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Texas jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Texas’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. 26,792 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 132 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Texas economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 15,948,397

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 29,640,343

    people in Texas

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $76,292

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Texas 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 5.3% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 8.5% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.3%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+147,782 jobs), construction (+107,125 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−26,907 jobs), information (−11,044 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

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Texas layoffs

  • 132

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 21,983

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 114

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Texas, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Family EndeavorsTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Bexar County153—State record
MV TransportationTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Nueces County96—State record
ECAM Technologies CorpTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Bexar County89—State record
Herzog Transit Services , IncTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Travis County84—State record
Herzog ContractingTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Travis County15—State record
Herzog Technologies, Inc.Takes effect Dec 31, 2026Travis County10—State record
Provider Partner Care Management L.PTakes effect Dec 6, 2026Tarrant County79—State record
Cayuga Home for ChildrenTakes effect Jan 4, 2027Tarrant County18—State record
Grunt StyleTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Bexar County19—State record
Grunt StyleTakes effect Nov 30, 2026El Paso County9—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Texas

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. SpaceX921 open roles
  2. Amazon689 open roles
  3. Advanced Micro Devices235 open roles
  4. Confidential198 open roles
  5. Texas Instruments169 open roles
  6. Celestica152 open roles
  7. RTX149 open roles
  8. Apple143 open roles
  9. Hewlett Packard Enterprise137 open roles
  10. Cloudflare135 open roles
  11. H-E-B133 open roles
  12. L3HARRIS Technologies130 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Texas

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Texas

  • 107

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 1,402,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Texas

Largest colleges in Texas
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Baylor UniversityWacoPrivate non-profit 4-year20,000+
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsvillePublic 4-year20,000+
Texas A&M University-College StationCollege StationPublic 4-year20,000+
Texas State UniversitySan MarcosPublic 4-year20,000+
Texas Tech UniversityLubbockPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlingtonPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at AustinAustinPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at DallasRichardsonPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at El PasoEl PasoPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at San AntonioSan AntonioPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburgPublic 4-year20,000+
University of HoustonHoustonPublic 4-year20,000+

All 107 Texas colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Texas. 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).

170 American Job Centers in Texas

Job fairs and business events in Texas

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Texas.

Conferences in Texas

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Texas, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 150 with dates announced.

  • TML Annual Conference & Exhibition

    Nov 11 to Nov 13, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Ticket $420 to $1,150. Full registration: TML/business member $420 by Sep 29, $500 after; non-member $1,045 by Sep 29, $1,150…

  • Ragan Future of Communications Conference

    Nov 11 to Nov 13, 2026 · Austin, TX

    Ticket $2,988 to $3,495. Individual conference registration (standard) $2,988 summertime rate, $3,295 early bird, $3,395 VIP,…

  • GovRAMP Cyber Summit

    Nov 15 to Nov 17, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Free expo, paid sessions. Complimentary for government, military, nonprofit and academic attendees

  • APLU Annual Meeting

    Nov 15 to Nov 17, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

  • NASP Annual Conference

    Nov 15 to Nov 18, 2026 · Austin, TX

    Ticket $1,950 to $2,700. Member $1,950; non-member $2,700; CLE add-on $700; guests $600.

    Open call for speakers

  • HBA Annual Conference

    Nov 16 to Nov 18, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Paid ticket. Pricing not read. HBA also lists a new FIVE Experience in New York, June 15-18, 2027.

  • MLOps World | GenAI Summit

    Nov 17 to Nov 18, 2026 · Austin, TX

    Paid ticket. Prices via Eventbrite, not shown; workshops Nov 19.

    Open call for speakers

  • AEC.AI Summit

    Nov 18 to Nov 20, 2026 · Austin, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

  • ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo

    Nov 20 to Nov 22, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Ticket $230 to $725. Advance (to Oct 28): member $425, nonmember $625, student $230; late adds $100.

  • Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting

    Nov 21 to Nov 23, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Ticket $60 to $355. 2026 pre-registration through Nov 6: member $275 professional / $60 student; non-member $355 / $105; +$50…

  • CDAO Dallas

    Dec 2, 2026 · Dallas, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

  • SACSCOC Annual Meeting

    Dec 5 to Dec 8, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Ticket $725 to $1,225. Member $725 early (before Oct 7), $825 Oct 8-31, $925 late; non-member $1,025/$1,125/$1,225. Saturday…

  • Learning Forward Annual Conference

    Dec 6 to Dec 9, 2026 · Dallas, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

    Open call for speakers

  • Annual Texas Workforce Conference

    Dec 9 to Dec 11, 2026 · Dallas, TX

    Paid ticket. Cost and presenter call not shown on the page; links to registration and a draft agenda.

  • CoMC Career Development Conference

    Jan 4 to Jan 5, 2027 · Irving, TX

    Paid ticket. Registration listed as coming soon; cost not stated.

  • Student Veterans of America National Conference (NatCon)

    Jan 4 to Jan 6, 2027 · Grapevine, TX

    Ticket $250 to $650. Early-bird (to Oct 15, 2026): student member $250, school employee $550, government/non-profit $600, general…

    Open call for speakers

  • Beltwide Cotton Conferences

    Jan 5 to Jan 7, 2027 · Fort Worth, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

  • NASPA Strategies Conference

    Jan 7 to Jan 9, 2027 · Austin, TX

    Paid ticket. Page returned 403; dates from domain search.

  • Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week

    Jan 18 to Jan 21, 2027 · Grapevine, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

  • BOMA Winter Business Meeting

    Jan 22 to Jan 25, 2027 · Austin, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

  • TASA Midwinter Conference

    Jan 24 to Jan 27, 2027 · San Antonio, TX

    Ticket $525 to $1,030. TASA member (educational entity) $525 early bird through Dec 4, $560 regular, $630 on-site. Non-member…

  • ECRM Sessions

    Jan 25 to Jan 27, 2027 · Dallas, TX

    Apply to attend. Curated buyer-supplier meeting sessions; supplier fees apply and pricing is per program, not read. Many sessions…

  • HEDNA Global Distribution Conference (North America)

    Jan 25 to Jan 27, 2027 · Dallas, TX

    Ticket $1,076 to $2,695. Early bird (10% off, through Oct 31, 2026) $1,075.50 member hotelier, $1,975.50 non-member; standard…

  • ERCOT Power NEXT

    Jan 25 to Jan 27, 2027 · Austin, TX

    Ticket $2,495 to $2,695. Advance rate from Oct 24, 2026: Standard Access $2,495; Market Intelligence+ $2,695 (early bird through…

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Texas counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

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Texas cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

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Laid off or looking for work in Texas?

See what to do first, what Texas unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; 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. Texas unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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