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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

 1,429.8 1,430.9 1,433.3 1,437.3 1,439.7 1,439.6 1,442.0 1,445.5 1,451.5 1,454.5 1,459.5 1,458.9 1,462.6 3.7 0.3

Illinois

 6,118.4 6,132.3 6,101.9 6,107.2 6,100.6 6,099.7 6,126.4 6,136.4 6,138.3 6,147.9 6,143.6 6,153.9 6,154.7 0.8 0.0

Missouri

 2,968.3 2,978.3 2,989.2 2,995.2 3,000.6 3,003.6 3,013.9 3,025.9 3,044.9 3,057.6 3,068.0 3,058.9 3,066.8 7.9 0.3

United States

 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,637 158,779 142 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

 1,422.2 1,458.3 1,458.8 36.6 2.6 3,062.0 101.1 3.4 6,162.8 35.6 0.6 158,650 2,295 1.5

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 77.7 79.7 79.1 1.4 1.8                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.7 0.2 4.4 7.4 0.1 1.4 644 -8 -1.2

Construction(3)

             155.6 9.2 6.3 252.9 5.2 2.1 8,497 234 2.8

Manufacturing

 117.8 119.8 120.1 2.3 2.0 290.3 8.6 3.1 579.0 1.7 0.3 12,982 -19 -0.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 262.7 266.2 265.7 3.0 1.1 566.3 8.8 1.6 1,223.1 -0.1 0.0 28,924 212 0.7

Information

 29.6 28.9 29.3 -0.3 -1.0 49.3 0.2 0.4 89.4 -3.2 -3.5 3,023 2 0.1

Financial Activities

 96.8 99.0 98.0 1.2 1.2 189.6 5.0 2.7 401.0 -5.7 -1.4 9,313 35 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 221.1 218.3 220.9 -0.2 -0.1 384.7 3.6 0.9 932.0 -27.2 -2.8 23,068 88 0.4

Education & Health Services

 269.7 281.7 283.7 14.0 5.2 530.8 24.2 4.8 984.0 25.7 2.7 26,190 972 3.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 154.0 171.3 167.0 13.0 8.4 345.7 24.0 7.5 621.1 -1.8 -0.3 17,594 288 1.7

Other Services

 53.4 53.3 53.2 -0.2 -0.4 118.5 2.3 2.0 263.2 11.4 4.5 5,959 64 1.1

Government

 139.4 140.1 141.8 2.4 1.7 426.5 15.0 3.6 809.7 29.5 3.8 22,456 427 1.9

(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

 52,989 45,824 49,480 44,235 44,913 56,700 58,500 55,807 50,155 59,105 65,647 70,744 59,916   6,927 13.1

Bond, IL

 367 307 299 280 311 393 363 348 293 329 392 420 345   -22 -6.0

Calhoun, IL

 101 96 81 83 79 113 101 97 83 90 116 108 89   -12 -11.9

Clinton, IL

 764 676 640 587 604 822 746 717 597 672 858 923 704   -60 -7.9

Jersey, IL

 480 426 422 404 414 502 479 465 420 441 576 605 473   -7 -1.5

Macoupin, IL

 1,044 968 923 910 927 1,165 1,030 954 841 933 1,165 1,187 972   -72 -6.9

Madison, IL

 6,568 5,853 5,808 5,520 5,381 6,310 6,161 5,966 5,433 5,940 7,442 7,668 6,233   -335 -5.1

Monroe, IL

 699 621 577 558 528 661 632 597 550 623 789 840 657   -42 -6.0

St. Clair, IL

 6,875 6,206 6,029 5,548 5,346 6,486 6,070 5,940 5,545 6,059 7,372 7,618 6,432   -443 -6.4

Crawford, MO(1)

 401 313 355 328 328 459 497 452 393 472 523 559 450   49 12.2

Franklin, MO

 1,544 1,297 1,507 1,333 1,373 1,940 1,990 1,869 1,629 1,980 2,115 2,327 1,960   416 26.9

Jefferson, MO

 3,644 3,044 3,413 3,035 3,120 4,147 4,337 4,112 3,663 4,503 4,736 5,147 4,316   672 18.4

Lincoln, MO

 934 777 1,026 766 805 1,250 1,294 1,073 937 1,144 1,214 1,358 1,093   159 17.0

St. Charles, MO

 6,261 5,382 6,407 5,400 5,389 7,329 7,782 7,223 6,460 7,932 8,354 8,956 7,540   1,279 20.4

St. Louis, MO

 17,031 14,561 16,241 14,248 14,735 18,494 19,817 19,162 17,176 20,751 22,212 24,389 21,015   3,984 23.4

Warren, MO

 566 469 603 458 512 713 743 659 603 728 763 848 696   130 23.0

St. Louis city, MO

 6,111 5,141 5,504 5,105 5,389 6,375 6,955 6,625 5,925 6,980 7,543 8,350 7,391   1,280 20.9

Illinois

 333,342 303,307 289,666 267,432 267,635 325,450 340,784 322,944 287,481 312,481 401,986 409,280 357,431   24,089 7.2

Missouri

 102,607 85,016 95,980 85,242 87,940 117,123 122,673 116,068 101,492 123,504 132,746 146,761 122,157   19,550 19.1

United States (in thousands)

 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415   792 12.0

(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

 3.6 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.9 4.3 4.6 3.9   0.3

Bond, IL

 4.8 4.0 3.9 3.6 4.1 5.2 4.8 4.6 3.9 4.3 5.0 5.3 4.5   -0.3

Calhoun, IL

 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.7 3.6 5.1 4.6 4.4 3.8 4.0 5.1 4.7 4.0   -0.5

Clinton, IL

 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.0 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.3 4.1 4.4 3.4   -0.3

Jersey, IL

 4.4 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.0 5.2 5.4 4.3   -0.1

Macoupin, IL

 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.1 5.2 4.6 4.2 3.7 4.1 5.0 5.1 4.3   -0.3

Madison, IL

 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.4 5.4 5.5 4.6   -0.3

Monroe, IL

 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.9 3.2 4.0 4.3 3.4   -0.3

St. Clair, IL

 5.4 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.3 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.7 5.7 5.8 5.1   -0.3

Crawford, MO(1)

 3.8 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.2 4.4 4.7 4.3 3.7 4.4 4.8 5.2 4.2   0.4

Franklin, MO

 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.6 3.8 4.2 3.6   0.7

Jefferson, MO

 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.6 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.7 3.9 4.1 3.5   0.5

Lincoln, MO

 3.1 2.6 3.4 2.6 2.7 4.2 4.3 3.6 3.1 3.8 4.0 4.4 3.6   0.5

St. Charles, MO

 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.3 3.2 3.4 3.1 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.1   0.4

St. Louis, MO

 3.2 2.7 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.8 4.0 4.4 3.8   0.6

Warren, MO

 3.0 2.5 3.2 2.4 2.7 3.8 3.9 3.4 3.1 3.8 3.9 4.3 3.6   0.6

St. Louis city, MO

 4.0 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.4 3.9 4.5 4.9 5.3 4.7   0.7

Illinois

 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.4 4.8 6.1 6.2 5.5   0.4

Missouri

 3.3 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.2 3.9 4.2 4.6 3.9   0.6

United States

 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4   0.5

(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 2024(2)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 99,830 5,259 1,315,910 1,683 0.1 $1,395 2.6 $23,756,408 2.8

Bond, IL

 317 18 4,563 98 2.2 990 7.3 57,574 9.4

Calhoun, IL

 93 0 736 -2 -0.3 686 3.6 6,405 1.6

Clinton, IL

 942 24 12,513 446 3.7 936 3.8 149,786 6.8

Jersey, IL

 403 8 5,025 40 0.8 880 4.0 57,141 5.4

Macoupin, IL

 909 36 10,165 156 1.6 875 4.4 114,462 5.8

Madison, IL

 5,474 188 103,102 -1,059 -1.0 1,114 2.5 1,478,816 1.6

Monroe, IL

 851 29 8,318 -156 -1.8 909 8.6 96,826 6.6

St. Clair, IL

 4,962 108 89,303 54 0.1 1,094 5.3 1,258,259 5.2

Crawford, MO(4)

 714 36 6,532 -70 -1.1 928 3.2 78,396 2.7

Franklin, MO

 3,154 61 39,077 393 1.0 985 4.0 497,153 4.9

Jefferson, MO

 4,827 230 48,900 500 1.0 922 4.1 580,252 5.0

Lincoln, MO

 1,227 68 12,678 421 3.4 988 6.1 161,014 8.7

St. Charles, MO

 11,534 778 160,841 2,260 1.4 1,251 3.5 2,596,034 5.2

St. Louis, MO

 47,732 2,758 592,241 829 0.1 1,557 2.3 11,963,461 2.3

Warren, MO

 800 78 8,038 275 3.5 955 5.9 98,804 9.3

St. Louis City, MO

 16,605 875 220,410 -2,572 -1.2 1,622 2.3 4,640,421 1.3

Illinois

 410,217 18,023 5,966,921 16,653 0.3 $1,608 2.7 $123,863,188 2.9

Missouri

 257,545 17,257 2,882,490 27,726 1.0 1,269 3.7 47,246,199 4.7

United States

 12,169,000 402,702 153,585,576 2,015,839 1.3 1,527 4.2 3,035,291,673 5.6

(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