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Cooper County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cooper County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Cooper County economy

  • 4.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 7,759

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 16,835

    people in Cooper County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,548

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Cooper County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Cooper 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 Cooper 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. CMMG2 open roles
  2. GPAC1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cooper 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 Cooper County

Other Missouri counties

All of Missouri

Laid off or looking for work in Cooper 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.