Guadalupe County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Guadalupe County economy

• 4.1%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.0% the month before

• 97,656

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 178,368

  people in Guadalupe County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $93,776

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 38%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Guadalupe 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 12.0% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 15.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.1%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: retail (+1,291 jobs), construction (+1,036 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−345 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe 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.

Guadalupe County layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 372

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Guadalupe 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. Aisin10 open roles
2. Commercial Metals3 open roles
3. Alamo Group2 open roles
4. Lippert (LCI Industries)2 open roles
5. Amazon1 open role
6. AW Technical Center USA1 open role
7. Careers at Southland1 open role
8. Love's Travel Stops1 open role
9. Marathon Petroleum1 open role
10. Morbark1 open role

Colleges in Guadalupe County

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Guadalupe 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 Alamo

  Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, Wilson

• Workforce Solutions Alamo - New Braunfels

  New Braunfels · Affiliate · 830-629-2010

  Mon - F 8am - 5pm

• Workforce Solutions Alamo - Northeast San Seguin

  Seguin · Affiliate · 830-379-4244

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

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