Coryell County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Coryell County’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 14 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Coryell County economy

5.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.0% the month before
27,391
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
83,772
people in Coryell County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,904
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Coryell County outlook: Steady

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

Private-sector jobs down 1.8% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 5.1%, up 0.1 points from a year ago

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Coryell County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Coryell 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 Coryell 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.

United States Army Installation Management Command3 open roles
Akima Systems Engineering2 open roles
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA2 open roles
U.S. Army Cyber Command2 open roles
BrightSpring Health Services1 open role
Chenega Base & Logistics Services1 open role
Raft1 open role
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Central Texas Workforce Development Board
Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Milam, Mills, San Saba

Cities in Coryell County

Fort Hood13 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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