Construction workers made up nearly one-third of unemployment claims filed in Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy counties during the first three months of 2026, far more than workers in any other industry, according to a new Workforce Solutions Lower Rio Grande report.<\/p>
The report \u2014 which covers Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy counties \u2014 analyzed unemployment claims made from January through March. Of the 8,388 claims files, 2,652 came from construction workers \u2014 31.6% of the total.<\/p>
The next-largest category wasn’t close.<\/p>
Administrative and support services accounted for 1,066 claims, or 12.7%. Health care and social assistance followed with 750 claims, or 8.9%, while professional, scientific and technical services accounted for 564, or 6.7%.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Un informe de Workforce Solutions revel\u00f3 que 2.652 trabajadores de la construcci\u00f3n solicitaron prestaciones por desempleo a principios de 2026, m\u00e1s del doble que en cualquier otro sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":18649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"post_views_count":34,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,825,1223],"tags":[193,149,224,70,279,367,1945,219,186,469,4836],"class_list":["post-22397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-trends","category-u-s","category-workforce","tag-construction","tag-hidalgo-county","tag-jobs","tag-rio-grande-valley","tag-starr-county","tag-texas-workforce-commission","tag-unemployment","tag-willacy-county","tag-workforce","tag-workforce-development","tag-workforce-solutions"],"acf":{"is_features_post":["yes"],"is_sponser":"","hide_author":"","hide_author_biography":""},"yoast_head":"\n