Midland County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Midland County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 165 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Midland County economy

3.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
105,646
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
171,496
people in Midland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$93,984
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Midland County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Midland 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 Midland 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.

Patterson UTI Energy10 open roles
AST SpaceMobile8 open roles
SM Energy7 open roles
EquipmentShare5 open roles
NOV5 open roles
Michels3 open roles
Powerx3 open roles
Terracon Consultants3 open roles
Aurora Innovation2 open roles
Baker Hughes2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, Winkler

Cities in Midland County

Midland165 jobs

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Midland 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.