Mountain-Plains Information Office

Joplin

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentPay
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Joplin — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2024

Joplin, MO Economy at a Glance:

Joplin, MO

Data Series	Back Data	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		85.7	86.3	87.6	86.5	86.0	(p)86.4
Employment(1)		82.2	82.5	83.4	83.1	83.4	(p)83.5
Unemployment(1)		3.5	3.8	4.1	3.3	2.6	(p)2.9
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.1	4.4	4.7	3.9	3.0	(p)3.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		84.2	84.7	84.2	84.5	85.1	(p)85.5
12-month % change		0.5	1.0	1.6	1.8	1.9	(p)1.7
Manufacturing(3)		13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	(p)13.7
12-month % change		0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		22.2	22.2	22.1	22.0	22.1	(p)21.9
12-month % change		-0.9	-1.3	-0.9	-1.3	-1.3	(p)-2.7
Education and Health Services(3)		14.6	14.6	14.6	14.8	14.9	(p)15.0
12-month % change		4.3	5.0	4.3	5.0	4.9	(p)4.9
Government(3)		9.8	9.7	9.2	9.3	9.9	(p)10.1
12-month % change		0.0	2.1	2.2	3.3	4.2	(p)4.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary