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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Missouri, Kansas > St. Joseph

St. Joseph

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2025
Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas – Fourth Quarter 2023 Employment News Release Jul 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in St. Joseph — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2024
St. Joseph, MO-KS Economy at a Glance:
St. Joseph, MO-KS
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2024		 Dec
2024		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025		 Mar
2025		 Apr
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)54.6 (2)54.9 55.3 55.4 55.7 (p)55.8

Employment(1)

 (2)52.8 (2)53.1 52.9 53.0 53.3 (p)53.7

Unemployment(1)

 (2)1.8 (2)1.8 2.4 2.5 2.4 (p)2.1

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.3 (2)3.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 (p)3.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 57.7 58.1 56.6 56.8 57.5 (p)57.8

12-month % change

 1.8 2.1 2.4 0.9 1.2 (p)1.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 11.7 12.1 11.5 11.5 11.6 (p)11.7

12-month % change

 2.6 5.2 2.7 1.8 2.7 (p)3.5

Government(4)

 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.8 8.9 (p)9.0

12-month % change

 2.3 2.3 6.1 3.5 4.7 (p)5.9

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