Hunt County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Hunt County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 126 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Hunt County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
58,112
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
104,917
people in Hunt County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,112
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Hunt County ranks

Where Hunt County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#7Best county job markets for job seekers in the Southwest66 / 100 · of 30
#12Fastest-growing job markets in the Southwest+11.2% · of 61
#13Best counties for laid-off professionals in the Southwest54 / 100 · of 30
#13Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Southwest4 per 100 · of 32

Hunt 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 11.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 23.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.4%, unchanged from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+1,765 jobs), construction (+357 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: health care (−414 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Hunt 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.

Hunt County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Hunt 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 Hunt 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.

L3HARRIS Technologies68 open roles
Harris Health Strategic Fund34 open roles
L3Harris Technologies4 open roles
L3HARRIS Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.4 open roles
East Texas A&M University2 open roles
AFC1 open role
Elara Caring1 open role
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice1 open role
Innovasolutions1 open role
Innovation First International1 open role

Colleges in Hunt County

Colleges in Hunt County
College	City	Type	Students
East Texas A&M University	Commerce	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999
Redeemers University North America	Greenville	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

North Central Texas Workforce Development Board
Collin, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Wise

Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas
Greenville · Comprehensive · 903-454-9350
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Hunt County

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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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