Comal County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Comal County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 46 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Comal County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
100,428
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
174,552
people in Comal County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$99,015
median household income
Source: Census ACS
47%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Comal County ranks

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

November 2026

#8Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Southwest47% · of 100
#16Fastest-growing job markets in the Southwest+10.6% · of 61
#24Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors in the Southwest17% · of 70

Comal 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 10.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 27.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: admin & staffing (+1,712 jobs), hotels & food (+1,110 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

240 workers laid off by San Antonio surveillance company, nonprofit on the same daySan Antonio Report · Nov 5, 2026
Round of layoffs to affect hundreds of San Antonio workers. What we knowMySA on MSN · Nov 5, 2026
Grunt Style to permanently close San Antonio, El Paso storesMySA on MSN · Oct 8, 2026
San Antonio retailer hit with sudden layoffs - what we knowStringr on MSN · Oct 7, 2026
Grunt Style closing San Antonio flagship store, nine others; cutting 100 jobsSan Antonio Express News on MSN · Oct 7, 2026
AI-fueled newscasts, major layoffs shook up Texas TV stations in SeptemberMySA on MSN · Oct 5, 2026
San Antonio reacts to disappearance of longtime TV personalities amid layoffsMySA on MSN · Oct 3, 2026
KABB's Alex Garcia, Chuck Miketinac vanish from the station's site amid newsroom layoffsSan Antonio Express News on MSN · Sep 29, 2026

Learn and get funded in Comal 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.

Comal County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Comal 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 Comal 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.

Alamo Group6 open roles
Rush Enterprises6 open roles
Triumvirate Environmental4 open roles
Futurex3 open roles
Champion Homes2 open roles
CHRISTUS Health2 open roles
Elevated2 open roles
Lone Star Custard2 open roles
AAME1 open role
Capital Pump & Equipment1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Comal 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 Alamo
Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Wilson

Cities in Comal 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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