Lubbock County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lubbock County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 137 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lubbock County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
170,214
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
314,633
people in Lubbock County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,367
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lubbock County layoffs

2
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
351
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers

WARN notices filed in Lubbock County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Nov 19, 2025	United SupermarketsTakes effect Jan 19, 2026	Lubbock County	126	—	State record
Oct 29, 2025	Wells FargoTakes effect Oct 28, 2025	Lubbock County	225	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Lubbock 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.

Mastec8 open roles
Johnson Controls International6 open roles
Prosperitybankusa6 open roles
Texas Tech University6 open roles
GPAC5 open roles
Snelling5 open roles
Amazon4 open roles
Terracon Consultants4 open roles
IES Holdings3 open roles
Iterative Health3 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Lubbock County

Texas Tech University5,001–20,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Lubbock County

Colleges in Lubbock County
College	City	Type	Students
Texas Tech University	Lubbock	Public 4-year	20,000+
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	Lubbock	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999
Lubbock Christian University	Lubbock	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lubbock 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

Cities in Lubbock County

Lubbock128 jobs
Abernathy9 jobs

Other Texas counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Lubbock County?

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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.