Culberson County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Culberson County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Culberson County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
1,145
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
2,181
people in Culberson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$42,672
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Culberson 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 up 18.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.6 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

Texas Comptroller review praises El Paso ISD gains, flags possible more staffing cutsKFOX-TV · Oct 30, 2026
TE Connectivity to Close Tullahoma Fulfillment Center; 47 Employees Affectedthunder1320.com · Oct 20, 2026
El Paso County Courthouse fire prompts evacuation, closureKVIA · Oct 19, 2026
Grunt Style to permanently close San Antonio, El Paso storesmySA on MSN · Oct 8, 2026

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Culberson County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Culberson 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 Culberson 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.

LMI2 open roles
Blue Origin1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Culberson 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 Borderplex Development Board
Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio

Cities in Culberson County

Van Horn3 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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