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Austin County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Austin County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Austin County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 15,556

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 30,712

    people in Austin County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $75,994

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Austin 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 8.6% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 11.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+353 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Austin County. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Austin County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Austin 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

Employers hiring most in Austin County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. 3Core Systems1 open role
  2. Hailiang Copper Texas1 open role
  3. Penske Truck Leasing1 open role
  4. Sealy Independant School District1 open role
  5. Serene Healthcare Staffing1 open role
  6. Walmart1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Austin 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).

  • Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast - Sealy

    Sealy · Comprehensive · 979-627-0241

    Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Austin County

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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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