St. Joseph, MO jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in St. Joseph

• Safety Specialist Series - Northwest DistrictState of Missouri
• Benefit Program Senior SpecialistState of Missouri
• Youth Services Supervisor (Youth Group Leader)State of Missouri
• Facility AdministratorDavita
• Contract AdministratorHerzog Foundation Resource Management
• Procurement CoordinatorHerzog Foundation Resource Management
• Director of Overhead Contact SystemsHerzog Foundation Resource Management
• Field Training SpecialistHerzog Foundation Resource Management
• RecruiterHerzog Foundation Resource Management
• Outside Sales RepresentativeSnap-on

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Employers hiring most in St. Joseph

1. Herzog Foundation Resource Management5 open roles
2. State of Missouri3 open roles
3. Tyson Foods3 open roles
4. Davita1 open role
5. Enterprise Medical Recruiting1 open role
6. Lowe's1 open role
7. Snap-on1 open role

St. Joseph layoffs

No layoff notices naming St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph

Buchanan 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 3.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 1.1% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.5%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+1,094 jobs), construction (+342 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−537 jobs), professional & technical (−469 jobs)

Learn and get funded in St. Joseph

• 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 St. Joseph. 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 Development Board of North Missouri

  Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clark, Clinton, Daviess, De Kalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Marion, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Nodaway, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Sullivan, Warren, Worth

• Missouri Career Center - St. Joseph

  St. Joseph · Comprehensive · 816-387-2380

  Mon-TH 8:00am-5:00 pm FR 8:00 am-4:00 pm

• Workforce Development Director Youth Alliance

  St. Joseph · Affiliate

  Tues- Thurs 8:30am-4:30pm; Monday and Friday closed to the public

Buchanan County economy

• 3.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.6% the month before

• 38,573

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 83,855

  people in Buchanan County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $59,423

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 31%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS