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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

 1,333.9 1,333.4 1,339.2 1,337.6 1,339.5 1,340.5 1,341.2 1,341.3 1,344.9 1,340.2 1,345.4 1,352.4 1,354.6 2.2 0.2

Illinois

 5,646.5 5,637.3 5,660.5 5,697.8 5,726.7 5,728.3 5,732.6 5,758.7 5,796.8 5,804.2 5,815.2 5,857.2 5,876.7 19.5 0.3

Missouri

 2,790.0 2,799.2 2,807.7 2,796.5 2,814.4 2,812.0 2,819.2 2,820.7 2,832.1 2,838.5 2,848.0 2,855.7 2,863.3 7.6 0.3

United States

 142,809 142,503 142,736 143,272 144,057 144,326 144,940 145,902 146,993 147,476 147,855 148,401 148,611 210 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

 1,342.0 1,360.9 1,364.4 22.4 1.7 2,891.4 77.9 2.8 5,938.9 234.4 4.1 150,004 5,883 4.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 67.0 72.3 72.6 5.6 8.4                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.8 0.5 11.6 6.7 0.1 1.5 648 49 8.2

Construction(3)

             130.9 3.4 2.7 238.8 15.5 6.9 7,605 192 2.6

Manufacturing

 112.3 115.3 115.9 3.6 3.2 272.8 6.0 2.2 558.2 10.0 1.8 12,558 367 3.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 263.6 261.2 266.5 2.9 1.1 562.0 15.4 2.8 1,239.1 45.5 3.8 28,343 823 3.0

Information

 24.8 25.3 25.2 0.4 1.6 42.6 -1.8 -4.1 86.1 0.7 0.8 2,797 138 5.2

Financial Activities

 90.2 87.9 88.0 -2.2 -2.4 165.4 -9.3 -5.3 401.5 -0.6 -0.1 8,915 152 1.7

Professional & Business Services

 204.4 211.3 210.6 6.2 3.0 394.5 27.6 7.5 940.0 33.2 3.7 21,708 1,128 5.5

Education & Health Services

 261.0 260.0 259.8 -1.2 -0.5 493.1 4.2 0.9 905.5 14.4 1.6 24,006 496 2.1

Leisure & Hospitality

 117.1 131.6 128.6 11.5 9.8 280.4 29.4 11.7 518.2 92.9 21.8 15,332 1,914 14.3

Other Services

 48.0 48.5 49.5 1.5 3.1 113.8 2.3 2.1 243.8 12.0 5.2 5,781 306 5.6

Government

 153.6 147.5 147.7 -5.9 -3.8 431.1 0.2 0.0 801.0 10.7 1.4 22,311 318 1.4

(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.-Ill. MSA

 66,843 74,103 78,441 76,265 68,089 64,283 67,766 78,044 65,050 60,619 46,094 46,074 41,516   -25,327 -37.9

Bond, Ill.

 324 371 435 383 349 333 302 375 364 384 264 264 266   -58 -17.9

Calhoun, Ill.

 93 130 141 130 110 109 93 106 108 106 75 78 78   -15 -16.1

Clinton, Ill.

 703 816 895 807 707 637 565 798 737 761 523 510 501   -202 -28.7

Jersey, Ill.

 491 610 621 523 484 464 396 498 529 505 336 343 330   -161 -32.8

Macoupin, Ill.

 937 1,206 1,342 1,121 1,069 1,004 845 1,080 1,043 1,078 752 759 762   -175 -18.7

Madison, Ill.

 6,653 7,722 8,156 6,760 6,776 6,531 5,734 7,107 7,096 7,268 4,983 4,875 4,694   -1,959 -29.4

Monroe, Ill.

 603 709 751 654 590 571 488 639 660 677 441 453 413   -190 -31.5

St. Clair, Ill.

 7,864 8,462 9,383 8,012 8,052 7,913 6,844 8,415 8,093 8,478 6,018 5,905 5,730   -2,134 -27.1

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 492 527 625 700 576 450 488 555 420 377 285 313 276   -216 -43.9

Franklin, Mo.

 2,134 2,318 2,625 2,860 2,215 1,861 2,060 2,376 1,785 1,687 1,269 1,368 1,182   -952 -44.6

Jefferson, Mo.

 4,706 5,403 5,898 6,262 5,089 4,332 4,815 5,277 4,007 3,744 2,832 3,113 2,744   -1,962 -41.7

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,076 1,197 1,403 1,601 1,214 1,053 1,354 1,662 1,369 1,052 1,121 788 682   -394 -36.6

St. Charles, Mo.

 7,448 8,357 8,817 8,815 7,558 6,729 8,117 9,294 7,256 6,352 5,606 5,222 4,535   -2,913 -39.1

St. Louis, Mo.

 23,556 25,874 26,612 26,741 23,640 22,618 25,094 28,071 21,949 19,618 15,213 15,724 13,754   -9,802 -41.6

Warren, Mo.

 692 752 836 932 720 623 809 931 732 613 591 464 413   -279 -40.3

St. Louis city, Mo.

 9,563 10,176 10,526 10,664 9,516 9,505 10,250 11,415 9,322 8,296 6,070 6,208 5,432   -4,131 -43.2

Illinois

 465,928 479,837 514,563 475,543 433,143 436,317 413,924 497,570 442,160 425,211 318,884 310,895 286,666   -179,262 -38.5

Missouri

 127,766 141,939 153,990 158,791 134,452 125,042 145,266 160,748 119,647 106,650 86,890 86,498 77,914   -49,852 -39.0

United States (in thousands)

 10,264 10,404 10,851 10,486 9,905 9,220 8,829 9,883 9,221 8,556 7,366 6,896 6,302   -3,962 -38.6

(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

 4.6 5.1 5.5 5.3 4.7 4.4 4.6 5.3 4.4 4.2 3.2 3.2 2.9   -1.7

Bond, Ill.

 4.4 5.1 6.0 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.1 5.0 4.7 5.1 3.5 3.5 3.6   -0.8

Calhoun, Ill.

 4.3 6.0 6.5 6.1 5.2 5.0 4.3 4.8 4.8 4.8 3.4 3.5 3.5   -0.8

Clinton, Ill.

 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.2 3.7 3.3 2.9 4.0 3.7 3.9 2.6 2.6 2.5   -1.1

Jersey, Ill.

 4.7 5.9 6.0 5.1 4.7 4.5 3.8 4.7 4.9 4.8 3.2 3.3 3.1   -1.6

Macoupin, Ill.

 4.3 5.6 6.2 5.3 5.0 4.7 3.9 4.9 4.6 4.9 3.4 3.5 3.5   -0.8

Madison, Ill.

 5.1 6.0 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.5 5.5 5.3 5.6 3.8 3.8 3.6   -1.5

Monroe, Ill.

 3.3 3.9 4.2 3.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 3.5 3.5 3.7 2.4 2.5 2.2   -1.1

St. Clair, Ill.

 6.4 6.9 7.6 6.6 6.7 6.5 5.6 6.8 6.4 6.9 4.9 4.9 4.6   -1.8

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 4.5 4.9 5.8 6.4 5.3 4.2 4.5 4.9 3.8 3.5 2.6 2.9 2.6   -1.9

Franklin, Mo.

 4.1 4.4 5.0 5.4 4.2 3.5 3.9 4.5 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.6 2.3   -1.8

Jefferson, Mo.

 4.0 4.6 5.1 5.3 4.4 3.7 4.1 4.5 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.7 2.4   -1.6

Lincoln, Mo.

 3.8 4.2 4.9 5.6 4.3 3.6 4.7 5.6 4.7 3.7 3.9 2.8 2.4   -1.4

St. Charles, Mo.

 3.3 3.7 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.0 3.6 4.1 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.0   -1.3

St. Louis, Mo.

 4.5 4.9 5.1 5.1 4.5 4.3 4.7 5.3 4.1 3.7 2.9 3.0 2.6   -1.9

Warren, Mo.

 3.8 4.2 4.6 5.1 4.0 3.4 4.4 5.0 3.9 3.4 3.3 2.6 2.3   -1.5

St. Louis city, Mo.

 6.3 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.3 6.2 6.7 7.4 6.0 5.5 4.1 4.2 3.7   -2.6

Illinois

 7.6 7.9 8.4 7.8 7.1 7.1 6.7 7.9 7.0 6.8 5.1 5.0 4.5   -3.1

Missouri

 4.2 4.6 5.1 5.2 4.4 4.1 4.7 5.1 3.9 3.5 2.9 2.8 2.6   -1.6

United States

 6.4 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.7 5.5 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.3 3.9   -2.5

(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(1)employment and wages, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2021(2)
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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA

 91,680 1,468 1,284,072 68,312 5.6 $1,141 3.4 $19,001,486 11.4

Bond, Ill.

 303 5 4,144 240 6.1 850 4.3 46,243 10.2

Calhoun, Ill.

 94 0 717 73 11.3 582 -2.5 5,489 12.8

Clinton, Ill.

 905 20 12,066 583 5.1 788 -0.8 123,498 6.6

Jersey, Ill.

 403 10 5,309 383 7.8 774 1.6 52,465 16.6

Macoupin, Ill.

 916 23 10,043 472 4.9 771 2.3 101,274 10.6

Madison, Ill.

 5,409 106 103,108 6,774 7.0 928 4.9 1,235,204 14.1

Monroe, Ill.

 825 25 8,520 654 8.3 776 1.6 84,814 13.7

St. Clair, Ill.

 5,073 102 87,428 5,712 7.0 980 4.1 1,115,318 13.1

Crawford, Mo.(4)

 660 2 6,892 349 5.3 765 4.5 67,469 12.8

Franklin, Mo.

 3,054 1 38,162 1,372 3.7 863 1.8 426,550 8.5

Jefferson, Mo.

 4,486 36 47,512 2,009 4.4 834 1.6 514,511 9.4

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,120 8 12,054 249 2.1 899 6.5 140,354 11.0

St. Charles, Mo.

 10,200 129 154,751 9,714 6.7 988 3.6 1,973,999 16.7

St. Louis, Mo.

 42,693 1,104 579,187 28,174 5.1 1,266 3.7 9,498,657 10.7

Warren, Mo.

 682 10 7,723 362 4.9 833 3.5 83,148 9.8

St. Louis City, Mo.

 15,517 -111 213,348 11,541 5.7 1,291 3.9 3,599,962 10.0

Illinois

 394,632 19,399 5,743,507 348,852 6.5 $1,260 3.5 $93,164,115 11.8

Missouri

 221,563 6,043 2,759,286 139,065 5.3 1,052 3.6 37,588,413 11.6

United States

 10,863,217 480,181 144,044,799 8,998,930 6.7 1,241 4.5 2,308,339,309 14.1

(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