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Okaloosa County, FL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Okaloosa County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. Employers filed 3 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 129 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Okaloosa County economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.0% the month before

  • 101,762

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 214,281

    people in Okaloosa County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $79,097

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Okaloosa County layoffs

  • 3

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 158

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 3

    employers

WARN notices filed in Okaloosa County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Grunt Style, LLCDESTIN8—State record
COLSA CorporationEGLIN AFB97—State record
MV Transportation, Inc.FORT WALTON BEACH53—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Okaloosa 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. Odyssey Systems Consulting26 open roles
  2. Zone 5 Technologies11 open roles
  3. BAE Systems9 open roles
  4. Air Force Materiel Command4 open roles
  5. Applied Intuition4 open roles
  6. Northrop Grumman4 open roles
  7. Trinzic4 open roles
  8. Colsa3 open roles
  9. Crane3 open roles
  10. General Dynamics OTS3 open roles

Colleges in Okaloosa County

Colleges in Okaloosa County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Northwest Florida State CollegeNicevillePublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerSource Okaloosa Walton

    Ft. Walton Beach · Comprehensive · 850-833-7587

    8-4 Mon-Fri

Cities in Okaloosa County

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Laid off or looking for work in Okaloosa County?

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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.