Boone County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Boone County’s unemployment rate is 2.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 153 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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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

Where Boone County ranks

Where Boone County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#21Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Midwest49% · of 100
#24Best county job markets for job seekers in the Midwest62 / 100 · of 68

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 Boone County

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.

Boone County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Boone County 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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Employers hiring most in Boone County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

EquipmentShare.com24 open roles
EquipmentShare19 open roles
Bunge Global13 open roles
SPX Technologies11 open roles
Places For People5 open roles
University of Missouri4 open roles
Gates Foundation Trust3 open roles
Greystar3 open roles
Keller Executive Search3 open roles
Veterans Health Administration3 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Boone County

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.

Colleges in Boone County

Colleges in Boone County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Missouri-Columbia	Columbia	Public 4-year	20,000+
Columbia College	Columbia	Private non-profit 4-year	5,000–9,999
Stephens College	Columbia	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Boone County. 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
Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Howard, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski, Washington

Missouri Job Center - Columbia
Columbia · Comprehensive · 573-441-6361
8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Thursday / 9:00 AM- 4 PM, Friday

Cities in Boone County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Missouri’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Missouri unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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