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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

 1,433.3 1,437.3 1,439.7 1,439.6 1,442.0 1,445.5 1,451.5 1,454.5 1,459.5 1,458.9 1,461.8 1,461.2 1,458.9 -2.3 -0.2

Illinois

 6,101.9 6,107.2 6,100.6 6,099.7 6,126.4 6,136.4 6,138.3 6,147.9 6,143.6 6,153.9 6,160.6 6,144.8 6,142.4 -2.4 0.0

Missouri

 2,989.2 2,995.2 3,000.6 3,003.6 3,013.9 3,025.9 3,044.9 3,057.6 3,068.0 3,058.9 3,065.7 3,065.5 3,070.9 5.4 0.2

United States

 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,692 158,770 158,993 159,005 12 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

 1,442.9 1,461.9 1,468.1 25.2 1.7 3,091.1 82.9 2.8 6,205.1 39.9 0.6 160,007 2,129 1.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 78.1 77.8 77.8 -0.3 -0.4                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.7 0.2 4.4 7.3 0.0 0.0 643 -5 -0.8

Construction(3)

             153.3 7.6 5.2 248.5 0.9 0.4 8,470 221 2.7

Manufacturing

 113.6 119.1 119.8 6.2 5.5 290.2 7.3 2.6 576.1 2.7 0.5 12,874 -48 -0.4

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 264.8 266.2 267.9 3.1 1.2 566.4 3.0 0.5 1,231.3 0.5 0.0 29,157 184 0.6

Information

 29.1 28.8 29.4 0.3 1.0 49.5 0.9 1.9 88.1 -1.6 -1.8 2,999 10 0.3

Financial Activities

 96.9 98.1 97.8 0.9 0.9 191.3 5.8 3.1 395.8 -8.1 -2.0 9,275 31 0.3

Professional & Business Services

 222.9 217.5 219.3 -3.6 -1.6 384.8 1.8 0.5 934.3 -19.1 -2.0 23,084 -32 -0.1

Education & Health Services

 277.6 286.0 290.0 12.4 4.5 542.7 21.6 4.1 1,008.2 30.5 3.1 26,830 982 3.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 149.9 158.8 156.4 6.5 4.3 329.0 14.4 4.6 599.6 1.5 0.3 16,945 241 1.4

Other Services

 53.0 51.4 50.8 -2.2 -4.2 117.5 1.2 1.0 259.0 8.9 3.6 5,926 69 1.2

Government

 157.0 158.2 158.9 1.9 1.2 461.7 19.1 4.3 856.9 23.7 2.8 23,804 476 2.0

(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

 49,480 44,235 44,913 56,700 58,500 55,807 50,155 59,105 65,647 70,744 59,921 49,185 52,593   3,113 6.3

Bond, IL

 299 280 311 393 363 348 293 329 392 420 346 326 327   28 9.4

Calhoun, IL

 81 83 79 113 101 97 83 90 116 108 89 93 88   7 8.6

Clinton, IL

 640 587 604 822 746 717 597 672 858 923 706 654 638   -2 -0.3

Jersey, IL

 422 404 414 502 479 465 420 441 576 605 473 427 405   -17 -4.0

Macoupin, IL

 923 910 927 1,165 1,030 954 841 933 1,165 1,187 971 927 902   -21 -2.3

Madison, IL

 5,808 5,520 5,381 6,310 6,161 5,966 5,433 5,940 7,442 7,668 6,233 5,662 5,582   -226 -3.9

Monroe, IL

 577 558 528 661 632 597 550 623 789 840 656 600 560   -17 -2.9

St. Clair, IL

 6,029 5,548 5,346 6,486 6,070 5,940 5,545 6,059 7,372 7,618 6,433 5,945 5,782   -247 -4.1

Crawford, MO(1)

 355 328 328 459 497 452 393 472 523 559 450 343 375   20 5.6

Franklin, MO

 1,507 1,333 1,373 1,940 1,990 1,869 1,629 1,980 2,115 2,327 1,959 1,471 1,664   157 10.4

Jefferson, MO

 3,413 3,035 3,120 4,147 4,337 4,112 3,663 4,503 4,736 5,147 4,314 3,329 3,739   326 9.6

Lincoln, MO

 1,026 766 805 1,250 1,294 1,073 937 1,144 1,214 1,358 1,092 855 968   -58 -5.7

St. Charles, MO

 6,407 5,400 5,389 7,329 7,782 7,223 6,460 7,932 8,354 8,956 7,545 5,989 6,789   382 6.0

St. Louis, MO

 16,241 14,248 14,735 18,494 19,817 19,162 17,176 20,751 22,212 24,389 21,018 16,499 18,230   1,989 12.2

Warren, MO

 603 458 512 713 743 659 603 728 763 848 696 561 611   8 1.3

St. Louis city, MO

 5,504 5,105 5,389 6,375 6,955 6,625 5,925 6,980 7,543 8,350 7,390 5,847 6,308   804 14.6

Illinois

 289,666 267,432 267,635 325,450 340,784 322,944 287,481 312,481 401,986 409,280 357,354 326,787 339,442   49,776 17.2

Missouri

 95,980 85,242 87,940 117,123 122,673 116,068 101,492 123,504 132,746 146,761 122,141 95,010 105,823   9,843 10.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631   533 8.7

(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 3.0 3.1 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.9 4.3 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.5   0.2

Bond, IL

 3.9 3.6 4.1 5.2 4.8 4.6 3.9 4.3 5.0 5.3 4.5 4.2 4.3   0.4

Calhoun, IL

 3.7 3.7 3.6 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.8 4.0 5.1 4.7 4.0 4.2 4.0   0.3

Clinton, IL

 3.1 2.9 3.0 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.3 4.1 4.4 3.5 3.2 3.1   0.0

Jersey, IL

 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.0 5.2 5.4 4.3 3.9 3.7   -0.2

Macoupin, IL

 4.1 4.0 4.1 5.2 4.6 4.2 3.7 4.1 5.0 5.1 4.3 4.1 4.0   -0.1

Madison, IL

 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.4 5.4 5.5 4.6 4.2 4.1   -0.2

Monroe, IL

 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.9 3.2 4.0 4.3 3.4 3.1 2.9   -0.1

St. Clair, IL

 4.8 4.4 4.3 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.7 5.7 5.8 5.1 4.7 4.6   -0.2

Crawford, MO(1)

 3.4 3.1 3.2 4.4 4.7 4.3 3.7 4.4 4.8 5.2 4.2 3.2 3.5   0.1

Franklin, MO

 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.6 3.8 4.2 3.6 2.7 3.0   0.2

Jefferson, MO

 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.7 3.9 4.1 3.5 2.7 3.1   0.3

Lincoln, MO

 3.4 2.6 2.7 4.2 4.3 3.6 3.1 3.8 4.0 4.4 3.6 2.8 3.2   -0.2

St. Charles, MO

 2.7 2.3 2.3 3.2 3.4 3.1 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.2 2.5 2.8   0.1

St. Louis, MO

 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.4 3.8 3.0 3.3   0.3

Warren, MO

 3.2 2.4 2.7 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.1 3.8 3.9 4.3 3.6 2.9 3.1   -0.1

St. Louis city, MO

 3.6 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.4 3.9 4.5 4.9 5.3 4.7 3.8 4.1   0.5

Illinois

 4.5 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.4 4.8 6.1 6.2 5.5 5.0 5.2   0.7

Missouri

 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.2 3.9 4.2 4.6 3.9 3.0 3.4   0.3

United States

 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9   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 2024(2)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

                  

Bond, IL

                  

Calhoun, IL

                  

Clinton, IL

                  

Jersey, IL

                  

Macoupin, IL

                  

Madison, IL

 5,470 129 105,552 695 0.7 1,037 2.6 1,424,318 3.7

Monroe, IL

                  

St. Clair, IL

 4,951 69 89,854 -1,178 -1.3 1,066 4.1 1,247,047 3.8

Crawford, MO(4)

                  

Franklin, MO

                  

Jefferson, MO

                  

Lincoln, MO

                  

St. Charles, MO

 11,075 140 164,963 1,649 1.0 1,115 3.5 2,376,475 5.0

St. Louis, MO

 45,448 -210 601,968 -2,361 -0.4 1,392 1.8 10,870,566 1.9

Warren, MO

                  

St. Louis City, MO

 15,337 -634 220,267 -2,212 -1.0 1,436 4.7 4,149,563 3.8

Illinois

 410,214 13,185 6,115,480 -1,877 0.0 $1,401 3.4 $110,394,868 3.7

Missouri

 245,348 626 2,927,100 16,525 0.6 1,186 3.1 45,061,276 4.0

United States

 12,238,175 452,458 155,710,239 1,250,609 0.8 1,390 4.4 2,804,558,689 5.5

(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