Panola County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Panola County’s unemployment rate is 5.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Panola County economy

5.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.4% the month before
9,127
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
22,624
people in Panola County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,593
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Panola County layoffs

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

East Texas Workforce Development Board
Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Marion, Panola, Rains, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wood

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Panola 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.