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Real County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Real County’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Real County economy

  • 5.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.1% the month before

  • 1,013

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 2,821

    people in Real County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $45,417

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 32%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Real County layoffs

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

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Real 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.