Brown County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Brown County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Brown County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
17,066
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
38,294
people in Brown County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,305
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Brown County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Brown 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 Brown 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.

Advance Onboarding Solutions1 open role
Astound1 open role
City of Brownwood, TX1 open role
Elara Caring1 open role
Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas1 open role

Colleges in Brown County

Colleges in Brown County
College	City	Type	Students
Howard Payne University	Brownwood	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Solutions of West Central Texas- Brownwood
Brownwood · Affiliate · 800-457-5633
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Brown County

Brownwood5 jobs

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Brown County?

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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.