King County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

King County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

King County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.6% the month before
131
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
189
people in King County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,192
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

King County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming King 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

South Plains Workforce Development Board
Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Terry, Yoakum

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in King 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.