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Missouri jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Missouri’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. 3,419 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 41 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Missouri economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.9% the month before

  • 3,173,894

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 6,168,181

    people in Missouri

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $68,920

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Missouri outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 1.9% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.3%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+36,849 jobs), construction (+8,688 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−10,449 jobs), admin & staffing (−9,539 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Missouri. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Missouri layoffs

  • 41

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 4,142

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 37

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Missouri, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Conagra Brands, Inc.Takes effect Jan 15, 2027Macon442—State record
Ascension Care Management Insurance HoldingsTakes effect Jan 8, 2027—51—State record
Children’s MercyTakes effect Feb 6, 2027Kansas City473—State record
Family EndeavorsTakes effect Dec 31, 2026—11—State record
Ice Cream Specialties, Inc.Takes effect Dec 31, 2026Brentwood107—State record
Grunt StyleTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Branson10—State record
DSV Contract LogisticsTakes effect Dec 5, 2026—84—State record
AramarkTakes effect Nov 16, 2026BerkeleySt. Charles69—State record
St Louis Post-DispatchTakes effect Nov 30, 2026Maryland Heights3—State record
Springfield Mechanical Services, Inc.Springfield53—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Missouri

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. State of Missouri103 open roles
  2. Places For People46 open roles
  3. Amazon35 open roles
  4. Commerce Bank34 open roles
  5. O'Reilly Auto Parts33 open roles
  6. EquipmentShare.com32 open roles
  7. GPAC31 open roles
  8. Hubbell31 open roles
  9. BJC HealthCare29 open roles
  10. Catalent Pharma Solutions29 open roles
  11. Esri27 open roles
  12. Graybar27 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Missouri

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Missouri

  • 63

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 365,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Missouri

Largest colleges in Missouri
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfieldPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbiaPublic 4-year20,000+
Saint Louis UniversitySaint LouisPrivate non-profit 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Central MissouriWarrensburgPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas CityPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Missouri-St LouisSaint LouisPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Washington University in St LouisSt. LouisPrivate non-profit 4-year10,000–19,999
Columbia CollegeColumbiaPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
Lindenwood UniversitySaint CharlesPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint LouisPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
Missouri Baptist UniversitySaint LouisPrivate non-profit 4-year5,000–9,999
Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRollaPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

All 63 Missouri colleges

Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Missouri? How to file for unemployment in Missouri (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

37 American Job Centers in Missouri

Job fairs and business events in Missouri

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Missouri.

Conferences in Missouri

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Missouri, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 20 with dates announced.

Showing 24 of 27 conferences, 20 with dates announced.

All conferences

Missouri counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Show all 115

Missouri cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 108

Laid off or looking for work in Missouri?

See what to do first, what Missouri unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from Missouri’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Missouri unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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