Fort Meade, FL jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Fort Meade
- Junior Software EngineerBelay Technologies
- Junior Software Engineer 1Wyetech
- Counterterrorism Research & Targeting AnalystPrescient Edge
- Full Stack Software EngineerSet of X
Employers hiring most in Fort Meade
- Belay Technologies1 open role
- Prescient Edge1 open role
- Set of X1 open role
- Wyetech1 open role
Fort Meade layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
199
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mosaic Company | FORT MEADE | 199 | — | State record |
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)
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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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