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Boone County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Boone County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 144 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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

Boone County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Boone County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Boone County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. EquipmentShare29 open roles
  2. EquipmentShare.com21 open roles
  3. Bunge Global13 open roles
  4. GPAC5 open roles
  5. Acadia Healthcare Company4 open roles
  6. Gates Foundation Trust3 open roles
  7. BAYADA Home Health Care2 open roles
  8. Charter Communications2 open roles
  9. Cintas2 open roles
  10. Ebs Recruiters2 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Boone County

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

Colleges in Boone County

Colleges in Boone County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbiaPublic 4-year20,000+
Columbia CollegeColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Stephens CollegeColumbiaPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Boone County. 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

Cities in Boone County

Other Missouri counties

All of Missouri

Laid off or looking for work in Boone County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Missouri’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.