Charleston, MO jobs, layoffs and employers
Charleston layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Charleston in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Charleston. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Development Board of Southeast Missouri
Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Scott, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard
Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center
Charleston · Affiliate · 573-233-8391
Monday through Friday; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Mississippi County economy
6.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.6% the month before
3,913
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
12,079
people in Mississippi County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$46,258
median household income
Source: Census ACS
25%
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.