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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 May 2022
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table May 2022
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2021
Consumer Price Index, St. Louis area – April 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in St. Louis — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release May 2021
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 May 2022
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Consumer Expenditures in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area — 2019-20 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2021

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

St. Louis, MO-IL
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2021		 Dec
2021		 Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Mar
2022		 Apr
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)1,464.0 (2)1,460.5 1,467.3 1,462.5 (p)1,466.6  

Employment(1)

 (2)1,414.5 (2)1,407.7 1,404.5 1,408.1 (p)1,412.5  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)49.5 (2)52.8 62.8 54.4 (p)54.0  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.4 (2)3.6 4.3 3.7 (p)3.7  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 1,378.7 1,380.3 1,351.3 1,360.3 (p)1,367.1  

12-month % change

 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.7 (p)2.1  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 71.4 71.3 67.8 67.7 (p)71.9  

12-month % change

 5.9 6.1 6.3 13.2 (p)9.6  

Manufacturing(4)

 115.1 114.7 115.0 117.6 (p)117.6  

12-month % change

 1.0 0.1 1.1 3.0 (p)3.3  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 267.8 272.8 267.6 266.1 (p)263.5  

12-month % change

 0.9 1.8 2.4 3.3 (p)1.7  

Information(4)

 26.5 26.3 26.1 26.1 (p)26.3  

12-month % change

 4.3 1.9 0.8 0.0 (p)1.2  

Financial Activities(4)

 91.3 90.4 88.7 88.8 (p)90.0  

12-month % change

 -0.9 -1.7 -3.8 -3.6 (p)-2.1  

Professional and Business Services(4)

 212.7 213.5 208.8 211.5 (p)212.2  

12-month % change

 2.6 2.6 2.3 3.1 (p)2.8  

Education and Health Services(4)

 258.1 254.6 249.1 254.3 (p)252.7  

12-month % change

 0.5 -0.4 -0.8 -0.5 (p)-1.0  

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 131.1 132.1 126.7 126.2 (p)129.8  

12-month % change

 10.8 18.1 12.5 9.9 (p)8.3  

Other Services(4)

 50.6 50.5 50.1 49.9 (p)50.4  

12-month % change

 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.2 (p)5.7  

Government(4)

 154.1 154.1 151.4 152.1 (p)152.7  

12-month % change

 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.1 (p)-0.1  

Consumer Price Index: St. Louis, MO-IL

CPI-U, All items(5)

   253.618   256.458   262.296

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

     8.3   8.2   8.4

CPI-W, All items(6)

   252.366   256.250   262.333

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

     8.8   9.0   9.1

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022.
(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) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary