Victoria County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Victoria County’s unemployment rate is 4.6%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Victoria County economy

4.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.8% the month before
41,639
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
91,281
people in Victoria County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,101
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Victoria County layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
3
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Victoria County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Nov 4, 2025	Firebird Bulk Carriers, Inc.Takes effect Dec 30, 2025	Victoria County	3	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Victoria 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.

Texas A&M University-Victoria2 open roles
Champion Homes1 open role
Confidential1 open role
Cook & Boardman1 open role
LyondellBasell Industries N.V.1 open role
Palacios Marine and Industrial1 open role
Patterson UTI Energy1 open role
Prosperitybankusa1 open role
Snap-on1 open role
Townsquare Media1 open role

Colleges in Victoria County

Colleges in Victoria County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Houston-Victoria	Victoria	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Golden Crescent Workforce Development Board
Calhoun, De Witt, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria

Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent
Victoria · Comprehensive · 361-578-0341
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Victoria County

Victoria11 jobs

Other Texas counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Victoria County?

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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.