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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

 1,430.9 1,434.2 1,434.9 1,433.8 1,432.3 1,432.2 1,432.3 1,432.8 1,428.7 1,435.3 1,430.9 1,438.0 1,439.4 1.4 0.1

Illinois

 6,138.1 6,136.4 6,144.9 6,140.2 6,145.3 6,147.8 6,138.2 6,150.5 6,148.8 6,161.0 6,156.6 6,157.5 6,172.3 14.8 0.2

Missouri

 2,986.1 2,990.4 2,991.4 2,989.2 2,980.1 2,987.9 2,992.3 2,999.4 2,994.6 3,000.0 2,981.4 2,992.4 3,006.3 13.9 0.5

United States

 157,517 157,635 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,170 159,398 228 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

 1,422.4 1,417.1 1,429.5 7.1 0.5 2,990.7 20.9 0.7 6,107.0 27.5 0.5 158,506 1,894 1.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 77.2 74.9 78.7 1.5 1.9                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.4 -0.1 -2.2 7.2 0.1 1.4 618 -12 -1.9

Construction(3)

             143.6 -0.6 -0.4 216.9 -4.2 -1.9 8,079 140 1.8

Manufacturing

 117.2 117.2 116.4 -0.8 -0.7 282.8 -1.5 -0.5 575.6 -4.6 -0.8 12,710 -80 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 260.4 259.8 260.0 -0.4 -0.2 557.2 -1.6 -0.3 1,214.8 4.2 0.3 28,911 297 1.0

Information

 28.9 27.1 27.2 -1.7 -5.9 45.6 -1.9 -4.0 92.0 0.3 0.3 2,922 -18 -0.6

Financial Activities

 93.9 96.6 95.6 1.7 1.8 182.8 2.8 1.6 391.5 0.3 0.1 9,188 94 1.0

Professional & Business Services

 215.5 213.4 217.6 2.1 1.0 369.6 -2.3 -0.6 895.8 -18.9 -2.1 22,357 -39 -0.2

Education & Health Services

 273.7 282.9 282.7 9.0 3.3 540.4 22.3 4.3 1,010.5 17.7 1.8 27,232 907 3.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 145.5 133.7 139.2 -6.3 -4.3 297.8 -5.5 -1.8 583.7 3.5 0.6 16,572 210 1.3

Other Services

 50.6 51.4 51.9 1.3 2.6 114.9 2.4 2.1 248.3 2.0 0.8 5,996 91 1.5

Government

 159.5 160.1 160.2 0.7 0.4 451.6 6.9 1.6 870.7 27.1 3.2 23,921 304 1.3

(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

 57,860 50,319 56,040 60,390 64,448 58,953 47,528 49,644 49,049 48,056 62,640 62,086 60,709 2,849 4.9

Bond, IL

 375 306 331 372 398 364 320 312 299 294 358 316 262 -113 -30.1

Calhoun, IL

 97 82 82 98 91 83 83 76 75 71 96 90 77 -20 -20.6

Clinton, IL

 720 583 635 755 817 669 597 569 551 550 706 643 539 -181 -25.1

Jersey, IL

 461 405 409 497 528 440 383 355 340 327 423 388 334 -127 -27.5

Macoupin, IL

 952 811 877 1,015 1,041 907 839 797 823 838 1,025 957 814 -138 -14.5

Madison, IL

 6,077 5,370 5,674 6,627 6,879 6,041 5,253 5,055 4,899 4,522 5,256 4,945 4,395 -1,682 -27.7

Monroe, IL

 610 545 603 711 758 635 559 511 513 488 565 535 472 -138 -22.6

St. Clair, IL

 5,969 5,398 5,696 6,446 6,714 6,093 5,413 5,140 5,043 4,739 5,516 5,073 4,541 -1,428 -23.9

Crawford, MO(1)

 463 385 436 481 506 438 330 349 359 376 535 532 511 48 10.4

Franklin, MO

 1,972 1,666 1,897 1,989 2,149 1,955 1,463 1,616 1,595 1,629 2,277 2,312 2,239 267 13.5

Jefferson, MO

 4,384 3,774 4,350 4,506 4,811 4,360 3,340 3,660 3,673 3,708 4,988 5,298 5,050 666 15.2

Lincoln, MO

 1,169 990 1,138 1,184 1,294 1,130 879 974 950 951 1,906 1,483 1,372 203 17.4

St. Charles, MO

 7,659 6,640 7,639 7,899 8,318 7,583 5,992 6,628 6,458 6,350 9,408 8,696 8,858 1,199 15.7

St. Louis, MO

 19,932 17,277 19,554 20,646 22,304 20,772 16,194 17,419 17,285 16,929 21,991 22,670 23,164 3,232 16.2

Warren, MO

 711 630 709 730 800 711 566 605 602 601 993 804 780 69 9.7

St. Louis city, MO

 6,772 5,842 6,446 6,915 7,546 7,210 5,647 5,927 5,943 6,059 7,132 7,876 7,812 1,040 15.4

Illinois

 329,928 301,600 317,448 383,655 382,859 354,622 315,626 313,237 300,597 284,112 330,292 334,737 329,105 -823 -0.2

Missouri

 121,862 103,066 117,644 124,766 135,627 121,940 94,080 102,228 102,110 100,430 136,350 139,866 137,752 15,890 13.0

United States (in thousands)

 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 638 9.7

(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

 3.9 3.4 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 0.2

Bond, IL

 4.9 4.0 4.3 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.8 4.3 3.5 -1.4

Calhoun, IL

 5.0 4.2 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.8 5.1 4.8 4.1 -0.9

Clinton, IL

 3.8 3.1 3.3 3.9 4.2 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.8 3.5 2.9 -0.9

Jersey, IL

 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.7 4.9 4.2 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 -1.1

Macoupin, IL

 4.6 3.9 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.7 4.0 -0.6

Madison, IL

 4.5 4.0 4.2 4.8 5.0 4.5 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.3 -1.2

Monroe, IL

 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.4 -0.7

St. Clair, IL

 4.9 4.4 4.6 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.6 4.2 3.8 -1.1

Crawford, MO(1)

 4.8 4.0 4.5 4.8 5.2 4.5 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 5.6 5.5 5.3 0.5

Franklin, MO

 3.7 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.6 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 0.5

Jefferson, MO

 3.6 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.3 4.0 0.4

Lincoln, MO

 3.6 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.4 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.9 5.7 4.5 4.1 0.5

St. Charles, MO

 3.3 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.7 4.0 3.7 3.7 0.4

St. Louis, MO

 3.8 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 0.6

Warren, MO

 3.7 3.2 3.6 3.7 4.0 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 5.1 4.1 4.0 0.3

St. Louis city, MO

 4.3 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.7 4.5 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.6 5.0 5.0 0.7

Illinois

 5.0 4.6 4.8 5.7 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.3 5.0 5.1 5.0 0.0

Missouri

 3.9 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.9 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 0.5

United States

 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 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 2024(2)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 96,390 -935 1,329,623 -1,696 -0.1 $1,270 3.2 $21,826,103 3.3

Bond, IL

 332 21 4,574 47 1.0 990 5.7 57,063 6.0

Calhoun, IL

 94 2 760 2 0.3 697 15.2 6,776 13.7

Clinton, IL

 953 22 12,688 402 3.3 968 7.4 160,131 11.2

Jersey, IL

 395 -4 5,396 -14 -0.3 856 4.4 59,409 2.6

Macoupin, IL

 918 19 10,061 -146 -1.4 891 4.8 116,730 4.5

Madison, IL

 5,541 145 106,011 2,419 2.3 1,084 4.1 1,482,989 6.7

Monroe, IL

 846 8 8,602 -143 -1.6 924 9.2 102,804 6.6

St. Clair, IL

 5,007 86 89,484 -1,438 -1.6 1,083 2.1 1,259,440 1.3

Crawford, MO(4)

 682 -13 6,702 53 0.8 924 6.1 79,645 6.3

Franklin, MO

 3,085 -56 39,622 561 1.4 986 2.0 498,370 3.6

Jefferson, MO

 4,715 -14 49,739 952 2.0 933 4.2 591,606 7.1

Lincoln, MO

 1,220 33 13,055 392 3.1 996 4.4 163,750 8.1

St. Charles, MO

 11,107 -21 163,362 459 0.3 1,103 4.3 2,317,052 4.9

St. Louis, MO

 45,960 -386 595,897 -3,128 -0.5 1,374 2.8 10,619,456 2.5

Warren, MO

 763 -3 8,502 225 2.7 950 3.4 101,438 6.2

St. Louis City, MO

 15,454 -787 221,870 -2,286 -1.0 1,498 3.9 4,289,089 2.5

Illinois

 410,942 9,590 6,083,948 24,734 0.4 $1,398 3.9 $110,029,190 4.4

Missouri

 247,952 -1,055 2,911,672 15,807 0.5 1,197 4.0 44,721,500 4.6

United States

 12,297,414 393,630 155,360,357 1,300,697 0.8 1,394 4.5 2,803,068,632 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