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

St. Louis, Mo.-Ill., Metropolitan Area Data Tables

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

 1,392.7 1,392.9 1,392.6 1,395.9 1,396.2 1,397.1 1,397.2 1,397.7 1,395.0 1,404.1 1,399.7 1,384.3 1,231.6 -152.7 -11.0

Illinois

 6,121.5 6,122.4 6,123.0 6,125.4 6,123.9 6,115.7 6,116.3 6,105.2 6,117.2 6,133.2 6,121.8 6,060.9 5,298.7 -762.2 -12.6

Missouri

 2,901.8 2,900.0 2,898.8 2,903.5 2,907.1 2,906.4 2,905.0 2,905.2 2,899.4 2,911.3 2,912.6 2,878.1 2,573.3 -304.8 -10.6

United States

 150,492 150,577 150,759 150,953 151,160 151,368 151,553 151,814 151,998 152,212 152,463 151,582 131,045 -20,537 -13.5

Footnotes
(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

 1,397.4 1,374.1 1,236.6 -160.8 -11.5 2,583.8 -331.5 -11.4 5,293.2 -808.9 -13.3 131,071 -19,359 -12.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 68.7 65.0 59.4 -9.3 -13.5                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.3 -0.1 -2.3 7.3 -1.3 -15.1 646 -86 -11.7

Construction(3)

             116.4 -9.3 -7.4 195.8 -28.3 -12.6 6,544 -833 -11.3

Manufacturing

 118.7 116.6 106.6 -12.1 -10.2 240.0 -37.3 -13.5 521.7 -65.2 -11.1 11,432 -1,343 -10.5

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 254.9 259.1 238.9 -16.0 -6.3 495.2 -45.2 -8.4 1,086.7 -107.1 -9.0 24,508 -2,917 -10.6

Information

 27.2 26.3 21.4 -5.8 -21.3 41.6 -6.6 -13.7 88.1 -6.9 -7.3 2,629 -203 -7.2

Financial Activities

 92.9 93.3 91.6 -1.3 -1.4 170.3 -4.2 -2.4 399.5 -9.9 -2.4 8,536 -142 -1.6

Professional & Business Services

 213.5 209.9 198.4 -15.1 -7.1 358.4 -26.9 -7.0 825.2 -111.3 -11.9 19,264 -1,905 -9.0

Education & Health Services

 260.9 255.4 248.5 -12.4 -4.8 462.9 -23.3 -4.8 867.7 -74.2 -7.9 22,111 -2,095 -8.7

Leisure & Hospitality

 154.4 140.1 75.9 -78.5 -50.8 154.8 -155.5 -50.1 297.6 -320.8 -51.9 8,655 -7,751 -47.2

Other Services

 51.2 50.7 45.3 -5.9 -11.5 105.9 -11.0 -9.4 206.9 -48.5 -19.0 4,631 -1,251 -21.3

Government

 155.0 157.7 150.6 -4.4 -2.8 434.0 -12.1 -2.7 796.7 -35.4 -4.3 22,115 -833 -3.6

Footnotes
(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.-Ill. MSA

 41,213 43,458 50,765 54,599 51,923 40,927 43,061 45,468 48,729 58,903 48,883 51,569 155,343   114,130 276.9

Bond, Ill.

 261 238 285 300 302 257 265 246 273 288 241 196 867   606 232.2

Calhoun, Ill.

 101 96 133 114 98 94 92 105 108 107 87 73 367   266 263.4

Clinton, Ill.

 534 517 593 638 601 551 624 521 562 654 553 427 2,521   1,987 372.1

Jersey, Ill.

 427 426 496 498 469 410 411 421 452 477 404 314 1,548   1,121 262.5

Macoupin, Ill.

 848 797 939 971 935 859 845 876 944 955 796 681 2,855   2,007 236.7

Madison, Ill.

 4,505 4,390 5,487 5,711 5,380 4,808 4,759 4,627 4,738 4,846 4,025 3,418 18,186   13,681 303.7

Monroe, Ill.

 493 475 578 626 593 547 561 521 523 530 462 368 2,120   1,627 330.0

St. Clair, Ill.

 4,842 4,788 5,711 6,171 5,959 5,261 5,183 4,981 5,058 5,090 4,200 3,606 18,706   13,864 286.3

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 329 359 426 457 406 320 341 426 475 534 517 568 1,036   707 214.9

Franklin, Mo.

 1,415 1,543 1,661 1,903 1,804 1,283 1,700 1,624 1,843 2,301 2,072 2,247 5,586   4,171 294.8

Jefferson, Mo.

 3,037 3,206 3,676 4,048 3,799 2,839 2,976 3,495 3,900 4,966 4,484 4,845 11,865   8,828 290.7

Lincoln, Mo.

 792 808 967 1,019 932 701 923 848 944 1,622 1,100 1,156 3,531   2,739 345.8

St. Charles, Mo.

 4,784 5,274 5,953 6,313 6,033 4,618 5,136 5,534 6,080 8,667 6,467 7,137 21,125   16,341 341.6

St. Louis, Mo.

 13,718 15,079 17,212 18,588 17,899 13,450 14,050 15,597 16,704 20,557 17,229 19,323 46,674   32,956 240.2

Warren, Mo.

 435 478 512 550 501 386 488 493 551 885 661 694 1,888   1,453 334.0

St. Louis city, Mo.

 5,021 5,343 6,562 7,149 6,618 4,863 5,048 5,579 6,049 6,958 6,102 7,084 17,504   12,483 248.6

Illinois

 234,005 222,493 267,575 276,947 257,769 222,928 224,741 215,173 220,397 253,312 223,485 262,659 1,032,810   798,805 341.4

Missouri

 82,667 91,760 104,362 117,030 108,761 82,035 86,305 96,022 105,397 132,261 115,101 123,340 296,394   213,727 258.5

United States (in thousands)

 5,387 5,503 6,292 6,556 6,203 5,465 5,510 5,441 5,503 6,504 6,218 7,370 22,504   17,117 317.7

Footnotes
(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.-Ill. MSA

 2.8 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.5 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.3 4.0 3.3 3.5 11.0   8.2

Bond, Ill.

 3.4 3.0 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.2 2.7 12.7   9.3

Calhoun, Ill.

 4.3 4.1 5.6 4.8 4.2 4.0 3.9 4.5 4.7 4.7 3.8 3.4 17.2   12.9

Clinton, Ill.

 2.6 2.5 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.8 3.2 2.8 2.2 13.7   11.1

Jersey, Ill.

 3.9 3.9 4.5 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.4 3.7 3.1 15.5   11.6

Macoupin, Ill.

 3.7 3.4 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.5 3.2 13.9   10.2

Madison, Ill.

 3.4 3.3 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.0 2.7 14.9   11.5

Monroe, Ill.

 2.6 2.5 3.0 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.1 12.6   10.0

St. Clair, Ill.

 3.8 3.8 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.4 3.0 16.1   12.3

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 3.0 3.3 3.8 4.1 3.7 2.9 3.1 3.9 4.3 4.8 4.7 5.0 9.5   6.5

Franklin, Mo.

 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.5 3.4 2.4 3.2 3.0 3.4 4.3 3.9 4.1 10.7   8.0

Jefferson, Mo.

 2.6 2.7 3.1 3.4 3.2 2.4 2.5 2.9 3.3 4.2 3.8 4.0 10.3   7.7

Lincoln, Mo.

 2.8 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.3 2.5 3.2 3.0 3.3 5.6 3.9 4.0 12.4   9.6

St. Charles, Mo.

 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.7 3.8 2.9 3.1 9.6   7.5

St. Louis, Mo.

 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.3 2.5 2.6 2.9 3.1 3.8 3.2 3.6 9.1   6.5

Warren, Mo.

 2.4 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.2 2.7 2.7 3.1 4.8 3.7 3.8 10.6   8.2

St. Louis city, Mo.

 3.3 3.5 4.2 4.6 4.3 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.5 4.0 4.6 11.7   8.4

Illinois

 3.6 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 4.0 3.5 4.2 16.9   13.3

Missouri

 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.8 3.5 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.4 4.3 3.7 3.9 9.8   7.1

United States

 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 4.0 3.8 4.5 14.4   11.1

Footnotes
(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(1)employment and wages, St. Louis metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2019(2)
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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA

 89,349 2,652 1,351,048 11,251 0.8 $1,098 1.7 $19,265,230 2.3

Bond, Ill.

 301 -4 4,527 -222 -4.7 812 3.0 48,201 -1.4

Calhoun, Ill.

 98 3 711 -53 -6.9 567 11.4 5,268 2.4

Clinton, Ill.

 890 15 12,377 77 0.6 786 1.6 127,062 2.8

Jersey, Ill.

 395 -7 4,814 -75 -1.5 725 5.5 46,148 3.8

Macoupin, Ill.

 908 17 10,435 -136 -1.3 763 0.7 102,919 -0.6

Madison, Ill.

 5,376 24 103,070 1,370 1.3 917 1.7 1,231,270 3.2

Monroe, Ill.

 796 29 8,103 -703 -8.0 761 5.5 80,562 -3.0

St. Clair, Ill.

 5,042 -3 93,556 -571 -0.6 907 4.5 1,102,195 4.2

Crawford, Mo.(4)

 660 -5 6,713 97 1.5 749 2.3 65,931 3.8

Franklin, Mo.

 3,029 34 39,920 316 0.8 827 2.6 428,407 3.1

Jefferson, Mo.

 4,490 49 48,345 -113 -0.2 796 3.8 502,017 3.1

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,087 26 11,999 168 1.4 838 3.3 131,301 4.5

St. Charles, Mo.

 9,958 298 156,910 6,923 4.6 929 5.7 1,879,055 9.7

St. Louis, Mo.

 41,025 1,558 618,154 4,699 0.8 1,225 -0.2 9,816,659 0.3

Warren, Mo.

 667 -1 7,663 29 0.4 788 3.7 79,290 4.4

St. Louis City, Mo.

 15,287 614 230,464 -458 -0.2 1,222 3.3 3,684,877 3.4

Illinois

 380,060 11,023 6,043,515 12,110 0.2 $1,221 2.7 $95,982,823 2.8

Missouri

 212,107 7,268 2,846,209 25,739 0.9 1,010 3.0 37,393,039 3.8

United States

 10,384,120 246,894 149,857,130 1,727,935 1.2 1,185 3.5 2,308,325,349 4.8

Footnotes
(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