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Calhoun County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Calhoun County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 10 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Calhoun County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 10,507

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 19,921

    people in Calhoun County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,870

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Calhoun County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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. Formosa Plastics3 open roles
  2. Taurus Engineering & Testing3 open roles
  3. Palacios Marine & Industrial Coatings2 open roles
  4. GrafTech International1 open role
  5. Palacios Marine and Industrial1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent

    Port Lavaca · Affiliate · 361-552-1563

    M-F 8:00AM-5:00PM

Cities in Calhoun County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Calhoun 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.