Gillespie County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meGillespie County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
13,819
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
27,202
people in Gillespie County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,799
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Gillespie 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 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Gillespie 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 Gillespie 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.
Gillespie County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Gillespie 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 Gillespie 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.
- Fletco Construction1 open role
- The Agency1 open role
- The Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce1 open role
- Vets2PM1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Gillespie 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).
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Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Wilson
Cities in Gillespie 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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