Polk County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Polk County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Polk County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
15,114
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
32,109
people in Polk County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,686
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Polk County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Polk 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 Polk 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.

Liberty Utilities1 open role

Colleges in Polk County

Colleges in Polk County
College	City	Type	Students
Southwest Baptist University	Bolivar	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Ozark Region Workforce Development Board
Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Stone, Taney, Webster

Cities in Polk County

Bolivar1 jobs

Other Missouri counties

All of Missouri

Laid off or looking for work in Polk 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.