Joplin, MO jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Joplin

• Manufacturing EngineerGentherm
• Project Manager – RoadwayOlsson
• Marketing AnalystCarpe Diem Management
• General ManagerGecko Hospitality
• Account Manager / Outside Sales Representative - Joplin, MOSpectrum Paint
• Inside Sales RepresentativeDSI Groups
• Corporate ControllerJaguar Transport Holdings
• Quality EngineerEaglepicher Technologies
• Commercial Loan OfficerSouthwest Missouri Bank
• Vice President for University AdvancementMissouri Southern State University

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Employers hiring most in Joplin

1. Liberty Utilities8 open roles
2. Ducommun6 open roles
3. Dairy Farmers of America2 open roles
4. Joplin Schools2 open roles
5. Owens Corning2 open roles
6. Army National Guard Units1 open role
7. Carpe Diem Management1 open role
8. DSI Groups1 open role
9. Eaglepicher Technologies1 open role
10. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology1 open role

Joplin layoffs

No layoff notices naming Joplin 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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Colleges in Joplin

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)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Joplin. 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

• Missouri Job Center - Joplin

  Joplin · Comprehensive · 417-629-3000

  Monday-Thursday 8-5 Friday 9-4

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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