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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

1,419.4 1,422.7 1,425.4 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 1,441.4 1.7 0.1

Illinois

6,108.9 6,109.3 6,113.0 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 6,102.3 1.7 0.0

Missouri

2,957.7 2,965.4 2,967.8 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 2,999.8 -0.8 0.0

United States

154,773 155,060 155,206 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,533 229 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)
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Total Nonfarm

1,401.8 1,445.8 1,418.8 17.0 1.2 2,959.4 46.2 1.6 5,984.4 -10.6 -0.2 155,414 2,726 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

72.6 76.4 72.1 -0.5 -0.7                        

Mining & Logging(3)

            4.5 0.2 4.7 6.9 0.0 0.0 628 6 1.0

Construction(3)

            137.4 0.4 0.3 201.7 -7.7 -3.7 7,802 216 2.8

Manufacturing

115.4 117.5 115.5 0.1 0.1 282.9 -1.6 -0.6 579.4 1.6 0.3 12,882 28 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

263.2 276.4 266.4 3.2 1.2 564.2 7.2 1.3 1,217.8 -8.1 -0.7 28,769 39 0.1

Information

29.2 29.4 29.6 0.4 1.4 49.1 0.1 0.2 88.2 -8.4 -8.7 2,973 -47 -1.6

Financial Activities

96.0 96.7 97.0 1.0 1.0 188.4 5.8 3.2 396.8 -1.3 -0.3 9,178 85 0.9

Professional & Business Services

216.9 214.6 214.7 -2.2 -1.0 371.5 -6.3 -1.7 898.1 -41.3 -4.4 22,548 174 0.8

Education & Health Services

266.1 275.5 274.0 7.9 3.0 514.9 19.2 3.9 973.7 24.5 2.6 25,754 1,042 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

139.3 148.5 142.8 3.5 2.5 297.8 11.5 4.0 560.0 4.8 0.9 16,078 462 3.0

Other Services

52.3 53.1 53.0 0.7 1.3 114.1 1.2 1.1 251.8 5.2 2.1 5,794 88 1.5

Government

150.8 157.7 153.7 2.9 1.9 434.6 8.5 2.0 810.0 20.1 2.5 23,008 633 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

44,119 41,458 41,443 39,723 44,949 51,932 55,138 55,062 46,003 51,095 44,250 44,592 56,308   12,189 27.6

Bond, IL

319 333 275 414 254 324 345 394 336 301 258 316 394   75 23.5

Calhoun, IL

99 111 92 84 82 95 106 108 105 81 77 80 113   14 14.1

Clinton, IL

624 690 598 593 545 710 785 821 741 645 542 610 825   201 32.2

Jersey, IL

378 417 369 369 371 451 478 514 467 425 373 421 503   125 33.1

Macoupin, IL

908 924 781 779 774 970 1,052 1,123 1,057 930 841 937 1,163   255 28.1

Madison, IL

4,856 5,084 4,486 4,592 4,688 5,879 6,597 7,036 6,411 5,846 5,094 5,459 6,117   1,261 26.0

Monroe, IL

522 557 495 492 526 629 709 750 681 579 515 535 629   107 20.5

St. Clair, IL

5,141 5,465 4,934 5,021 5,135 6,159 6,892 7,364 6,797 6,069 5,120 5,419 6,177   1,036 20.2

Crawford, MO(1)

338 327 317 288 350 413 408 410 300 371 339 326 461   123 36.4

Franklin, MO

1,430 1,366 1,369 1,226 1,477 1,653 1,692 1,584 1,245 1,573 1,382 1,350 1,946   516 36.1

Jefferson, MO

3,113 2,963 3,007 2,751 3,295 3,654 3,659 3,729 2,918 3,559 3,142 3,068 4,163   1,050 33.7

Lincoln, MO

1,167 803 804 707 847 980 1,011 957 746 1,071 794 793 1,254   87 7.5

St. Charles, MO

5,904 4,776 5,159 4,774 5,831 6,435 6,379 6,413 5,160 6,688 5,592 5,305 7,354   1,450 24.6

St. Louis, MO

14,122 12,835 13,785 12,966 15,403 17,346 18,159 17,441 13,965 16,956 14,761 14,494 18,556   4,434 31.4

Warren, MO

656 481 475 431 535 600 594 579 449 630 476 504 716   60 9.1

St. Louis city, MO

4,880 4,653 4,814 4,524 5,186 6,047 6,680 6,249 4,925 5,742 5,283 5,301 6,398   1,518 31.1

Illinois

296,532 297,097 278,547 242,521 255,838 309,799 304,485 333,342 303,307 289,666 267,432 267,635 325,370   28,838 9.7

Missouri

96,940 99,331 98,099 80,383 96,318 99,497 102,714 102,607 85,016 95,980 85,242 87,940 117,515   20,575 21.2

United States (in thousands)

6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778   400 6.3

(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

3.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.1 3.4 3.0 3.0 3.8   0.8

Bond, IL

4.4 4.5 3.7 5.4 3.5 4.3 4.5 5.1 4.3 4.0 3.4 4.2 5.2   0.8

Calhoun, IL

4.6 5.1 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.7 3.7 3.4 3.6 5.1   0.5

Clinton, IL

3.2 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.2 2.6 3.0 4.1   0.9

Jersey, IL

3.7 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.3 3.9 3.4 3.9 4.7   1.0

Macoupin, IL

4.2 4.2 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.1 3.7 4.2 5.2   1.0

Madison, IL

3.8 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.6 4.4 4.9 5.2 4.8 4.4 3.8 4.1 4.6   0.8

Monroe, IL

2.9 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.4   0.5

St. Clair, IL

4.3 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.9 5.4 5.8 5.4 4.8 4.1 4.3 5.0   0.7

Crawford, MO(1)

3.2 3.0 2.9 2.6 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 2.8 3.5 3.2 3.1 4.4   1.2

Franklin, MO

2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.3 2.9 2.6 2.5 3.6   0.9

Jefferson, MO

2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.4 2.9 2.6 2.6 3.5   0.9

Lincoln, MO

4.0 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.5 3.6 2.7 2.7 4.2   0.2

St. Charles, MO

2.6 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.8 2.4 2.3 3.2   0.6

St. Louis, MO

2.7 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.6 3.1 2.8 2.7 3.5   0.8

Warren, MO

3.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.4 3.3 2.5 2.7 3.8   0.3

St. Louis city, MO

3.3 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.4 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.3 3.8 3.5 3.5 4.3   1.0

Illinois

4.7 4.7 4.3 3.8 4.0 4.8 4.7 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.2 5.1   0.4

Missouri

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

United States

3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1   0.2

(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, 3rd quarter 2023(2)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

98,139 3,950 1,329,761 15,563 1.2 $1,231 -0.1 $21,125,671 1.1

Bond, IL

316 13 4,524 66 1.5 937 -0.2 53,812 1.6

Calhoun, IL

94 0 758 14 1.9 605 -8.9 5,962 -6.6

Clinton, IL

943 24 12,249 186 1.5 900 1.1 143,493 2.7

Jersey, IL

408 3 5,386 93 1.8 822 1.4 57,779 2.5

Macoupin, IL

915 25 10,141 125 1.2 853 0.7 111,408 1.4

Madison, IL

5,483 149 103,311 481 0.5 1,043 0.3 1,389,206 1.0

Monroe, IL

855 12 8,661 -77 -0.9 849 0.0 96,023 1.6

St. Clair, IL

5,020 56 90,742 1,014 1.1 1,062 1.8 1,242,288 2.5

Crawford, MO(4)

709 36 6,665 -250 -3.6 871 1.8 75,141 -0.6

Franklin, MO

3,160 87 38,976 246 0.6 966 1.3 480,026 1.6

Jefferson, MO

4,762 154 48,745 846 1.8 895 -0.4 551,965 1.1

Lincoln, MO

1,189 40 12,686 344 2.8 954 1.2 151,726 4.5

St. Charles, MO

11,206 600 162,675 5,040 3.2 1,057 -0.8 2,206,044 2.7

St. Louis, MO

46,671 2,125 598,683 7,409 1.3 1,336 -1.3 10,356,888 -0.2

Warren, MO

777 69 8,298 323 4.1 916 2.6 95,504 7.5

St. Louis City, MO

16,340 593 223,926 -547 -0.2 1,442 2.7 4,183,547 2.8

Illinois

411,341 11,616 6,044,128 49,065 0.8 $1,346 -1.0 $105,278,106 -0.2

Missouri

250,417 13,932 2,894,138 43,308 1.5 1,152 0.3 42,748,083 1.8

United States

12,026,378 421,791 153,772,811 2,247,832 1.5 1,334 0.1 2,653,972,298 1.6

(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