Lee County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lee County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Lee County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
9,803
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
17,758
people in Lee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,000
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lee County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lee 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 Lee County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Rural Capital Area Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Lee, Llano, Williamson

Workforce Solutions Rural Capital - Giddings
Giddings · Affiliate · 979-542-1740
Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm

Cities in Lee County

Giddings

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Lee 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.