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Okeechobee County, FL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Okeechobee County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Okeechobee County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 16,484

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 40,249

    people in Okeechobee County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $52,288

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 28%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Okeechobee County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee 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. Empire Petroleum1 open role
  2. Gilbert's Family of Companies1 open role
  3. PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
  4. Verano Holdings1 open role
  5. Wawa1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerSource Heartland

    Okeechobee · Comprehensive · 863-610-6000

    M-F 8-5 (Closed 12:30 - 1:30 Lunch)

Cities in Okeechobee County

Other Florida counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Okeechobee 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.