferences in Destin
Industry conferences and trade shows held in Destin. No dates announced yet for the next edition.
- MSCPA Annual Convention
Usually June (next dates not announced) · Destin, FL
Paid ticket, price not listed
Okaloosa County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 0.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 4.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+809 jobs), professional & technical (+433 jobs)
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Okaloosa County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
100,773
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
214,281
people in Okaloosa County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$79,097
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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