Nueces County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Nueces County’s unemployment rate is 4.6%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 124 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Nueces County economy

4.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
170,924
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
352,829
people in Nueces County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,021
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Nueces County layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
90
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Nueces County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Apr 23, 2026	Republic National Distributing Company, LLC (Reyes Holdings, L.L.C) Corpus Chri…Takes effect Jun 21, 2026	Nueces County	90	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Nueces 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.

American Electric Power6 open roles
Veterans Health Administration5 open roles
Cintas4 open roles
Autonation3 open roles
Black & Veatch3 open roles
Brookdale Senior Living3 open roles
Unifirst3 open roles
Acrisure2 open roles
Cindavi2 open roles
Commander, Navy Installations Command2 open roles

Colleges in Nueces County

Colleges in Nueces County
College	City	Type	Students
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Nueces 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 - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi · Comprehensive · 361-882-7491
M-F 8am-5pm

Cities in Nueces County

Corpus Christi115 jobs
Bishop3 jobs

Other Texas counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Nueces 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.