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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

St. Louis, MO-IL, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, St. Louis metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 1,418.1 1,420.3 1,421.2 1,420.5 1,426.2 1,425.9 1,421.8 1,423.2 1,430.9 1,435.0 1,436.4 1,433.6 1,436.7 3.1 0.2

Illinois

 6,080.6 6,096.4 6,091.6 6,103.9 6,112.0 6,118.4 6,127.2 6,132.6 6,142.3 6,145.7 6,149.5 6,160.9 6,145.9 -15.0 -0.2

Missouri

 2,951.4 2,957.1 2,957.0 2,960.2 2,967.0 2,969.9 2,974.0 2,981.9 2,994.3 3,002.4 2,983.5 2,987.1 2,992.7 5.6 0.2

United States

 154,006 154,296 154,535 155,007 155,255 155,472 155,689 155,970 156,075 156,311 156,476 156,773 156,923 150 0.1

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, St. Louis metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

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Total Nonfarm

 1,428.7 1,435.0 1,447.5 18.8 1.3 3,011.5 40.8 1.4 6,205.9 64.2 1.0 157,984 2,943 1.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 76.1 71.7 71.8 -4.3 -5.7                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.7 0.2 4.4 7.1 0.0 0.0 651 29 4.7

Construction(3)

             135.8 -5.3 -3.8 250.0 4.4 1.8 8,193 217 2.7

Manufacturing

 116.7 121.3 117.2 0.5 0.4 286.8 1.1 0.4 562.1 -12.3 -2.1 12,961 6 0.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 263.9 259.8 263.3 -0.6 -0.2 561.9 3.2 0.6 1,227.4 -3.4 -0.3 28,958 115 0.4

Information

 29.1 28.4 28.4 -0.7 -2.4 47.0 -2.7 -5.4 90.0 -6.1 -6.3 3,037 -87 -2.8

Financial Activities

 96.8 96.9 97.0 0.2 0.2 188.4 1.7 0.9 415.0 8.6 2.1 9,178 67 0.7

Professional & Business Services

 226.4 224.8 228.9 2.5 1.1 394.3 0.0 0.0 973.5 -19.3 -1.9 23,287 243 1.1

Education & Health Services

 266.5 271.5 277.2 10.7 4.0 515.6 18.1 3.6 984.5 34.5 3.6 25,909 1,037 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 144.7 152.0 152.9 8.2 5.7 314.5 11.0 3.6 600.7 24.0 4.2 16,677 570 3.5

Other Services

 54.3 56.1 56.7 2.4 4.4 120.1 4.9 4.3 252.9 3.2 1.3 5,890 122 2.1

Government

 154.2 152.5 154.1 -0.1 -0.1 442.4 8.6 2.0 842.7 30.6 3.8 23,243 624 2.8

(1) Area boundaries do not reflect OMB definitions.
(2) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(3) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 36,600 36,386 34,939 44,119 41,458 41,443 39,723 44,949 51,932 55,138 55,062 46,003 51,057   14,457 39.5

Bond, IL

 267 250 251 319 333 275 414 254 324 345 394 336 301   34 12.7

Calhoun, IL

 81 83 79 99 111 92 84 82 95 106 108 105 81   0 0.0

Clinton, IL

 562 511 516 624 690 598 593 545 710 785 821 741 646   84 14.9

Jersey, IL

 325 331 320 378 417 369 369 371 451 478 514 467 426   101 31.1

Macoupin, IL

 776 749 715 908 924 781 779 774 970 1,052 1,123 1,057 929   153 19.7

Madison, IL

 4,652 4,472 4,065 4,856 5,084 4,486 4,592 4,688 5,879 6,597 7,036 6,411 5,837   1,185 25.5

Monroe, IL

 508 493 439 522 557 495 492 526 629 709 750 681 580   72 14.2

St. Clair, IL

 4,938 4,769 4,250 5,141 5,465 4,934 5,021 5,135 6,159 6,892 7,364 6,797 6,063   1,125 22.8

Crawford, MO(1)

 254 256 270 338 327 317 288 350 413 408 410 300 371   117 46.1

Franklin, MO

 1,095 1,089 1,124 1,430 1,366 1,369 1,226 1,477 1,653 1,692 1,584 1,245 1,571   476 43.5

Jefferson, MO

 2,455 2,487 2,524 3,113 2,963 3,007 2,751 3,295 3,654 3,659 3,729 2,918 3,558   1,103 44.9

Lincoln, MO

 642 655 632 1,167 803 804 707 847 980 1,011 957 746 1,072   430 67.0

St. Charles, MO

 4,297 4,186 4,109 5,904 4,776 5,159 4,774 5,831 6,435 6,379 6,413 5,160 6,678   2,381 55.4

St. Louis, MO

 11,581 11,719 11,314 14,122 12,835 13,785 12,966 15,403 17,346 18,159 17,441 13,965 16,946   5,365 46.3

Warren, MO

 408 406 403 656 481 475 431 535 600 594 579 449 630   222 54.4

St. Louis city, MO

 4,013 4,186 4,198 4,880 4,653 4,814 4,524 5,186 6,047 6,680 6,249 4,925 5,739   1,726 43.0

Illinois

 274,126 268,071 260,429 302,868 292,557 278,806 237,513 231,281 292,972 293,072 340,982 317,720 292,708   18,582 6.8

Missouri

 69,888 68,723 68,213 86,635 81,604 83,981 75,889 90,859 103,116 106,153 105,055 81,532 100,165   30,277 43.3

United States (in thousands)

 5,609 5,523 5,352 6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098   489 8.7

(1) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Unemployment rate, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

 2.5 2.5 2.4 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.1 3.4   0.9

Bond, IL

 3.5 3.3 3.4 4.4 4.5 3.7 5.4 3.5 4.3 4.5 5.1 4.3 4.0   0.5

Calhoun, IL

 3.7 3.8 3.7 4.6 5.1 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.7 3.7   0.0

Clinton, IL

 2.8 2.6 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.0 2.8 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.2   0.4

Jersey, IL

 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.7 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.3 3.9   0.8

Macoupin, IL

 3.5 3.4 3.3 4.2 4.2 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.1   0.6

Madison, IL

 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.6 4.4 4.9 5.2 4.8 4.4   0.8

Monroe, IL

 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.1   0.4

St. Clair, IL

 4.0 3.9 3.5 4.3 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.9 5.4 5.8 5.4 4.8   0.8

Crawford, MO(1)

 2.4 2.4 2.5 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.6 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 2.8 3.5   1.1

Franklin, MO

 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.3 2.9   0.8

Jefferson, MO

 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.4 3.0   0.9

Lincoln, MO

 2.2 2.2 2.2 4.0 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.5 3.6   1.4

St. Charles, MO

 1.9 1.8 1.8 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.8   0.9

St. Louis, MO

 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.6 3.1   0.9

Warren, MO

 2.2 2.2 2.1 3.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.4 3.3   1.1

St. Louis city, MO

 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.4 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.3 3.8   1.1

Illinois

 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.7 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.6 4.5 4.5 5.3 4.9 4.5   0.3

Missouri

 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.4 2.6 3.2   0.9

United States

 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6   0.2

(1) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Covered employment and wages(1), St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2023(2)
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St. Louis, MO-IL MSA

                  

Bond, IL

                  

Calhoun, IL

                  

Clinton, IL

                  

Jersey, IL

                  

Macoupin, IL

                  

Madison, IL

 5,422 116 104,293 2,348 2.3 1,010 1.4 1,365,930 3.4

Monroe, IL

                  

St. Clair, IL

 4,986 27 90,134 668 0.7 1,027 1.8 1,194,932 1.9

Crawford, MO(4)

                  

Franklin, MO

                  

Jefferson, MO

                  

Lincoln, MO

                  

St. Charles, MO

 11,051 616 163,197 5,633 3.6 1,077 4.6 2,263,597 7.9

St. Louis, MO

 46,207 2,441 604,165 7,726 1.3 1,368 4.1 10,668,514 5.4

Warren, MO

                  

St. Louis City, MO

 16,125 585 222,336 -439 -0.2 1,371 2.6 3,993,177 3.0

Illinois

 410,791 17,250 6,101,227 114,165 1.9 $1,357 2.6 $106,403,255 4.3

Missouri

 246,711 15,072 2,908,735 56,363 2.0 1,150 4.0 43,282,493 6.0

United States

 11,964,606 520,040 154,308,523 3,632,798 2.4 1,332 3.2 2,656,498,865 5.5

(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(4) The OMB definition for the St. Louis metropolitan area includes only the portion of the city of Sullivan within Crawford County.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages