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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

 1,393.3 1,400.9 1,394.1 1,397.8 1,402.0 1,402.5 1,406.1 1,410.5 1,413.5 1,411.7 1,410.7 1,410.0 1,407.6 -2.4 -0.2

Illinois

 6,148.3 6,175.0 6,164.2 6,158.1 6,176.5 6,178.8 6,186.4 6,187.7 6,181.9 6,190.4 6,198.7 6,185.3 6,193.3 8.0 0.1

Missouri

 2,894.1 2,899.4 2,892.7 2,901.4 2,911.1 2,915.2 2,920.7 2,927.5 2,926.9 2,924.2 2,921.6 2,922.7 2,914.2 -8.5 -0.3

United States

 149,865 150,134 150,135 150,282 150,492 150,577 150,759 150,953 151,160 151,368 151,553 151,814 151,961 147 0.1

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

 1,398.7 1,421.8 1,413.2 14.5 1.0 2,924.6 18.4 0.6 6,228.0 44.2 0.7 152,934 2,102 1.4

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 67.3 72.9 71.7 4.4 6.5                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.1 -0.2 -4.7 7.1 -0.6 -7.8 713 -29 -3.9

Construction(3)

             124.0 4.1 3.4 214.4 -2.0 -0.9 7,447 136 1.9

Manufacturing

 120.1 121.6 120.9 0.8 0.7 277.1 -0.4 -0.1 589.7 -1.9 -0.3 12,874 60 0.5

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 267.7 271.4 272.0 4.3 1.6 550.8 -1.8 -0.3 1,254.6 -4.3 -0.3 28,584 175 0.6

Information

 27.6 27.5 27.3 -0.3 -1.1 48.8 -1.7 -3.4 93.2 -0.4 -0.4 2,897 31 1.1

Financial Activities

 90.6 92.7 92.3 1.7 1.9 176.4 3.9 2.3 406.8 2.1 0.5 8,820 146 1.7

Professional & Business Services

 213.9 218.1 215.6 1.7 0.8 388.2 -1.0 -0.3 956.7 -1.2 -0.1 21,597 370 1.7

Education & Health Services

 256.0 258.0 256.2 0.2 0.1 491.6 9.0 1.9 964.8 17.9 1.9 24,630 608 2.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 150.5 153.3 150.6 0.1 0.1 304.4 3.6 1.2 626.0 17.1 2.8 16,455 369 2.3

Other Services

 49.9 48.8 49.5 -0.4 -0.8 116.9 2.9 2.5 260.2 4.0 1.6 5,902 75 1.3

Government

 155.1 157.5 157.1 2.0 1.3 442.3 0.0 0.0 854.5 13.5 1.6 23,015 161 0.7

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

 50,022 58,332 55,542 58,107 45,424 45,176 51,668 54,411 49,639 38,621 40,959 44,228 48,882   -1,140 -2.3

Bond, Ill.

 397 470 407 389 322 254 284 307 287 273 279 244 279   -118 -29.7

Calhoun, Ill.

 147 157 138 134 123 101 129 115 92 98 96 101 107   -40 -27.2

Clinton, Ill.

 806 969 911 821 654 540 578 633 559 572 645 502 564   -242 -30.0

Jersey, Ill.

 607 719 639 615 524 448 484 494 434 424 421 404 452   -155 -25.5

Macoupin, Ill.

 1,328 1,498 1,330 1,268 1,036 837 914 963 869 889 867 845 947   -381 -28.7

Madison, Ill.

 6,630 7,338 6,440 6,453 5,485 4,607 5,347 5,675 4,999 4,980 4,891 4,454 4,748   -1,882 -28.4

Monroe, Ill.

 687 805 733 715 591 494 558 618 546 560 571 501 524   -163 -23.7

St. Clair, Ill.

 6,914 7,679 6,839 6,949 5,919 5,038 5,577 6,156 5,559 5,465 5,343 4,819 5,090   -1,824 -26.4

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 395 467 498 478 350 376 443 461 397 293 315 416 478   83 21.0

Franklin, Mo.

 1,526 1,921 1,959 1,920 1,485 1,593 1,713 1,893 1,737 1,151 1,557 1,580 1,844   318 20.8

Jefferson, Mo.

 3,472 4,242 4,403 4,519 3,191 3,305 3,777 4,017 3,650 2,549 2,725 3,398 3,902   430 12.4

Lincoln, Mo.

 886 1,111 1,152 1,180 825 826 986 1,004 887 623 837 817 930   44 5.0

St. Charles, Mo.

 5,413 6,466 6,364 6,742 5,014 5,428 6,121 6,259 5,795 4,140 4,690 5,362 6,058   645 11.9

St. Louis, Mo.

 15,206 17,957 17,389 18,926 14,477 15,636 17,820 18,543 17,294 12,131 12,917 15,228 16,767   1,561 10.3

Warren, Mo.

 480 583 653 654 454 489 524 541 479 344 442 476 547   67 14.0

St. Louis city, Mo.

 5,523 6,417 6,185 6,822 5,324 5,580 6,856 7,193 6,452 4,422 4,678 5,497 6,123   600 10.9

Illinois

 285,488 337,422 302,523 289,793 259,307 233,477 265,341 278,359 245,998 230,385 235,472 218,269 220,590   -64,898 -22.7

Missouri

 93,192 113,927 112,876 117,837 86,976 94,838 107,731 116,440 104,774 73,820 79,156 93,521 105,566   12,374 13.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,029 7,140 6,625 6,382 5,387 5,503 6,292 6,556 6,203 5,465 5,510 5,441 5,503   -526 -8.7

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

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

Bond, Ill.

 5.1 6.0 5.2 4.9 4.0 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.6   -1.5

Calhoun, Ill.

 6.3 6.8 5.9 5.8 5.2 4.3 5.4 4.8 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.6   -1.7

Clinton, Ill.

 4.0 4.8 4.5 4.0 3.2 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.1 2.5 2.8   -1.2

Jersey, Ill.

 5.5 6.5 5.8 5.6 4.7 4.0 4.3 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6 4.1   -1.4

Macoupin, Ill.

 5.8 6.5 5.8 5.5 4.5 3.6 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 4.1   -1.7

Madison, Ill.

 4.9 5.5 4.8 4.8 4.0 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.6   -1.3

Monroe, Ill.

 3.7 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.2 2.6 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.8   -0.9

St. Clair, Ill.

 5.4 6.1 5.4 5.4 4.6 3.9 4.3 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.8 4.0   -1.4

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 3.7 4.4 4.6 4.4 3.3 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.6 2.6 2.8 3.8 4.4   0.7

Franklin, Mo.

 2.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.1 2.9 2.9 3.5   0.6

Jefferson, Mo.

 3.0 3.7 3.8 3.9 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.1 2.3 2.8 3.3   0.3

Lincoln, Mo.

 3.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.2 3.0 2.9 3.3   0.1

St. Charles, Mo.

 2.4 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.3 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.5 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.7   0.3

St. Louis, Mo.

 2.9 3.4 3.3 3.6 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.2 2.2 2.4 2.8 3.1   0.2

Warren, Mo.

 2.7 3.3 3.7 3.7 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.7 1.9 2.4 2.6 3.1   0.4

St. Louis city, Mo.

 3.6 4.2 4.0 4.5 3.5 3.6 4.3 4.5 4.1 2.8 3.0 3.5 3.9   0.3

Illinois

 4.4 5.2 4.7 4.5 4.0 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.5   -0.9

Missouri

 3.1 3.8 3.7 3.9 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.4 2.4 2.5 3.0 3.4   0.3

United States

 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4   -0.3

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, 2nd quarter 2019(2)
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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA

 88,006 3,035 1,336,968 -2,393 -0.2 $1,027 1.8 $17,884,193 2.0

Bond, Ill.

 303 -3 4,422 -72 -1.6 775 1.7 45,898 -1.3

Calhoun, Ill.

 98 -1 702 -116 -14.2 510 4.1 4,945 -1.9

Clinton, Ill.

 883 0 12,572 177 1.4 735 5.2 119,924 6.5

Jersey, Ill.

 396 -9 4,845 -576 -10.6 672 6.0 43,100 0.6

Macoupin, Ill.

 894 5 10,480 -171 -1.6 696 4.7 94,439 2.7

Madison, Ill.

 5,384 -35 100,849 -688 -0.7 847 3.7 1,118,570 3.9

Monroe, Ill.

 792 17 8,783 -213 -2.4 691 6.3 78,915 4.5

St. Clair, Ill.

 5,037 -19 91,939 -209 -0.2 854 3.8 1,022,109 3.3

Crawford, Mo.(4)

 661 -2 7,037 83 1.2 715 3.3 64,169 4.8

Franklin, Mo.

 3,007 57 40,343 695 1.8 788 3.4 410,968 5.1

Jefferson, Mo.

 4,411 117 48,432 -322 -0.7 753 2.7 475,130 2.3

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,075 43 12,117 32 0.3 818 4.2 127,718 3.9

St. Charles, Mo.

 9,793 387 153,061 3,387 2.3 887 4.7 1,757,831 7.2

St. Louis, Mo.

 40,230 1,713 611,509 -3,207 -0.5 1,137 -0.4 9,051,225 -0.3

Warren, Mo.

 667 15 7,754 108 1.4 770 2.8 76,996 4.3

St. Louis City, Mo.

 15,036 748 229,160 -1,218 -0.5 1,151 3.9 3,456,424 3.8

Illinois

 378,252 10,180 6,074,730 19,624 0.3 $1,122 2.4 $87,899,267 2.9

Missouri

 208,288 8,631 2,836,735 8,835 0.3 948 2.5 34,937,071 3.1

United States

 10,252,043 281,328 149,089,158 1,666,235 1.1 1,095 3.8 2,111,761,786 5.1

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