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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Missouri, Illinois > Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2025
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Cape Girardeau — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2024
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Economy at a Glance:
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
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2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)49.4 (2)49.1 (2)49.4 49.5 49.8 (p)50.1

Employment(1)

 (2)47.9 (2)47.6 (2)48.0 47.6 47.9 (p)48.1

Unemployment(1)

 (2)1.5 (2)1.5 (2)1.4 1.9 1.9 (p)2.0

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.1 (2)3.1 (2)2.9 3.8 3.8 (p)4.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 47.3 47.2 47.5 46.3 46.8 (p)47.2

12-month % change

 0.4 -0.2 0.2 0.7 0.4 (p)0.9

Government(4)

 7.2 7.2 7.3 6.8 7.1 (p)7.2

12-month % change

 0.0 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 -1.4 (p)-1.4

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary