Val Verde County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Val Verde County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Val Verde County economy

4.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.2% the month before
20,648
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
47,647
people in Val Verde County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,673
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Val Verde County ranks

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

November 2026

#18Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Southwest−0.4 points · of 55

Val Verde 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 3.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.8%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−699 jobs)

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Val Verde County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Val Verde 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 Val Verde 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.

Customs and Border Protection1 open role
EquipmentShare.com1 open role
LMI1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Val Verde 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 Middle Rio Grande Workforce Board
Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, Zavala

Workforce Solutions - Middle Rio Grande
Del Rio · Comprehensive · 830-774-4741
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Val Verde County

Del Rio3 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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