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Camden County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Camden County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Camden County economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.0% the month before

  • 21,570

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 43,416

    people in Camden County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $62,927

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 32%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Camden County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Camden 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 Camden 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. Illinois Tool Works2 open roles
  2. PlainsCapital Bank1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Camden 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

Cities in Camden County

Other Missouri counties

All of Missouri

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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.