Erath County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Erath County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Erath County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
23,294
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
43,244
people in Erath County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,351
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Erath County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Erath 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 Erath 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.

TechnipFMC3 open roles

Colleges in Erath County

Colleges in Erath County
College	City	Type	Students
Tarleton State University	Stephenville	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Erath 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
Stephenville · Affiliate · 254-965-5100
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Erath County

Stephenville3 jobs

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Erath 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.