Washington County, TX jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Washington County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
18,059
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
36,156
people in Washington County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$75,085
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Washington County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Washington County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Washington 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.
- Blinn College2 open roles
- Five Below2 open roles
- IDEX2 open roles
- Valmont2 open roles
- Valmont2 open roles
- Baylor Scott & White Health1 open role
- City of Brenham1 open role
- PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
- Ulta Beauty1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Washington County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Solutions: Brazos Valley
Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Robertson, Washington
WorkForce Solutions Washington County
Brenham · Affiliate
Mon through Fri 5:00pm
Cities in Washington County
- Brenham14 jobs
Other Texas counties
Laid off or looking for work in Washington County?
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.