St. Louis City County, MO Unemployment Rate Report

St. Louis City County, MO Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in St. Louis City County, Missouri has ranged from 2.9% in October 2018 to 13.5% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for St. Louis City County is 4.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

St. Louis City County, MO Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

St. Louis City County, MO Current Unemployment - 4.1%

St. Louis City County, MO Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2022	5.4%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.0%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.6%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.8%	2.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.3%	2.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.1%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.1%	3.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2021	7.0%	5.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.0%	5.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.3%	4.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.9%	4.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.8%	4.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.2%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.1%	4.5%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.9%	4.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.0%	3.5%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.8%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.6%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.8%	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2020	4.5%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.0%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.6%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	11.7%	9.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.5%	9.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.9%	8.4%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.0%	7.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	11.3%	7.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.9%	4.3%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.1%	3.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.1%	4.2%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.4%	4.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2019	4.3%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.1%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.3%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.3%	2.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.5%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.2%	3.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.6%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.3%	3.5%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.2%	2.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.3%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.6%	3.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.9%	3.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2018	4.1%	3.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.5%	4.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.5%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.6%	2.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.5%	2.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.3%	3.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.5%	3.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.1%	3.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.1%	2.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.9%	2.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.0%	2.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.6%	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2017	4.8%	4.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.1%	4.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.8%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.3%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.4%	3.6%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.6%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.0%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.2%	4.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.9%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.3%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.7%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.9%	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2016	5.2%	4.6%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.4%	4.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.7%	4.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.3%	4.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.9%	4.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.0%	4.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.4%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.7%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.6%	4.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.2%	4.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.4%	3.7%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.5%	3.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2015	6.8%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.9%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.9%	5.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.5%	5.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.5%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.4%	5.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.9%	5.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.1%	4.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.2%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.0%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.8%	4.0%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.8%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2014	8.5%	7.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.9%	7.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.7%	7.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.2%	5.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.6%	6.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.9%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.4%	6.6%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.9%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.1%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.4%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.4%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.3%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2013	9.0%	7.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.8%	7.5%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.6%	7.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.6%	6.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.3%	6.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.1%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.2%	7.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.6%	7.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.2%	6.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.7%	6.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.4%	5.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.8%	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2012	9.0%	7.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.2%	8.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.2%	7.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.0%	6.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.1%	6.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.8%	7.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.3%	7.5%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.0%	7.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.0%	6.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.0%	6.3%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.8%	6.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.1%	6.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2011	11.1%	9.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	11.0%	9.7%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.8%	9.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.2%	8.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.4%	8.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.0%	8.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.7%	8.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.9%	8.8%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.2%	8.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.6%	7.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.1%	7.2%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.0%	7.3%	8.5%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2010	11.5%	10.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.7%	10.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.8%	10.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	11.4%	9.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.0%	9.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.6%	9.5%	9.4%
7 / 2010	12.1%	9.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	12.1%	9.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.3%	9.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.1%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.3%	9.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	11.0%	9.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2009	10.1%	8.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.9%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.1%	9.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.2%	8.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.1%	9.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	12.5%	9.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.6%	9.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.9%	9.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.4%	9.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.3%	9.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	12.2%	9.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	11.8%	9.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2008	7.3%	5.8%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.0%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.2%	5.8%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.1%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.3%	5.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.9%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.4%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	9.3%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	8.3%	6.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	8.3%	6.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.3%	6.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.7%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2007	7.0%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.6%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.7%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.3%	4.3%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.5%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.5%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.7%	5.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	8.1%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	7.3%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	7.0%	5.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	7.0%	5.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.4%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2006	6.9%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.3%	5.6%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.9%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.3%	4.4%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.3%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	7.2%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.6%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	7.9%	5.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	7.0%	4.8%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.3%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.7%	4.6%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.4%	4.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2005	8.5%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	9.3%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	9.0%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 2005	8.3%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	8.2%	5.3%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.2%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.1%	5.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	8.1%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2005	7.8%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.1%	4.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.8%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.8%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2004	8.3%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.1%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.9%	6.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	8.5%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	8.7%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	9.2%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	9.5%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	10.0%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	9.5%	5.8%	5.4%
10 / 2004	8.8%	5.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	9.1%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	8.9%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2003	7.9%	5.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.9%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	8.1%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.9%	5.2%	6.0%
5 / 2003	8.9%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.5%	6.3%	6.3%
7 / 2003	9.2%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2003	9.8%	5.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	9.2%	5.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.3%	5.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	8.5%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.8%	5.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2002	8.0%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.0%	5.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.7%	6.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	8.0%	5.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	8.0%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	8.6%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.4%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	8.7%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.6%	4.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.1%	4.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.7%	5.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.8%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2001	6.6%	5.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.8%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.1%	5.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.3%	4.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.1%	3.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.8%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.5%	4.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.8%	4.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.8%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.8%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.4%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.7%	4.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2000	5.3%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.7%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	6.0%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.9%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.5%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.3%	3.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.5%	3.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.6%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.8%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.8%	3.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.9%	3.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.3%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1999	5.9%	3.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.7%	3.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.3%	3.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	7.2%	3.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	6.9%	3.2%	4.2%
6 / 1999	8.0%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.7%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	7.3%	3.4%	4.2%
9 / 1999	6.2%	2.9%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.7%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.4%	2.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.4%	2.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1998	7.8%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 1998	8.3%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	8.2%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.5%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	8.4%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.8%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.8%	4.5%	4.5%
8 / 1998	8.9%	4.1%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.7%	3.5%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.2%	3.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.6%	3.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	6.6%	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1997	7.6%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.9%	5.3%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.0%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.0%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.7%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	7.8%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.4%	4.2%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.4%	4.2%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.7%	4.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	7.8%	3.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.2%	3.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	7.0%	4.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1996	7.6%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.7%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.3%	5.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	8.4%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.3%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.3%	4.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.7%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.6%	4.6%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.9%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.3%	4.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.9%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.6%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1995	8.0%	5.6%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.7%	5.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	8.3%	5.4%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.2%	5.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	7.8%	4.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.6%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	8.4%	4.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.1%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.6%	4.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.3%	3.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.1%	3.8%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.4%	4.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1994	8.5%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.3%	6.4%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.4%	6.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.7%	5.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.1%	4.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	8.1%	5.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.7%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	8.3%	4.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.8%	4.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	7.0%	4.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	7.3%	4.4%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.8%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1993	9.1%	7.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.9%	7.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	9.3%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.9%	6.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	9.1%	6.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	9.9%	6.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.7%	6.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.6%	6.0%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.3%	5.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.9%	5.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.6%	5.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.3%	5.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1992	9.0%	7.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.3%	7.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.1%	6.6%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.8%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.4%	6.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	10.0%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.2%	6.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	9.3%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	9.0%	5.7%	7.6%
10 / 1992	8.1%	5.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.2%	5.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.3%	5.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1991	8.9%	7.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	9.7%	8.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	9.7%	7.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.1%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.9%	6.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	10.0%	6.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	9.5%	6.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	10.1%	6.3%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.6%	5.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.8%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.9%	5.5%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.9%	5.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Louis City County, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1990	8.0%	6.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	8.5%	6.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.2%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	8.0%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.7%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.7%	5.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.0%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	9.3%	6.1%	5.7%
9 / 1990	9.3%	6.0%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.6%	5.6%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.1%	6.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.4%	6.5%	6.3%