Regional Profiles

About the State

Missouri is comprised of 114 counties and the City of Saint Louis. The Saint Louis and Kansas City regions collectively make up approximately 58 percent of the employment of the state. In 2023, Real GDP (adjusted for inflation in 2017 dollars) of Missouri was $348.5B representing a 2.6 percent change from previous year in Real Dollars while Current GDP (not adjusted for inflation) was $430.1B representing a 7.5 percent change from previous year in Current Dollars. The average annual wage for all occupations in Missouri in 2023 was $57,580.