Staffing Agency in San Antonio, TX
KORE1 places IT, cybersecurity, healthcare, finance, and engineering professionals across San Antonio and South Texas. Joint Base San Antonio anchors a cyber and defense economy. USAA, H-E-B, Valero, and Toyota anchor everything else. A market this layered does not reward generic recruiting.
92% placement retention
1.5M+ city population
South Texas coverage
Since 2005
Why San Antonio Companies Choose KORE1
Last updated: May 15, 2026
KORE1 is a San Antonio staffing agency with a 17-day average fill, 92% 12-month placement retention, and South Texas coverage for IT, cybersecurity, healthcare, finance, engineering, and industrial roles across Joint Base San Antonio, USAA, H-E-B, Valero, and the regional defense, energy, and medical ecosystem.
San Antonio is not Austin’s quieter cousin. It runs its own economy on a stack you do not see in many other U.S. cities. Joint Base San Antonio is the largest joint base in the Department of Defense, and Lackland Air Force Base alone hosts the 16th Air Force, the service’s information-warfare command. NSA Texas runs out of the Medina Annex. The result is a candidate pool of cleared cyber operators, signals analysts, software developers, and engineers that does not exist at this density anywhere else in the country. KORE1 has been placing technical and professional talent across Texas and the broader U.S. for over 20 years, and we understand the difference between a candidate who has actually run a cyber mission and one who studied the framework for a certification exam.
The civilian side is just as specific. USAA’s headquarters sits on a 286-acre campus on the Northwest Side and runs one of the largest enterprise IT organizations in financial services, with a deep bench of software engineers, data scientists, security professionals, and actuaries. H-E-B is headquartered downtown, is privately held, and is one of the largest grocers in the country, with a sprawling supply chain technology, retail analytics, and digital commerce footprint. Valero Energy and CPS Energy anchor the energy market. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas operates a 2,000-acre truck plant on the South Side that builds Tundra and Tacoma trucks and pulls from a regional engineering and manufacturing talent base most outsiders do not realize is here. Then there is the South Texas Medical Center, a 900-acre concentration of hospitals, research institutions, and biosciences anchored by University Health, Methodist Healthcare, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, UT Health San Antonio, and Brooke Army Medical Center. Generic recruiting cannot cover five distinct economies. Specialist recruiting can.
- Treats San Antonio as a smaller Austin, not a defense-and-finance capital
- Misses the cleared and clearable cyber pool around Lackland and the 16th Air Force
- Does not understand USAA’s internal mobility patterns or H-E-B’s hiring cycles
- Sources from job boards anyone else can post to
- Vertical recruiters across IT, cybersecurity, and engineering
- Active candidate networks built from years of South Texas and defense-adjacent placements
- Submarket-aware sourcing from Stone Oak to the Medical Center to the South Side
- 30, 60, and 90-day check-ins on every placement we make
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro employs more than one million people across professional, technical, healthcare, and industrial occupations. That number hides the sharper truth. Cleared cybersecurity analysts, USAA-experienced software engineers, BAMC-network clinical IT specialists, and senior controllers who can speak the language of midstream energy do not move for ten percent. They move when the project is interesting, when compensation closes the South Texas cost-of-living gap, and when someone they trust made the introduction. We have been making those introductions in this market for two decades. A recruiter who calls a Lackland-cleared SOC analyst cold from a California number does not get the callback. A recruiter who has placed three of his former unit-mates inside the same submarket does.
Staffing Services We Offer in San Antonio
IT Staffing
USAA, H-E-B, Frost Bank, Rackspace, and a defense-cleared talent pool give San Antonio one of the most layered IT markets in Texas.
USAA runs one of the largest internal engineering organizations in financial services, with thousands of developers, data scientists, security engineers, and platform specialists working on banking, insurance, investments, and member-facing digital products. H-E-B Digital is a serious in-house technology team, not a side project, with a heavy supply chain technology, retail analytics, mobile, and e-commerce footprint. Frost Bank, the largest Texas-based bank, runs a substantial in-house technology group on its downtown footprint. Rackspace Technology was founded in San Antonio and still drives a significant managed cloud and multicloud talent pool here. Our IT staffing services are built around the actual domain context, not the job title on a resume.
Healthcare IT runs in parallel. University Health, Methodist Healthcare, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, and UT Health San Antonio each operate their own Epic, Cerner, or hybrid EHR environments, and the Brooke Army Medical Center IT footprint adds a federal layer few cities carry. Hiring an integration engineer for a hospital network in the Medical Center is not the same as hiring one for a bank on Loop 410. The constraints are different. Generic recruiting misses that.
Cybersecurity, Defense & Engineering Staffing
San Antonio is the only U.S. city where you can walk from a Fortune 100 insurance HQ to the Department of Defense’s information warfare command in under twenty minutes.
Joint Base San Antonio brings together Lackland Air Force Base, Randolph Air Force Base, and Fort Sam Houston into the largest joint base in DoD. Lackland hosts the 16th Air Force, also known as Air Forces Cyber, the service’s information warfare command. NSA Texas operates out of the Medina Annex. The cleared and clearable cyber pool that surrounds this footprint is dense in ways few cities can match. Our cybersecurity staffing and engineering staffing teams place contract and permanent professionals across SOC operations, threat intelligence, offensive security, vulnerability management, GRC, and security engineering for defense contractors, financial services, healthcare, and energy clients in the metro.
It is not only cyber. Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas runs a 2,000-acre truck plant on the South Side that builds Tundra and Tacoma trucks, supported by a regional supplier base across manufacturing engineering, quality, controls, and automation. Boeing operates a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility at Port San Antonio. CACI, Leidos, ManTech, and dozens of mid-tier defense contractors run programs near Lackland. Each one pulls from the same regional engineering pool, and each one loses talent to the others if compensation is not matched. We coach clients through that reality before requisitions sit open for six months.
Accounting and Finance Staffing
San Antonio finance is anchored by a Fortune 100 insurer, a Fortune 50 refiner, the largest privately held grocer in Texas, and one of the largest municipal utilities in the country.
USAA’s finance organization is one of the deepest in the country, spanning treasury, FP&A, insurance reserving, banking finance, and an internal audit team that runs at scale. Valero Energy’s finance team handles a multi-refinery, multi-billion-dollar midstream and retail operation from its downtown headquarters. H-E-B’s finance organization runs a privately held grocer with one of the most respected supply chain finance operations in retail. CPS Energy and the City of San Antonio combine for one of the largest municipal finance footprints in Texas. Frost Bank’s corporate finance team runs the largest Texas-based bank from downtown. Our accounting and finance consulting team places people who match where the business actually operates. Not the title. The function.
For interim and fractional leadership needs, we also place fractional CFOs and CIO-level talent on larger finance transformation and technology governance programs across the metro.
FP&A Analysts
Cost Accountants
AP/AR Specialists
Treasury Professionals
VP of Finance
CFO Search
Fractional CFO
HR and Administrative Staffing
San Antonio companies growing past a few hundred employees run into the same wall. HR cannot scale fast enough to keep up with a hiring market this competitive. Our human resources staffing practice covers HR generalists, talent acquisition specialists, benefits coordinators, payroll professionals, and executive assistants for growth-stage and enterprise clients from the Pearl District to Stone Oak.
Light Industrial and Warehouse Staffing
Toyota Manufacturing Texas, H-E-B’s downtown distribution operations, and an inland-port logistics base around Port San Antonio create steady demand for warehouse, distribution, and light manufacturing talent. Our light industrial staffing solutions focus on retention, because warehouse churn costs more than patient recruiting ever will.
How We Work
Consultation
A real conversation about what you actually need. We learn the business, the team, the stack, and the culture. The job description matters. What is not in the job description matters more.
Targeted Sourcing
San Antonio-specific candidate networks built from over two decades of placements across South Texas. Cleared cyber operators from the Lackland corridor. USAA-experienced engineers. H-E-B Digital alumni. Passive candidates who are not refreshing job boards.
Rigorous Screening
Technical assessments, behavioral interviews, reference checks, and background verification. We surface the problems polished resumes hide and present candidates who are qualified and actually want the specific role. Not just any role.
Placement & Support
Check-ins at 30, 60, and 90 days on every placement. Problems surface fast when someone is checking. Our 92% retention rate means replacements are rare. The guarantee exists anyway. No fine print.
Industries We Serve in San Antonio
Cybersecurity & Defense
Joint Base San Antonio and the 16th Air Force make this the cyber capital of the Department of Defense.
- 16th Air Force at Lackland, NSA Texas at Medina, plus CACI, Leidos, ManTech, Booz Allen, Peraton, and dozens of mid-tier defense contractors
- SOC analysts, threat intel, offensive security, vulnerability management, security engineers, GRC, and intelligence specialists
- Cleared and clearable program managers, systems engineers, and DevSecOps leads
Our cybersecurity staffing and engineering staffing practices cover the full defense-adjacent stack.
Financial Services & Insurance
USAA, Frost Bank, and a private-bank ecosystem make San Antonio a Fortune 100 finance market in disguise.
- USAA HQ, Frost Bank HQ, Argo Group, Security Service Federal Credit Union, plus regional and private banks
- Actuaries, FP&A analysts, cost and risk accountants, treasury, audit, and SOX compliance
- Controllers, finance directors, and finance technology leads across insurance and banking
Our accounting and finance consulting and fractional CFO teams cover the full spectrum.
Healthcare & Healthcare IT
The South Texas Medical Center is a 900-acre concentration of hospitals, research, and military medicine.
- University Health, Methodist Healthcare, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, UT Health San Antonio, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio Military Health System
- Epic and Cerner implementation consultants, HL7/FHIR integration developers, clinical data engineers
- Revenue cycle leads, compliance, and managed-care finance professionals
See our healthcare IT staffing practice. According to HealthIT.gov, EHR adoption is above 90% for eligible U.S. hospitals, and the specialized talent to maintain those systems is genuinely scarce.
Energy & Utilities
Valero, CPS Energy, and a midstream supplier base make San Antonio a quiet but real energy capital.
- Valero Energy HQ, CPS Energy (the largest municipally-owned electric and gas utility in the U.S.), NuStar Energy, plus midstream and refining services firms
- Process engineers, controls engineers, instrumentation specialists, project controls, and SCADA analysts
- Cost accountants and FP&A analysts familiar with refining and utility economics
Our engineering staffing and finance teams staff across the energy stack.
Manufacturing & Automotive
Toyota’s 2,000-acre San Antonio truck plant anchors a regional automotive and advanced manufacturing supplier base.
- Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Boeing MRO at Port San Antonio, Caterpillar, Friedrich Air Conditioning, plus Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive suppliers across the South Side
- Manufacturing engineers, controls engineers, quality leads, plant managers, and supply chain analysts
- Automation specialists, PLC programmers, and lean Six Sigma program managers
Pair with light industrial staffing for full plant-floor coverage.
Retail, Supply Chain & Technology
H-E-B Digital and Rackspace Technology give San Antonio a technology talent pool that punches above its city weight.
- H-E-B Digital, Rackspace Technology, iHeartMedia, Whataburger HQ, plus a broader software, e-commerce, and managed services base
- Backend engineers, cloud architects, data engineers, full-stack developers, and platform reliability leads
- Salesforce administrators, ERP consultants, and security analysts
We run deep IT staffing, cybersecurity, and data analytics practices across the metro.
Temporary, Contract-to-Hire, and Direct Hire in San Antonio
Different roles need different structures. Most San Antonio clients use more than one depending on where they are in a hiring cycle. For project work with defined deliverables, we also offer project-based staffing. No single model fits every requisition.
Temporary & Contract
When you need someone this week, not next quarter. Cyber surge campaigns, USAA seasonal claims ramps, H-E-B retail technology pushes, hospital system go-lives. We handle payroll, benefits, workers comp, and compliance so your team stays focused on the actual work.
Contract-to-Hire
The most popular model for mid-level technical and finance roles in San Antonio. You get actual performance data before making a permanent offer. A three-month contract tells you more about an engineer’s real work style than a full day of technical interviews.
Direct Hire
For roles where you know exactly what you need and want it right. Our direct hire staffing practice handles everything from sourcing through offer negotiation. Senior cybersecurity leaders, healthcare IT architects, finance executives, and specialized technical roles where time-to-fill directly affects revenue.
Submarkets We Cover Across San Antonio and South Texas
Downtown San Antonio to South Texas, Onsite and Remote
San Antonio is not a single neighborhood. A USAA software engineer who lives in Stone Oak is not commuting to a downtown office five days a week for a 10% raise. A BAMC clinical IT specialist who lives in Universal City will absolutely take a Medical Center role and use the freeway loop. Our submarket-aware sourcing factors in commute geography, the realities of Loop 410 and Loop 1604 traffic, and which candidates will actually take a hybrid versus full-onsite role before we present them, instead of finding out at the offer stage.
Pearl District
Alamo Heights
Stone Oak
La Cantera
Medical Center
Northwest Side
North Central
South Side
Westover Hills
Cibolo
Universal City
Selma
Live Oak
Boerne
New Braunfels
San Marcos
Helotes
Part of KORE1’s National Staffing Network
San Antonio is one piece of KORE1’s footprint across 30+ U.S. markets. Companies with operations in multiple cities use us because we staff across regions from the same team with the same quality standards. No handoffs between agencies. No bill rate inconsistencies. No stalled requisitions because the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing.
Austin, TX
Tech, semiconductors, healthcare, and financial services across the I-35 corridor. The natural partner market for San Antonio clients with operations or talent overlap up the highway.
Dallas, TX
Financial services, telecom, healthcare, and enterprise IT across DFW. A common second-office market for San Antonio companies and a frequent talent overlap up I-35.
Houston, TX
Energy, midstream, healthcare, and engineering across the Greater Houston area. A common partner market for energy and engineering clients that operate across the Texas Triangle.
Fort Worth, TX
Aerospace, defense, IT, and finance across Tarrant County. Lockheed F-35, Bell Textron, BNSF, Charles Schwab Westlake, and AllianceTexas anchor a distinct industrial market that pairs with San Antonio defense work.
San Antonio, TX
Cybersecurity, defense, healthcare, financial services, energy, and manufacturing across South Texas. You are here.
Common Questions About Staffing in San Antonio
What makes San Antonio different from Austin or Dallas for staffing?
San Antonio has three industries that do not sit anywhere else in Texas at the same density. The Department of Defense cyber concentration around Joint Base San Antonio and the 16th Air Force is in a category of its own. USAA’s Fortune 100 finance and IT footprint is one of the largest single-employer technology campuses in the country. The South Texas Medical Center is a 900-acre healthcare and biosciences district that includes military medicine at BAMC. A propulsion-grade SOC analyst at Lackland, a senior actuary at USAA, and an Epic integration developer at University Health share zero referral networks with a Salesforce engineer in Austin. Generalist agencies treat Texas as one market. Specialist agencies treat it as a half-dozen. We staff San Antonio as its own market, with submarket-aware sourcing from Stone Oak to the South Side, and we coordinate with our Austin, Dallas, and Houston teams when a role’s commute geography or business footprint actually crosses zones.
How much does a staffing agency in San Antonio typically charge?
For a contract or temp placement, what you pay is a bill rate. It covers the worker’s hourly wage, payroll taxes, workers’ comp, unemployment insurance, and benefits, plus our margin. For most San Antonio roles that markup runs 25-50% on top of hourly pay, with the specific number depending on role complexity, benefit structure, and clearance requirements for any defense-adjacent placement. For direct hire placements, fees typically run 15-25% of the candidate’s first-year base salary. Senior cybersecurity leaders, cleared technical professionals, and specialized healthcare IT and finance leads sit at the top of that range. Staff accountants and entry-level industrial roles sit at the bottom. We give transparent pricing up front and do not surprise you with add-ons at offer time.
How quickly can KORE1 fill a role in San Antonio?
17 days is our average across IT roles from kickoff to placement. Common roles like help desk technicians, junior developers, and staff accountants often close in three to five business days because we have been building those candidate relationships across South Texas for over 20 years. Senior cybersecurity engineers, USAA-experienced platform leads, or Epic implementation consultants typically take two to four weeks. The actual variable is not our speed. It is how specific the requirement is and whether compensation is in range for the San Antonio market, which carries a meaningful Texas cost-of-living advantage but still competes with Austin and Dallas for the same senior talent. We will tell you honestly if it is not.
Do you staff cleared and clearable cybersecurity roles in San Antonio?
Yes. Cybersecurity is one of our deepest verticals in this market and we have placed SOC analysts, threat intelligence specialists, security engineers, GRC professionals, and DevSecOps leads into the defense contractor ecosystem around Joint Base San Antonio and into commercial clients with classified or regulated workloads. We work with both fully cleared candidates and clearable candidates who can be sponsored. Our recruiters can speak the language of CMMC, NIST, DISA STIGs, and federal hiring without needing a thirty-minute briefing first.
What is the difference between a temp agency and a staffing agency in San Antonio?
A temp agency typically fills short-term general labor roles with minimal screening and limited placement accountability. A staffing agency like KORE1 handles temporary, contract-to-hire, and permanent placements across specialized disciplines. That quality gap shows up sharpest in cybersecurity, healthcare IT, and senior finance roles where domain experience is not a bonus, it is the entire point. Anyone can fill a warehouse spot. Filling a CMMC-aware security engineer in 17 days requires a completely different kind of network.
Which industries does KORE1 focus on in San Antonio?
Cybersecurity and defense sit at the top, driven by the 16th Air Force, NSA Texas, and the defense contractor concentration around Joint Base San Antonio. Financial services and insurance come second, anchored by USAA and Frost Bank. Healthcare and healthcare IT come third, driven by University Health, Methodist Healthcare, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, UT Health San Antonio, and BAMC. Energy and utilities, manufacturing and automotive, and retail technology round out the mix. Most of our San Antonio requisitions touch at least two of those verticals at once, because the same defense contractor often needs a cleared software engineer, a finance lead with government contracting depth, and a cybersecurity analyst on the same program.
Does KORE1 place contract engineers and interim leaders in San Antonio?
Yes. Contract and contract-to-hire engineering is a significant part of our San Antonio practice, driven by the project-cycle nature of cybersecurity engagements, Toyota Manufacturing supplier ramps, and the implementation cycles at USAA, H-E-B Digital, and the Medical Center health systems. For senior leadership, we place fractional and interim executives through our fractional CFO, CIO, and enterprise staffing practices when you need experienced leadership without a permanent hire.
Ready to Build Your San Antonio Team?
Whether you need one cleared SOC analyst for a Lackland-adjacent program or an entire revenue cycle team for a Medical Center go-live, KORE1 has the recruiting depth and South Texas candidate network to deliver. Mission to Main Street. Connect with our team today.