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Hernando County, FL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Hernando County’s unemployment rate is 5.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 26 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Hernando County economy

  • 5.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.0% the month before

  • 91,390

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 201,512

    people in Hernando County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $63,193

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Hernando County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Hernando County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Hernando 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.

  1. State of Florida5 open roles
  2. Builders FirstSource3 open roles
  3. Michael Page2 open roles
  4. Access Health Care Physicians1 open role
  5. Blue Signal Search1 open role
  6. Contemporarystaffing1 open role
  7. CRH Public1 open role
  8. Davita1 open role
  9. Davron1 open role
  10. Enhabit1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerSource Pasco Hernando (Hernando Location)

    Brooksville · Comprehensive · 352-200-3020

    8-5 Mon-Fri

Cities in Hernando County

Other Florida counties

All of Florida

Laid off or looking for work in Hernando County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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