Missouri workforce development boards and American Job Centers

Missouri at a glance

• 3.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 40

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 4,139 workers

• 37

  American Job Centers

• 63

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every Missouri layoff notice

Laid off in Missouri? How to file for unemployment in Missouri (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Workforce boards

• Central Workforce Development Board

  Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper, Crawford, Dent, Gasconade, Howard, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Phelps, Pulaski, Washington

• Eastern Jackson County Workforce Development Board

  Jackson (East)

• Kansas City Region Workforce Investment Board

  Cass, Clay, Platte, Ray; City: Kansas City

• Ozark Region Workforce Development Board

  Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Stone, Taney, Webster

• Saint Louis County Workforce Development Board

  St. Louis

• South Central Workforce Investment Board

  Butler, Carter, Douglas, Howell, Iron, Oregon, Ozark, Ripley, Shannon, Texas, Wayne, Wright

• St. Charles County Workforce Development Board

  St. Charles

• The City of St. Louis Workforce Development Board Inc.

  St. Louis City

• 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

• Workforce Development Board of Southeast Missouri

  Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Scott, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard

• Workforce Development Board of Western Missouri Inc.

  Bates, Benton, Carroll, Cedar, Chariton, Henry, Hickory, Johnson, Lafayette, Pettis, Saline, St. Clair, Vernon

• Workforce Investment Board of Jefferson/Franklin Counties

  Franklin, Jefferson

• Workforce Investment Board of the Southwest Missouri

  Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton

American Job Centers