Freeport, TX jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Freeport

• Quality Assurance ManagerFurst Staffing
• Principal Electrical EngineerOdyssey Information Services
• Senior Project Engineer: LNG Capital Projects LeadOmega AS
• Principal Process EngineerSI Group
• Lead Production EngineerSI Group
• Environmental EngineerSI Group
• Procurement AssistantAA2IT
• Branch ManagerQualSpec
• Maintenance Planning & Scheduling ManagerOLIN
• Maintenance Excellence ManagerOLIN

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Employers hiring most in Freeport

1. SI Group3 open roles
2. OLIN2 open roles
3. AA2IT1 open role
4. City of Freeport, Texas1 open role
5. Furst Staffing1 open role
6. Odyssey Information Services1 open role
7. Omega AS1 open role
8. QualSpec1 open role
9. Zachry1 open role

Freeport layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 180

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Brazoria 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 5.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 12.2% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.8%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,996 jobs), hotels & food (+1,253 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: construction (−2,231 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Freeport. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Former ABC News Affiliate Anchor Joins Fox Station After Newsroom LayoffsYahoo · Nov 6, 2026
• Goodyear closing chemical plants in Niagara Falls and Houston areaAkron Beacon Journal on MSN · Nov 5, 2026
• Houston among cities least exposed to AI-related job changes, report findsKHOU on MSN · Oct 28, 2026
• Construction, healthcare, energy might insulate Houston’s workforce from AI — for nowThe Business Journals · Oct 28, 2026
• Houston Outpaces the Nation's Employment Rate Despite Company LayoffsNewsRadio 740 KTRH · Oct 21, 2026
• Only 3 Houston companies have reported layoffs since July. Here's why.Houston Chronicle on MSN · Oct 20, 2026
• Houston Community Builds Momentum Behind Anudip Foundation’s AI, Skills, and Jobs MissionINDIA New England News · Oct 19, 2026
• No Servers, No Host, and No Phone Calls: AI Takes Over at a Halal Restaurant in Houston, TexasMuslim Mirror · Oct 18, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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Brazoria County economy

• 4.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.0% the month before

• 203,060

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 381,650

  people in Brazoria County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $95,155

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 44%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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