Calhoun County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Calhoun County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Calhoun County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
10,569
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,921
people in Calhoun County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,870
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Calhoun County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs down 1.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, unchanged from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+367 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Layoffs at Kettering Victoria’s Secret call center: WARNWDTN · Oct 11, 2026

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Calhoun County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Calhoun 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.

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Employers hiring most in Calhoun 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.

Formosa Plastics2 open roles
CKM Industries1 open role
Palacios Marine & Industrial1 open role
Palacios Marine & Industrial Coatings1 open role
Palacios-Marine-1 open role
Taurus Engineering & Testing1 open role
United Rentals1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Golden Crescent Workforce Development Board
Calhoun, De Witt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria

Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent
Port Lavaca · Affiliate · 361-552-1563
M-F 8:00AM-5:00PM

Cities in Calhoun County

Port Lavaca7 jobs

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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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