Gregg County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Gregg County’s unemployment rate is 4.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 52 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Gregg County economy

  • 4.7%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.8% the month before

  • 57,777

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 124,860

    people in Gregg County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $64,809

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Gregg 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 1.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.7%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: retail (+937 jobs), manufacturing (+386 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: mining & energy (−581 jobs)

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Gregg County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Gregg 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 Gregg 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.

  1. CHRISTUS Health9 open roles
  2. Eastman Credit Union4 open roles
  3. Eastman Chemical3 open roles
  4. LifePoint Health2 open roles
  5. PrimeCareManagers.com2 open roles
  6. Unifirst2 open roles
  7. 160 - Premier High School of Longview, TX1 open role
  8. AAON1 open role
  9. Albertsons Companies1 open role
  10. American Electric Power1 open role

Colleges in Gregg County

Colleges in Gregg County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
LeTourneau UniversityLongviewPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Gregg 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 East Texas - Longview

    Longview · Affiliate · 903-758-1783

    Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

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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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