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Caldwell County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Caldwell County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 20 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Caldwell County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.0% the month before

  • 26,377

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 47,184

    people in Caldwell County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $68,503

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Caldwell County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Caldwell 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 Caldwell 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. SpaceX12 open roles
  2. Quanta Services5 open roles
  3. Prime Data Centers2 open roles
  4. Bedrock Robotics1 open role
  5. fab2.com1 open role
  6. Oklo1 open role
  7. Sky Chefs1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Solutions - Rural Capital Area- Lockhart

    Lockhart · Affiliate · 512-398-3491

    Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm

Cities in Caldwell County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Caldwell 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.