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Missouri: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Missouri from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20263.6%#21 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20254.0%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20253.17M+0.8% on a year earlier
Employed, 20253.04M126,529 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
2.6M2.8M3M3.2M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20254.0%3,167,2883,040,759126,529
20243.7%3,143,0513,026,902116,149
20233.1%3,106,6253,009,92796,698
20222.6%3,051,9982,971,44180,557
20214.1%3,037,3332,912,173125,160
20206.1%3,026,2042,840,459185,745
20193.2%3,068,4822,969,06999,413
20183.2%3,042,7352,944,22698,509
20173.8%3,050,5112,934,928115,583
20164.6%3,067,4542,927,598139,856
20155.1%3,051,7962,895,538156,258
20146.2%3,030,8272,843,555187,272
20136.8%3,005,4422,802,239203,203
20127.1%2,997,6792,784,300213,379
20118.6%3,025,9932,766,502259,491
20109.4%3,035,7902,749,454286,336
20099.1%3,060,8652,782,317278,548
20086.1%3,057,1132,869,787187,326
20075.1%3,052,8422,897,228155,614
20064.9%3,031,3672,883,534147,833
20055.4%3,005,4352,841,822163,613
20045.9%2,989,6022,814,710174,892
20035.7%2,979,0552,810,056168,999
20025.3%2,976,8892,818,374158,515
20014.5%2,982,5172,847,434135,083
20003.4%2,963,6212,863,162100,459
19993.2%2,937,6852,842,74394,942
19984.1%2,935,4212,815,796119,625
19974.4%2,918,6392,791,007127,632
19964.7%2,878,1612,741,539136,622
19954.8%2,825,4432,689,305136,138
19945.1%2,760,0162,618,771141,245
19936.1%2,702,8872,536,698166,189
19926.1%2,657,2672,494,891162,376
19916.6%2,646,9702,473,531173,439
19905.9%2,615,1392,461,017154,122
19895.5%2,580,6402,437,688142,952
19885.7%2,546,6992,401,686145,013
19876.3%2,517,3262,359,338157,988
19866.4%2,473,0392,314,997158,042
19856.6%2,410,8902,250,694160,196
19847.3%2,350,5432,178,753171,790
19839.9%2,339,6532,108,978230,675
19829.3%2,313,8402,099,238214,602
19817.7%2,313,6152,135,639177,976
19807.2%2,328,6742,161,084167,590
19794.8%2,301,8312,192,454109,377
19784.9%2,261,9972,151,197110,800
19776.0%2,204,2972,072,054132,243
19766.2%2,123,4051,991,342132,063

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.