Charles County, MD jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Charles County economy
4.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.0% the month before
86,514
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
168,710
people in Charles County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$120,592
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Charles County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Charles 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 Charles 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.
- Akima7 open roles
- Akima Systems Engineering7 open roles
- V2X5 open roles
- Akima Infrastructure Protection3 open roles
- Booz Allen Hamilton3 open roles
- Amazon2 open roles
- Cintas2 open roles
- Naval Sea Systems Command2 open roles
- University Of Maryland Medical System2 open roles
- Wills Group2 open roles
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Charles County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Southern Maryland Workforce Development Board
Calvert, Charles, St. Marys
Southern MD JobSource -Waldorf American Job Center
Waldorf · Comprehensive · 301-645-8712
8:30am - 4pm Mon - Fri
Cities in Charles County
- Indian Head30 jobs
- Waldorf15 jobs
- La Plata6 jobs
Other Maryland counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Maryland’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.