Kaufman County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kaufman County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Kaufman County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
104,473
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
160,718
people in Kaufman County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$88,606
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Kaufman County ranks

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

November 2026

#1Fastest-growing job markets in the Southwest+19.2% · of 61
#3Fastest-growing job markets+19.2% · of 100

Kaufman 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 19.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 42.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.4%, unchanged from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+1,130 jobs), hotels & food (+964 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Kaufman 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.

Kaufman County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kaufman 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 Kaufman 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.

Amazon3 open roles
Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope2 open roles
Texas Health Resources2 open roles
Elevated1 open role
Express Employment Professionals Defunct1 open role
Gaither-Everett1 open role
H-E-B1 open role
Knight-Swift Warehousing & Fulfillment1 open role
Mortenson1 open role
Trelevate1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kaufman 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
Terrell · Affiliate · 972-563-7271
M-F 8a-5p

Cities in Kaufman 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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