Festus, MO jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Festus

• Electrical EngineerBuzzi Unicem USA
• Manager Strategic Commodities & EnergyBuzzi Unicem USA

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Employers hiring most in Festus

1. Buzzi Unicem USA2 open roles

Festus layoffs

No layoff notices naming Festus 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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Jefferson County outlook: Building

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

• Private-sector jobs up 4.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.7% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+883 jobs), hotels & food (+623 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Workforce Investment Board of Jefferson/Franklin Counties

  Franklin, Jefferson

Jefferson County economy

• 3.0%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.2% the month before

• 125,066

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 228,227

  people in Jefferson County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $80,522

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 36%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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