Jefferson County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Jefferson County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
125,269
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
228,227
people in Jefferson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$80,522
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Jefferson County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Jefferson County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Jefferson 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.
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency4 open roles
- Buzzi Unicem USA3 open roles
- Anew Solutions (Anew Transport)1 open role
- Ardagh Group1 open role
- Ardagh Metal Packaging1 open role
- Autozone1 open role
- Caci International1 open role
- CACI International1 open role
- Enterprise Bank & Trust1 open role
- Grvty1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jefferson County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Investment Board of Jefferson/Franklin Counties
Franklin, Jefferson
Missouri Career Center - Arnold
Arnold · Comprehensive · 636-865-6060
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am-5:00 pm Friday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cities in Jefferson County
Other Missouri counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.