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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

 1,420.8 1,427.4 1,430.3 1,432.6 1,431.1 1,428.2 1,428.7 1,425.5 1,422.2 1,422.1 1,423.9 1,427.1 1,427.8 0.7 0.0

Illinois

 6,158.9 6,157.1 6,149.8 6,163.3 6,167.1 6,155.2 6,164.5 6,160.6 6,150.7 6,143.8 6,137.2 6,148.8 6,166.8 18.0 0.3

Missouri

 2,969.0 2,984.6 2,990.9 2,992.5 2,995.2 2,982.2 2,985.5 2,981.6 2,978.9 2,982.4 2,988.1 2,985.6 2,995.3 9.7 0.3

United States

 158,268 158,310 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 160 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

 1,400.8 1,434.0 1,403.2 2.4 0.2 2,944.9 24.3 0.8 6,043.9 4.0 0.1 156,728 346 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 72.0 80.7 81.0 9.0 12.5                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.4 0.2 4.8 6.9 0.3 4.5 595 -20 -3.3

Construction(3)

             153.0 16.9 12.4 224.2 13.1 6.2 8,003 65 0.8

Manufacturing

 114.5 118.7 115.3 0.8 0.7 273.4 -1.3 -0.5 565.7 -1.8 -0.3 12,505 -93 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 260.2 267.9 260.4 0.2 0.1 555.8 -0.1 0.0 1,212.3 -9.1 -0.7 28,606 -154 -0.5

Information

 28.0 27.9 27.3 -0.7 -2.5 46.3 -0.1 -0.2 89.8 -0.7 -0.8 2,782 -69 -2.4

Financial Activities

 95.8 97.6 94.7 -1.1 -1.1 183.5 3.1 1.7 388.1 -1.4 -0.4 9,100 -45 -0.5

Professional & Business Services

 205.9 208.5 202.6 -3.3 -1.6 354.3 -3.4 -1.0 870.0 -15.4 -1.7 22,040 -45 -0.2

Education & Health Services

 277.9 281.5 279.7 1.8 0.6 544.0 12.7 2.4 1,027.5 19.8 2.0 27,647 782 2.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 139.5 141.4 137.5 -2.0 -1.4 288.9 2.6 0.9 568.7 -4.1 -0.7 16,252 116 0.7

Other Services

 49.8 49.8 50.6 0.8 1.6 114.3 0.7 0.6 246.2 1.9 0.8 5,957 54 0.9

Government

 157.2 160.0 154.1 -3.1 -2.0 427.0 -7.0 -1.6 844.5 1.4 0.2 23,241 -245 -1.0

(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

 62,640 62,086 60,678 52,994 55,723 62,615 67,742 67,021 55,126 - 53,096 52,119 67,850 5,210 8.3

Bond, IL

 358 316 261 203 244 270 341 334 313 - 314 355 347 -11 -3.1

Calhoun, IL

 96 90 77 61 69 75 84 95 94 - 84 87 102 6 6.3

Clinton, IL

 706 643 539 418 481 515 643 640 606 - 606 690 668 -38 -5.4

Jersey, IL

 423 388 333 284 322 347 405 407 387 - 391 430 414 -9 -2.1

Macoupin, IL

 1,025 957 814 662 737 771 928 970 923 - 934 1,039 1,101 76 7.4

Madison, IL

 5,256 4,945 4,395 3,841 4,322 4,776 5,733 5,819 5,452 - 5,485 5,927 5,790 534 10.2

Monroe, IL

 565 535 472 400 486 527 627 633 610 - 591 614 547 -18 -3.2

St. Clair, IL

 5,516 5,073 4,545 4,023 4,473 4,731 5,648 5,895 5,566 - 5,571 5,929 6,058 542 9.8

Crawford, MO(1)

 535 532 510 438 431 502 532 507 369 - 377 357 504 -31 -5.8

Franklin, MO

 2,277 2,312 2,239 1,880 1,948 2,225 2,335 2,249 1,748 - 1,725 1,650 2,325 48 2.1

Jefferson, MO

 4,988 5,298 5,044 4,368 4,547 5,127 5,375 5,121 4,067 - 3,922 3,775 5,050 62 1.2

Lincoln, MO

 1,906 1,483 1,371 1,163 1,208 1,355 1,430 1,384 1,100 - 1,076 1,046 2,135 229 12.0

St. Charles, MO

 9,408 8,696 8,850 7,740 8,077 9,150 9,274 9,060 7,110 - 6,815 6,418 10,426 1,018 10.8

St. Louis, MO

 21,991 22,670 23,153 20,354 21,067 23,990 25,483 25,162 19,819 - 18,726 17,686 24,215 2,224 10.1

Warren, MO

 993 804 779 653 683 793 810 815 633 - 603 601 1,106 113 11.4

St. Louis city, MO

 7,132 7,876 7,806 6,944 7,059 7,963 8,626 8,437 6,698 - 6,253 5,872 7,566 434 6.1

Illinois

 328,182 328,514 310,958 280,166 273,008 303,919 314,739 303,385 281,237 - 317,273 314,732 348,863 20,681 6.3

Missouri

 136,956 141,848 137,617 116,964 125,023 135,163 142,890 134,677 109,430 - 107,696 103,557 139,230 2,274 1.7

United States (in thousands)

 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 475 6.4

(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
Unemployment rate, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 - 3.5 3.5 4.6 0.3

Bond, IL

 4.8 4.3 3.5 2.7 3.3 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.8 4.7 -0.1

Calhoun, IL

 5.1 4.8 4.1 3.2 3.7 3.9 4.4 5.1 5.1 - 4.5 4.7 5.7 0.6

Clinton, IL

 3.8 3.5 2.9 2.2 2.6 2.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 - 3.3 3.8 3.7 -0.1

Jersey, IL

 4.1 3.8 3.3 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 - 3.9 4.3 4.1 0.0

Macoupin, IL

 5.0 4.7 4.0 3.2 3.6 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.5 - 4.6 5.1 5.5 0.5

Madison, IL

 4.0 3.7 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.1 - 4.2 4.5 4.4 0.4

Monroe, IL

 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.7 3.2 3.3 3.2 - 3.1 3.2 2.9 0.0

St. Clair, IL

 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.7 3.8 4.6 4.9 4.6 - 4.6 5.0 5.1 0.5

Crawford, MO(1)

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

Franklin, MO

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

Jefferson, MO

 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.5 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.2 - 3.1 3.0 4.1 0.1

Lincoln, MO

 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.3 - 3.2 3.1 6.3 0.6

St. Charles, MO

 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.0 - 2.8 2.7 4.4 0.4

St. Louis, MO

 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.7 3.7 - 3.5 3.3 4.6 0.4

Warren, MO

 5.1 4.1 4.0 3.3 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.2 - 3.0 3.0 5.5 0.4

St. Louis city, MO

 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 5.0 5.3 5.2 4.2 - 3.9 3.7 4.9 0.3

Illinois

 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.3 - 4.8 4.8 5.4 0.4

Missouri

 4.4 4.5 4.4 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.3 3.5 - 3.4 3.3 4.4 0.0

United States

 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 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, 3rd quarter 2025(2)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 98,504 3,382 1,318,579 -11,918 -0.9 $1,327 4.5 $22,708,733 4.0

Bond, IL

 324 -3 4,610 44 1.0 1,051 6.1 61,527 8.0

Calhoun, IL

 90 -1 753 -7 -0.9 739 6.0 7,135 5.3

Clinton, IL

 929 -14 12,794 103 0.8 1,006 3.9 167,012 4.3

Jersey, IL

 386 -3 5,332 -65 -1.2 892 4.3 61,102 2.8

Macoupin, IL

 904 12 9,956 -109 -1.1 918 3.3 118,447 1.7

Madison, IL

 5,481 46 108,303 2,380 2.2 1,130 4.2 1,585,548 7.0

Monroe, IL

 829 0 8,437 -176 -2.0 976 5.5 108,731 5.5

St. Clair, IL

 4,878 2 89,476 -177 -0.2 1,138 5.4 1,323,451 5.1

Crawford, MO(4)

 705 35 6,903 252 3.8 963 4.1 85,410 7.8

Franklin, MO

 3,146 126 40,001 472 1.2 1,020 3.4 521,207 4.8

Jefferson, MO

 4,766 150 50,021 249 0.5 988 5.9 627,449 6.0

Lincoln, MO

 1,288 78 13,209 136 1.0 1,025 3.0 171,608 4.8

St. Charles, MO

 11,345 391 162,747 -712 -0.4 1,145 3.9 2,402,624 3.7

St. Louis, MO

 47,365 1,915 584,087 -12,186 -2.0 1,445 5.2 11,012,056 3.7

Warren, MO

 817 61 9,540 1,029 12.1 1,003 5.6 120,024 18.2

St. Louis City, MO

 15,956 622 219,313 -2,899 -1.3 1,549 3.5 4,420,812 3.0

Illinois

 386,518 -12,180 6,086,277 -4,334 -0.1 $1,457 4.3 $115,143,419 4.6

Missouri

 255,989 11,600 2,903,680 -10,895 -0.4 1,249 4.4 46,644,474 4.3

United States

 12,353,804 251,610 155,767,691 123,258 0.1 1,459 4.7 2,946,280,747 5.0

(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