From 2023 to 2024, employment in St. Louis, MO-IL grew at a rate of 0.0788%, from 1.41M employees to 1.41M employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in St. Louis, MO-IL, are Health Care & Social Assistance (211,881 people), Manufacturing (152,572 people), and Retail Trade (148,430 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of St. Louis, MO-IL, though some of these residents may live in St. Louis, MO-IL and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.