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Gray County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Gray County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 21 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Gray County economy

  • 4.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 8,954

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 21,131

    people in Gray County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $56,082

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Gray County layoffs

  • 1

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 79

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

WARN notices filed in Gray County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Keystone Tower SystemsTakes effect Nov 2, 2026Gray County79—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Gray 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. Mortenson16 open roles
  2. Code Red Safety2 open roles
  3. Cabot1 open role
  4. Iron Sky Recruiting1 open role
  5. Vestas Wind Systems A/S1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Panhandle Workforce Development Board

    Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

Cities in Gray County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Gray 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.