Taylor County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Taylor County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 134 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Taylor County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
75,454
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
144,259
people in Taylor County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,406
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Taylor County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Taylor 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

Employers hiring most in Taylor 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.

Oracle36 open roles
ABM Industries5 open roles
Hardin-Simmons University5 open roles
Kiewit Infrastructure South5 open roles
Great Lakes Cheese4 open roles
PCL Construction4 open roles
Vertiv Holdings4 open roles
Crusoe3 open roles
DPR Construction3 open roles
Innovasolutions3 open roles

Colleges in Taylor County

Colleges in Taylor County
College	City	Type	Students
Abilene Christian University	Abilene	Private nonprofit 4-year	5,000–9,999
Hardin-Simmons University	Abilene	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
McMurry University	Abilene	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Solutions West Central - Abilene
Abilene · Comprehensive · 325-795-4200
Mon-Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00pm

Cities in Taylor County

Abilene134 jobs

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Taylor 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.