Labor shed
DFW finance job market
Campus seats, hiring signals, and the AI overlay — with a Northeast DFW lens (McKinney, Frisco, Plano, Prosper, Allen). Snapshots as of late August 2026, sourced from company announcements and public career sites.
As of Aug 25, 2026
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The DFW finance job market is a campus market first: seats follow buildings in Westlake, Plano, Irving, Victory Park, and now Uptown. Tech, data/AI, wealth, and operations are hiring inside those campuses. Some large banks are also running AI-led efficiency programs, so the same metro can show expansion and cuts at once.
- Campus seats are announced capacity, not today’s headcount. Goldman’s 5,000+ is a 2028 occupancy number.
- JPMorganChase’s ~30,000 Texas employees are statewide, not Plano-only. Plano is the tech hub inside that footprint.
- Job-board snapshots (LinkedIn, Indeed, career sites) are a pulse, not an official census. They move weekly.
- Northeast DFW (McKinney–Frisco–Plano–Prosper, plus Allen) is the labor shed for Tollway campuses, captives, and fintech offices.
Campus seats (announced)
Capacity and official headcount where the company or a primary source published a number. Not a sum — Goldman’s 5,000+ is 2028 occupancy.
| Employer | City | Seats | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPMorganChase | PlanoNortheast | ~30,000 Texas employees | Statewide figure. Plano is the tech hub (software, data, AI) plus a large DFW commercial and wealth presence. | JPMorganChase |
| Goldman Sachs | Dallas | 5,000+ campus capacity | Second-largest U.S. office. NorthEnd / Victory Park. People in seats targeted 2028. | Goldman Sachs |
| Charles Schwab | Westlake | ~5,100 DFW jobs | Corporate HQ on a 70-acre Circle T Ranch campus. Still one of the largest finance employers in the Metroplex. | Charles Schwab |
| Liberty Mutual | PlanoNortheast | ~5,000 jobs | 1.1M sq ft Legacy West campus — a Northeast corridor insurance and ops magnet. | Liberty Mutual |
| Morgan Stanley | Dallas | 3,800 announced; 1,500 first wave | Fountain Place (downtown) first, then a planned Uptown tower at 2401 McKinney Ave. Construction slated to start fall 2026; Uptown occupancy later. | Dallas Express / DBJ |
| Fidelity Investments | Westlake | Large regional campus | 332-acre Westlake campus next to Schwab. Active 2026 hiring across operations, advice, and technology. | Fidelity Careers |
| Toyota Financial Services | FriscoNortheast | 1,000+ seats | New 242,000 sq ft tower occupied July 2026 on the Toyota North America campus. | Toyota Pressroom |
| Jack Henry | AllenNortheast | Allen hub · 7,200 firmwide | Core and digital banking vendor for community and regional institutions. Allen is the North Texas hub; hybrid roles posted through 2026. | Jack Henry Careers |
JPMorganChase
Plano · ~30,000 Texas employees
Statewide figure. Plano is the tech hub (software, data, AI) plus a large DFW commercial and wealth presence.
Goldman Sachs
Dallas · 5,000+ campus capacity
Second-largest U.S. office. NorthEnd / Victory Park. People in seats targeted 2028.
Charles Schwab
Westlake · ~5,100 DFW jobs
Corporate HQ on a 70-acre Circle T Ranch campus. Still one of the largest finance employers in the Metroplex.
Liberty Mutual
Plano · ~5,000 jobs
1.1M sq ft Legacy West campus — a Northeast corridor insurance and ops magnet.
Morgan Stanley
Dallas · 3,800 announced; 1,500 first wave
Fountain Place (downtown) first, then a planned Uptown tower at 2401 McKinney Ave. Construction slated to start fall 2026; Uptown occupancy later.
Fidelity Investments
Westlake · Large regional campus
332-acre Westlake campus next to Schwab. Active 2026 hiring across operations, advice, and technology.
Toyota Financial Services
Frisco · 1,000+ seats
New 242,000 sq ft tower occupied July 2026 on the Toyota North America campus.
Jack Henry
Allen · Allen hub · 7,200 firmwide
Core and digital banking vendor for community and regional institutions. Allen is the North Texas hub; hybrid roles posted through 2026.
Hiring signals
What public career sites and announcements were saying this month — not a job board.
- AI / dataNortheastAug 20, 2026
JPMorganChase
Plano · Northeast DFW
Plano tech hub hiring software, cloud/AI engineers, and Data & AI program talent.
Plano is a named U.S. hub for the 2027 Software Engineer Program and ongoing AI/ML roles.
JPMorganChase Careers - AI / dataAug 1, 2026
Wells Fargo
Irving · West DFW
Irving posting Lead Applied AI, GenAI/agentic delivery, and AI platform roles — while the firm also signals 2026 efficiency cuts.
Same metro, two tapes: AI build-out and headcount discipline.
Wells Fargo / Yahoo Finance - EngineeringAug 22, 2026
Charles Schwab
Westlake · West DFW
Westlake HQ hiring across client service, wealth, SRE, and AI engineering & operations.
Hundreds of Metroplex postings on LinkedIn as of late August 2026.
Schwab Jobs - OperationsAug 19, 2026
Fidelity Investments
Westlake · West DFW
Westlake campus remaining a high-volume operations, advice, and early-career pipeline.
Career-site and job-board inventory stayed open through August 2026.
Fidelity Careers - EngineeringNortheastAug 24, 2026
Bank of America
Plano · Northeast DFW
Plano/Addison technology and operations roles, including generative-AI platform engineering in Addison.
Global Technology postings dated through 24 Aug 2026 on the BofA careers site.
Bank of America Careers - Campus buildAug 20, 2026
Morgan Stanley
Dallas · Dallas core
Regional HQ build: 1,500 jobs into Fountain Place first; 3,800 announced for the Uptown tower.
Wealth, operations, and technology seats — the next large-cap campus after Goldman.
New York Post - Campus buildAug 15, 2026
Goldman Sachs
Dallas · Dallas core
Dallas careers site open now; campus designed for 5,000+ across all divisions by 2028.
Hiring local talent ahead of NorthEnd occupancy — not waiting for the ribbon-cutting.
Goldman Sachs Dallas - EngineeringNortheastAug 23, 2026
Jack Henry
Allen · Northeast DFW
Allen hub posting finance, audit, program, and on-site production roles (hybrid and onsite).
The community-bank tech stack is a Collin County employer, not just a vendor logo.
Jack Henry Careers - OperationsAug 18, 2026
Citigroup
Irving · West DFW
Irving remaining a processing, digital, and technology node with active 2026 postings.
100+ Irving listings on public boards in August 2026 (pulse, not census).
Citi Careers - EngineeringNortheastAug 12, 2026
Alkami
Plano · Northeast DFW
Plano digital-banking SaaS HQ hiring product, engineering, and enterprise sales.
The local alternative to the St. Louis / Kansas City core-processor story.
Alkami Careers - EngineeringNortheastAug 24, 2026
Capital One
Plano · Northeast DFW
Plano engineering, cyber-fraud intelligence, and auto-ops roles still posting.
A tech-forward bank footprint on the same Tollway labor shed as JPM and Alkami.
Capital One Careers - EngineeringNortheastAug 20, 2026
Northeast corridor (aggregate)
Plano / Frisco / McKinney · Northeast DFW
Public boards showed hundreds of fintech-tagged roles in Plano and Frisco in August 2026 — product, data, and banking-suite work.
Treat Collin County as one commute, not four separate markets.
LinkedIn Jobs (Plano fintech)
