Starr County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Starr County’s unemployment rate is 9.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Starr County economy

9.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
9.7% the month before
25,714
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,809
people in Starr County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$38,182
median household income
Source: Census ACS
23%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Starr County layoffs

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

Lower Rio Grande Valley Workforce Development Board
Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy

Workforce Solutions Lower Rio Grande - Starr
Rio Grande · Affiliate · 956-487-9100
Monday- Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

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Laid off or looking for work in Starr 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.