Ector County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ector County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 64 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ector County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
88,799
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
163,206
people in Ector County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,031
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ector County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ector 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 Ector 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.

NOV4 open roles
Nexstar Media Group3 open roles
Rolfson Oil3 open roles
Applied Industrial Technologies2 open roles
Brookdale Senior Living2 open roles
Calpine Operating Services Company2 open roles
Five Below2 open roles
Global Medical Response2 open roles
Heritage Grocers Group2 open roles
Manpower Group2 open roles

Colleges in Ector County

Colleges in Ector County
College	City	Type	Students
The University of Texas Permian Basin	Odessa	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, Winkler

Workforce Solutions Permian Basin Odessa
Odessa · Comprehensive · 432-367-3332
M-F 8:00AM-5:00PM

Cities in Ector County

Odessa64 jobs

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Laid off or looking for work in Ector 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.