Odessa, TX jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Odessa
- Inside Sales RepresentativeWholesale Electric Supply Co. of Houston
- Branch Manager - ESRepublic Services
- Technical Sales Representative – Artificial Lift Solutions (Permian Basin)Weatherford International
- Technical Sales RepresentativeWeatherford International
- RIG MANAGER I- WEST TEXASNabors Industries
- PERFORMANCE ENGINEER - WEST TEXASNabors Industries
- Sales RepresentativeDiamondresorts
- Manager Operations (Treating)Kinder Morgan
- Inside Sales Specialist - Industrial SuppliesEquipmentShare.com
- Odessa 02 (University Blvd) Grocery - Overnight Stock Controller - Full timeH-E-B
Employers hiring most in Odessa
- NOV4 open roles
- Nexstar Media Group3 open roles
- Rolfson Oil3 open roles
- Applied Industrial Technologies2 open roles
- Brookdale Senior Living2 open roles
- Calpine Operating Services Company2 open roles
- Five Below2 open roles
- Global Medical Response2 open roles
- Heritage Grocers Group2 open roles
- Manpower Group2 open roles
Odessa layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Odessa 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 Odessa
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| The University of Texas Permian Basin | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Odessa. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, Winkler
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Ector County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
88,799
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
163,206
people in Ector County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,031
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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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.