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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
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Mar 2020
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index, St. Louis area – February 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in St. Louis — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2019
Annual averages U.S., Denver, Kansas City, and St. Louis Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2018
St. Louis, Mo.-Ill., Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Mar 2020
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the St. Louis metropolitan area: 2015-16 Consumer spending News Release Dec 2017

St. Louis, MO-IL Economy at a Glance:

St. Louis, MO-IL
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019		 Jan
2020		 Feb
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,500.3 1,501.3 1,497.7 (p)1,480.6 (p)1,477.0  

Employment(1)

 1,461.7 1,460.3 1,453.5 (p)1,431.7 (p)1,419.3  

Unemployment(1)

 38.6 41.0 44.2 (p)48.9 (p)57.7  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.6 2.7 3.0 (p)3.3 (p)3.9  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,401.9 1,407.4 1,407.1 1,400.3 1,376.6 (p)1,381.3

12-month % change

 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.7 (p)0.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 70.6 70.4 68.2 67.3 64.8 (p)64.5

12-month % change

 1.9 2.6 2.4 0.1 1.3 (p)2.4

Manufacturing(3)

 119.6 116.4 119.6 118.9 115.8 (p)118.5

12-month % change

 2.0 -1.4 1.4 0.3 -1.8 (p)-0.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 257.4 259.6 266.5 268.6 260.2 (p)256.0

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.5 0.8 (p)0.4

Information(3)

 26.8 27.0 26.8 26.4 26.1 (p)25.8

12-month % change

 -1.5 -0.7 -1.8 -3.3 -4.0 (p)-5.5

Financial Activities(3)

 92.6 93.2 93.3 92.9 92.2 (p)93.2

12-month % change

 1.8 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.4 (p)1.3

Professional and Business Services(3)

 213.9 216.0 212.6 210.2 209.8 (p)210.4

12-month % change

 -0.2 0.8 -0.5 -0.6 1.0 (p)0.8

Education and Health Services(3)

 259.3 264.1 262.4 260.3 258.0 (p)261.4

12-month % change

 2.2 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.3 (p)0.8

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 153.3 150.8 148.1 145.8 144.1 (p)141.5

12-month % change

 -0.2 -0.3 -0.6 -2.2 0.2 (p)-2.3

Other Services(3)

 50.9 50.8 51.0 51.7 50.8 (p)51.9

12-month % change

 0.4 -0.2 0.6 1.6 1.0 (p)3.2

Government(3)

 157.5 159.1 158.6 158.2 154.8 (p)158.1

12-month % change

 2.0 2.2 1.3 1.3 2.4 (p)2.5

Consumer Price Index: St. Louis, MO-IL

CPI-U, All items(4)

   231.653   231.420   233.374

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

     0.5   2.1   2.1

CPI-W, All items(5)

   229.321   229.500   231.384

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

     0.4   2.3   2.3

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