Montgomery County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Montgomery County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.6% the month before
5,974
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
11,422
people in Montgomery County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,042
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Montgomery County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.
- Amazon13 open roles
- Gilbane11 open roles
- Hydrogen Group1 open role
- Sellenriek Services1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Montgomery 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
Cities in Montgomery County
- New Florence25 jobs
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.