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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

 1,376.7 1,377.1 1,378.7 1,377.7 1,377.3 1,375.7 1,381.6 1,385.9 1,385.1 1,391.7 1,396.8 1,401.5 1,397.4 -4.1 -0.3

Illinois

 5,940.2 5,951.0 5,976.1 5,993.3 5,999.7 6,013.1 6,029.1 6,064.1 6,068.6 6,082.7 6,089.9 6,102.0 6,101.2 -0.8 0.0

Missouri

 2,885.7 2,895.3 2,904.5 2,904.6 2,900.4 2,899.1 2,902.4 2,927.9 2,923.8 2,927.9 2,932.1 2,938.3 2,933.3 -5.0 -0.2

United States

 149,240 149,744 150,458 150,856 151,224 151,610 151,903 152,440 152,732 153,001 153,264 153,520 153,743 223 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)
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Total Nonfarm

 1,380.3 1,411.7 1,401.1 20.8 1.5 2,946.9 48.4 1.7 6,141.3 160.2 2.7 154,771 4,419 2.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(2)

 71.3 77.2 73.5 2.2 3.1                        

Mining & Logging(3)

             4.6 0.0 0.0 6.5 0.1 1.6 643 54 9.2

Construction(3)

             138.9 2.7 2.0 228.9 7.9 3.6 7,691 242 3.2

Manufacturing

 114.7 119.2 119.4 4.7 4.1 277.9 7.6 2.8 576.8 16.3 2.9 12,947 368 2.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 272.8 271.6 275.3 2.5 0.9 563.8 -2.0 -0.4 1,268.2 26.5 2.1 29,512 469 1.6

Information

 26.3 26.1 25.9 -0.4 -1.5 46.0 -1.3 -2.7 91.8 2.0 2.2 3,066 141 4.8

Financial Activities

 90.4 90.4 90.6 0.2 0.2 183.0 6.4 3.6 411.0 2.7 0.7 9,029 136 1.5

Professional & Business Services

 213.5 226.0 222.6 9.1 4.3 398.1 14.0 3.6 979.5 22.5 2.4 22,541 577 2.6

Education & Health Services

 254.6 262.6 258.6 4.0 1.6 491.5 11.1 2.3 940.9 30.6 3.4 25,052 962 4.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 132.1 141.2 138.0 5.9 4.5 287.4 4.3 1.5 577.9 40.3 7.5 15,766 962 6.5

Other Services

 50.5 51.3 50.9 0.4 0.8 119.8 4.5 3.9 249.5 5.1 2.1 5,759 173 3.1

Government

 154.1 146.1 146.3 -7.8 -5.1 435.9 1.1 0.3 810.3 6.2 0.8 22,765 335 1.5

(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

 52,811 62,781 54,376 54,505 42,594 46,561 40,262 47,261 48,445 33,123 38,961 39,194 36,820   -15,991 -30.3

Bond, Ill.

 252 333 323 287 311 299 282 298 297 253 271 263 253   1 0.4

Calhoun, Ill.

 77 105 100 90 86 93 90 88 83 76 83 86 80   3 3.9

Clinton, Ill.

 501 679 658 594 574 627 577 629 583 520 567 532 524   23 4.6

Jersey, Ill.

 344 446 423 375 387 410 397 415 391 331 340 356 332   -12 -3.5

Macoupin, Ill.

 749 988 931 848 869 914 848 874 840 744 797 792 739   -10 -1.3

Madison, Ill.

 4,584 5,692 5,309 5,045 5,337 5,676 5,354 5,778 5,573 4,714 4,896 4,825 4,260   -324 -7.1

Monroe, Ill.

 409 538 518 497 523 577 544 578 557 509 511 512 444   35 8.6

St. Clair, Ill.

 5,498 6,754 6,289 5,983 6,325 6,659 6,121 6,363 6,407 5,444 5,533 5,463 4,700   -798 -14.5

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 381 484 436 433 284 334 274 346 353 202 259 263 275   -106 -27.8

Franklin, Mo.

 1,654 2,032 1,766 1,775 1,155 1,324 1,112 1,374 1,427 856 1,133 1,133 1,151   -503 -30.4

Jefferson, Mo.

 3,714 4,558 4,074 4,119 2,697 3,030 2,523 3,102 3,351 1,985 2,555 2,599 2,591   -1,123 -30.2

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,393 1,634 1,133 1,105 725 798 658 834 878 510 674 689 654   -739 -53.1

St. Charles, Mo.

 7,125 8,358 6,394 6,701 4,503 5,254 4,298 5,077 5,446 3,396 4,448 4,357 4,218   -2,907 -40.8

St. Louis, Mo.

 18,567 21,599 18,319 19,017 13,246 14,782 12,211 15,172 15,828 9,680 12,210 12,404 11,792   -6,775 -36.5

Warren, Mo.

 738 885 662 657 433 496 403 509 542 329 425 427 418   -320 -43.4

St. Louis city, Mo.

 7,206 8,180 7,477 7,412 5,423 5,622 4,844 6,170 6,242 3,776 4,518 4,756 4,664   -2,542 -35.3

Illinois

 270,793 339,200 321,905 302,053 281,907 290,979 307,364 310,529 313,934 283,304 277,044 282,241 267,397   -3,396 -1.3

Missouri

 104,116 125,259 114,104 110,651 74,825 85,171 71,898 90,285 92,577 56,292 73,310 72,615 70,944   -33,172 -31.9

United States (in thousands)

 5,964 7,207 6,782 6,168 5,458 5,548 6,334 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352   -612 -10.3

(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

 3.6 4.3 3.7 3.7 2.9 3.2 2.8 3.2 3.3 2.3 2.7 2.7 2.5   -1.1

Bond, Ill.

 3.5 4.5 4.4 3.9 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4   -0.1

Calhoun, Ill.

 3.6 4.9 4.7 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.7   0.1

Clinton, Ill.

 2.6 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7   0.1

Jersey, Ill.

 3.3 4.2 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.2   -0.1

Macoupin, Ill.

 3.5 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.4   -0.1

Madison, Ill.

 3.5 4.4 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.3 4.2 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.3   -0.2

Monroe, Ill.

 2.2 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.4   0.2

St. Clair, Ill.

 4.5 5.5 5.1 4.9 5.2 5.4 4.9 5.0 5.1 4.4 4.5 4.4 3.9   -0.6

Crawford, Mo.(1)

 3.5 4.4 4.0 3.9 2.6 3.0 2.5 3.2 3.3 1.9 2.4 2.4 2.5   -1.0

Franklin, Mo.

 3.1 3.8 3.3 3.3 2.2 2.5 2.1 2.6 2.7 1.6 2.1 2.1 2.2   -0.9

Jefferson, Mo.

 3.1 3.8 3.4 3.5 2.3 2.6 2.1 2.6 2.8 1.7 2.1 2.2 2.2   -0.9

Lincoln, Mo.

 4.7 5.5 3.8 3.8 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.8 3.0 1.7 2.3 2.3 2.2   -2.5

St. Charles, Mo.

 3.1 3.6 2.8 2.9 2.0 2.3 1.9 2.2 2.4 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.8   -1.3

St. Louis, Mo.

 3.5 4.1 3.5 3.6 2.5 2.8 2.3 2.8 3.0 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.2   -1.3

Warren, Mo.

 3.9 4.7 3.5 3.5 2.3 2.6 2.1 2.7 2.9 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.2   -1.7

St. Louis city, Mo.

 4.8 5.4 5.0 4.9 3.6 3.8 3.3 4.1 4.1 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.1   -1.7

Illinois

 4.2 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.2   0.0

Missouri

 3.4 4.1 3.7 3.6 2.4 2.8 2.3 2.9 3.0 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.3   -1.1

United States

 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3   -0.4

(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, 2nd quarter 2022(2)
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St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. MSA

 93,041 2,905 1,315,353 32,683 2.5 $1,189 4.1 $20,257,929 6.7

Bond, Ill.

 304 6 4,259 116 2.8 899 5.8 50,405 9.0

Calhoun, Ill.

 94 4 761 43 6.0 607 4.3 5,899 7.4

Clinton, Ill.

 930 25 12,291 198 1.6 819 4.1 130,825 5.8

Jersey, Ill.

 415 18 5,487 149 2.8 797 3.1 55,228 5.2

Macoupin, Ill.

 915 7 10,081 28 0.3 807 4.9 105,530 4.2

Madison, Ill.

 5,435 110 102,154 2,556 2.6 997 5.7 1,328,206 9.2

Monroe, Ill.

 851 34 9,021 441 5.1 793 1.9 91,217 6.3

St. Clair, Ill.

 5,090 91 88,155 738 0.8 1,016 3.7 1,166,020 4.6

Crawford, Mo.(4)

 664 11 7,097 208 3.0 813 6.3 72,693 7.7

Franklin, Mo.

 3,044 24 39,168 1,047 2.7 912 5.6 460,488 8.0

Jefferson, Mo.

 4,540 117 48,142 662 1.4 880 5.5 549,315 6.9

Lincoln, Mo.

 1,133 26 12,524 463 3.8 937 4.3 151,213 7.7

St. Charles, Mo.

 10,450 378 157,474 2,673 1.7 1,030 4.4 2,095,904 6.2

St. Louis, Mo.

 43,727 1,756 595,614 14,473 2.5 1,314 3.9 10,105,887 6.3

Warren, Mo.

 707 31 7,808 87 1.1 883 6.1 88,330 6.3

St. Louis City, Mo.

 15,406 278 222,414 9,009 4.2 1,336 3.5 3,873,463 7.6

Illinois

 407,973 24,496 5,959,269 211,287 3.7 $1,325 5.2 $101,913,183 9.4

Missouri

 231,648 13,604 2,851,967 91,557 3.3 1,106 5.1 40,803,631 8.6

United States

 11,460,819 646,560 149,901,995 5,716,182 4.0 1,294 4.3 2,517,903,681 9.0

(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