Plainview, TX jobs, layoffs and employers
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- ParalegalLegal Aid of NorthWest Texas
- Lead Echocardiograph Technologist - Radiology DiagnosticProvidence Health & Services Oregon
- Senior Echocardiograph Technologist - UltrasoundProvidence
- Senior Radiology Technologist - Radiology DiagnosticProvidence
- Hybrid Paralegal - Public Interest Law + BenefitsLegal Aid of NorthWest Texas
- Entry-Level Financial AnalystAcupath Laboratories
- Front End Entry LevelAlbertsons Companies
- General Merchandise ManagerAlbertsons Companies
- Remote IS Program Manager - Medical Device StrategyAgence PROvidence
- Electrical EngineerExecutive Alliance
Employers hiring most in Plainview
- Albertsons Companies2 open roles
- Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas2 open roles
- Providence2 open roles
- Safeway2 open roles
- Acupath Laboratories1 open role
- Agence PROvidence1 open role
- ATLAS Navigators1 open role
- Executive Alliance1 open role
- Providence Health & Services Oregon1 open role
Plainview layoffs
No layoff notices naming Plainview 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.
Colleges in Plainview
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Wayland Baptist University | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Hale 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 down 2.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 2.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Plainview. 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).
- South Plains Workforce Development Board
Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Terry, Yoakum
Workforce Solutions South Plains - Plainview
Plainview · Comprehensive · 806-293-8566
Monday - Friday, 8:00am -5:00pm
Hale County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.3% the month before
13,775
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
32,247
people in Hale County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,788
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
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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