Bastrop County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bastrop County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 425 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Bastrop County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
58,703
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
102,370
people in Bastrop County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$82,730
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Bastrop County ranks

Where Bastrop County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#1Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Southwest19 per 100 · of 32
#13Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person19 per 100 · of 100
#25Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southwest3.7% · of 100

Bastrop 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 10.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 21.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+534 jobs), hotels & food (+448 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−569 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Thursday morning fire prompts temporary closure at Wingstop in Cedar ParkKVUE on MSN · Oct 22, 2026

Learn and get funded in Bastrop County

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.
Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Bastrop County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Bastrop 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 Bastrop 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.

SpaceX404 open roles
Worley Group4 open roles
Bradfordhealth3 open roles
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System3 open roles
Cen-Tex Family Services2 open roles
LCRA2 open roles
Bosun USA1 open role
Bradford at Warrior1 open role
Darling Ingredients1 open role
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Rural Capital Area Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Williamson

Workforce Solutions - Rural Capital Area Bastrop County
Bastrop · Comprehensive · 512-303-3916
Monday - Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM

Cities in Bastrop 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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