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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

St. Louis, MO-IL, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, St. Louis metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 1,425.2 1,425.0 1,428.2 1,430.1 1,429.8 1,430.9 1,433.3 1,437.3 1,439.7 1,439.6 1,442.0 1,445.5 1,451.2 5.7 0.4

Illinois

 6,106.3 6,107.1 6,134.1 6,119.2 6,118.4 6,132.3 6,101.9 6,107.2 6,100.6 6,099.7 6,126.4 6,136.4 6,143.7 7.3 0.1

Missouri

 2,967.7 2,968.8 2,976.6 2,983.2 2,968.3 2,978.3 2,989.2 2,995.2 3,000.6 3,003.6 3,013.9 3,025.9 3,042.6 16.7 0.6

United States

 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,111 158,286 175 0.1

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, St. Louis metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

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Total Nonfarm

 1,428.0 1,436.1 1,455.1 27.1 1.9 3,052.5 74.5 2.5 6,124.0 39.7 0.7 158,016 2,815 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 75.5 77.2 79.4 3.9 5.2                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.6 0.2 4.5 7.1 -0.1 -1.4 635 2 0.3

Construction(3)

             152.0 9.2 6.4 228.4 -4.3 -1.8 8,132 258 3.3

Manufacturing

 117.6 117.1 117.6 0.0 0.0 289.8 2.2 0.8 580.2 4.3 0.7 12,913 17 0.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 260.9 263.6 263.6 2.7 1.0 565.4 7.8 1.4 1,210.5 -3.8 -0.3 28,747 203 0.7

Information

 29.4 29.1 29.7 0.3 1.0 49.7 0.5 1.0 90.1 -5.2 -5.5 2,993 -42 -1.4

Financial Activities

 96.4 95.9 96.0 -0.4 -0.4 187.5 3.9 2.1 390.3 -8.4 -2.1 9,186 49 0.5

Professional & Business Services

 222.6 215.6 219.1 -3.5 -1.6 382.6 -3.1 -0.8 919.6 -30.8 -3.2 22,891 124 0.5

Education & Health Services

 271.8 279.1 283.9 12.1 4.5 530.4 23.9 4.7 996.7 31.5 3.3 26,293 1,085 4.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 146.5 147.8 154.3 7.8 5.3 322.8 14.3 4.6 597.9 15.7 2.7 16,739 381 2.3

Other Services

 52.5 53.3 54.1 1.6 3.0 119.7 5.1 4.5 258.8 10.3 4.1 5,892 105 1.8

Government

 154.8 157.4 157.4 2.6 1.7 448.0 10.5 2.4 844.4 30.5 3.7 23,595 633 2.8

(1) Area boundaries do not reflect OMB definitions.
(2) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(3) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 41,311 47,605 50,572 52,950 52,989 45,824 49,480 44,235 44,913 56,700 58,500 55,807 50,131   8,820 21.4

Bond, IL

 413 268 322 325 367 307 299 280 311 393 363 348 294   -119 -28.8

Calhoun, IL

 83 86 95 100 101 96 81 83 79 113 101 97 83   0 0.0

Clinton, IL

 591 579 704 740 764 676 640 587 604 822 746 717 595   4 0.7

Jersey, IL

 367 391 448 451 480 426 422 404 414 502 479 465 419   52 14.2

Macoupin, IL

 776 816 964 992 1,044 968 923 910 927 1,165 1,030 954 842   66 8.5

Madison, IL

 4,584 4,949 5,848 6,226 6,568 5,853 5,808 5,520 5,381 6,310 6,161 5,966 5,434   850 18.5

Monroe, IL

 491 557 627 667 699 621 577 558 528 661 632 597 551   60 12.2

St. Clair, IL

 5,011 5,422 6,127 6,505 6,875 6,206 6,029 5,548 5,346 6,486 6,070 5,940 5,535   524 10.5

Crawford, MO(1)

 304 370 399 395 401 313 355 328 328 459 497 452 391   87 28.6

Franklin, MO

 1,297 1,564 1,595 1,637 1,544 1,297 1,507 1,333 1,373 1,940 1,990 1,869 1,629   332 25.6

Jefferson, MO

 2,912 3,490 3,528 3,543 3,644 3,044 3,413 3,035 3,120 4,147 4,337 4,112 3,661   749 25.7

Lincoln, MO

 748 898 946 979 934 777 1,026 766 805 1,250 1,294 1,073 937   189 25.3

St. Charles, MO

 5,053 6,181 6,207 6,169 6,261 5,382 6,407 5,400 5,389 7,329 7,782 7,223 6,459   1,406 27.8

St. Louis, MO

 13,734 16,339 16,739 17,572 17,031 14,561 16,241 14,248 14,735 18,494 19,817 19,162 17,167   3,433 25.0

Warren, MO

 456 565 578 573 566 469 603 458 512 713 743 659 603   147 32.2

St. Louis city, MO

 4,795 5,500 5,844 6,471 6,111 5,141 5,504 5,105 5,389 6,375 6,955 6,625 5,922   1,127 23.5

Illinois

 242,521 255,838 309,799 304,485 333,342 303,307 289,666 267,432 267,635 325,450 340,784 322,944 287,509   44,988 18.6

Missouri

 80,383 96,318 99,497 102,714 102,607 85,016 95,980 85,242 87,940 117,123 122,673 116,068 101,493   21,110 26.3

United States (in thousands)

 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894   748 14.5

(1) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Unemployment rate, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.3   0.5

Bond, IL

 5.4 3.6 4.2 4.2 4.8 4.0 3.9 3.6 4.1 5.2 4.8 4.6 3.9   -1.5

Calhoun, IL

 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.7 3.6 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.8   0.0

Clinton, IL

 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.0 4.1 3.7 3.5 2.9   -0.1

Jersey, IL

 3.5 3.7 4.2 4.1 4.4 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.9   0.4

Macoupin, IL

 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.1 5.2 4.6 4.2 3.8   0.3

Madison, IL

 3.5 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.1   0.6

Monroe, IL

 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.9   0.3

St. Clair, IL

 4.1 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.3 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4   0.3

Crawford, MO(1)

 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.2 4.4 4.7 4.3 3.7   0.8

Franklin, MO

 2.4 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.0   0.6

Jefferson, MO

 2.4 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.0   0.6

Lincoln, MO

 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.1 2.6 3.4 2.6 2.7 4.2 4.3 3.6 3.1   0.6

St. Charles, MO

 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.3 3.2 3.4 3.1 2.7   0.5

St. Louis, MO

 2.6 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.2   0.6

Warren, MO

 2.4 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.2 2.4 2.7 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.1   0.7

St. Louis city, MO

 3.2 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.4 3.8   0.6

Illinois

 3.8 4.0 4.8 4.7 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.4   0.6

Missouri

 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.2   0.6

United States

 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5   0.4

(1) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Covered employment and wages(1), St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2023(2)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

                  

Bond, IL

                  

Calhoun, IL

                  

Clinton, IL

                  

Jersey, IL

                  

Macoupin, IL

                  

Madison, IL

 5,497 146 103,892 878 0.9 1,103 1.9 1,489,428 2.6

Monroe, IL

                  

St. Clair, IL

 4,985 -4 91,086 1,715 1.9 1,105 3.7 1,309,709 5.2

Crawford, MO(4)

                  

Franklin, MO

                  

Jefferson, MO

                  

Lincoln, MO

                  

St. Charles, MO

 11,362 654 164,805 5,768 3.6 1,122 5.2 2,378,410 7.6

St. Louis, MO

 47,255 2,117 603,503 5,883 1.0 1,467 4.2 11,495,859 5.3

Warren, MO

                  

St. Louis City, MO

 16,455 553 223,180 911 0.4 1,473 5.1 4,297,283 5.1

Illinois

 410,615 5,328 6,051,872 48,600 0.8 $1,479 3.4 $116,440,354 4.1

Missouri

 253,947 14,547 2,906,339 44,567 1.6 1,222 4.3 46,183,788 5.8

United States

 12,090,132 335,223 154,848,113 2,322,828 1.5 1,435 3.6 2,886,734,623 5.2

(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(4) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes only the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages