St. Joseph, Missouri Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Joseph fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2023 to 2.9%. 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 6.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.2% in April 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.7 percentage points. You can also compare St Joseph unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.7% | -0.1 | +0.1 |
Missouri | 3.2% | +0.1 | +0.5 |
St Joseph | 2.9% | 0.0 | +0.4 |
Unemployment Rate: St Joseph, Missouri, National
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 4,420 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,323 in May 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 449. St Joseph employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in St Joseph, Missouri) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
St Joseph | 1,772 | +10 | +312 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
St Joseph, Missouri Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Missouri Unemployment Rate |
St Joseph Unemployment Rate |
St Joseph Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2023 |
3.7% | — | — | — |
November 2023 |
3.7% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 1,772 |
October 2023 |
3.8% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 1,762 |
September 2023 |
3.8% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 1,678 |
August 2023 |
3.8% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 1,640 |
July 2023 |
3.5% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 1,587 |
June 2023 |
3.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1,541 |
May 2023 |
3.7% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 1,461 |
April 2023 |
3.4% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 1,397 |
March 2023 |
3.5% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 1,366 |
February 2023 |
3.6% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 1,390 |
January 2023 |
3.4% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 1,426 |
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. ↩