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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 2025
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2025
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in St. Louis — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2024
Annual Average Percent Changes U.S., St. Louis, and Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2025
St. Louis, MO-IL, Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Consumer Expenditures in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
St. Louis, MO-IL Economy at a Glance:
St. Louis, MO-IL
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2024		 Oct
2024		 Nov
2024		 Dec
2024		 Jan
2025		 Feb
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)1,507.0 (2)1,509.9 (2)1,500.6 (2)1,495.9 (p)1,474.5  

Employment(1)

 (2)1,459.4 (2)1,460.2 (2)1,451.5 (2)1,447.8 (p)1,411.8  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)47.6 (2)49.7 (2)49.1 (2)48.1 (p)62.7  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.2 (2)3.3 (2)3.3 (2)3.2 (p)4.3  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 1,434.4 1,443.9 1,440.5 1,442.1 (p)1,404.2  

12-month % change

 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.5 (p)-0.3  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 80.0 79.8 79.0 77.2 (p)71.0  

12-month % change

 1.8 0.9 1.9 0.3 (p)-2.9  

Manufacturing(4)

 118.0 118.3 117.8 118.6 (p)114.3  

12-month % change

 0.3 4.0 0.3 0.4 (p)-1.6  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 261.7 263.4 268.3 273.6 (p)264.0  

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 1.0 (p)0.2  

Information(4)

 28.6 28.6 28.5 28.5 (p)27.5  

12-month % change

 -1.4 -1.0 -1.0 -1.4 (p)-5.8  

Financial Activities(4)

 94.3 94.8 95.3 96.4 (p)95.4  

12-month % change

 -1.3 -0.8 0.2 2.0 (p)1.1  

Professional and Business Services(4)

 214.5 215.9 216.1 214.8 (p)211.4  

12-month % change

 -2.3 -2.0 -1.5 -0.9 (p)-0.6  

Education and Health Services(4)

 276.6 282.4 282.7 280.5 (p)277.5  

12-month % change

 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.3 (p)2.2  

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 149.9 148.3 141.8 139.9 (p)133.5  

12-month % change

 0.1 0.8 -2.0 -3.8 (p)-5.5  

Other Services(4)

 51.2 50.9 51.2 51.8 (p)51.8  

12-month % change

 1.6 1.2 1.8 2.0 (p)3.2  

Government(4)

 159.6 161.5 159.8 160.8 (p)157.8  

12-month % change

 1.7 2.0 0.9 1.2 (p)1.3  

Consumer Price Index: St. Louis, MO-IL

CPI-U, All items(5)

   284.693   285.607   286.933

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

     2.6   3.1   2.0

CPI-W, All items(6)

   283.173   283.541   285.237

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

     2.6   3.1   2.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(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