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Jasper County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Jasper County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 46 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Jasper County economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.1% the month before

  • 62,603

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 123,532

    people in Jasper County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $57,525

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Jasper County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Jasper 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 Jasper 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. Liberty Utilities8 open roles
  2. Ducommun6 open roles
  3. Leggett & Platt5 open roles
  4. Leggett & Platt4 open roles
  5. Butterball2 open roles
  6. Eaglepicher Technologies2 open roles
  7. OLIN2 open roles
  8. Owens Corning2 open roles
  9. Southwest Missouri Bank2 open roles
  10. AllSearch Professional Staffing1 open role

Colleges in Jasper County

Colleges in Jasper County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplinPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Ozark Christian CollegeJoplinPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jasper County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Missouri Job Center - Joplin

    Joplin · Comprehensive · 417-629-3000

    Monday-Thursday 8-5 Friday 9-4

Cities in Jasper County

Other Missouri counties

All of Missouri

Laid off or looking for work in Jasper 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.