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Amarillo, TX jobs, layoffs and employers

110 open professional jobs in Amarillo. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Amarillo is in Potter County.

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Jobs in Amarillo

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Employers hiring most in Amarillo

  1. Mortenson17 open roles
  2. Veterans Health Administration10 open roles
  3. Amazon3 open roles
  4. Sargent & Lundy3 open roles
  5. Sinclair3 open roles
  6. ABM Industries2 open roles
  7. Albertsons Companies2 open roles
  8. Amarillo, Bell Street Location2 open roles
  9. Cal Farley's Boys Ranch2 open roles
  10. Cintas2 open roles

Amarillo layoffs

  • 2

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 3,522

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 2

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Amarillo, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Tyson Foods, Inc (Amarillo B-Shift Operations) UpdatedTakes effect Feb 24, 2026Potter County1,761—State record
Tyson Foods, Inc. (Amarillo B-Shift OperationsTakes effect Jan 20, 2026Potter County1,761—State record

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Where Amarillo ranks

Where Amarillo placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Potter County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 3.3% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.0%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: professional & technical (+832 jobs), health care (+746 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,077 jobs), finance & insurance (−459 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Texas? How to file for unemployment in Texas (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

  • Panhandle Workforce Development Board

    Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

  • Workforce Solutions Panhandle- Amarillo

    Amarillo · Comprehensive · 806-372-5521

    M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm

Potter County economy

  • 4.0%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.6% the month before

  • 52,541

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 116,634

    people in Potter County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $50,448

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 27%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from Texas’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Texas unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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