Columbia, MO jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Columbia
- Senior Legal Paralegal & Executive Assistantebs recruiters
- Senior AccountantEquipmentShare
- Senior Financial Systems Analyst - CRM, SaaS & ServiceEquipmentShare.com
- Senior Financial Systems AnalystEquipmentShare.com
- Senior Software EngineerEquipmentShare.com
- Safety Manager - Natural Gas, Power Generation & BESSEquipmentShare
- Manager Supply Chain Planning & PurchasingEquipmentShare.com
- Building Design EngineerEquipmentShare.com
- Equipment Technical TrainerEquipmentShare
- Senior Electrical Engineer - Temporary Power Generation & Energy SystemsEquipmentShare.com
Employers hiring most in Columbia
- EquipmentShare29 open roles
- EquipmentShare.com21 open roles
- GPAC5 open roles
- Acadia Healthcare Company4 open roles
- Gates Foundation Trust3 open roles
- BAYADA Home Health Care2 open roles
- Charter Communications2 open roles
- Cintas2 open roles
- Ebs Recruiters2 open roles
- ESS Companies2 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Columbia
- University of Missouri5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Columbia layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Columbia 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 Columbia
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
| Columbia College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| Stephens College | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Columbia. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Central Workforce Development Board
Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Howard, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski, Washington
Missouri Job Center - Columbia
Columbia · Comprehensive · 573-441-6361
8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Thursday / 9:00 AM- 4 PM, Friday
Boone County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
102,051
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
185,874
people in Boone County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,913
median household income
Source: Census ACS
49%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Boone County
- Missouri14 jobs
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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.