Carthage, MO jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Carthage

• Director of OperationsLeggett & Platt
• Logistics CoordinatorAmericold
• Attorney - CarthageState of Missouri
• Staff AccountantArcwood
• Human Resources ManagerLeggett & Platt
• Electrical Controls EngineerLeggett & Platt
• Embedded Electronics Engineer (Hardware)Leggett & Platt
• Branch ManagerLeggett & Platt
• Mechanical/Design EngineerLeggett & Platt
• Inventory ManagerLeggett & Platt

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Employers hiring most in Carthage

1. Leggett & Platt6 open roles
2. Butterball2 open roles
3. Leggett & Platt2 open roles
4. Americold1 open role
5. Americold Realty Trust1 open role
6. Arcwood1 open role
7. Brio Energy1 open role
8. Southwest Missouri Bank1 open role
9. State of Missouri1 open role

Carthage layoffs

No layoff notices naming Carthage 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.

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Jasper County 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 down 3.1% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.7% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−1,138 jobs), admin & staffing (−391 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Carthage

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• 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 Carthage. 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).

• Workforce Investment Board of the Southwest Missouri

  Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton

Jasper County economy

• 3.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.4% the month before

• 62,289

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 123,532

  people in Jasper County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $57,525

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 34%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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