# Employment: St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was down 0.8% year on year in September 2025, compared with −0.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,440,853 thousands.
That is the lowest reading since March 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −15.0% (Apr 2020) to 14.1% (Apr 2021), averaging 0.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-41180.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-st-louis-mo-il-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,440,853 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,434,538 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,453,278 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,442,094 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,429,558 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,425,456 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,414,647 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,405,057 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,403,218 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,425,215 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,429,727 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,426,038 thousands | −0.8 |
| August 2025 | 1,429,027 thousands | −0.4 |
| July 2025 | 1,444,582 thousands | −0.7 |
| June 2025 | 1,440,063 thousands | −0.2 |
| May 2025 | 1,430,220 thousands | −0.3 |
| April 2025 | 1,436,889 thousands | 0.3 |
| March 2025 | 1,416,930 thousands | −0.2 |
| February 2025 | 1,410,744 thousands | −0.2 |
| January 2025 | 1,410,523 thousands | −0.4 |
| December 2024 | 1,427,282 thousands | 0.5 |
| November 2024 | 1,431,177 thousands | −0.3 |
| October 2024 | 1,439,096 thousands | 0.2 |
| September 2024 | 1,437,325 thousands | 0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41180.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41180.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```