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WORK FORCE
KEY EMPLOYMENT FACTS
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA
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2005
|
2004
|
| Total
Labor Force |
1,460,590
|
1,458,860
|
| Total
Employment |
1,380,168
|
1,372,415
|
| Total
Unemployment |
80,422
|
86,445
|
| Average
Unemployment Rate |
5.5%
|
5.9%
|
Major Industry
Groups The following statistics on employment by major industry
sectors illustrate the balanced employment base of the St. Louis,
MO-IL MSA in 2005.
| Sector |
Percent
of Workforce (St. Louis, MO-IL MSA)
|
Employment
(St. Louis, MO-IL MSA)
|
Percent of Workforce (U.S.)
|
Employment
(U.S.)
|
| Construction
& Mining |
5.9%
|
81,400
|
5.1%
|
7,277,000
|
| Manufacturing |
10.3%
|
141,900
|
10.0%
|
14,232,000
|
| Trade,
Transportation, and Utilities |
18.5%
|
255,900
|
18.3%
|
25,909,000
|
| Information |
2.1%
|
29,300
|
2.2%
|
3,066,000
|
| Financial
Activities |
5.7%
|
78,600
|
5.7%
|
8,141,000
|
| Professional
& Business Services |
13.5%
|
187,000
|
11.9%
|
16,822,000
|
| Educational
& Health Services |
14.5%
|
200,400
|
12.2%
|
17,342,000
|
| Leisure
& Hospitality |
10.1%
|
139,700
|
9.0%
|
12,802,000
|
| Other
Services |
4.2%
|
57,600
|
3.8%
|
5,386,000
|
| Government |
12.2%
|
167,800
|
15.4%
|
21,803,000
|
| Other
Occupations |
2.9%
|
40,568
|
6.3%
|
8,938,583
|
| Total
Employment |
100.0%
|
1,380,168
|
100.0%
|
141,718,583
|
LABOR FORCE: ST. LOUIS, MO-IL MSA
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| County |
Labor
Force
|
Employed
|
Unemployed
|
Unemployment
Rate
|
| Bond,
IL |
8,605
|
8,108
|
497
|
5.8%
|
| Calhoun,
IL |
2,610
|
2,453
|
157
|
6.0%
|
| Clinton,
IL |
18,842
|
17,937
|
905
|
4.8%
|
| Jersey,
IL |
11,601
|
10,982
|
619
|
5.3%
|
| Macoupin,
IL |
24,804
|
23,381
|
1,423
|
5.7%
|
| Madison,
IL |
137,300
|
129,865
|
7,435
|
5.4%
|
| Monroe,
IL |
17,241
|
16,523
|
781
|
4.2%
|
| St.
Clair, IL |
122,782
|
115,208
|
7,574
|
6.6%
|
| Franklin,
MO |
53,259
|
50,239
|
3,020
|
5.7%
|
| Jefferson,
MO |
116,715
|
110,524
|
6,191
|
5.3%
|
| Lincoln,
MO |
24,047
|
22,808
|
1,239
|
5.2%
|
| St.
Charles, MO |
185,066
|
177,631
|
7,435
|
4.0%
|
| St.
Louis City, MO |
160,920
|
147,825
|
13,095
|
8.1%
|
| St.
Louis County, MO |
551,421
|
522,972
|
28,449
|
5.2%
|
| Warren,
MO |
15,165
|
14,384
|
781
|
5.2%
|
| Washington,
MO |
10,212
|
9,328
|
884
|
8.7%
|
|
St.
Louis, MO-IL MSA (1)
|
1,460,590
|
1,380,168
|
80,422
|
5.5%
|
| May
2005 |
|
|
| Occupational
Groups |
St.
Louis, MO-IL MSA
|
U.S.
|
|
(Mean
Annual)
|
(Mean
Annual)
|
| Architecture
and Engineering |
$61,760
|
$63,910
|
| Arts,
Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media |
$43,540
|
$44,310
|
| Building
and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance |
$21,610
|
$21,930
|
| Business
and Financial Operations |
$53,910
|
$57,930
|
| Community
and Social Services |
$37,070
|
$37,530
|
| Computer
and Mathematical |
$64,770
|
$67,100
|
| Construction
and Extraction |
$47,130
|
$38,260
|
| Education,
Training, and Library |
$43,000
|
$43,450
|
| Farming,
Fishing, and Forestry |
$21,010
|
$21,010
|
| Food
Preparation and Serving Related |
$17,720
|
$17,840
|
| Healthcare
Practitioner and Technical |
$53,260
|
$59,170
|
| Healthcare
Support |
$22,960
|
$23,850
|
| Installation,
Maintenance, and Repair |
$39,380
|
$38,050
|
| Legal |
$85,040
|
$81,070
|
| Life,
Physical, and Social Science |
$51,050
|
$58,030
|
| Management
|
$89,540
|
$88,450
|
| Office
and Administrative Support |
$29,660
|
$29,710
|
| Personal
Care and Service |
$23,230
|
$22,180
|
| Production |
$32,490
|
$29,890
|
| Protective
Service |
$35,570
|
$35,750
|
| Sales
and Related |
$34,110
|
$32,800
|
| Transportation
and Material Moving |
$30,190
|
$28,820
|
| Total,
all occupations |
$37,900
|
$37,870
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WAGE RATES FOR SELECTED OCCUPATIONS
St. Louis, MO-IL MSA, May 2005
| OCCUPATION |
MEDIAN
WAGE
|
|
Professional/Technical
Occupations
|
| Accountants
and Auditors |
$24.35
|
| Financial
Analyst |
$27.71
|
| Marketing
Manager |
$41.92
|
| Public
Relations Manager |
$34.01
|
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Information
Technology Occupations
|
| Computer
Programmer |
$30.54
|
| Database
Administrator |
$30.14
|
| Systems
Analyst |
$32.94
|
| Computer
Operator |
$19.09
|
| Data
Entry Keyers |
$11.11
|
| Desktop
Publisher |
$15.56
|
| Word
Processors and Typists |
$11.97
|
|
|
|
Clerical
Occupations
|
| Bookkeeping,
Accounting, and Auditing Clerks |
$14.15
|
| Bill
and Account Collectors |
$12.58
|
| Production
Clerk |
$15.49
|
| Order
Clerk |
$13.33
|
| New
Accounts Clerk |
$12.76
|
| Customer
Service Representative |
$13.79
|
| Payroll
and Timekeeping Clerks |
$15.44
|
| Receptionists
and Information Clerks |
$10.35
|
| Reservation/Transportation
Ticket Agent |
$11.65
|
| Medical
Secretary |
$13.07
|
| Legal
Secretary |
$17.07
|
| Secretary
excluding Legal/Medical |
$13.34
|
| Shipping,
Receiving, and Traffic Clerks |
$12.47
|
| Switchboard
Operator/Receptionist |
$10.67
|
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|
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Sales
Occupations
|
| Sales
Representative (not technical) |
$24.41
|
| Telemarketers |
$9.76
|
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|
Production
& Maintenance Occupations
|
| Team
Assemblers |
$13.34
|
| Electrical
and Electronic Equipment Assemblers |
$12.39
|
| Machinist |
$18.42
|
| Truck
Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer |
$17.39
|
| Truck
Drivers, Light or Delivery Service |
$13.98
|
| Maintenance
Workers, Machinery |
$17.11
|
| Packers
and Packagers, Hand |
$10.03
|
| Helpers–Production
Workers |
$11.08
|
| 10
YEAR OCCUPATION PROJECTIONS St.
Louis, MO Region |
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FASTEST GROWING OCCUPATIONS St.
Louis, MO Region |
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| UNEMPLOYMENT
IN METRO EAST CITIES |
| CITY |
COUNTY
|
LABOR
FORCE
|
UNEMPLOYMENT
|
UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE
|
| Alton,
IL |
Madison
|
14,098
|
989
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7.0%
|
| Belleville,
IL |
St.
Clair
|
22,166
|
1,825
|
8.2%
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| Collinsville,
IL |
Madison
|
14,205
|
841
|
5.9%
|
| East
St. Louis, IL |
St.
Clair
|
10,202
|
1,025
|
10.0%
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| Granite
City, IL |
Madison
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15,536
|
1,138
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7.3%
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| UNEMPLOYMENT
IN METRO WEST CITIES |
| CITY |
COUNTY
|
LABOR
FORCE
|
UNEMPLOYMENT
|
UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE
|
| Ballwin,
MO |
St.
Louis
|
17,373
|
472
|
2.7%
|
| Chesterfield,
MO |
St.
Louis
|
25,331
|
832
|
3.3%
|
| Florissant,
MO |
St.
Louis
|
27,167
|
1,402
|
5.2%
|
| Hazelwood,
MO |
St.
Louis
|
15,656
|
832
|
5.3%
|
| Kirkwood,
MO |
St.
Louis
|
15,248
|
527
|
3.5%
|
| Maryland
Heights, MO |
St.
Louis
|
16,245
|
569
|
3.5%
|
| O'Fallon,
MO |
St.
Charles
|
29,125
|
1,148
|
3.9%
|
| St. Charles,
MO |
St.
Charles
|
39,115
|
1,867
|
4.8%
|
| St. Louis,
MO |
Independent
|
160,920
|
13,095
|
8.1%
|
| St. Peters,
MO |
St.
Charles
|
34,507
|
1,062
|
3.1%
|
| University
City, MO |
St.
Louis
|
21,093
|
1,109
|
5.3%
|
| Wildwood,
MO |
St.
Louis
|
17,774
|
54
|
3.0%
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2005 UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FOR TOP 25 LARGEST
METRO AREAS
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HOW DO ST. LOUISANS GET TO WORK?1
41 percent of St. Louis metro workers travel from one county to
another to get to work, while 59 percent of Greater St. Louis workers
live and work in the same county.
Greater St. Louis counties with over 50 percent of the workforce
traveling to another county to work:
IL: Calhoun, Jersey, Monroe
MO: Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, Warren, Washington2
| WORK
COMMUTING STATISTICS |
| Group |
Workers
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%
|
| Workers
16 yrs and over |
1,314,475
|
100%
|
| Car,
truck, or van –drove alone |
1,095,363
|
83.3%
|
| Car,
truck, or van –carpooled |
117,882
|
9.0%
|
| Public
transportation |
29,451
|
2.2%
|
| Walked |
16,759
|
1.3%
|
| Other
means |
13,608
|
1.0%
|
| Worked
at home |
41,412
|
3.2%
|
| Mean
travel time to work |
24.6 minutes
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