Buchanan County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Buchanan County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 27 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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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

Where Buchanan County ranks

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

November 2026

#2Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Midwest14.9 per 10,000 · of 100
#12Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person14.9 per 10,000 · of 100

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 Buchanan 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.

Buchanan County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Buchanan 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Buchanan 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.

Herzog Foundation Resource Management5 open roles
State of Missouri3 open roles
Tyson Foods3 open roles
Davita1 open role
Enterprise Medical Recruiting1 open role
Lowe's1 open role
Snap-on1 open role

Colleges in Buchanan County

Colleges in Buchanan County
College	City	Type	Students
Missouri Western State University	Saint Joseph	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Buchanan 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).

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

Cities in Buchanan County

St. Joseph27 jobs

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All of Missouri

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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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