Ironton, MO jobs, layoffs and employers

Ironton layoffs

No layoff notices naming Ironton 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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Iron 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 1.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 2.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.7 points from a year ago

Learn and get funded in Ironton

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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

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• South Central Workforce Investment Board

  Butler, Carter, Douglas, Howell, Iron, Oregon, Ozark, Ripley, Shannon, Texas, Wayne, Wright

• East Missouri Action Agency- Ironton

  Ironton · Affiliate · 573-431-5191

  Monday-Thursday; 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Iron County economy

• 3.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.5% the month before

• 3,904

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 9,482

  people in Iron County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $51,161

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 32%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS