Port Arthur, TX jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Port Arthur
- Deputy Industrial Relations ManagerBechtel Plant Machinery
- Instrumentation Field Engineer - Pre-CommissioningBechtel
- Purchasing SpecialistBechtel
- Electrical Field EngineerBechtel
- Piping Field EngineerBechtel Energy
- Clinical Research Assistant - Port Arthur, TXIterative Health
- Sr. Manager, Maintenance - STCCChevron Phillips Chemical
- Territory Account ManagerEquipmentShare
- Clinical Research Assistant - Port Arthur, TXIterative Scopes
- Process EngineerMotiva Enterprises
Employers hiring most in Port Arthur
- Motiva Enterprises6 open roles
- Bechtel4 open roles
- Bechtel Energy2 open roles
- Bechtel Plant Machinery2 open roles
- Addison Group1 open role
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America1 open role
- Chevron Phillips Chemical1 open role
- Entergy1 open role
- EquipmentShare1 open role
- Flatiron Construction1 open role
Port Arthur layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Port Arthur in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Port Arthur. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Solutions: Southeast Texas
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Jefferson County economy
6.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.2% the month before
116,264
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
253,939
people in Jefferson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,934
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
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.