Hill County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Hill County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 25 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Hill County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
19,295
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
36,664
people in Hill County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,147
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Hill 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 7.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 9.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, unchanged from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+403 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Navigating the AI shift: How workers, students, and business leaders in Waco are adapting to automation25 News KXXV · Oct 26, 2026
Kristen Bell-founded brand cuts jobs, ends diaper production in Waco, 100+ more laid off in D-FWThe Dallas Morning News on MSN · Oct 1, 2026
Hello Bello facility in Waco shutting down diaper manufacturing linesKWTX on MSN · Sep 30, 2026

Learn and get funded in Hill 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.

Hill County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Hill 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 Hill 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.

Michels8 open roles
ABM Industries4 open roles
CyrusOne2 open roles
PRIM2 open roles
12 Primoris Energy Services1 open role
FCL Builders1 open role
Forgen-Odin JV1 open role
IKO Industries1 open role
Kaddatz Auctioneering & Farm Equipment Sales1 open role
Michael Page1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hill 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).

Heart of Texas Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Bosque, Falls, Freestone, Hill, Limestone, McLennan

Workforce Solutions Center Heart of Texas - Hillsboro
Hillsboro · Affiliate · 254-582-8588
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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