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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

 1,434.9 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 1,434.5 1,430.7 1,432.3 1.6 0.1

Illinois

 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 6,168.4 6,166.0 6,166.1 0.1 0.0

Missouri

 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 3,001.2 2,998.6 3,002.3 3.7 0.1

United States

 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,422 159,561 139 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)
Area and Industry

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Total Nonfarm

 1,444.9 1,431.5 1,437.5 -7.4 -0.5 3,020.4 8.6 0.3 6,187.1 24.2 0.4 159,964 1,708 1.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 79.1 80.0 82.6 3.5 4.4                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.5 0.0 0.0 7.3 0.1 1.4 624 0 0.0

Construction(3)

             152.1 4.2 2.8 239.4 -1.3 -0.5 8,354 117 1.4

Manufacturing

 117.5 116.1 116.5 -1.0 -0.9 282.9 -2.0 -0.7 573.3 -5.2 -0.9 12,740 -89 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 262.5 257.1 258.5 -4.0 -1.5 558.5 -3.6 -0.6 1,210.9 -7.4 -0.6 28,954 160 0.6

Information

 28.6 27.1 27.0 -1.6 -5.6 43.9 -3.1 -6.6 92.8 2.3 2.5 2,928 -11 -0.4

Financial Activities

 94.5 95.0 95.7 1.2 1.3 181.1 -0.2 -0.1 396.9 4.5 1.1 9,223 97 1.1

Professional & Business Services

 216.5 217.6 214.1 -2.4 -1.1 371.3 -4.2 -1.1 920.0 -7.4 -0.8 22,618 -64 -0.3

Education & Health Services

 277.6 284.3 281.7 4.1 1.5 540.0 15.1 2.9 1,012.4 17.6 1.8 27,296 921 3.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 155.7 141.8 147.9 -7.8 -5.0 319.4 -2.8 -0.9 617.3 2.6 0.4 17,331 255 1.5

Other Services

 51.4 51.8 51.4 0.0 0.0 114.6 0.6 0.5 249.8 1.5 0.6 6,059 76 1.3

Government

 161.5 160.7 162.1 0.6 0.4 452.1 4.6 1.0 867.0 16.9 2.0 23,837 246 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

 56,040 60,390 64,448 58,953 47,528 49,644 49,049 48,056 62,640 62,086 60,678 52,994 55,730 -310 -0.6

Bond, IL

 331 372 398 364 320 312 299 294 358 316 261 203 245 -86 -26.0

Calhoun, IL

 82 98 91 83 83 76 75 71 96 90 77 61 69 -13 -15.9

Clinton, IL

 635 755 817 669 597 569 551 550 706 643 539 418 481 -154 -24.3

Jersey, IL

 409 497 528 440 383 355 340 327 423 388 333 284 321 -88 -21.5

Macoupin, IL

 877 1,015 1,041 907 839 797 823 838 1,025 957 814 662 738 -139 -15.8

Madison, IL

 5,674 6,627 6,879 6,041 5,253 5,055 4,899 4,522 5,256 4,945 4,395 3,841 4,323 -1,351 -23.8

Monroe, IL

 603 711 758 635 559 511 513 488 565 535 472 400 487 -116 -19.2

St. Clair, IL

 5,696 6,446 6,714 6,093 5,413 5,140 5,043 4,739 5,516 5,073 4,545 4,023 4,474 -1,222 -21.5

Crawford, MO(1)

 436 481 506 438 330 349 359 376 535 532 510 438 431 -5 -1.1

Franklin, MO

 1,897 1,989 2,149 1,955 1,463 1,616 1,595 1,629 2,277 2,312 2,239 1,880 1,948 51 2.7

Jefferson, MO

 4,350 4,506 4,811 4,360 3,340 3,660 3,673 3,708 4,988 5,298 5,044 4,368 4,549 199 4.6

Lincoln, MO

 1,138 1,184 1,294 1,130 879 974 950 951 1,906 1,483 1,371 1,163 1,208 70 6.2

St. Charles, MO

 7,639 7,899 8,318 7,583 5,992 6,628 6,458 6,350 9,408 8,696 8,850 7,740 8,077 438 5.7

St. Louis, MO

 19,554 20,646 22,304 20,772 16,194 17,419 17,285 16,929 21,991 22,670 23,153 20,354 21,072 1,518 7.8

Warren, MO

 709 730 800 711 566 605 602 601 993 804 779 653 682 -27 -3.8

St. Louis city, MO

 6,446 6,915 7,546 7,210 5,647 5,927 5,943 6,059 7,132 7,876 7,806 6,944 7,056 610 9.5

Illinois

 317,448 383,655 382,859 354,622 315,626 313,237 300,597 284,112 330,292 334,737 329,013 293,976 285,647 -31,801 -10.0

Missouri

 117,644 124,766 135,627 121,940 94,080 102,228 102,110 100,430 136,350 139,866 137,668 119,404 122,735 5,091 4.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 580 9.3

(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

 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.6 3.7 -0.1

Bond, IL

 4.3 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.8 4.3 3.5 2.7 3.3 -1.0

Calhoun, IL

 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.8 5.1 4.8 4.1 3.2 3.7 -0.6

Clinton, IL

 3.3 3.9 4.2 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.8 3.5 2.9 2.2 2.6 -0.7

Jersey, IL

 3.9 4.7 4.9 4.2 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.2 4.1 3.8 3.3 2.7 3.1 -0.8

Macoupin, IL

 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.7 4.0 3.2 3.6 -0.6

Madison, IL

 4.2 4.8 5.0 4.5 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.4 4.0 3.7 3.3 2.9 3.2 -1.0

Monroe, IL

 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.5 -0.6

St. Clair, IL

 4.6 5.2 5.3 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.6 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.7 -0.9

Crawford, MO(1)

 4.5 4.8 5.2 4.5 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.5 4.4 -0.1

Franklin, MO

 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.6 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 3.5 3.6 0.1

Jefferson, MO

 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.5 3.6 0.1

Lincoln, MO

 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.4 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.9 5.7 4.5 4.1 3.5 3.6 0.2

St. Charles, MO

 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.7 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.4 0.2

St. Louis, MO

 3.7 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.0 0.3

Warren, MO

 3.6 3.7 4.0 3.6 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 5.1 4.1 4.0 3.3 3.5 -0.1

St. Louis city, MO

 4.1 4.4 4.7 4.5 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.6 5.0 5.0 4.4 4.5 0.4

Illinois

 4.8 5.7 5.7 5.3 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.3 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.5 4.4 -0.4

Missouri

 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.9 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.9 0.2

United States

 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 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, 4th quarter 2024(2)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 97,759 -862 1,336,973 199 0.0 $1,362 3.3 $23,711,311 3.5

Bond, IL

 327 12 4,603 77 1.7 969 1.9 58,053 2.7

Calhoun, IL

 95 2 732 6 0.8 739 21.1 7,210 23.4

Clinton, IL

 953 21 12,643 355 2.9 1,052 5.2 173,048 8.3

Jersey, IL

 395 -8 5,174 -13 -0.3 925 5.6 62,500 4.0

Macoupin, IL

 913 11 10,210 6 0.1 954 -0.6 125,874 -0.5

Madison, IL

 5,540 95 106,298 2,413 2.3 1,144 3.7 1,582,186 6.2

Monroe, IL

 848 6 8,500 31 0.4 993 4.2 110,330 5.1

St. Clair, IL

 4,992 53 91,018 -86 -0.1 1,150 4.1 1,357,604 3.7

Crawford, MO(4)

 688 -18 6,631 119 1.8 946 7.5 82,258 8.5

Franklin, MO

 3,093 -85 39,897 564 1.4 1,038 2.7 538,053 4.3

Jefferson, MO

 4,749 -54 50,159 1,288 2.6 1,003 1.7 657,469 4.4

Lincoln, MO

 1,238 39 13,113 427 3.4 1,083 5.7 184,551 9.3

St. Charles, MO

 11,225 -85 165,526 877 0.5 1,160 3.4 2,491,116 4.8

St. Louis, MO

 46,824 -250 599,179 -4,377 -0.7 1,519 3.6 11,837,615 3.0

Warren, MO

 778 -5 8,368 411 5.2 1,014 4.6 110,706 8.8

St. Louis City, MO

 15,789 -614 221,553 -1,780 -0.8 1,522 3.3 4,414,997 2.7

Illinois

 411,176 4,892 6,089,067 31,158 0.5 $1,538 4.1 $121,825,285 4.6

Missouri

 251,465 -1,722 2,922,182 14,478 0.5 1,268 3.8 48,257,693 4.5

United States

 12,265,395 255,970 156,202,874 1,188,409 0.8 1,507 5.0 3,062,610,422 6.0

(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