Bolivar, MO jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Project Specialist, Utility Water DistributionLiberty Utilities
Employers hiring most in Bolivar
- Liberty Utilities1 open role
Bolivar layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Bolivar in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Bolivar
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Baptist University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Bolivar. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Ozark Region Workforce Development Board
Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Stone, Taney, Webster
Polk County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
15,114
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
32,109
people in Polk County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,686
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.