Gregg County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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Show me jobs near meGregg 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.
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.
- CHRISTUS Health9 open roles
- Eastman Credit Union4 open roles
- Eastman Chemical3 open roles
- LifePoint Health2 open roles
- PrimeCareManagers.com2 open roles
- Unifirst2 open roles
- 160 - Premier High School of Longview, TX1 open role
- AAON1 open role
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- American Electric Power1 open role
Colleges in Gregg County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeTourneau University | Longview | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
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).
- East Texas Workforce Development Board
Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood
Workforce Solutions East Texas - Longview
Longview · Affiliate · 903-758-1783
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
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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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