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

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)1,479.0 1,478.4 1,470.3 1,469.6 1,411.4 (p)1,426.6

Employment(1)

 (2)1,430.2 1,419.5 1,421.4 1,418.0 1,256.2 (p)1,266.6

Unemployment(1)

 (2)48.7 58.9 48.9 51.6 155.2 (p)160.1

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.3 4.0 3.3 3.5 11.0 (p)11.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 1,400.3 1,376.6 1,379.8 1,374.1 1,240.8 (p)1,262.8

12-month % change

 0.2 0.7 0.5 -0.4 -11.2 (p)-9.9

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 67.3 64.8 63.7 65.0 59.5 (p)64.1

12-month % change

 0.1 1.3 1.1 -1.1 -13.4 (p)-7.6

Manufacturing(4)

 118.9 115.8 118.0 116.6 107.0 (p)108.2

12-month % change

 0.3 -1.8 -0.9 -1.9 -9.9 (p)-9.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 268.6 260.2 256.4 259.1 238.4 (p)239.2

12-month % change

 0.5 0.8 0.5 1.6 -6.5 (p)-6.5

Information(4)

 26.4 26.1 25.8 26.3 21.7 (p)22.7

12-month % change

 -3.3 -4.0 -5.5 -3.3 -20.2 (p)-16.5

Financial Activities(4)

 92.9 92.2 93.3 93.3 91.8 (p)91.8

12-month % change

 0.9 0.4 1.4 1.0 -1.2 (p)-1.3

Professional and Business Services(4)

 210.2 209.8 210.4 209.9 200.4 (p)199.3

12-month % change

 -0.6 1.0 0.8 0.1 -6.1 (p)-6.2

Education and Health Services(4)

 260.3 258.0 260.6 255.4 249.0 (p)247.4

12-month % change

 1.2 1.3 0.5 -0.5 -4.6 (p)-4.6

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 145.8 144.1 141.6 140.1 77.7 (p)98.5

12-month % change

 -2.2 0.2 -2.2 -5.4 -49.7 (p)-37.9

Other Services(4)

 51.7 50.8 52.1 50.7 45.3 (p)45.4

12-month % change

 1.6 1.0 3.6 0.0 -11.5 (p)-11.7

Government(4)

 158.2 154.8 157.9 157.7 150.0 (p)146.2

12-month % change

 1.3 2.4 2.4 1.9 -3.2 (p)-6.2

Consumer Price Index: St. Louis, MO-IL

CPI-U, All items(5)

 231.420   233.374   229.592  

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

   2.1   2.1   -0.6  

CPI-W, All items(6)

 229.500   231.384   227.130  

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

   2.3   2.3   -0.7  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020.
(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