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Archer County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Archer County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Archer County economy

  • 3.8%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.7% the month before

  • 4,181

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 8,734

    people in Archer County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,958

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 42%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Archer 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 11.2% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 6.7% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.1 points from a year ago

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Archer County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Archer County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Job fairs and business events in Archer County

Hiring events, career workshops and business events in and around Archer County.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Archer County. 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).

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Texas’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Texas unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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