Abilene, TX jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Abilene
- Assistant Service Operations ManagerAlbertsons Companies
- Field BIM Manager - IndustrialKiewit Infrastructure South
- Commercial Lender (Full Time) - Abilene, Cypress St.Prosperity Bancshares
- Senior Site Engineer - Data Center - TX & OKMichael Page
- AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS - DIRECTORConnexzia
- Office AssociatePro Staff
- Field Sales RepresentativeAuto-Chlor System of the Midwest
- Project CoordinatorArcher
- District Operations ManagerEquipmentShare.com
- On-Site Safety Manager-BilingualABM Industries
Employers hiring most in Abilene
- Oracle36 open roles
- Abilene Christian University10 open roles
- ABM Industries4 open roles
- Kiewit Infrastructure South4 open roles
- PCL Construction4 open roles
- EquipmentShare3 open roles
- Great Lakes Cheese3 open roles
- Innovasolutions3 open roles
- Vertiv Holdings3 open roles
- Albertsons Companies2 open roles
Abilene layoffs
No layoff notices naming Abilene in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Abilene
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Abilene Christian University | Private non-profit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| Hardin-Simmons University | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| McMurry University | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Where Abilene ranks
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November 2026
Taylor County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 4.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 4.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.5%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: wholesale (+670 jobs), hotels & food (+627 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−443 jobs), admin & staffing (−396 jobs)
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Workforce Solutions West Central - Abilene
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Taylor County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
75,614
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
144,259
people in Taylor County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,406
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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