Kleberg County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Kleberg County economy
5.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.0% the month before
13,985
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
30,629
people in Kleberg County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,612
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Kleberg County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Kleberg 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 Kleberg 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.
- V2X3 open roles
- Kingsville ISD2 open roles
- Texas A&M2 open roles
- Customs and Border Protection1 open role
- Texas A&M University1 open role
- Texas A&M-Kingsville1 open role
- The Texas A&M University System1 open role
Colleges in Kleberg County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | Kingsville | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kleberg County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Coastal Bend Workforce Development Board
Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio
Workforce Solutions Coastal Bend - Kingsville
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Cities in Kleberg County
- Kingsville10 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.