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Missouri jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Missouri’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. 3,001 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 37 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Missouri economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.0% the month before

  • 3,169,856

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 6,168,181

    people in Missouri

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $68,920

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Missouri layoffs

  • 37

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 3,151

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 33

    employers

WARN notices filed in Missouri, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Grunt StyleTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Branson10—State record
DSV Contract LogisticsTakes effect Dec 5, 2026—84—State record
AramarkTakes effect Nov 16, 2026BerkeleySt. Charles69—State record
St Louis Post-DispatchTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Maryland Heights3—State record
Springfield Mechanical Services, Inc.Springfield53—State record
Cornerstone Building BrandsTakes effect Oct 19, 2026Kearney61—State record
Federal Express CorporationTakes effect Sep 28, 2026Earth City75—State record
Federal Express CorporationTakes effect Sep 28, 2026Federal Express Corporation68—State record
Compass Group USA, Inc. d/b/a ChartwellsChesterfield93—State record
Schnuck Markets, IncTakes effect Mar 28, 2027Bridgeton64—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Missouri

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. State of Missouri115 open roles
  2. JE Dunn Construction54 open roles
  3. GPAC45 open roles
  4. Amazon37 open roles
  5. Commerce Bank36 open roles
  6. Catalent Pharma Solutions33 open roles
  7. O'Reilly Auto Parts31 open roles
  8. EquipmentShare.com30 open roles
  9. Esri28 open roles
  10. Graybar28 open roles
  11. Charter Communications27 open roles
  12. EquipmentShare26 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Missouri

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Missouri

  • 63

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 365,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Missouri

Largest colleges in Missouri
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfieldPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbiaPublic 4-year20,000+
Saint Louis UniversitySaint LouisPrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Central MissouriWarrensburgPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas CityPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Missouri-St LouisSaint LouisPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Washington University in St LouisSt. LouisPrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
Columbia CollegeColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Lindenwood UniversitySaint CharlesPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint LouisPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Missouri Baptist UniversitySaint LouisPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRollaPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

All 63 Missouri colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Missouri. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

37 American Job Centers in Missouri

Job fairs and business events in Missouri

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Missouri.

Conferences in Missouri

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Missouri, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 21 with dates announced.

Showing 24 of 26 conferences, 21 with dates announced.

All conferences

Missouri counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Missouri cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Missouri?

See what to do first, what Missouri unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Missouri’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Missouri unemployment benefits.