Butler, Missouri
Butler County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to May 31, 2026
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 | 409 | 153 | 152 | 72 | 32 | 0 |
| College | 133 | 13 | 83 | 32 | 5 | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 148 | 40 | 74 | 25 | 9 | 0 |
| Public | 72 | 29 | 29 | 13 | + | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 520 | 167 | 246 | 93 | 14 | + | |
| Recent Veteran | 6 | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1287 | 403 | 587 | 237 | 63 | + | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 409 | 153 | 152 | 72 | 32 | 0 |
| College | 133 | 13 | 83 | 32 | 5 | 0 | |
| Current | Private | 148 | 40 | 74 | 25 | 9 | 0 |
| Public | 72 | 29 | 29 | 13 | + | 0 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 520 | 167 | 246 | 93 | 14 | + | |
| Recent Veteran | 6 | 0 | + | + | + | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1287 | 403 | 587 | 237 | 63 | + | |
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 May 31, 2026
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| Emerging | 681 | 542 |
|
✓
Current |
82 | 220 |
| ✓ Transitioning | 227 | 526 |
| Workforce category not identified | 0 | 0 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 106 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 31 | 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
- Bluff Burger & Brew, LLC
- Boys & Girls Club of Poplar Bluff
- Butler County Community Resource Council
- Division of Workforce Development
- First Choice Insurance Agency, LLC
- First Community Bank
- Health Partners Management Group, Inc.
- Horner and Shifrin Engineering
- Hot Shotz Coffee Haus
- Larry Hillis Dodge
- Money Mizer
- Murphy Express (#8654)
- NORDYNE
- Northside Nutrition
- Ozark Foothills Regional Planning
Commission - Poplar Bluff Realty, Inc.
- Rick's 66
- Ryan's
- Whitworth's Gift Chest Jewelers
- Southeast Missouri Behavorial Health
- TAG Truck Center
- Spire
- Sunset Pool Spa & Metal
Missouri Department of Higher Education
and Workforce Development
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