Franklin County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meFranklin County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.2% the month before
54,163
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
105,316
people in Franklin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,973
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Franklin County outlook: Building
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 up 3.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+438 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−350 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Franklin 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.
Franklin County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Franklin 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.
Employers hiring most in Franklin 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.
- ServiceNow2 open roles
- Buildkite1 open role
- Clarkson Eyecare1 open role
- DAP1 open role
- DAP Construction Management1 open role
- SmartRecruiters1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Franklin 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 Investment Board of Jefferson/Franklin Counties
Franklin, Jefferson
Washington Job Center
Washington · Comprehensive · 636-583-9670
Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cities in Franklin County
Other Missouri counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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