Cost of Living Third Quarter 2024
Missouri had the sixth lowest cost of living in the United States for the third quarter in 2024. In general, the most expensive areas to live were Hawaii, Alaska, the Northeast, and the West Coast. The least expensive areas were the Midwest and Southern states. MERIC derives the cost of living index for each state by averaging the indices of participating cities and metropolitan areas in that state. Missouri’s cost of living index for the third quarter 2024 was 89.0.
Real-Time Brief: Biosciences
There were more than 12,000 online job postings for the Biosciences industry from January 2023 to December 2023. The top occupation was Veterinarians, making up 3.0 percent of total industry job postings for the time period. Some of the specialized skills commonly requested in job postings for this industry include pharmaceuticals, project management, and biology.
