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Jim Hogg County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Jim Hogg County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Jim Hogg County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    5.2% the month before

  • 2,075

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 4,797

    people in Jim Hogg County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $42,230

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 23%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Jim Hogg 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 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 6.0% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.2%, down 1.0 points from a year ago

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Jim Hogg County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Jim Hogg 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.

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Job fairs and business events in Jim Hogg County

Hiring events, career workshops and business events in and around Jim Hogg County.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jim Hogg County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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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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