Waller County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Waller County’s unemployment rate is 5.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 128 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Waller County economy

5.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.7% the month before
31,375
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
59,455
people in Waller County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,135
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Waller County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Waller 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 Waller 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.

Academy Of Excellence17 open roles
GPAC6 open roles
PCL Construction6 open roles
Memorial Hermann Foundation5 open roles
Coregroupresources4 open roles
Goodman Manufacturing Company4 open roles
Academy Sports & Outdoors3 open roles
Amazon3 open roles
Texas Children's Hospital3 open roles
Academy Of Excellence2 open roles

Colleges in Waller County

Colleges in Waller County
College	City	Type	Students
Prairie View A & M University	Prairie View	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Waller 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 - Waller
Hempstead · Comprehensive · 979-826-0653
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Waller 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.