La Porte, TX jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Global Process Engineer, Partial OxidaLyondellBasell Industries N.V.
- Manager, Port Cranes - Barbours Cut Terminal (BCT)Port of Houston
- Production PlannerRevak Keene Turbomachinery
- Import-Export Logistics CoordinatorAmericold Realty Trust
- Manager, QAAmericold Realty Trust
- Supply Chain ManagerFOX Innovation & Technologies
- Procurement ManagerExperis (Austria)
- Operations Labor ManagerSSA Marine
- Outside Sales RepresentativeGraybar
- Facility CoordinatorClean Harbors
Employers hiring most in La Porte
- Americold Realty Trust2 open roles
- Calpine Operating Services Company1 open role
- Clean Harbors1 open role
- Experis (Austria)1 open role
- FOX Innovation & Technologies1 open role
- Graybar1 open role
- Greif1 open role
- LyondellBasell Industries N.V.1 open role
- Port of Houston1 open role
- Revak Keene Turbomachinery1 open role
La Porte layoffs
No layoff notices naming La Porte 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.
Job fairs and business events in La Porte
Hiring events, career workshops and business events in La Porte.
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Harris 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 4.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.6%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+21,988 jobs), construction (+19,643 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: real estate (−3,981 jobs), information (−3,322 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in La Porte. 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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- 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 La Porte. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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Harris County economy
4.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.9% the month before
2,549,337
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
4,758,579
people in Harris County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,104
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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