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Austin County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Austin County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Austin County economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 15,512

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 30,712

    people in Austin County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $75,994

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Austin County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Austin 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 Austin 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. Hailiang Copper Texas2 open roles
  2. Gray Wolf Industrial1 open role
  3. J&T Business Consulting1 open role
  4. Sealy Independant School District1 open role
  5. Serene Healthcare Staffing1 open role
  6. Sika1 open role
  7. Valmont1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast - Sealy

    Sealy · Comprehensive · 979-627-0241

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

Cities in Austin County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Austin 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.