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Johnson County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Johnson County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 40 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Johnson County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.0% the month before

  • 108,310

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 188,820

    people in Johnson County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $81,826

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 32%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Johnson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Johnson 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 Johnson 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. AdventHealth4 open roles
  2. WABASH NATIONAL4 open roles
  3. Albertsons Companies3 open roles
  4. Amazon3 open roles
  5. MYR Group3 open roles
  6. Safeway3 open roles
  7. James Hardie Industries2 open roles
  8. The Greenbrier Companies2 open roles
  9. AdventHealth Corporate1 open role
  10. Autonation1 open role

Colleges in Johnson County

Colleges in Johnson County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Southwestern Adventist UniversityKeenePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas

    Cleburne · Affiliate · 817-641-6201

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

Cities in Johnson County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Johnson 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.