St. Louis City, MO

FIPS 29510 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, St. Louis City had an annual average of 221,464 jobs across 15,318 establishments, paying $17.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

221,464

-0.9% YoY

Establishments

15,318

Total Wages

$17.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$79,002

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for St. Louis City, MO, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 38,272 19 $2,194 $3,884.6M
611 NAICS 611 21,393 261 $1,210 $1,334.2M
541 NAICS 541 16,897 1,254 $2,315 $2,032.8M
722 NAICS 722 15,450 897 $557 $447.1M
624 NAICS 624 11,488 7,764 $1,515 $346.4M
561 NAICS 561 8,525 351 $895 $367.2M
551 NAICS 551 7,992 80 $2,293 $953.1M
621 NAICS 621 5,961 390 $1,311 $405.5M
238 NAICS 238 5,299 242 $1,771 $488.0M
922 NAICS 922 4,765 24 $2,291 $394.3M
325 NAICS 325 4,450 69 $1,833 $424.1M
522 NAICS 522 4,389 144 $2,490 $560.8M
311 NAICS 311 3,943 70 $2,195 $450.0M
523 NAICS 523 3,734 85 $2,339 $453.1M
721 NAICS 721 3,658 54 $813 $154.7M
423 NAICS 423 3,474 199 $1,460 $263.8M
424 NAICS 424 3,329 139 $1,689 $292.3M
711 NAICS 711 3,171 64 $2,852 $453.5M
712 NAICS 712 2,979 23 $1,466 $127.3M
813 NAICS 813 2,642 207 $1,042 $143.2M
312 NAICS 312 2,493 15 $2,100 $272.2M
491 NAICS 491 2,125 14 $1,590 $175.7M
623 NAICS 623 2,113 71 $921 $87.3M
923 NAICS 923 2,036 25 $1,633 $150.5M
445 NAICS 445 1,952 143 $577 $58.6M
812 NAICS 812 1,860 227 $897 $73.4M
484 NAICS 484 1,797 93 $1,426 $133.2M
531 NAICS 531 1,743 310 $1,182 $107.1M
221 NAICS 221 1,701 21 $2,520 $176.9M
236 NAICS 236 1,634 131 $1,840 $156.3M
811 NAICS 811 1,562 157 $1,194 $95.6M
513 NAICS 513 1,549 68 $1,935 $155.8M
713 NAICS 713 1,532 63 $912 $50.0M
485 NAICS 485 1,479 24 $1,389 $83.6M
921 NAICS 921 1,352 12 $1,558 $97.6M
517 NAICS 517 1,229 38 $2,782 $173.8M
332 NAICS 332 1,209 62 $1,681 $105.7M
459 NAICS 459 937 134 $575 $28.0M
457 NAICS 457 936 94 $633 $30.8M
441 NAICS 441 911 97 $1,096 $51.9M
455 NAICS 455 835 45 $497 $21.6M
237 NAICS 237 788 15 $1,933 $65.5M
488 NAICS 488 732 28 $1,287 $47.6M
444 NAICS 444 687 37 $906 $32.4M
456 NAICS 456 686 105 $969 $34.6M
562 NAICS 562 686 38 $1,436 $48.2M
516 NAICS 516 585 26 $1,776 $54.0M
333 NAICS 333 555 28 $1,569 $45.3M
458 NAICS 458 535 73 $616 $17.1M
337 NAICS 337 515 14 $1,250 $33.5M
926 NAICS 926 485 20 $2,054 $47.7M
493 NAICS 493 430 27 $1,362 $30.5M
518 NAICS 518 406 31 $1,622 $32.9M
323 NAICS 323 403 34 $1,095 $23.0M
519 NAICS 519 393 24 $1,016 $15.4M
449 NAICS 449 383 36 $965 $19.2M
339 NAICS 339 381 38 $1,119 $22.1M
335 NAICS 335 340 11 $1,466 $25.9M
925 NAICS 925 316 5 $2,409 $23.0M
425 NAICS 425 300 50 $1,765 $27.5M
512 NAICS 512 281 35 $870 $12.7M
326 NAICS 326 246 13 $1,298 $16.6M
327 NAICS 327 238 12 $1,674 $20.7M
331 NAICS 331 201 7 $1,300 $13.6M
324 NAICS 324 194 6 $1,805 $18.2M
814 NAICS 814 156 179 $634 $5.1M
322 NAICS 322 127 7 $1,530 $10.1M
334 NAICS 334 113 15 $1,398 $8.2M
314 NAICS 314 111 7 $1,054 $6.1M
336 NAICS 336 97 6 $1,153 $5.8M
321 NAICS 321 73 13 $993 $3.8M
928 NAICS 928 31 2 $2,085 $3.4M
524 NAICS 524 27 1 $2,530 $3.6M
924 NAICS 924 18 2 $3,046 $1.5M
927 NAICS 927 9 1 $2,700 $1.3M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

9,266

jobs · $99,889 avg pay

State Government

2,863

jobs · $50,891 avg pay

Local Government

13,690

jobs · $61,876 avg pay

Private

195,645

jobs · $79,622 avg pay

MO Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

3.8%

April 2026

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