Galveston, TX jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Galveston
- Return ‘Em Right Outreach Coordinator (Project Specialist I)Texas A&M University System [TAMU_External]
- Branch ManagerWorld Acceptance
- Chief Clinical OfficerFamily Service Center | The Center for Mental Health & Wellb...
- Vice President & Chief Compliance OfficerThe University of Texas Medical Branch
- Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)Confidential
- Program Director, Translational Research EducationThe University of Texas Medical Branch
- Senior Research Scientist, AnesthesiologyThe University of Texas Medical Branch
- Structural Steel Engineering ManagerGPAC
- HR Business Partner - HR Consulting ServicesThe University of Texas Medical Branch
- Hybrid Research Contracts Analyst: Compliance & SubawardsUTMB
Employers hiring most in Galveston
- The University of Texas Medical Branch9 open roles
- Slsco5 open roles
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers5 open roles
- Creative Financial Staffing2 open roles
- GPAC2 open roles
- UTMB2 open roles
- Compri Consulting1 open role
- Confidential1 open role
- Family Service Center | The Center for Mental Health & Wellb...1 open role
- Galveston County Human Resources1 open role
Galveston layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Galveston in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Galveston
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Galveston. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, Wharton
Galveston County economy
4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
183,493
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
354,721
people in Galveston County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$85,348
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Galveston County
- Friendswood9 jobs
- Dickinson3 jobs
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.