Stafford, TX jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Stafford

• Business Development RepresentativeApplied Industrial Technologies
• Project ManagerIES Holdings
• Administrative AssistantProfessional Plastics
• Application Engineering ManagerEmerson
• Quality EngineerEmerson
• Project Manager - (NA) Pressure Management (Manufacturing)Emerson
• Project EngineerEmerson
• Stafford Payroll Specialist 10/27/26Durwood Greene Construction Company Defunct
• Regional Vice President of Operations (LNFA) - HoustonCantex Continuing Care Network
• Plant ManagerEmerson Electric

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Employers hiring most in Stafford

1. Emerson4 open roles
2. Applied Industrial Technologies2 open roles
3. Booz Allen1 open role
4. Calpine Operating Services Company1 open role
5. Cantex Continuing Care Network1 open role
6. Chart Industries1 open role
7. Durwood Greene Construction Company Defunct1 open role
8. Emerson Electric1 open role
9. IES Holdings1 open role
10. Professional Plastics1 open role

Stafford layoffs

No layoff notices naming Stafford 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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Colleges in Stafford

Fort Bend 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 13.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 17.4% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.5%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+5,923 jobs), construction (+3,784 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−701 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Stafford. 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 Stafford

• 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.
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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Stafford. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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Fort Bend County economy

• 4.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.6% the month before

• 486,124

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 859,721

  people in Fort Bend County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $113,409

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 52%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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