Burnet County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meBurnet County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
26,228
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
51,064
people in Burnet County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,158
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Burnet County ranks
Where Burnet County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #6Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Southwest9.9 per 10,000 · of 97
- #25Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person9.9 per 10,000 · of 100
Burnet 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 6.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 15.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, unchanged from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Burnet 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 Burnet 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.
Burnet County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Burnet 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.
Employers hiring most in Burnet 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.
- Firefly Aerospace3 open roles
- Cimarron1 open role
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital1 open role
- CRH Public1 open role
- Eagle's Wings Retreat Center1 open role
- Entegris1 open role
- Frost Bank1 open role
- McCoy's Building Supply1 open role
- Rio Bank1 open role
- US Foods1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Burnet 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
Burnet · Affiliate · 512-756-6769
Monday - Friday, 8:00am -5:00pm
Cities in Burnet County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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