Sumter County, FL jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Sumter County economy
7.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
7.1% the month before
35,343
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
137,536
people in Sumter County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,297
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Sumter County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Sumter County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Sumter 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.
- Humana4 open roles
- UF Health4 open roles
- Amedisys2 open roles
- Encompass Health2 open roles
- LCS2 open roles
- Rolling Green Village2 open roles
- Charter Research1 open role
- Confluent Health1 open role
- Envirosafe Tanks1 open role
- Hughes Brothers Construction1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Sumter County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- CareerSource Central Florida
Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter
CareerSource Central Florida
Sumterville · Affiliate · 352-360-6280
M-F 7am-7pm
Cities in Sumter County
- The Villages20 jobs
- Wildwood5 jobs
Other Florida counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.