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

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill., Metropolitan Area Data Tables

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

 1,390.7 1,390.3 1,391.1 1,392.7 1,392.9 1,392.6 1,395.9 1,396.2 1,397.1 1,397.2 1,397.7 1,395.0 1,403.4 8.4 0.6

Illinois

 6,124.7 6,114.7 6,117.6 6,121.5 6,122.4 6,123.0 6,125.4 6,123.9 6,115.7 6,116.3 6,105.2 6,117.2 6,133.8 16.6 0.3

Missouri

 2,901.3 2,898.5 2,897.9 2,901.8 2,900.0 2,898.8 2,903.5 2,907.1 2,906.4 2,905.0 2,905.2 2,899.4 2,908.4 9.0 0.3

United States

 150,134 150,135 150,282 150,492 150,577 150,759 150,953 151,160 151,368 151,553 151,814 151,998 152,271 273 0.2

Footnotes
(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

 1,366.8 1,400.3 1,375.2 8.4 0.6 2,856.7 6.9 0.2 6,000.5 9.1 0.2 150,117 2,238 1.5

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 64.0 67.3 64.7 0.7 1.1                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.1 -0.1 -2.4 7.8 0.0 0.0 700 -33 -4.5

Construction(3)

             121.2 2.8 2.4 198.7 -2.9 -1.4 7,241 172 2.4

Manufacturing

 117.9 118.9 115.8 -2.1 -1.8 273.5 -2.4 -0.9 572.4 -14.3 -2.4 12,763 26 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 258.1 268.6 260.3 2.2 0.9 539.3 -2.7 -0.5 1,197.5 -5.8 -0.5 27,725 127 0.5

Information

 27.2 26.4 26.1 -1.1 -4.0 46.2 -2.3 -4.7 95.4 0.2 0.2 2,854 55 2.0

Financial Activities

 91.8 92.9 92.3 0.5 0.5 173.7 1.4 0.8 409.9 6.7 1.7 8,761 143 1.7

Professional & Business Services

 207.7 210.2 209.9 2.2 1.1 375.5 -0.4 -0.1 906.6 -12.6 -1.4 21,135 426 2.1

Education & Health Services

 254.8 260.3 256.9 2.1 0.8 483.1 5.6 1.2 947.0 18.3 2.0 24,390 666 2.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 143.8 145.8 143.9 0.1 0.1 288.0 1.3 0.5 595.1 6.2 1.1 16,095 356 2.3

Other Services

 50.3 51.7 50.9 0.6 1.2 115.5 0.9 0.8 254.8 2.6 1.0 5,860 85 1.5

Government

 151.2 158.2 154.4 3.2 2.1 436.6 2.8 0.6 815.3 10.7 1.3 22,593 215 1.0

Footnotes
(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.-Ill. MSA

 58,332 55,542 58,107 45,424 45,176 51,668 54,411 49,639 38,621 40,959 44,228 48,882 57,716   -616 -1.1

Bond, Ill.

 470 407 389 322 254 284 307 287 273 279 244 279 287   -183 -38.9

Calhoun, Ill.

 157 138 134 123 101 129 115 92 98 96 101 107 107   -50 -31.8

Clinton, Ill.

 969 911 821 654 540 578 633 559 572 645 502 564 649   -320 -33.0

Jersey, Ill.

 719 639 615 524 448 484 494 434 424 421 404 452 472   -247 -34.4

Macoupin, Ill.

 1,498 1,330 1,268 1,036 837 914 963 869 889 867 845 947 951   -547 -36.5

Madison, Ill.

 7,338 6,440 6,453 5,485 4,607 5,347 5,675 4,999 4,980 4,891 4,454 4,748 4,827   -2,511 -34.2

Monroe, Ill.

 805 733 715 591 494 558 618 546 560 571 501 524 528   -277 -34.4

St. Clair, Ill.

 7,679 6,839 6,949 5,919 5,038 5,577 6,156 5,559 5,465 5,343 4,819 5,090 5,070   -2,609 -34.0

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 467 498 478 350 376 443 461 397 293 315 416 478 521   54 11.6

Franklin, Mo.

 1,921 1,959 1,920 1,485 1,593 1,713 1,893 1,737 1,151 1,557 1,580 1,844 2,243   322 16.8

Jefferson, Mo.

 4,242 4,403 4,519 3,191 3,305 3,777 4,017 3,650 2,549 2,725 3,398 3,902 4,843   601 14.2

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,111 1,152 1,180 825 826 986 1,004 887 623 837 817 930 1,582   471 42.4

St. Charles, Mo.

 6,466 6,364 6,742 5,014 5,428 6,121 6,259 5,795 4,140 4,690 5,362 6,058 8,453   1,987 30.7

St. Louis, Mo.

 17,957 17,389 18,926 14,477 15,636 17,820 18,543 17,294 12,131 12,917 15,228 16,767 20,051   2,094 11.7

Warren, Mo.

 583 653 654 454 489 524 541 479 344 442 476 547 863   280 48.0

St. Louis city, Mo.

 6,417 6,185 6,822 5,324 5,580 6,856 7,193 6,452 4,422 4,678 5,497 6,123 6,790   373 5.8

Illinois

 338,614 303,327 286,272 234,005 222,493 267,575 276,947 257,769 222,928 224,741 215,173 220,397 252,828   -85,786 -25.3

Missouri

 117,032 114,401 112,909 82,667 91,760 104,362 117,030 108,761 82,035 86,305 96,022 105,397 128,944   11,912 10.2

United States (in thousands)

 7,140 6,625 6,382 5,387 5,503 6,292 6,556 6,203 5,465 5,510 5,441 5,503 6,504   -636 -8.9

Footnotes
(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.-Ill. MSA

 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.3 2.6 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.9   -0.1

Bond, Ill.

 6.0 5.2 4.9 4.0 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.7   -2.3

Calhoun, Ill.

 6.8 5.9 5.8 5.2 4.3 5.4 4.8 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.6 4.7   -2.1

Clinton, Ill.

 4.8 4.5 4.0 3.2 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.1 2.5 2.8 3.2   -1.6

Jersey, Ill.

 6.5 5.8 5.6 4.7 4.0 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6 4.1 4.3   -2.2

Macoupin, Ill.

 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.5 3.6 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 4.1 4.2   -2.3

Madison, Ill.

 5.5 4.8 4.8 4.0 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.6 3.6   -1.9

Monroe, Ill.

 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.2 2.6 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.8   -1.6

St. Clair, Ill.

 6.1 5.4 5.4 4.6 3.9 4.3 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.0   -2.1

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 4.4 4.6 4.4 3.3 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.6 2.6 2.8 3.8 4.4 4.7   0.3

Franklin, Mo.

 3.7 3.7 3.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.1 2.9 2.9 3.5 4.2   0.5

Jefferson, Mo.

 3.7 3.8 3.9 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.3 2.8 3.3 4.1   0.4

Lincoln, Mo.

 4.1 4.2 4.3 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.2 3.0 2.9 3.3 5.5   1.4

St. Charles, Mo.

 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.5 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.7   0.8

St. Louis, Mo.

 3.4 3.3 3.6 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.2 2.4 2.8 3.1 3.8   0.4

Warren, Mo.

 3.3 3.7 3.7 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.7 1.9 2.4 2.6 3.1 4.7   1.4

St. Louis city, Mo.

 4.2 4.0 4.5 3.5 3.6 4.3 4.5 4.1 2.8 3.0 3.5 3.9 4.4   0.2

Illinois

 5.3 4.7 4.4 3.6 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 4.0   -1.3

Missouri

 3.8 3.7 3.7 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.4 4.2   0.4

United States

 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 4.0   -0.4

Footnotes
(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(1)employment and wages, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2019(2)
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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA

 88,427 2,478 1,339,878 7,821 0.6 $1,027 4.7 $17,791,350 5.3

Bond, Ill.

 304 -4 4,638 103 2.3 808 1.0 46,937 0.3

Calhoun, Ill.

 96 -1 739 -66 -8.2 538 4.3 5,017 -5.3

Clinton, Ill.

 882 4 12,504 139 1.1 769 9.1 124,851 10.5

Jersey, Ill.

 394 -11 5,122 -15 -0.3 656 4.3 43,310 2.1

Macoupin, Ill.

 904 15 10,283 -234 -2.2 717 5.0 95,041 2.9

Madison, Ill.

 5,398 47 103,182 1,523 1.5 840 4.2 1,110,641 5.6

Monroe, Ill.

 798 37 8,366 -642 -7.1 697 7.6 76,590 1.4

St. Clair, Ill.

 5,045 -6 92,668 -284 -0.3 859 5.5 1,033,649 5.9

Crawford, Mo.(4)

 659 -7 6,859 76 1.1 688 2.7 60,522 4.3

Franklin, Mo.

 3,017 47 39,619 140 0.4 888 15.0 449,595 15.5

Jefferson, Mo.

 4,447 81 48,197 -225 -0.5 733 4.7 451,955 4.2

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,083 33 12,086 173 1.5 764 5.4 116,787 6.1

St. Charles, Mo.

 9,844 306 153,778 5,199 3.5 862 3.4 1,695,351 6.5

St. Louis, Mo.

 40,458 1,413 609,486 1,953 0.3 1,131 4.3 8,963,411 4.7

Warren, Mo.

 660 7 7,793 102 1.3 752 4.3 74,574 5.9

St. Louis City, Mo.

 15,097 510 231,417 -45 0.0 1,172 4.8 3,503,644 4.9

Illinois

 380,586 13,579 6,023,136 2,745 0.0 $1,125 3.6 $87,837,447 3.7

Missouri

 209,804 7,299 2,826,539 15,574 0.6 942 3.9 34,222,721 4.4

United States

 10,325,274 285,161 148,556,525 1,674,020 1.1 1,093 3.6 2,101,499,511 4.9

Footnotes
(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