Port Lavaca, TX jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Junior Staff Accountant: Kickstart Your Finance & Compliance CareerPalacios Marine & Industrial Coatings
- Jr Staff AccountantPalacios Marine & Industrial
- Junior Staff Accountant | Growth, Reconciliation & ReportsPalacios-Marine-
- Process EngineerTaurus Engineering & Testing
- Project Controls EngineerPalacios Marine & Industrial Coatings
- Process Engineer IFormosa Plastics
- Operations ManagerCKM Industries
- Inside Sales RepUnited Rentals
Employers hiring most in Port Lavaca
- Palacios Marine & Industrial Coatings2 open roles
- CKM Industries1 open role
- Formosa Plastics1 open role
- Palacios Marine & Industrial1 open role
- Palacios-Marine-1 open role
- Taurus Engineering & Testing1 open role
- United Rentals1 open role
Port Lavaca layoffs
No layoff notices naming Port Lavaca 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.
Calhoun County outlook: Cooling
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs down 1.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.0%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+367 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Port Lavaca. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Layoffs at Kettering Victoria’s Secret call center: WARNWDTN · Oct 11, 2026
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Workforce development and job centers
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- Golden Crescent Workforce Development Board
Calhoun, De Witt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria
Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent
Port Lavaca · Affiliate · 361-552-1563
M-F 8:00AM-5:00PM
Calhoun County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
10,569
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,921
people in Calhoun County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,870
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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