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Texas jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Texas’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. 25,457 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 147 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Texas economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 15,932,639

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 29,640,343

    people in Texas

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $76,292

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Texas layoffs

  • 147

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 23,025

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 122

    employers

WARN notices filed in Texas, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Provider Partner Care Management L.PTakes effect Dec 6, 2026Tarrant County79—State record
Cayuga Home for ChildrenTakes effect Jan 4, 2027Tarrant County18—State record
Grunt StyleTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Bexar County19—State record
Grunt StyleTakes effect Nov 30, 2026El Paso County9—State record
Charter Next GenerationTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Dallas County56—State record
Hello Bello Consumer WellnessTakes effect Nov 27, 2026McLennan County67—State record
Arl-La-Tex Financia ServicesTakes effect Nov 24, 2026Collin County81—State record
Truist BankTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Tarrant County205—State record
4XH Logistics LLCTakes effect Nov 6, 2026Bexar County230—State record
New Tech Global StaffingTakes effect Oct 30, 2026Harris County121—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Texas

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Amazon720 open roles
  2. SpaceX715 open roles
  3. Advanced Micro Devices200 open roles
  4. Confidential191 open roles
  5. GPAC167 open roles
  6. RTX142 open roles
  7. H-E-B130 open roles
  8. Lockheed Martin126 open roles
  9. Hewlett Packard Enterprise122 open roles
  10. TEKsystems117 open roles
  11. Apple114 open roles
  12. Robert Half108 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Texas

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Texas

  • 107

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 1,402,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Texas

Largest colleges in Texas
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Baylor UniversityWacoPrivate nonprofit 4-year20,000+
Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsvillePublic 4-year20,000+
Texas A&M University-College StationCollege StationPublic 4-year20,000+
Texas State UniversitySan MarcosPublic 4-year20,000+
Texas Tech UniversityLubbockPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlingtonPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at AustinAustinPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at DallasRichardsonPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at El PasoEl PasoPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas at San AntonioSan AntonioPublic 4-year20,000+
The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburgPublic 4-year20,000+
University of HoustonHoustonPublic 4-year20,000+

All 107 Texas colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Texas. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

170 American Job Centers in Texas

Job fairs and business events in Texas

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Texas.

Conferences in Texas

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Texas, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 144 with dates announced.

  • 7x24 Exchange Fall Conference

    Oct 25 to Oct 28, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Paid ticket. 2026 edition shows sold out; member discounts, amounts unlisted.

    Open call for speakers

  • Women In Trucking Accelerate! Conference & Expo

    Oct 25 to Oct 28, 2026 · Dallas, TX

    Ticket $1,305 to $1,410. Current last-minute rate: member professional $1,305, nonmember $1,410; professional driver…

  • Energy Trading Week Americas

    Oct 27 to Oct 28, 2026 · The Woodlands, TX

    Paid ticket. General admission listed as 1395 and industry partner 2595 (currency not stated on the page, so no costLow/High).…

  • SNAME Maritime Convention

    Oct 28 to Oct 30, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Paid ticket. Fees not read.

    Open call for speakers

  • AfroTech Conference

    Nov 2 to Nov 6, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Ticket $625 to $850. Premier $625, Executive $850 plus fees (All Access $2,250, Medical $925, virtual AI training $97).

  • M&A Source Conference & Deal Market

    Nov 2 to Nov 4, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Paid ticket. Pricing not retrieved; site blocked direct fetch.

  • ASUG Tech Connect

    Nov 2 to Nov 4, 2026 · Fort Worth, TX

    Paid ticket. Member-exclusive pricing; amounts are on the registration tab, not seen. Hands-on labs free with pre-registration.

  • Data Center Energy Industry Update

    Nov 2, 2026 · Houston, TX

    By invitation only. Free for invited iMasons members.

  • GrantSummit

    Nov 4 to Nov 7, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Paid ticket. Prices not seen.

    Open call for speakers

  • TACRAO Annual Conference

    Nov 8 to Nov 11, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Paid ticket. Fee schedule is a linked PDF; not stated on the page.

  • SIA Healthcare Staffing Summit

    Nov 9 to Nov 11, 2026 · Arlington, TX

    Paid ticket. Price not read from the official site (blocked); third-party structured data suggests about $2,560-$2,860.

  • Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL)

    Nov 9 to Nov 12, 2026 · Austin, TX

    Paid ticket. Registration open; fees not shown on the home page.

  • Ragan Future of Communications Conference

    Nov 11 to Nov 13, 2026 · Austin, TX

    Ticket $2,988 to $3,495. Individual conference registration (standard) $2,988 summertime rate, $3,295 early bird, $3,395 VIP,…

  • TML Annual Conference & Exhibition

    Nov 11 to Nov 13, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Ticket $420 to $1,150. Full registration: TML/business member $420 by Sep 29, $500 after; non-member $1,045 by Sep 29, $1,150…

  • GovRAMP Cyber Summit

    Nov 15 to Nov 17, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Free expo, paid sessions. Complimentary for government, military, nonprofit and academic attendees

  • NASP Annual Conference

    Nov 15 to Nov 18, 2026 · Austin, TX

    Ticket $1,950 to $2,700. Member $1,950; non-member $2,700; CLE add-on $700; guests $600.

    Open call for speakers

  • APLU Annual Meeting

    Nov 15 to Nov 17, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

  • HBA Annual Conference

    Nov 16 to Nov 18, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Paid ticket. Pricing not read. HBA also lists a new FIVE Experience in New York, June 15-18, 2027.

  • MLOps World | GenAI Summit

    Nov 17 to Nov 18, 2026 · Austin, TX

    Paid ticket. Prices via Eventbrite, not shown; workshops Nov 19.

    Open call for speakers

  • AEC.AI Summit

    Nov 18 to Nov 20, 2026 · Austin, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

  • ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo

    Nov 20 to Nov 22, 2026 · San Antonio, TX

    Ticket $230 to $725. Advance (to Oct 28): member $425, nonmember $625, student $230; late adds $100.

  • Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting

    Nov 21 to Nov 23, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Ticket $60 to $355. 2026 pre-registration through Nov 6: member $275 professional / $60 student; non-member $355 / $105; +$50…

  • CDAO Dallas

    Dec 2, 2026 · Dallas, TX

    Paid ticket, price not listed

  • SACSCOC Annual Meeting

    Dec 5 to Dec 8, 2026 · Houston, TX

    Ticket $725 to $1,225. Member $725 early (before Oct 7), $825 Oct 8-31, $925 late; non-member $1,025/$1,125/$1,225. Saturday…

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Texas counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Texas cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Texas?

See what to do first, what Texas unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Texas’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Texas unemployment benefits.