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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

 1,432.3 1,432.8 1,428.7 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 1,426.5 7.2 0.5

Illinois

 6,138.2 6,150.5 6,148.8 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 6,162.6 -2.2 0.0

Missouri

 2,992.3 2,999.4 2,994.6 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 3,041.2 18.3 0.6

United States

 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 108 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

 1,434.4 1,416.3 1,427.7 -6.7 -0.5 3,040.8 44.4 1.5 6,194.4 18.6 0.3 159,732 1,205 0.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 80.0 81.0 79.1 -0.9 -1.1                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.6 0.0 0.0 7.2 -0.2 -2.7 615 -14 -2.2

Construction(3)

             152.3 3.1 2.1 254.0 5.8 2.3 8,442 32 0.4

Manufacturing

 118.0 113.6 113.0 -5.0 -4.2 279.4 -4.7 -1.7 571.7 -5.1 -0.9 12,726 -89 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 261.7 258.0 258.4 -3.3 -1.3 557.9 -2.1 -0.4 1,212.7 -9.5 -0.8 28,931 97 0.3

Information

 28.6 26.9 27.2 -1.4 -4.9 44.7 -2.2 -4.7 94.8 6.3 7.1 2,924 -4 -0.1

Financial Activities

 94.3 94.2 94.8 0.5 0.5 180.6 0.2 0.1 397.8 2.7 0.7 9,237 57 0.6

Professional & Business Services

 214.5 210.2 214.3 -0.2 -0.1 368.7 -3.0 -0.8 926.2 -5.3 -0.6 22,592 -72 -0.3

Education & Health Services

 276.6 280.4 281.0 4.4 1.6 541.1 14.6 2.8 1,010.7 11.5 1.2 27,445 802 3.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 149.9 158.2 148.8 -1.1 -0.7 324.9 9.8 3.1 613.2 1.6 0.3 17,197 231 1.4

Other Services

 51.2 50.9 51.3 0.1 0.2 115.2 1.9 1.7 246.4 -1.9 -0.8 6,036 68 1.1

Government

 159.6 142.9 159.8 0.2 0.1 471.4 26.8 6.0 859.7 12.7 1.5 23,587 97 0.4

(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

 47,528 49,644 49,049 48,056 62,640 62,086 60,678 52,994 55,723 62,615 67,742 67,021 55,126 7,598 16.0

Bond, IL

 320 312 299 294 358 316 261 203 244 270 341 334 313 -7 -2.2

Calhoun, IL

 83 76 75 71 96 90 77 61 69 75 84 95 94 11 13.3

Clinton, IL

 597 569 551 550 706 643 539 418 481 515 643 640 606 9 1.5

Jersey, IL

 383 355 340 327 423 388 333 284 322 347 405 407 387 4 1.0

Macoupin, IL

 839 797 823 838 1,025 957 814 662 737 771 928 970 923 84 10.0

Madison, IL

 5,253 5,055 4,899 4,522 5,256 4,945 4,395 3,841 4,322 4,776 5,733 5,819 5,452 199 3.8

Monroe, IL

 559 511 513 488 565 535 472 400 486 527 627 633 610 51 9.1

St. Clair, IL

 5,413 5,140 5,043 4,739 5,516 5,073 4,545 4,023 4,473 4,731 5,648 5,895 5,566 153 2.8

Crawford, MO(1)

 330 349 359 376 535 532 510 438 431 502 532 507 369 39 11.8

Franklin, MO

 1,463 1,616 1,595 1,629 2,277 2,312 2,239 1,880 1,948 2,225 2,335 2,249 1,748 285 19.5

Jefferson, MO

 3,340 3,660 3,673 3,708 4,988 5,298 5,044 4,368 4,547 5,127 5,375 5,121 4,067 727 21.8

Lincoln, MO

 879 974 950 951 1,906 1,483 1,371 1,163 1,208 1,355 1,430 1,384 1,100 221 25.1

St. Charles, MO

 5,992 6,628 6,458 6,350 9,408 8,696 8,850 7,740 8,077 9,150 9,274 9,060 7,110 1,118 18.7

St. Louis, MO

 16,194 17,419 17,285 16,929 21,991 22,670 23,153 20,354 21,067 23,990 25,483 25,162 19,819 3,625 22.4

Warren, MO

 566 605 602 601 993 804 779 653 683 793 810 815 633 67 11.8

St. Louis city, MO

 5,647 5,927 5,943 6,059 7,132 7,876 7,806 6,944 7,059 7,963 8,626 8,437 6,698 1,051 18.6

Illinois

 315,626 313,237 300,597 284,112 330,292 334,737 329,013 293,976 285,552 297,407 319,807 306,899 279,268 -36,358 -11.5

Missouri

 94,080 102,228 102,110 100,430 136,350 139,866 137,668 119,404 122,710 140,977 149,416 142,535 110,273 16,193 17.2

United States (in thousands)

 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 800 12.3

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

 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.5 4.5 3.7 0.5

Bond, IL

 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.8 4.3 3.5 2.7 3.3 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.3 0.1

Calhoun, IL

 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.8 5.1 4.8 4.1 3.2 3.7 3.9 4.4 5.1 5.1 0.8

Clinton, IL

 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.8 3.5 2.9 2.2 2.6 2.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 0.2

Jersey, IL

 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 0.1

Macoupin, IL

 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.7 4.0 3.2 3.6 3.7 4.4 4.8 4.5 0.5

Madison, IL

 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.1 0.2

Monroe, IL

 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.7 3.2 3.3 3.2 0.4

St. Clair, IL

 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.7 3.8 4.6 4.9 4.6 0.2

Crawford, MO(1)

 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.5 4.4 5.0 5.4 5.1 3.8 0.4

Franklin, MO

 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 3.5 3.6 4.1 4.2 4.1 3.2 0.5

Jefferson, MO

 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.5 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.2 0.5

Lincoln, MO

 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.9 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.3 0.6

St. Charles, MO

 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.7 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.0 0.5

St. Louis, MO

 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.7 3.7 0.6

Warren, MO

 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 5.1 4.1 4.0 3.3 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.2 0.3

St. Louis city, MO

 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.4 5.0 5.3 5.2 4.2 0.6

Illinois

 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.3 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.3 -0.4

Missouri

 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.5 3.5 0.5

United States

 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 0.4

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

 97,685 4,309 1,316,863 -615 0.0 $1,439 3.2 $24,453,610 2.9

Bond, IL

 332 23 4,546 -8 -0.2 1,039 4.8 60,373 5.0

Calhoun, IL

 93 1 730 -6 -0.8 710 3.5 6,607 3.2

Clinton, IL

 934 1 12,426 -83 -0.7 1,004 7.7 160,121 7.4

Jersey, IL

 383 -6 4,876 -143 -2.8 931 5.7 58,481 2.4

Macoupin, IL

 903 25 9,773 -422 -4.1 901 3.6 113,151 -0.8

Madison, IL

 5,534 206 105,441 1,273 1.2 1,158 3.9 1,575,527 5.4

Monroe, IL

 832 9 8,524 267 3.2 937 3.7 101,097 5.4

St. Clair, IL

 4,939 148 88,607 -1,171 -1.3 1,115 2.1 1,275,084 1.0

Crawford, MO(4)

 703 39 6,729 159 2.4 970 4.6 83,655 6.6

Franklin, MO

 3,090 105 39,629 570 1.5 1,020 3.7 519,303 4.6

Jefferson, MO

 4,745 231 49,456 459 0.9 967 4.9 615,695 5.9

Lincoln, MO

 1,241 59 12,953 265 2.1 1,004 1.7 167,123 3.8

St. Charles, MO

 11,276 460 162,358 1,552 1.0 1,316 5.3 2,729,068 5.2

St. Louis, MO

 46,890 2,502 587,633 -4,769 -0.8 1,588 2.0 12,096,754 1.1

Warren, MO

 793 38 8,509 467 5.8 962 0.8 102,940 4.3

St. Louis City, MO

 15,700 507 221,402 1,134 0.5 1,703 4.9 4,872,287 5.0

Illinois

 407,117 17,002 5,988,920 10,765 0.2 $1,662 3.2 $128,873,294 3.7

Missouri

 252,427 14,070 2,886,921 4,230 0.1 1,310 3.2 48,789,307 3.3

United States

 12,249,320 341,465 154,523,785 675,355 0.4 1,589 4.1 3,182,535,733 4.8

(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