Tavares, FL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Technical Services Ops ManagerTradebe
- Dining Room ManagerBrookdale Senior Living
- National Channel ManagerSandvik Mining and Construction USA
- Plant ManagerFerrellgas Partners L P
- ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST II - 42001865State of Florida
- Regulatory and Trade Compliance AssociateSandvik Mining and Construction USA
Employers hiring most in Tavares
- Sandvik Mining and Construction USA2 open roles
- Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
- Ferrellgas Partners L P1 open role
- State of Florida1 open role
- Tradebe1 open role
Tavares layoffs
No layoff notices naming Tavares 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.
Lake 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 8.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 18.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.6%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,836 jobs), retail (+893 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Tavares. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Mass layoffs reported at two Orlando companiesClickOrlando · Oct 2, 2026
- More than 100 jobs are being cut as 2 Orlando companies announce layoffsWFTV on MSN · Oct 2, 2026
- Orlando Pharmacy Firm AssistRX, Hancock Whitney to Cut Over 130 Jobs This WinterHoodline · Oct 2, 2026
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Lake County economy
4.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
198,862
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
398,696
people in Lake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,956
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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