Charlotte County, FL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Charlotte County’s unemployment rate is 5.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 35 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Charlotte County economy

5.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.5% the month before
77,807
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
195,083
people in Charlotte County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,154
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Charlotte County ranks

Where Charlotte County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#16Fastest-growing job markets in the Southeast+10.5% · of 100

Charlotte 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 10.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 15.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 5.6%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+1,776 jobs), health care (+1,151 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Charlotte County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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.

Charlotte County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Charlotte County 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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Employers hiring most in Charlotte County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Builders FirstSource4 open roles
LCS4 open roles
Rolling Green Village3 open roles
Atwell2 open roles
Brookdale Senior Living2 open roles
Pyramid Global Hospitality2 open roles
Violand2 open roles
AdventHealth1 open role
AdventHealth1 open role
Automatic Data Processing1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Florida? How to file for unemployment in Florida (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

CareerSource Southwest Florida
Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee

CareerSource Southwest Florida
Port Charlotte · Comprehensive
8am-5pm Monday-Friday

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Florida’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Florida unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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