Charles County, MD jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Charles County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 56 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Charles County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
86,867
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
168,710
people in Charles County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$120,592
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Charles County ranks

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

November 2026

#19Fastest-growing job markets in the Mid-Atlantic+6.3% · of 100

Charles 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 6.3% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 5.9% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+727 jobs), health care (+582 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−300 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Charles 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.

Charles County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Charles 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 Charles 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.

Akima Systems Engineering7 open roles
V2X5 open roles
Akima Infrastructure Protection3 open roles
Bowhead Mission Solutions3 open roles
Akima2 open roles
Akima Infrastructure Services2 open roles
Albertsons Companies2 open roles
Cintas2 open roles
Essential Search2 open roles
Advanced Armor Research Group1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

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

Southern Maryland Workforce Development Board
Calvert, Charles, St. Marys

Southern MD JobSource -Waldorf American Job Center
Waldorf · Comprehensive · 301-645-8712
8:30am - 4pm Mon - Fri

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

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