Lake Jackson, TX jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Lake Jackson

• CCO Chief Compliance Officer - Hospital SettingMLee Healthcare Staffing and Recruiting
• Manager Laboratory ServicesMemorial Hospital Logansport
• Environmental SpecialistOLIN
• Contract AdministratorOLIN
• Senior Cost Accounting AnalystOLIN

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Employers hiring most in Lake Jackson

1. OLIN3 open roles
2. Memorial Hospital Logansport1 open role
3. MLee Healthcare Staffing and Recruiting1 open role

Lake Jackson layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lake Jackson 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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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 Lake Jackson. 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 Lake Jackson

• 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 Lake Jackson. 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).

• Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board

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• Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast - Lake Jackson

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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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