Abilene, TX jobs, layoffs and employers

134 open professional jobs in Abilene. Abilene is in Taylor County.

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Employers hiring most in Abilene

  1. Oracle36 open roles
  2. ABM Industries5 open roles
  3. Hardin-Simmons University5 open roles
  4. Kiewit Infrastructure South5 open roles
  5. Great Lakes Cheese4 open roles
  6. PCL Construction4 open roles
  7. Vertiv Holdings4 open roles
  8. Crusoe3 open roles
  9. DPR Construction3 open roles
  10. Innovasolutions3 open roles

Abilene layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Abilene in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Abilene

Colleges in Abilene
CollegeTypeStudents
Abilene Christian UniversityPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Hardin-Simmons UniversityPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
McMurry UniversityPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Solutions West Central - Abilene

    Abilene · Comprehensive · 325-795-4200

    Mon-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00pm

Taylor County economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 75,454

    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

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Sources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.