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Anderson County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Anderson County’s unemployment rate is 4.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Anderson County economy

  • 4.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 20,613

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 57,825

    people in Anderson County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $58,846

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Anderson County layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Anderson County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Zachry3 open roles
  2. Peraton2 open roles
  3. Girl Scouts Of Northeast Texas1 open role
  4. ScionHealth1 open role
  5. Walmart1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • East Texas Workforce Solutions- Palestine

    Palestine · Affiliate · 903-729-0178

    Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Anderson County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Anderson County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Texas’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.