Columbia, MO jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Senior Manager Accounts PayableEquipmentShare.com
- Senior Tax ManagerEquipmentShare.com
- Government Contract SpecialistEquipmentShare.com
- Field Application EngineerEquipmentShare.com
- Government Contract Administrative AssistantEquipmentShare.com
- Inside Sales RepresentativeConsolidated Electrical Distributors
- VP System Chief Pharmacy OfficerINNOVA Health an INNOVA People
- Junior eCommerce Web DeveloperEquipmentShare
- Business Development RepresentativeAtico ATX
- General Manager in TrainingMers Missouri Goodwill Industries
Employers hiring most in Columbia
- EquipmentShare.com29 open roles
- EquipmentShare18 open roles
- Places For People5 open roles
- Gates Foundation Trust3 open roles
- Keller Executive Search3 open roles
- University of Missouri3 open roles
- Veterans Health Administration3 open roles
- BAYADA Home Health Care2 open roles
- Cintas2 open roles
- Dana2 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Columbia
- University of Missouri5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Columbia layoffs
No layoff notices naming Columbia 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.
Colleges in Columbia
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
| Columbia College | Private non-profit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| Stephens College | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Where Columbia ranks
Where Columbia placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Boone 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 up 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 4.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.7%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,905 jobs), management of companies (+594 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−720 jobs), admin & staffing (−684 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Columbia
- 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 Columbia. 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).
- Central Workforce Development Board
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Missouri Job Center - Columbia
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Boone County economy
2.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.8% the month before
103,746
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
185,874
people in Boone County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,913
median household income
Source: Census ACS
49%
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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