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Orange County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Orange County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Orange County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.1% the month before

  • 42,679

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 84,993

    people in Orange County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $73,372

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Orange County layoffs

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

  • Workforce Solutions South East Texas - Orange

    Orange · Comprehensive · 409-882-0302

    Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Cities in Orange County

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Orange 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.