Madison County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Madison County’s unemployment rate is 4.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Madison County economy

4.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
5,294
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
13,574
people in Madison County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,128
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Madison 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 down 4.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 5.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.7%, up 0.1 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

Cranston’s Tribute To RJ Mitte, Kroger Plans Massive Layoffs, Six Flags Rider’s Fatal Fall: The Bulletin, Oct. 13Yahoo · Oct 13, 2026
Josh Tolentino: Orioles’ missteps testing limits of fan supportBaltimore Sun on MSN · Oct 9, 2026

Learn and get funded in Madison 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.

Madison County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Madison 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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Employers hiring most in Madison 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.

Memorial Medical Center1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Solutions: Brazos Valley
Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, Washington

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Cities in Madison County

Madisonville1 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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