Employment Snapshot - St. Louis, MO-IL April-2021

Weller Emmons

VP of Analytics and Finance at Mployer Advisor. He is passionate about leveraging data to provide industry leading insights for Mployer Advisor’s clients. Prior to joining Mployer Advisor, Emmons served as a healthcare provider strategy consultant for Knowledge Capital Group and as an internal strategy consultant at HCA Healthcare. Emmons earned his MBA and BE in Biomedical Engineering, both from Vanderbilt University.

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Overall unemployment rate moved down to 4.4% with the biggest shift in Business Services, which gained 5,500 roles, based on the most recently available information published in June 2021.

Total employment in the St. Louis, MO-IL market rose by 19,495 jobs in April and the unemployment rate decreased compared to the prior month by 30 bps to 4.4%. The national unemployment rate decreased by 43 bps over the same time to 5.7%.

St. Louis, MO-IL unemployment rate is 135 bps below the national rate which is a positive sign.
Unemployment in the market is 860 bps below the unemployment rate in the market last year at this time, which is a positive.
Average wages (per hour) grew in April versus prior month by 3.5% and are up compared to last year at this time in the market.

Month over Month Unemployment Change

Year over Year Unemployment Change

St. Louis, MO-IL Unemployment April 2021

For key employment segments of the market, total jobs grew by 1.3% . Key sectors include:

Education & Healthcare: 262,000; +4,300
Transportation & Utilities: 254,300; -900
Business Services: 206,300; +5,500
Government: 154,800; +500
Restaurants & Hotels: 124,400; +4,600
Manufacturing: 113,200; +600
Financial Services: 89,800; +200
Construction, Mining: 68,500; +1,800
Other Jobs: 47,900; +500
IT & Development: 25,500; +300

Employment Change by Key Sector

St. Louis, MO-IL Unemployment by Industry April 2021

Data is based on the most recent 12 months available, through April 2021 (Data published June 2021 and reports created on June 2, 2021). Source: Government data agency and locally acquired statistics.

Note: All reported data is not seasonally adjusted.

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