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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Missouri

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News Releases:

May
11

Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – April 2022

Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.5 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

May
11

Consumer Price Index, St. Louis area – April 2022

Prices in the St. Louis area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), rose 2.3 percent in March and April.

Apr
12

Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – March 2022

Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.3 percent in March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Missouri Economy at a Glance:

Missouri
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2021		 Dec
2021		 Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Mar
2022		 Apr
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)3,066.8 (r)3,066.3 3,075.8 3,080.1 3,087.8 (p)3,091.7

Employment(1)

 (r)2,946.3 (r)2,946.2 2,957.7 2,965.8 2,977.8 (p)2,988.1

Unemployment(1)

 (r)120.5 (r)120.1 118.0 114.3 110.0 (p)103.6

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)3.9 (r)3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 (p)3.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,867.5 2,885.7 2,895.3 2,904.5 2,904.6 (p)2,899.3

12-month % change

 2.5 3.0 3.1 3.7 2.9 (p)2.7

Mining and Logging(3)

 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 (p)4.5

12-month % change

 4.7 7.0 7.0 9.8 2.3 (p)2.3

Construction(3)

 133.5 137.2 137.0 138.3 139.7 (p)139.8

12-month % change

 4.4 6.9 5.6 12.9 7.0 (p)6.6

Manufacturing(3)

 270.3 269.8 272.6 272.8 270.6 (p)271.1

12-month % change

 0.3 -0.2 0.2 1.1 0.1 (p)0.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 549.7 553.0 555.2 557.6 555.5 (p)552.1

12-month % change

 2.7 3.0 2.7 3.6 2.2 (p)1.9

Information(3)

 47.1 47.3 47.2 46.7 47.0 (p)46.9

12-month % change

 4.4 1.9 1.3 0.2 0.6 (p)0.6

Financial Activities(3)

 176.7 176.8 175.2 176.2 177.0 (p)176.9

12-month % change

 -0.6 -0.7 -2.0 -1.4 -1.1 (p)-1.2

Professional & Business Services(3)

 377.4 383.1 389.5 391.1 392.5 (p)393.1

12-month % change

 2.7 3.3 5.0 5.9 5.9 (p)6.2

Education & Health Services(3)

 479.0 479.2 478.0 479.2 482.1 (p)480.5

12-month % change

 -0.1 -0.5 0.8 0.2 0.2 (p)-0.3

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 288.5 293.2 293.3 295.2 293.6 (p)293.6

12-month % change

 10.8 15.6 12.2 13.1 11.2 (p)10.5

Other Services(3)

 114.7 115.1 116.2 116.7 117.2 (p)117.0

12-month % change

 3.7 4.3 5.2 6.0 6.1 (p)5.9

Government(3)

 426.1 426.4 426.5 426.2 424.9 (p)423.8

12-month % change

 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.0 (p)0.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised
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