Lewis County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lewis County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lewis County economy

4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.2% the month before
4,147
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
9,945
people in Lewis County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,340
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lewis County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lewis 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 Lewis 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.

Charles Industries1 open role

Colleges in Lewis County

Colleges in Lewis County
College	City	Type	Students
Culver-Stockton College	Canton	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Development Board of North Missouri
Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clark, Clinton, Daviess, De Kalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Marion, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Nodaway, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Sullivan, Warren, Worth

Gamm, Inc.
Labelle · Affiliate · 660-213-3221
Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm

Cities in Lewis County

Canton1 jobs

Other Missouri counties

All of Missouri

Laid off or looking for work in Lewis County?

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

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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.