Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) by Industry

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Total, All Industries QCEW for First Quarter 2024

Produced by MERIC in cooperation with U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. If No Records found or NA then data is either not collected at that detail or is Not Available (NA) due to business confidentiality protections.
Area Ownership Total Establish-ments Average Weekly Wage January Employment February Employment March Employment March
Over-the-Year
Net Change
in Employment		 March
Over-the-Year
Percent Change
in Employment		 March Employment Location Quotient
Missouri Private 231,753 $1,299 2,424,815 2,443,573 2,457,796 15,612 0.6% 1.00
Adair County Private 646 $883 7,480 7,716 7,669 180 2.4% 0.93
Andrew County Private 446 $742 1,924 2,000 2,041 93 4.8% 0.86
Atchison County Private 193 $873 1,189 1,222 1,224 54 4.6% 0.88
Audrain County Private 547 $929 6,403 6,401 6,424 79 1.2% 0.93
Barry County Private 873 $847 11,287 11,362 11,401 -92 -0.8% 1.01
Barton County Private 298 $881 2,893 2,912 2,868 46 1.6% 0.95
Bates County Private 397 $785 2,526 2,540 2,527 -34 -1.3% 0.81
Benton County Private 511 $685 2,493 2,554 2,615 16 0.6% 0.83
Bollinger County Private 215 $726 1,345 1,341 1,347 29 2.2% 0.85
Boone County Private 4,990 $1,026 68,173 69,945 69,831 -1,635 -2.3% 0.83
Buchanan County Private 2,518 $1,148 39,277 39,731 40,131 503 1.3% 1.03
Butler County Private 1,451 $812 14,333 14,452 14,589 117 0.8% 0.93
Caldwell County Private 180 $777 1,214 1,226 1,211 -30 -2.4% 0.74
Callaway County Private 837 $1,186 10,910 11,009 11,249 90 0.8% 0.88
Camden County Private 1,651 $881 14,039 14,261 15,030 -83 -0.5% 1.05
Cape Girardeau County Private 2,717 $996 35,469 35,638 35,696 -144 -0.4% 1.01
Carroll County Private 241 $801 2,034 2,073 2,096 166 8.6% 0.91
Carter County Private 224 $595 981 972 1,018 -17 -1.6% 0.82
Cass County Private 2,341 $896 24,215 24,783 25,231 762 3.1% 0.97
Cedar County Private 352 $757 2,399 2,413 2,438 210 9.4% 0.83
Chariton County Private 222 $809 1,326 1,371 1,346 38 2.9% 0.86
Christian County Private 2,273 $821 16,430 16,620 16,604 680 4.3% 0.96
Clark County Private 136 $655 915 914 925 -23 -2.4% 0.78
Clay County Private 6,390 $1,276 92,129 92,791 93,473 1,352 1.5% 0.99
Clinton County Private 426 $878 3,232 3,334 3,360 140 4.3% 0.88
Cole County Private 2,340 $1,080 32,636 32,986 33,136 -1,196 -3.5% 0.72
Cooper County Private 433 $808 3,680 3,740 3,727 78 2.1% 0.90
Crawford County Private 631 $961 5,509 5,553 5,621 -8 -0.1% 1.00
Dade County Private 155 $762 1,207 1,230 1,235 48 4.0% 0.85
Dallas County Private 409 $614 2,052 2,119 2,166 156 7.8% 0.93
Daviess County Private 239 $750 1,300 1,342 1,373 207 17.8% 0.84
DeKalb County Private 232 $941 1,772 1,819 1,833 -60 -3.2% 0.83
Dent County Private 516 $763 2,784 2,855 2,877 -100 -3.4% 0.88
Douglas County Private 247 $630 2,023 2,037 2,020 14 0.7% 0.93
Dunklin County Private 1,550 $621 7,440 7,500 7,606 482 6.8% 0.97
Franklin County Private 2,881 $1,000 34,073 34,036 34,346 427 1.3% 1.03
Gasconade County Private 478 $748 4,081 4,124 4,139 -182 -4.2% 0.94
Gentry County Private 194 $846 1,677 1,714 1,720 155 9.9% 0.92
Greene County Private 10,507 $1,125 155,203 156,493 156,906 437 0.3% 1.04
Grundy County Private 213 $823 1,911 1,936 1,976 12 0.6% 0.78
Harrison County Private 215 $795 1,595 1,608 1,628 -30 -1.8% 0.77
Henry County Private 638 $856 5,968 6,034 6,144 190 3.2% 0.88
Hickory County Private 179 $670 958 972 997 -3 -0.3% 0.79
Holt County Private 147 $919 987 961 984 23 2.4% 0.87
Howard County Private 188 $775 1,860 1,908 1,928 -12 -0.6% 0.93
Howell County Private 1,287 $833 13,050 13,043 12,999 -238 -1.8% 1.00
Iron County Private 568 $934 2,776 2,826 2,799 58 2.1% 0.93
Jackson County Private 24,463 $1,408 310,974 312,892 315,448 2,489 0.8% 0.99
Jasper County Private 3,362 $953 51,900 52,241 52,635 750 1.4% 1.04
Jefferson County Private 4,422 $920 39,243 39,541 39,904 511 1.3% 0.96
Johnson County Private 1,163 $773 10,232 10,352 10,351 106 1.0% 0.75
Knox County Private 90 $766 583 570 594 10 1.7% 0.74
Laclede County Private 810 $875 12,142 12,248 12,134 -926 -7.1% 1.03
Lafayette County Private 838 $836 6,357 6,472 6,529 96 1.5% 0.88
Lawrence County Private 865 $891 6,982 6,989 7,080 125 1.8% 0.92
Lewis County Private 206 $787 1,845 1,879 1,892 21 1.1% 0.90
Lincoln County Private 1,115 $1,005 9,863 10,002 10,225 370 3.8% 0.95
Linn County Private 333 $886 3,183 3,246 3,274 115 3.6% 0.93
Livingston County Private 402 $868 4,611 4,674 4,722 -64 -1.3% 0.89
McDonald County Private 405 $859 4,815 4,777 4,886 -1,281 -20.8% 0.99
Macon County Private 369 $877 3,320 3,372 3,382 -10 -0.3% 0.82
Madison County Private 316 $760 2,743 2,726 2,758 94 3.5% 0.89
Maries County Private 153 $704 1,028 1,049 1,046 83 8.6% 0.89
Marion County Private 896 $967 10,818 10,871 10,987 102 0.9% 1.00
Mercer County Private 94 $901 544 559 569 -694 -54.9% 0.79
Miller County Private 696 $808 6,285 6,376 6,407 -27 -0.4% 0.94
Mississippi County Private 351 $798 2,110 2,146 2,153 -2 -0.1% 0.82
Moniteau County Private 326 $920 3,062 3,082 3,075 49 1.6% 0.88
Monroe County Private 201 $810 1,205 1,185 1,210 52 4.5% 0.75
Montgomery County Private 291 $983 2,589 2,616 2,653 64 2.5% 0.95
Morgan County Private 578 $718 3,535 3,585 3,670 -26 -0.7% 0.93
New Madrid County Private 805 $878 7,068 6,585 6,633 -58 -0.9% 1.03
Newton County Private 1,417 $1,086 18,486 18,556 18,634 154 0.8% 1.02
Nodaway County Private 529 $788 6,106 6,263 6,211 -134 -2.1% 0.86
Oregon County Private 229 $680 1,940 1,948 1,996 225 12.7% 0.91
Osage County Private 243 $964 3,400 3,395 3,433 30 0.9% 0.93
Ozark County Private 219 $618 997 1,001 1,077 16 1.5% 0.81
Pemiscot County Private 832 $718 3,571 3,617 3,712 -126 -3.3% 0.88
Perry County Private 531 $938 8,694 8,703 8,693 691 8.6% 1.07
Pettis County Private 1,239 $907 15,595 15,795 15,878 103 0.7% 0.95
Phelps County Private 1,212 $887 13,044 13,262 13,275 -157 -1.2% 0.81
Pike County Private 444 $835 3,729 3,811 3,854 136 3.7% 0.84
Platte County Private 2,961 $1,199 41,662 42,283 42,578 1,063 2.6% 1.04
Polk County Private 722 $760 6,952 6,992 7,127 144 2.1% 0.85
Pulaski County Private 771 $707 8,004 8,028 8,063 37 0.5% 0.70
Putnam County Private 113 $828 577 574 593 101 20.5% 0.70
Ralls County Private 245 $1,043 3,073 3,126 3,139 63 2.0% 1.05
Randolph County Private 594 $1,125 7,094 7,141 7,197 -376 -5.0% 0.91
Ray County Private 386 $905 2,615 2,750 2,723 -68 -2.4% 0.80
Reynolds County Private 252 $877 1,341 1,354 1,339 -49 -3.5% 0.91
Ripley County Private 680 $523 2,303 2,294 2,301 -47 -2.0% 0.92
St. Charles County Private 10,709 $1,281 140,583 141,275 142,690 1,814 1.3% 1.04
St. Clair County Private 190 $715 1,184 1,174 1,185 2 0.2% 0.81
Ste. Genevieve County Private 457 $1,191 4,780 4,797 4,846 29 0.6% 0.94
St. Francois County Private 1,775 $828 16,587 16,805 16,972 663 4.1% 0.87
St. Louis County Private 43,817 $1,589 538,243 539,958 540,295 -139 0.0% 1.07
Saline County Private 556 $878 7,025 7,258 7,344 125 1.7% 0.95
Schuyler County Private 72 $820 471 475 486 26 5.7% 0.70
Scotland County Private 136 $690 693 715 734 67 10.0% 0.68
Scott County Private 1,228 $949 13,837 13,789 13,899 280 2.1% 1.00
Shannon County Private 216 $669 1,109 1,136 1,174 -32 -2.7% 0.88
Shelby County Private 166 $838 1,234 1,221 1,255 48 4.0% 0.82
Stoddard County Private 783 $876 8,254 8,355 8,441 -444 -5.0% 0.99
Stone County Private 800 $727 5,727 5,056 6,034 168 2.9% 0.97
Sullivan County Private 129 $1,083 1,902 1,879 1,880 92 5.1% 0.93
Taney County Private 2,047 $790 22,408 22,303 24,901 477 2.0% 1.06
Texas County Private 536 $727 3,745 3,762 3,850 -32 -0.8% 0.76
Vernon County Private 623 $890 5,016 5,106 5,090 21 0.4% 0.91
Warren County Private 718 $973 6,482 6,630 6,688 262 4.1% 0.97
Washington County Private 702 $713 3,308 3,290 3,394 17 0.5% 0.79
Wayne County Private 356 $736 1,667 1,686 1,710 115 7.2% 0.88
Webster County Private 810 $847 6,926 7,064 7,130 255 3.7% 0.96
Worth County Private 53 $580 174 179 170 -14 -7.6% 0.56
Wright County Private 516 $803 3,595 3,630 3,617 -5 -0.1% 0.91
St. Louis City Private 14,888 $1,643 192,894 195,134 193,982 -3,134 -1.6% 1.03
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 3,007 $987 37,431 37,599 37,670 -74 -0.2% 1.00
Columbia, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 5,611 $1,008 73,713 75,593 75,486 4,020 5.6% 0.84
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 15,513 $1,646 231,764 234,311 235,683 555 0.2% 1.03
Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 3,746 $1,085 50,008 50,472 50,893 -1,027 -2.0% 0.77
Joplin, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 5,141 $998 75,032 75,507 75,972 5,607 8.0% 1.03
Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 74,784 $1,401 914,015 921,477 925,706 8,464 0.9% 1.01
St. Joseph, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 3,390 $1,117 44,650 45,306 45,784 597 1.3% 0.99
St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 91,708 $1,424 1,151,919 1,157,837 1,161,881 -170 0.0% 1.03
Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 14,721 $1,069 187,563 189,288 189,933 1,672 0.9% 1.02
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