Taylor County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Taylor County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 135 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Taylor County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
75,614
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
144,259
people in Taylor County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,406
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Taylor County ranks

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

November 2026

#6Best county job markets for job seekers in the Southwest66 / 100 · of 30
#8Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Southwest5 per 100 · of 32
#10Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southwest3.5% · of 100
#11Best counties for laid-off professionals in the Southwest57 / 100 · of 30
#19Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors in the Southwest18% · of 70

Taylor 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 4.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.5%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: wholesale (+670 jobs), hotels & food (+627 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−443 jobs), admin & staffing (−396 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Taylor 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.

Taylor County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Taylor 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 Taylor 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.

Oracle36 open roles
Abilene Christian University10 open roles
ABM Industries4 open roles
Kiewit Infrastructure South4 open roles
PCL Construction4 open roles
EquipmentShare3 open roles
Great Lakes Cheese3 open roles
Innovasolutions3 open roles
Vertiv Holdings3 open roles
Altius Search Group2 open roles

Colleges in Taylor County

Colleges in Taylor County
College	City	Type	Students
Abilene Christian University	Abilene	Private non-profit 4-year	5,000–9,999
Hardin-Simmons University	Abilene	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
McMurry University	Abilene	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Taylor 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 West Central - Abilene
Abilene · Comprehensive · 325-795-4200
Mon-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00pm

Cities in Taylor County

Abilene135 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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