Midland County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meMidland County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
105,461
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
171,496
people in Midland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$93,984
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Midland County ranks
Where Midland County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best county job markets for job seekers in the Southwest85 / 100 · of 30
- #2Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southwest3.2% · of 100
- #7Best counties for laid-off professionals in the Southwest64 / 100 · of 30
- #9Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Southwest5 per 100 · of 32
- #11Fastest-growing job markets in the Southwest+11.4% · of 61
- #14Best county job markets for job seekers80 / 100 · of 100
Midland 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 11.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 10.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: mining & energy (+3,814 jobs), construction (+1,636 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−339 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Midland 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.
Midland County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Midland 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.
Employers hiring most in Midland 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.
- AST SpaceMobile21 open roles
- NOV8 open roles
- Patterson UTI Energy8 open roles
- SM Energy8 open roles
- Terracon Consultants4 open roles
- EquipmentShare3 open roles
- Michels3 open roles
- Powerx3 open roles
- SLB3 open roles
- Champion Homes2 open roles
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Midland 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
Cities in Midland County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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