Employment Snapshot - St. Louis, MO-IL July-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 Government, which lost 18,800 roles, based on the most recently available information published in September 2021.

Total employment in the St. Louis, MO-IL market rose by 21,162 jobs in July and the unemployment rate decreased compared to the prior month by 90 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 126 bps below the national rate which is a positive sign.
Unemployment in the market is 410 bps below the unemployment rate in the market last year at this time, which is a positive.
Average wages (per hour) grew in July versus prior month by 7.7% and are up compared to last year at this time in the market.

Month over Month Unemployment Change

Year over Year Unemployment Change

For key employment segments of the market, total jobs declined by -0.7%. Key sectors include:

Transportation & Utilities: 255,800; -800
Education & Healthcare: 252,700; +600
Business Services: 208,700; +2,100
Restaurants & Hotels: 143,400; +5,500
Government: 135,400; -18,800
Manufacturing: 113,500; -600
Financial Services: 90,400; no change
Construction, Mining: 73,100; +1,400
Other Jobs: 48,600; +500
IT & Development: 25,700; +500

Employment Change by Key Sector

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

Data is based on the most recent 12 months available, through July 2021 (Data published September 2021 and reports created on September 1, 2021). Source: Government data agency and locally acquired statistics.

Note: All reported data is not seasonally adjusted.

St. Louis, MO-IL