Berkeley, MO jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Berkeley
- Junior Flight Simulation Software EngineerThe Boeing Company
- Quality Engineer (Entry Level or Associate) - F-15Boeing
- Safety Specialist (Associate or Mid-Level) JobsClearanceJobs
- Operations Manager - Saint Louis, MOAmazon
- Area Manager ll, Reverse Logistics-FFOperationsAmazon
- HR Partner, Human ResourcesAmazon
Employers hiring most in Berkeley
- Amazon3 open roles
- Boeing1 open role
- ClearanceJobs1 open role
- The Boeing Company1 open role
Berkeley layoffs
No layoff notices naming Berkeley in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
St. Louis County outlook: Cooling
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs down 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+6,101 jobs), construction (+1,309 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−3,744 jobs), admin & staffing (−2,457 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Berkeley. Each link goes to the publisher.
- St. Louis nursing home owners to pay ex-workers after chaotic 2023 closureSt. Louis Post-Dispatch · Oct 26, 2026
- MoDOT Plans Yearlong I-64 Closure in St. LouisSTL.News · Oct 21, 2026
- St. Louis Public Schools could offer $25K retirement bonuses to 28 employeesFOX 2 · Oct 13, 2026
- St. Louis County faces new budget battle as officials clash over cuts and funding for 2027KSDK-TV St. Louis on MSN · Oct 6, 2026
Learn and get funded in Berkeley
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Berkeley. 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).
St. Louis County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
529,673
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
996,618
people in St. Louis County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,340
median household income
Source: Census ACS
50%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Missouri unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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