Potter County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Potter County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 133 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Potter County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
52,401
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
116,634
people in Potter County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$50,448
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Potter County layoffs

2
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
3,522
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers

WARN notices filed in Potter County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Jan 20, 2026	Tyson Foods, Inc (Amarillo B-Shift Operations) UpdatedTakes effect Feb 24, 2026	Potter County	1,761	—	State record
Nov 26, 2025	Tyson Foods, Inc. (Amarillo B-Shift OperationsTakes effect Jan 20, 2026	Potter County	1,761	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Potter 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.

Mortenson16 open roles
Veterans Health Administration9 open roles
Xcel Energy6 open roles
Nexstar Media Group4 open roles
Amazon3 open roles
Fermi3 open roles
Harder Mechanical Contractors3 open roles
MH Civil Constructors3 open roles
Unifirst3 open roles
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration3 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

Panhandle Workforce Development Board
Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

Workforce Solutions Panhandle- Amarillo
Amarillo · Comprehensive · 806-372-5521
M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Potter County

Amarillo133 jobs

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Potter 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.