Katy, TX jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Medical DirectorVCA
- Assistant Practice Manager - Pediatrics (Katy)UTHealth Houston
- Commercial Lender (Full Time) - SB Katy Pin OakProsperity Bancshares
- Director I Respiratory & Clinical Support ServicesTexas Children's Hospital
- Sleep Lab ManagerTexas Children's Hospital
- Therapy ManagerTexas Children's Hospital
- Specialty Account Manager, Long Term Care (Katy, TX)Axsome Therapeutics
- Practice DirectorSmile Doctors
- Retail Spirits Sales Account Manager- KatyReyes Holdings
- Director of Sales & Business DevelopmentCoregroupresources
Employers hiring most in Katy
- Academy Of Excellence16 open roles
- PCL Construction5 open roles
- Coregroupresources4 open roles
- Lone Star Custard4 open roles
- Memorial Hermann Foundation4 open roles
- CRH Public3 open roles
- Memorial Hermann3 open roles
- Texas Children's Hospital3 open roles
- Academy Of Excellence2 open roles
- Academy Sports & Outdoors2 open roles
Katy layoffs
No layoff notices naming Katy 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.
Where Katy ranks
Where Katy placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Southwest61% · of 44
- #7Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Southwest1.8% · of 43
- #19Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Southwest5% · of 44
- #20Best cities for junior jobs in Texas27% · of 31
Waller 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 21.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 21.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.1%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+1,362 jobs), wholesale (+793 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Katy. 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
Learn and get funded in Katy
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Katy. 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).
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Waller County economy
5.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.6% the month before
31,379
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
59,455
people in Waller County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,135
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
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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