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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

 1,435.3 1,430.9 1,438.0 1,434.5 1,430.7 1,432.8 1,430.8 1,430.0 1,419.3 1,427.0 1,428.3 1,431.4 1,434.4 3.0 0.2

Illinois

 6,161.0 6,156.6 6,157.5 6,168.4 6,166.0 6,165.8 6,168.1 6,167.0 6,164.8 6,161.4 6,155.3 6,147.5 6,159.3 11.8 0.2

Missouri

 3,000.0 2,981.4 2,992.4 3,001.2 2,998.6 3,006.9 3,012.3 3,027.7 3,022.9 3,042.2 3,048.8 3,052.0 3,052.8 0.8 0.0

United States

 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 159,420 159,476 159,526 50 0.0

(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

 1,442.1 1,443.6 1,442.0 -0.1 0.0 3,067.7 52.2 1.7 6,189.4 -5.3 -0.1 160,448 525 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 77.2 82.0 79.9 2.7 3.5                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.5 0.0 0.0 7.1 -0.2 -2.7 606 -17 -2.7

Construction(3)

             151.7 8.2 5.7 232.8 7.1 3.1 8,231 12 0.1

Manufacturing

 118.6 115.3 116.3 -2.3 -1.9 280.4 -5.1 -1.8 567.2 -11.1 -1.9 12,711 -75 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 273.6 265.1 267.0 -6.6 -2.4 570.9 -10.6 -1.8 1,238.5 -18.5 -1.5 29,707 -92 -0.3

Information

 28.5 27.0 27.5 -1.0 -3.5 45.2 -1.3 -2.8 98.4 5.3 5.7 2,932 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 96.4 96.1 96.6 0.2 0.2 186.7 2.7 1.5 396.4 -0.1 0.0 9,274 39 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 214.8 214.5 215.4 0.6 0.3 371.7 1.2 0.3 913.6 -7.1 -0.8 22,605 -102 -0.4

Education & Health Services

 280.5 285.2 283.2 2.7 1.0 549.2 13.0 2.4 1,029.1 19.0 1.9 27,793 700 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 139.9 147.1 144.1 4.2 3.0 310.4 11.3 3.8 593.4 -4.5 -0.8 16,861 189 1.1

Other Services

 51.8 51.4 51.5 -0.3 -0.6 115.8 1.4 1.2 250.4 0.6 0.2 6,042 60 1.0

Government

 160.8 159.9 160.5 -0.3 -0.2 481.2 31.4 7.0 862.5 4.2 0.5 23,686 -157 -0.7

(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

 48,056 62,640 62,086 60,678 52,994 55,723 62,615 67,742 67,021 55,126 - 53,096 52,119 4,063 8.5

Bond, IL

 294 358 316 261 203 244 270 341 334 313 - 314 355 61 20.7

Calhoun, IL

 71 96 90 77 61 69 75 84 95 94 - 84 87 16 22.5

Clinton, IL

 550 706 643 539 418 481 515 643 640 606 - 606 690 140 25.5

Jersey, IL

 327 423 388 333 284 322 347 405 407 387 - 391 430 103 31.5

Macoupin, IL

 838 1,025 957 814 662 737 771 928 970 923 - 934 1,039 201 24.0

Madison, IL

 4,522 5,256 4,945 4,395 3,841 4,322 4,776 5,733 5,819 5,452 - 5,485 5,927 1,405 31.1

Monroe, IL

 488 565 535 472 400 486 527 627 633 610 - 591 614 126 25.8

St. Clair, IL

 4,739 5,516 5,073 4,545 4,023 4,473 4,731 5,648 5,895 5,566 - 5,571 5,929 1,190 25.1

Crawford, MO(1)

 376 535 532 510 438 431 502 532 507 369 - 377 357 -19 -5.1

Franklin, MO

 1,629 2,277 2,312 2,239 1,880 1,948 2,225 2,335 2,249 1,748 - 1,725 1,650 21 1.3

Jefferson, MO

 3,708 4,988 5,298 5,044 4,368 4,547 5,127 5,375 5,121 4,067 - 3,922 3,775 67 1.8

Lincoln, MO

 951 1,906 1,483 1,371 1,163 1,208 1,355 1,430 1,384 1,100 - 1,076 1,046 95 10.0

St. Charles, MO

 6,350 9,408 8,696 8,850 7,740 8,077 9,150 9,274 9,060 7,110 - 6,815 6,418 68 1.1

St. Louis, MO

 16,929 21,991 22,670 23,153 20,354 21,067 23,990 25,483 25,162 19,819 - 18,726 17,686 757 4.5

Warren, MO

 601 993 804 779 653 683 793 810 815 633 - 603 601 0 0.0

St. Louis city, MO

 6,059 7,132 7,876 7,806 6,944 7,059 7,963 8,626 8,437 6,698 - 6,253 5,872 -187 -3.1

Illinois

 284,112 330,292 334,737 329,013 293,976 285,552 297,407 319,807 306,899 279,268 - 297,658 313,698 29,586 10.4

Missouri

 100,430 136,350 139,866 137,668 119,404 122,710 140,977 149,416 142,535 110,273 - 111,102 104,179 3,749 3.7

United States (in thousands)

 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 551 8.5

(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

 3.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 - 3.5 3.5 0.2

Bond, IL

 3.9 4.8 4.3 3.5 2.7 3.3 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.8 0.9

Calhoun, IL

 3.8 5.1 4.8 4.1 3.2 3.7 3.9 4.4 5.1 5.1 - 4.5 4.7 0.9

Clinton, IL

 2.9 3.8 3.5 2.9 2.2 2.6 2.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 - 3.3 3.8 0.9

Jersey, IL

 3.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 - 3.9 4.3 1.1

Macoupin, IL

 4.0 5.0 4.7 4.0 3.2 3.6 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.5 - 4.6 5.1 1.1

Madison, IL

 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.1 - 4.2 4.5 1.1

Monroe, IL

 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.7 3.2 3.3 3.2 - 3.1 3.2 0.7

St. Clair, IL

 3.9 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.7 3.8 4.6 4.9 4.6 - 4.6 5.0 1.1

Crawford, MO(1)

 4.0 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.5 4.4 5.0 5.4 5.1 3.8 - 3.8 3.6 -0.4

Franklin, MO

 3.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 3.5 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.1 3.2 - 3.2 3.0 -0.1

Jefferson, MO

 3.0 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.5 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.2 - 3.1 3.0 0.0

Lincoln, MO

 2.9 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.3 - 3.2 3.1 0.2

St. Charles, MO

 2.7 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.0 - 2.8 2.7 0.0

St. Louis, MO

 3.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.7 3.7 - 3.5 3.3 0.0

Warren, MO

 3.1 5.1 4.1 4.0 3.3 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.2 - 3.0 3.0 -0.1

St. Louis city, MO

 3.9 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 5.0 5.3 5.2 4.2 - 3.9 3.7 -0.2

Illinois

 4.3 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.3 - 4.6 4.8 0.5

Missouri

 3.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.5 3.5 - 3.5 3.3 0.1

United States

 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 0.3

(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
Covered employment and wages(1), St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2025(2)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 97,976 3,582 1,330,835 -6,007 -0.4 $1,316 4.0 $22,803,904 3.8

Bond, IL

 319 3 4,456 18 0.4 992 1.7 58,292 1.8

Calhoun, IL

 89 -3 753 4 0.5 687 2.2 6,742 2.2

Clinton, IL

 920 -19 12,939 132 1.0 991 9.1 164,941 10.2

Jersey, IL

 382 -6 5,321 -141 -2.6 867 5.3 58,511 2.3

Macoupin, IL

 892 7 9,971 -299 -2.9 901 2.3 117,001 -0.6

Madison, IL

 5,418 52 108,002 2,300 2.2 1,106 6.8 1,553,565 9.0

Monroe, IL

 815 -9 8,644 155 1.8 1,019 10.2 114,524 12.7

St. Clair, IL

 4,822 -15 89,522 -837 -0.9 1,091 2.6 1,274,164 2.0

Crawford, MO(4)

 702 33 7,162 298 4.3 945 5.1 86,513 9.6

Franklin, MO

 3,119 109 40,540 584 1.5 1,013 4.6 531,439 6.0

Jefferson, MO

 4,735 146 50,276 122 0.2 1,007 5.3 656,949 5.6

Lincoln, MO

 1,271 69 12,943 235 1.8 1,101 2.4 187,489 4.5

St. Charles, MO

 11,250 356 165,704 694 0.4 1,168 4.8 2,502,945 5.5

St. Louis, MO

 47,212 2,202 593,475 -8,549 -1.4 1,441 3.5 11,127,517 2.3

Warren, MO

 808 50 9,140 806 9.7 1,033 6.1 121,558 16.0

St. Louis City, MO

 15,924 640 219,149 -1,231 -0.6 1,501 4.5 4,328,265 4.3

Illinois

 385,482 -8,806 6,133,515 6,303 0.1 $1,451 3.6 $114,939,476 3.9

Missouri

 254,257 12,467 2,922,070 -5,649 -0.2 1,232 4.0 46,845,908 4.0

United States

 12,244,089 222,362 156,428,758 420,473 0.3 1,436 3.4 2,916,174,912 3.9

(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