Mesquite, TX jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Mesquite
- Administrative Assistant - Principal (AC New)Mesquite Independent School District
- Administrative Assistant - QuestMesquite Independent School District
- Operations Lead - PTAt Home
- Director of Manufacturing Operations Mesquite, TX $200k–250k#twiceasnice Recruiting
- Account Executive - Hospice SalesAgape Care
- Territory Manager (TX, Rockwall/Mesquite)Charlie Health
- Client Success & Multi-Project CoordinatorBarnett Signs
- Logistics CoordinatorCanadian Solar
- Chief Advancement Officer (CAO)Confidential
- Director of ManufacturingSenox
Employers hiring most in Mesquite
- 48forty Solutions2 open roles
- Canadian Solar2 open roles
- Mesquite Independent School District2 open roles
- Supplied Talent2 open roles
- #twiceasnice Recruiting1 open role
- Agape Care1 open role
- American Residential Services1 open role
- At Home1 open role
- Barnett Signs1 open role
- Charlie Health1 open role
Mesquite layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
266
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Furniture IndustriesTakes effect May 7, 2026 | Dallas County | 266 | — | State record |
Dallas 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 0.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+14,409 jobs), construction (+9,908 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−10,622 jobs), information (−5,283 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Mesquite. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Kyrie Irving Calls Mavericks Opener ‘A Good Test’ After 19-Month LayoffYardbarker · Oct 20, 2026
- Kyndryl Opens Dallas AI Innovation Lab, Plans Up to 300 Jobscitybiz · Oct 1, 2026
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- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in Texas? How to file for unemployment in Texas (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
Dallas County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
1,453,109
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
2,603,816
people in Dallas County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$74,149
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
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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