Merritt Island, FL jobs, layoffs and employers

42 open professional jobs in Merritt Island. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Merritt Island is in Brevard County.

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Employers hiring most in Merritt Island

  1. Amazon10 open roles
  2. Akima Infrastructure Protection6 open roles
  3. Blue Origin4 open roles
  4. Airbus2 open roles
  5. Building Blocks Facades2 open roles
  6. Comcentric2 open roles
  7. The Middlesex2 open roles
  8. Akima1 open role
  9. Emporia1 open role
  10. Fedsync1 open role

Merritt Island layoffs

  • 2

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 196

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 2

    employers

WARN notices filed in Merritt Island, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Aetos Systems, Inc. Space Commerce WayMERRITT ISLAND126—State record
Amentum Space Commerce Way, Merritt Island Kennedy Space CenterMERRITT ISLAND70—State record

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Workforce development and job centers

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Brevard County economy

  • 4.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.5% the month before

  • 305,636

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 620,533

    people in Brevard County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $75,817

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 44%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: WARN notices from Florida’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.