Brewster County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Brewster County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Brewster County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
5,614
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
9,464
people in Brewster County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,612
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Brewster County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Brewster 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 Brewster 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.

O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
Sul Ross State University1 open role

Colleges in Brewster County

Colleges in Brewster County
College	City	Type	Students
Sul Ross State University	Alpine	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Solutions Borderplex Development Board
Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio

Workforce Solutions Borderplex
Alpine · Affiliate · 432-837-9800
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Brewster County

Alpine2 jobs

Other Texas counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Brewster County?

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

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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.