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Huntsville, TX jobs, layoffs and employers

24 open professional jobs in Huntsville. Huntsville is in Walker County.

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Jobs in Huntsville

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Employers hiring most in Huntsville

  1. Sam Houston State University3 open roles
  2. CAPPS2 open roles
  3. Confidential2 open roles
  4. Huntsville Memorial2 open roles
  5. Ulta Beauty2 open roles
  6. Weatherford International2 open roles
  7. City of Maypearl1 open role
  8. Community Hospital1 open role
  9. DeSHAZO1 open role
  10. EquipmentShare.com1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Huntsville

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

Huntsville layoffs

No layoff notices naming Huntsville 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.

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Colleges in Huntsville

Colleges in Huntsville
CollegeTypeStudents
Sam Houston State UniversityPublic 4-year20,000+

Walker County outlook: Steady

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

  • Private-sector jobs up 3.2% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 9.5% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.4%, down 0.1 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast - Huntsville

    Huntsville · Comprehensive · 936-755-7200

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Walker County economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.5% the month before

  • 30,712

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 78,292

    people in Walker County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $49,862

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    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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