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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Kansas, Missouri > Joplin, MO-KS

Joplin, MO-KS

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Joplin — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022

Joplin, MO-KS Economy at a Glance:

Joplin, MO-KS
Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(m)95.9	(m)96.5	(m)96.2	(m)96.2	98.7	(p)98.7
Employment(1)		(m)93.0	(m)93.4	(m)93.0	(m)93.2	94.9	(p)94.8
Unemployment(1)		(m)2.9	(m)3.1	(m)3.2	(m)3.0	3.8	(p)4.0
Unemployment Rate(2)		(m)3.0	(m)3.3	(m)3.3	(m)3.1	3.8	(p)4.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		90.5	91.7	92.0	92.0	(p)89.7
12-month % change		0.8	1.6	1.3	1.3	(p)0.7
Manufacturing(3)		15.8	15.8	15.8	15.9	(p)15.8
12-month % change		3.3	2.6	2.6	1.9	(p)1.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		22.6	22.6	23.0	23.3	(p)22.2
12-month % change		-2.6	-2.6	-2.1	-0.9	(p)-2.6
Education and Health Services(3)		15.8	16.1	16.1	16.0	(p)16.0
12-month % change		6.0	8.1	7.3	6.7	(p)5.3
Government(3)		11.1	11.7	11.9	11.8	(p)11.5
12-month % change		2.8	2.6	3.5	4.4	(p)5.5
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (p) Preliminary