Walker County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Walker County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 18 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Walker County economy

4.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
30,312
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
78,292
people in Walker County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,862
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Walker County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Walker 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 Walker 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.

Sam Houston State University5 open roles
CAPPS2 open roles
Huntsville Memorial2 open roles
Scotts Miracle-Gro2 open roles
Community Hospital1 open role
Houston Circle of Hope Services1 open role
Sam Houston State1 open role
The Scion Group1 open role
Ulta Beauty1 open role
Weatherford International1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Walker County

Sam Houston State University1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Walker County

Colleges in Walker County
College	City	Type	Students
Sam Houston State University	Huntsville	Public 4-year	20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

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

Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board
Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, Wharton

Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast - Huntsville
Huntsville · Comprehensive · 936-755-7200
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Cities in Walker County

Huntsville18 jobs

Other Texas counties

All of Texas

Laid off or looking for work in Walker 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.