Ellis County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ellis County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 68 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ellis County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
126,709
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
203,927
people in Ellis County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$95,898
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ellis County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ellis 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 Ellis 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.

Gerdau11 open roles
GXO Logistics10 open roles
Google6 open roles
Qarbon Aerospace5 open roles
Amrize4 open roles
Baylor Scott & White Health3 open roles
CRH Public2 open roles
Liberty Tire Recycling2 open roles
Oracle2 open roles
Owens Corning2 open roles

Colleges in Ellis County

Colleges in Ellis County
College	City	Type	Students
Nelson University	Waxahachie	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

North Central Texas Workforce Development Board
Collin, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Wise

Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas
Waxahachie · Affiliate · 972-937-8114
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m

Cities in Ellis County

Midlothian30 jobs
Waxahachie19 jobs
Red Oak19 jobs

Other Texas counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Ellis 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.