Big Spring, TX jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Big Spring
- Commercial Lender (Full Time) - Big Spring, EastProsperity Bancshares
- ASSISTANT FACILITY ADMINISTRATORGEO Group
- FACILITY ADMINISTRATORGEO Group
- ASSISTANT FACILITY ADMINISTRATOR, SECURITYGEO Group
- HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATORGEO Group
- HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGERGEO Group
- MIS ManagerGEO Group
- ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERGEO Group
- BUSINESS MANAGERGEO Group
- FOOD SERVICE MANAGERGEO Group
Employers hiring most in Big Spring
- GEO Group16 open roles
- Delek US7 open roles
- Veterans Health Administration7 open roles
- BTX USA Bio-Med Appl of Texas1 open role
- Enhabit Home Health & Hospice1 open role
- Love's Travel Stops1 open role
- PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
- Prosperity Bancshares1 open role
- Shannon Health1 open role
Big Spring layoffs
No layoff notices naming Big Spring 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.
Howard 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 down 4.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 12.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Big Spring. 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).
- Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, Winkler
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Howard County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
12,949
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
33,127
people in Howard County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,457
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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