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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Missouri, Illinois > St. Louis

St. Louis

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
St. Louis Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2025
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2025
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in St. Louis — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2025
Annual Average Percent Changes U.S., St. Louis, and Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2025
St. Louis, MO-IL, Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Nov 2025
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Consumer Expenditures in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
St. Louis, MO-IL Economy at a Glance:
St. Louis, MO-IL
Data Series Back
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,490.8 1,491.5 1,510.9 1,519.5 (p)1,503.0  

Employment(1)

 1,437.8 1,435.8 1,448.2 1,451.8 (p)1,436.0  

Unemployment(1)

 53.0 55.7 62.6 67.7 (p)67.0  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.5 (p)4.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,431.5 1,440.3 1,444.3 1,430.7 1,416.3 (p)1,427.7

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 0.3 -0.6 (p)-0.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 80.0 81.9 82.7 82.3 81.0 (p)79.1

12-month % change

 2.2 3.5 2.5 2.0 0.1 (p)-1.1

Manufacturing(3)

 116.1 116.4 116.9 117.4 113.6 (p)113.0

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.9 -1.5 -1.2 -3.9 (p)-4.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 257.1 258.1 259.9 260.6 258.0 (p)258.4

12-month % change

 -1.5 -1.7 -1.4 -1.3 -1.8 (p)-1.3

Information(3)

 27.1 27.1 27.1 26.6 26.9 (p)27.2

12-month % change

 -5.2 -5.2 -6.6 -8.3 -6.6 (p)-4.9

Financial Activities(3)

 95.0 95.4 94.8 95.1 94.2 (p)94.8

12-month % change

 0.6 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.9 (p)0.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

 217.6 214.6 213.4 214.1 210.2 (p)214.3

12-month % change

 0.1 -0.9 -0.8 -0.5 -2.5 (p)-0.1

Education and Health Services(3)

 284.3 282.4 280.1 281.3 280.4 (p)281.0

12-month % change

 1.5 1.7 2.5 3.0 2.3 (p)1.6

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 141.8 150.9 158.0 159.6 158.2 (p)148.8

12-month % change

 -5.9 -3.1 -0.6 1.9 1.7 (p)-0.7

Other Services(3)

 51.8 51.4 51.7 52.0 50.9 (p)51.3

12-month % change

 1.4 0.0 -1.3 -0.8 -2.1 (p)0.2

Government(3)

 160.7 162.1 159.7 141.7 142.9 (p)159.8

12-month % change

 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 (p)0.1

Consumer Price Index: St. Louis, MO-IL

CPI-U, All items(4)

 290.341   293.580   294.026  

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   2.2   2.5   2.6  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 288.538   292.160   292.520  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   2.0   2.5   2.6  

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary