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Wakulla County, FL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wakulla County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wakulla County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.7% the month before

  • 17,910

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 34,608

    people in Wakulla County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $74,183

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wakulla County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wakulla 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 Wakulla 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. General Dynamics OTS2 open roles
  2. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems1 open role
  3. Postal service1 open role
  4. Soliant Health1 open role
  5. Unavailable1 open role
  6. Wawa1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerSource Capital Region

    Crawfordville · Comprehensive · 850-926-0980

    8:30-4:30 Monday-Friday

Cities in Wakulla County

Other Florida counties

All of Florida

Laid off or looking for work in Wakulla 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.