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St. Louis Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Apr 2026
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains	Consumer price indexes	Table	Apr 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	Apr 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	(p)1,473.3
Employment(1)		1,436.8	(2)-	1,447.7	(p)1,441.3	(p)1,405.5
Unemployment(1)		55.1	(2)-	53.1	(p)52.1	(p)67.9
Unemployment Rate(3)		3.7	(2)-	3.5	(p)3.5	(p)4.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		1,421.7	1,429.8	1,435.4	1,434.0	1,399.5	(p)1,404.0
12-month % change		-0.9	-1.1	-0.8	-0.7	-0.1	(p)-0.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		80.3	81.2	82.7	80.7	79.5	(p)78.5
12-month % change		0.2	0.6	3.5	2.5	10.4	(p)6.4
Manufacturing(4)		115.9	112.5	118.1	118.7	115.2	(p)118.0
12-month % change		-2.5	-5.5	-1.0	-0.8	0.6	(p)-0.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		257.2	259.6	264.6	267.9	258.1	(p)254.4
12-month % change		-1.7	-1.5	-1.3	-0.7	-0.8	(p)-1.4
Information(4)		27.4	27.2	27.1	27.9	27.3	(p)27.0
12-month % change		-3.9	-3.9	-4.2	-1.8	-2.5	(p)-2.9
Financial Activities(4)		95.5	95.9	96.9	97.6	94.9	(p)94.3
12-month % change		0.4	0.4	1.6	2.5	-0.9	(p)-1.8
Professional and Business Services(4)		209.6	210.8	207.9	208.5	201.5	(p)203.0
12-month % change		-2.3	-2.1	-2.9	-1.5	-2.1	(p)-2.5
Education and Health Services(4)		279.2	284.2	283.4	281.5	279.9	(p)282.0
12-month % change		1.2	0.6	-0.3	0.1	0.7	(p)-0.2
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		147.4	147.6	143.8	141.4	137.7	(p)139.1
12-month % change		-1.9	-0.3	-0.8	-3.5	-1.3	(p)-0.7
Other Services(4)		50.4	50.4	50.3	49.8	50.6	(p)50.1
12-month % change		-0.6	-1.2	-1.0	-2.2	1.6	(p)0.6
Government(4)		158.8	160.4	160.6	160.0	154.8	(p)157.6
12-month % change		-0.6	-1.0	-0.6	-0.9	-1.5	(p)-1.3
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