Howard County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Howard County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
12,847
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
33,127
people in Howard County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,457
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Howard County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Howard County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Howard 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.
- Delek US6 open roles
- Veterans Health Administration4 open roles
- Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration2 open roles
- Enhabit1 open role
- PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
- Prosperitybankusa1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Howard County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, Winkler
Workforce Solutions Permian Basin Big Spring
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Cities in Howard County
- Big Spring13 jobs
Other Texas counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.