Howard County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Howard County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 36 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Howard County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
12,949
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
33,127
people in Howard County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,457
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Howard County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs down 4.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 12.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.1 points from a year ago

Learn and get funded in Howard County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Howard County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Howard 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 Howard 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.

GEO Group16 open roles
Delek US7 open roles
Veterans Health Administration7 open roles
BTX USA Bio-Med Appl of Texas1 open role
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice1 open role
Love's Travel Stops1 open role
PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
Prosperity Bancshares1 open role
Shannon Health1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, Winkler

Workforce Solutions Permian Basin Big Spring
Big Spring · Affiliate · 432-263-8373
Monday - Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (Closed 12pm-1pm for Lunch)

Cities in Howard County

Big Spring36 jobs

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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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