Miller County, MO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Miller County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Miller County economy

2.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.0% the month before
13,058
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
25,081
people in Miller County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$55,172
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Miller 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.9%, down 0.1 points from a year ago

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Miller County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Miller 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 Miller 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.

Empire Petroleum1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Miller 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

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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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