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Bowie County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bowie County’s unemployment rate is 4.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 35 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Bowie County economy

  • 4.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 39,739

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 92,321

    people in Bowie County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $59,295

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Bowie County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Bowie 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 Bowie 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. Army Tank-Automotive and Armament Command (TACOM)3 open roles
  2. CHRISTUS Health3 open roles
  3. Hadrian3 open roles
  4. Feditc2 open roles
  5. H&R Block2 open roles
  6. StreamingFast2 open roles
  7. Ambulatory Surgery Center1 open role
  8. Austin Allen Company - Professional Recruitment1 open role
  9. Bowhead Mission Solutions1 open role
  10. Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System1 open role

Colleges in Bowie County

Colleges in Bowie County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Texas A&M University-TexarkanaTexarkanaPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas - Greater Texarkana

    Texarkana · Comprehensive · 903-794-4163

    M-F 8am-5pm

Cities in Bowie County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Bowie 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.