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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 Feb 2026
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2026
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Jan 2026
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 Jan 2026
St. Louis, MO-IL, Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Feb 2026
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Consumer Expenditures in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area — 2023–24 Consumer spending News Release Jan 2026
St. Louis, MO-IL Economy at a Glance:
St. Louis, MO-IL
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,492.0 (2)- 1,500.8 (p)1,493.5    

Employment(1)

 1,436.8 (2)- 1,447.7 (p)1,441.3    

Unemployment(1)

 55.1 (2)- 53.1 (p)52.1    

Unemployment Rate(3)

 3.7 (2)- 3.5 (p)3.5    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 1,427.7 1,437.8 1,443.6 (p)1,442.0    

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.4 0.2 (p)0.0    

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 79.1 80.7 82.0 (p)79.9    

12-month % change

 -1.1 1.1 3.8 (p)3.5    

Manufacturing(4)

 113.0 109.7 115.3 (p)116.3    

12-month % change

 -4.2 -7.3 -2.1 (p)-1.9    

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 258.4 260.4 265.1 (p)267.0    

12-month % change

 -1.3 -1.1 -1.2 (p)-2.4    

Information(4)

 27.2 27.0 27.0 (p)27.5    

12-month % change

 -4.9 -5.6 -5.3 (p)-3.5    

Financial Activities(4)

 94.8 95.0 96.1 (p)96.6    

12-month % change

 0.5 0.2 0.8 (p)0.2    

Professional and Business Services(4)

 214.3 216.5 214.5 (p)215.4    

12-month % change

 -0.1 0.3 -0.7 (p)0.3    

Education and Health Services(4)

 281.0 285.8 285.2 (p)283.2    

12-month % change

 1.6 1.2 0.9 (p)1.0    

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 148.8 151.2 147.1 (p)144.1    

12-month % change

 -0.7 2.0 3.7 (p)3.0    

Other Services(4)

 51.3 51.4 51.4 (p)51.5    

12-month % change

 0.2 1.0 0.4 (p)-0.6    

Government(4)

 159.8 160.1 159.9 (p)160.5    

12-month % change

 0.1 -0.9 0.1 (p)-0.2    

Consumer Price Index: St. Louis, MO-IL

CPI-U, All items(5)

   (6)-   291.208   293.679

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

         2.0   2.4

CPI-W, All items(7)

   (6)-   290.373   291.703

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(7)

         2.4   2.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations
(7) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary