Butler, Missouri
Butler County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Nov 30, 2025
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: Jan 2014
Maintained 1: May 2025
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Butler is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 2 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
NCRC Plus |
|
| Emerging | High School | 373 | 136 | 138 | 69 | 30 | 0 |
| College | 133 | 13 | 83 | 32 | 5 | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 147 | 39 | 74 | 25 | 9 | 0 |
| Public | 68 | 28 | 26 | 13 | + | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 503 | 157 | 241 | 92 | 13 | + | |
| Recent Veteran | 6 | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1229 | 374 | 564 | 232 | 59 | + | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 373 | 136 | 138 | 69 | 30 | 0 |
| College | 133 | 13 | 83 | 32 | 5 | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 147 | 39 | 74 | 25 | 9 | 0 |
| Public | 68 | 28 | 26 | 13 | + | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 503 | 157 | 241 | 92 | 13 | + | |
| Recent Veteran | 6 | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1229 | 374 | 564 | 232 | 59 | + | |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Nov 30, 2025
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| Emerging | 681 | 506 |
|
✓
Current |
82 | 215 |
| ✓ Transitioning | 227 | 509 |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 105 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| Silver | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gold | 0 | |||
Employers in Butler County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
- First Missouri State Bank
- Bee Hive Natural Food
- Boys & Girls Club of Poplar Bluff
- City of Poplar Bluff/Municipal Utilities
and City Cable - Division of Workforce Development
- Edward Jones - Brian Taylor
- First Choice Insurance Agency, LLC
- Gamblin Lumber
- Kissinger & Kirkman Investment Centre,
LLC - Mid Continent Steel & Wire
- NORDYNE
- Pack's Do-It Center
- Poplar Bluff Realty, Inc.
- Poplar Bluff Winnelson
- R.L. Persons Const. Inc.
- Smith & Co.
- Susan McVey Agency
- Luecke Distrcit Co. Inc
- La Boutique
- Southeast Missouri Behavorial Health
- South Central Missouri Community Action
Agency - Schaefer's Electrical Enclosures
- Petsway
- US Foods
- Spire
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