Sikeston, MO jobs, layoffs and employers
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- METALS RECYCLING BUYER IIGerdau
- District Land Survey Manager - SikestonState of Missouri
- Management TraineeDayton Freight Lines
- Administrative AssistantManpower
Employers hiring most in Sikeston
- Dayton Freight Lines1 open role
- Gerdau1 open role
- Manpower1 open role
- State of Missouri1 open role
Sikeston layoffs
No layoff notices naming Sikeston in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Scott County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 1.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in Missouri? How to file for unemployment in Missouri (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Workforce Development Board of Southeast Missouri
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Scott County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
18,958
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
37,967
people in Scott County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,847
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff 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. Missouri unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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