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Hale County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Hale County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 14 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Hale County economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 13,681

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 32,247

    people in Hale County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $52,788

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 28%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Hale County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Hale 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 Hale 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. Executive Alliance3 open roles
  2. ATLAS CPAs & Advisors PLLC2 open roles
  3. DBI Staffing2 open roles
  4. Providence Health System-southern California2 open roles
  5. Acupath Laboratories1 open role
  6. LHH1 open role
  7. Promoted21 open role
  8. Providence Health & Services1 open role
  9. Providence Health & Services Washington1 open role

Colleges in Hale County

Colleges in Hale County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Wayland Baptist UniversityPlainviewPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Solutions South Plains - Plainview

    Plainview · Comprehensive · 806-293-8566

    Monday - Friday, 8:00am -5:00pm

Cities in Hale County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Hale 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.