Editing Columbia, Missouri (section)

===Top employers===
According to Columbia's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.como.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/City-of-Columbia-MO-ACFR-FY22.pdf|title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (FY 2022 ACFR)|date=2022|website=City of Columbia|access-date=July 31, 2023}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! #
! Employer 
! # of Employees
!% of Total City Employment
|-
|1
| [[University of Missouri]]
|8,709
|9.07%
|-
|2
| [[University of Missouri Health Care]]
|5,092
|5.30%
|-
|3
| [[Veterans United Home Loans]]
|3,474
|3.62%
|-
|4
| [[Columbia Public Schools]]
|2,650
|2.76%
|-
|5
|[[Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital]]
|1,779
|1.85%
|-
|6
| [[Boone Hospital Center]]
|1,581
|1.65%
|-
|7
| City of Columbia
|1,515
|1.58%
|-
|8
| [[Shelter Insurance]]
|1,375
|1.43%
|-
|9
| Hubbell Power Systems
|751
|0.78%
|-
|10
|Joe Machens Dealerships
|611
|0.64%
|}
The [[Unemployment|unemployment rate]] in Columbia has slowly risen since December 2022 at 3.5 as of February 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia, MO Economy at a Glance |url=https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.mo_columbia_msa.htm |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Bureau of Labor Statistics |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bureau of Labor Statistics Data |url=https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LAUMT291786000000003?amp%253bdata_tool=XGtable&output_view=data&include_graphs=true |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Bureau of Labor Statistics |language=en-us}}</ref>