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St. Joseph, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Joseph rose 0.1 percentage points in September 2023 to 2.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in St Joseph peaked in January 2010 at 9.4% and is now 6.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.2% in April 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.6 percentage points. You can also compare St Joseph unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate September 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.8% 0.0 +0.3
Missouri 2.9% +0.1 +0.3
St Joseph 2.8% +0.1 +0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with September 2023 data as October metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: St Joseph, Missouri, National

St Joseph, Missouri monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

St Joseph, Missouri Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in St Joseph peaked in December 2009 at 6,192. There are now 4,514 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,323 in May 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 355. St Joseph employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Joseph, Missouri) is also available.

Unemployed Persons September 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
St Joseph 1,678 +38 +229

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Joseph, Missouri Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Missouri
Unemployment Rate		 St Joseph
Unemployment Rate		 St Joseph
Unemployed
October
2023		 3.9% 3.1% — —
September
2023		 3.8% 2.9% 2.8% 1,678
August
2023		 3.8% 2.8% 2.7% 1,640
July
2023		 3.5% 2.7% 2.6% 1,587
June
2023		 3.6% 2.6% 2.6% 1,541
May
2023		 3.7% 2.5% 2.4% 1,461
April
2023		 3.4% 2.5% 2.3% 1,397
March
2023		 3.5% 2.5% 2.3% 1,366
February
2023		 3.6% 2.6% 2.3% 1,390
January
2023		 3.4% 2.7% 2.4% 1,426
December
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.4% 1,451
November
2022		 3.6% 2.7% 2.5% 1,460

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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