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St. Joseph, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Joseph fell 0.0 percentage points in January 2023 to 2.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in St Joseph peaked in January 2010 at 9.4% and is now 7.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.3% in September 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare St Joseph unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Missouri 2.7% 0.0 -0.2
St Joseph 2.4% 0.0 -0.8
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February 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 4,753 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,428 in September 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 11. St Joseph employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Joseph, Missouri) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
St Joseph 1,439 -36 -509

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Joseph, Missouri Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Missouri
Unemployment Rate		 St Joseph
Unemployment Rate		 St Joseph
Unemployed
February
2023		 3.6% — — —
January
2023		 3.4% 2.7% 2.4% 1,439
December
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.4% 1,475
November
2022		 3.6% 2.7% 2.4% 1,492
October
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.4% 1,466
September
2022		 3.5% 2.6% 2.3% 1,428
August
2022		 3.7% 2.4% 2.4% 1,469
July
2022		 3.5% 2.2% 2.4% 1,480
June
2022		 3.6% 2.1% 2.5% 1,550
May
2022		 3.6% 2.1% 2.7% 1,676
April
2022		 3.6% 2.3% 2.8% 1,725
March
2022		 3.6% 2.5% 2.9% 1,820

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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