Gregg County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Gregg County’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 56 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Gregg County economy

5.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
57,912
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
124,860
people in Gregg County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,809
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Gregg County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Gregg 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 Gregg 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.

Aaon9 open roles
Community Health Systems2 open roles
Davita2 open roles
LifePoint Health2 open roles
REV Group2 open roles
Sagora Senior Living2 open roles
Unifirst2 open roles
A-Staffing1 open role
ACV1 open role
American Electric Power1 open role

Colleges in Gregg County

Colleges in Gregg County
College	City	Type	Students
LeTourneau University	Longview	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

East Texas Workforce Development Board
Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

Workforce Solutions East Texas - Longview
Longview · Affiliate · 903-758-1783
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Gregg County

Longview54 jobs

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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.