Brazos County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Brazos County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 31 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Brazos County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
138,227
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
237,980
people in Brazos County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,388
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Brazos County ranks

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

November 2026

#9Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southwest3.5% · of 100
#13Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Southwest44% · of 100

Brazos 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 6.3% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 6.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.5%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+1,557 jobs), professional & technical (+1,208 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−437 jobs), retail (−393 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Cranston’s Tribute To RJ Mitte, Kroger Plans Massive Layoffs, Six Flags Rider’s Fatal Fall: The Bulletin, Oct. 13Yahoo · Oct 13, 2026
Josh Tolentino: Orioles’ missteps testing limits of fan supportBaltimore Sun on MSN · Oct 9, 2026

Learn and get funded in Brazos 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.

Brazos County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Brazos 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 Brazos 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.

Lockheed Martin Services2 open roles
Texas A&M University2 open roles
Texas A&M University System [TEEX_External]2 open roles
Altitude Development Group1 open role
Amazon1 open role
Asmcareerconnections1 open role
Blinn College District1 open role
Brick + Parcel Real Estate Group1 open role
Dunham & Jones Attorneys at Law P.C1 open role
Gessner Engineering1 open role

Colleges in Brazos County

Colleges in Brazos County
College	City	Type	Students
Texas A&M University-College Station	College Station	Public 4-year	20,000+

Conferences in Brazos County

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Brazos County. 1 with dates announced.

Retailing Innovation Summit
Feb 19, 2027 · College Station, TX
Ticket About $295. $295 ticket

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Brazos 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: Brazos Valley
Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, Washington

Cities in Brazos 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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