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 247,950 $1,299 2,424,082 2,442,670 2,456,612 14,428 0.6% 1.00
Adair County Private 675 $883 7,481 7,710 7,660 171 2.3% 0.93
Andrew County Private 488 $749 1,915 1,986 2,027 79 4.1% 0.86
Atchison County Private 201 $873 1,189 1,222 1,224 54 4.6% 0.88
Audrain County Private 559 $929 6,401 6,399 6,421 76 1.2% 0.93
Barry County Private 910 $846 11,329 11,404 11,437 -56 -0.5% 1.01
Barton County Private 312 $883 2,882 2,901 2,855 33 1.2% 0.95
Bates County Private 421 $784 2,527 2,548 2,535 -26 -1.0% 0.81
Benton County Private 556 $687 2,489 2,536 2,610 11 0.4% 0.83
Bollinger County Private 227 $726 1,342 1,338 1,344 26 2.0% 0.85
Boone County Private 5,199 $1,026 68,149 69,900 69,781 -1,685 -2.4% 0.83
Buchanan County Private 2,660 $1,153 39,457 39,909 40,303 675 1.7% 1.03
Butler County Private 1,548 $811 14,333 14,454 14,589 117 0.8% 0.93
Caldwell County Private 183 $786 1,204 1,210 1,199 -42 -3.4% 0.74
Callaway County Private 862 $1,190 10,898 11,002 11,233 74 0.7% 0.88
Camden County Private 1,733 $880 14,063 14,293 15,058 -55 -0.4% 1.05
Cape Girardeau County Private 2,877 $996 35,447 35,607 35,660 -180 -0.5% 1.01
Carroll County Private 250 $801 2,031 2,069 2,091 161 8.3% 0.91
Carter County Private 236 $598 976 967 1,012 -23 -2.2% 0.82
Cass County Private 2,466 $897 24,096 24,725 25,130 661 2.7% 0.97
Cedar County Private 370 $757 2,397 2,413 2,437 209 9.4% 0.83
Chariton County Private 231 $815 1,319 1,365 1,342 34 2.6% 0.86
Christian County Private 2,357 $823 16,392 16,582 16,568 644 4.0% 0.96
Clark County Private 141 $654 917 915 927 -21 -2.2% 0.78
Clay County Private 6,674 $1,277 92,083 92,754 93,414 1,293 1.4% 0.99
Clinton County Private 448 $881 3,232 3,329 3,355 135 4.2% 0.88
Cole County Private 2,393 $1,067 32,616 32,973 33,134 -1,198 -3.5% 0.72
Cooper County Private 449 $808 3,681 3,741 3,731 82 2.2% 0.90
Crawford County Private 667 $960 5,539 5,525 5,594 -35 -0.6% 1.00
Dade County Private 164 $762 1,207 1,230 1,235 48 4.0% 0.85
Dallas County Private 438 $614 2,052 2,119 2,166 156 7.8% 0.93
Daviess County Private 256 $740 1,311 1,360 1,386 220 18.9% 0.85
DeKalb County Private 239 $950 1,749 1,790 1,804 -89 -4.7% 0.83
Dent County Private 556 $764 2,780 2,843 2,865 -112 -3.8% 0.88
Douglas County Private 254 $629 2,026 2,042 2,028 22 1.1% 0.93
Dunklin County Private 1,724 $621 7,464 7,527 7,634 510 7.2% 0.98
Franklin County Private 2,988 $1,001 34,074 34,034 34,344 425 1.3% 1.03
Gasconade County Private 501 $747 4,084 4,128 4,142 -179 -4.1% 0.94
Gentry County Private 201 $846 1,678 1,715 1,721 156 10.0% 0.92
Greene County Private 11,028 $1,124 155,320 156,633 157,016 547 0.3% 1.04
Grundy County Private 218 $824 1,911 1,936 1,976 12 0.6% 0.78
Harrison County Private 219 $795 1,596 1,608 1,628 -30 -1.8% 0.77
Henry County Private 659 $857 5,945 6,008 6,117 163 2.7% 0.88
Hickory County Private 189 $670 958 972 997 -3 -0.3% 0.79
Holt County Private 151 $923 987 961 971 10 1.0% 0.87
Howard County Private 196 $775 1,858 1,906 1,924 -16 -0.8% 0.93
Howell County Private 1,351 $833 13,033 13,030 12,990 -247 -1.9% 1.00
Iron County Private 617 $933 2,787 2,836 2,802 61 2.2% 0.93
Jackson County Private 25,919 $1,408 311,035 312,999 315,512 2,553 0.8% 0.99
Jasper County Private 3,517 $954 51,909 52,253 52,647 762 1.5% 1.04
Jefferson County Private 4,620 $920 39,168 39,484 39,846 453 1.1% 0.96
Johnson County Private 1,228 $773 10,240 10,359 10,361 116 1.1% 0.75
Knox County Private 96 $777 569 555 581 -3 -0.5% 0.73
Laclede County Private 847 $876 12,113 12,217 12,106 -954 -7.3% 1.03
Lafayette County Private 866 $837 6,353 6,467 6,520 87 1.4% 0.88
Lawrence County Private 913 $893 6,968 6,973 7,059 104 1.5% 0.92
Lewis County Private 212 $795 1,829 1,843 1,853 -18 -1.0% 0.90
Lincoln County Private 1,154 $1,006 9,854 9,991 10,213 358 3.6% 0.95
Linn County Private 353 $886 3,188 3,252 3,280 121 3.8% 0.93
Livingston County Private 414 $870 4,614 4,676 4,724 -62 -1.3% 0.89
McDonald County Private 426 $857 4,827 4,785 4,890 -1,277 -20.7% 0.99
Macon County Private 375 $882 3,327 3,377 3,389 -3 -0.1% 0.82
Madison County Private 331 $761 2,744 2,728 2,760 96 3.6% 0.89
Maries County Private 161 $704 1,028 1,049 1,046 83 8.6% 0.89
Marion County Private 938 $968 10,822 10,875 10,991 106 1.0% 1.00
Mercer County Private 98 $901 544 559 569 -694 -54.9% 0.79
Miller County Private 722 $809 6,293 6,388 6,416 -18 -0.3% 0.95
Mississippi County Private 379 $799 2,108 2,144 2,154 -1 0.0% 0.82
Moniteau County Private 335 $920 3,057 3,077 3,071 45 1.5% 0.88
Monroe County Private 206 $811 1,199 1,178 1,204 46 4.0% 0.75
Montgomery County Private 303 $983 2,587 2,614 2,649 60 2.3% 0.95
Morgan County Private 596 $721 3,528 3,573 3,659 -37 -1.0% 0.93
New Madrid County Private 882 $878 7,072 6,590 6,637 -54 -0.8% 1.03
Newton County Private 1,502 $1,084 18,433 18,501 18,602 122 0.7% 1.02
Nodaway County Private 545 $789 6,099 6,255 6,203 -142 -2.2% 0.86
Oregon County Private 239 $677 1,941 1,949 1,997 226 12.8% 0.91
Osage County Private 260 $964 3,400 3,395 3,433 30 0.9% 0.93
Ozark County Private 233 $617 995 1,004 1,081 20 1.9% 0.81
Pemiscot County Private 921 $720 3,567 3,592 3,686 -152 -4.0% 0.88
Perry County Private 558 $938 8,695 8,701 8,691 689 8.6% 1.07
Pettis County Private 1,286 $907 15,611 15,800 15,886 111 0.7% 0.95
Phelps County Private 1,276 $888 13,013 13,232 13,239 -193 -1.4% 0.81
Pike County Private 454 $835 3,720 3,802 3,843 125 3.4% 0.84
Platte County Private 3,112 $1,200 41,630 42,263 42,548 1,033 2.5% 1.04
Polk County Private 759 $761 6,965 7,005 7,118 135 1.9% 0.85
Pulaski County Private 807 $707 8,006 8,026 8,060 34 0.4% 0.70
Putnam County Private 116 $832 571 568 586 94 19.1% 0.70
Ralls County Private 257 $1,043 3,073 3,126 3,138 62 2.0% 1.06
Randolph County Private 618 $1,121 7,101 7,220 7,205 -368 -4.9% 0.91
Ray County Private 407 $905 2,608 2,743 2,715 -76 -2.7% 0.80
Reynolds County Private 269 $877 1,340 1,354 1,338 -50 -3.6% 0.91
Ripley County Private 766 $523 2,322 2,313 2,318 -30 -1.3% 0.93
St. Charles County Private 11,279 $1,280 140,661 141,317 142,763 1,887 1.3% 1.04
St. Clair County Private 199 $715 1,183 1,173 1,184 1 0.1% 0.81
Ste. Genevieve County Private 472 $1,190 4,770 4,805 4,853 36 0.7% 0.94
St. Francois County Private 1,868 $828 16,592 16,807 16,974 665 4.1% 0.87
St. Louis County Private 46,861 $1,590 537,775 539,515 539,783 -651 -0.1% 1.07
Saline County Private 568 $879 7,019 7,242 7,328 109 1.5% 0.95
Schuyler County Private 77 $820 471 475 486 26 5.7% 0.70
Scotland County Private 140 $690 693 715 734 67 10.0% 0.68
Scott County Private 1,310 $949 13,813 13,767 13,875 256 1.9% 1.00
Shannon County Private 230 $667 1,112 1,139 1,177 -29 -2.4% 0.88
Shelby County Private 170 $838 1,235 1,222 1,256 49 4.1% 0.82
Stoddard County Private 826 $876 8,272 8,343 8,433 -452 -5.1% 0.99
Stone County Private 844 $727 5,722 5,051 6,029 163 2.8% 0.97
Sullivan County Private 134 $1,083 1,902 1,878 1,879 91 5.1% 0.93
Taney County Private 2,135 $790 22,401 22,296 24,893 469 1.9% 1.06
Texas County Private 561 $726 3,747 3,764 3,854 -28 -0.7% 0.76
Vernon County Private 672 $889 5,021 5,110 5,094 25 0.5% 0.91
Warren County Private 754 $974 6,477 6,622 6,673 247 3.8% 0.97
Washington County Private 752 $713 3,316 3,293 3,395 18 0.5% 0.80
Wayne County Private 395 $743 1,686 1,704 1,728 133 8.3% 0.88
Webster County Private 854 $847 6,922 7,057 7,120 245 3.6% 0.96
Worth County Private 54 $580 174 179 170 -14 -7.6% 0.56
Wright County Private 541 $798 3,622 3,648 3,632 10 0.3% 0.91
St. Louis City Private 16,309 $1,643 193,053 195,290 194,136 -2,980 -1.5% 1.03
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 3,179 $987 37,406 37,565 37,631 -113 -0.3% 1.00
Columbia, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 5,844 $1,009 73,688 75,547 75,436 3,970 5.6% 0.84
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 15,415 $1,645 231,008 233,503 234,750 -378 -0.2% 1.03
Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 3,850 $1,078 49,971 50,447 50,871 -1,049 -2.0% 0.77
Joplin, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 5,388 $998 75,003 75,479 75,967 5,602 8.0% 1.03
Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 77,562 $1,402 913,409 920,845 924,843 7,601 0.8% 1.01
St. Joseph, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 3,580 $1,122 44,798 45,441 45,913 726 1.6% 1.00
St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 97,263 $1,424 1,150,375 1,156,298 1,160,288 -1,763 -0.2% 1.03
Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area Private 15,436 $1,069 187,651 189,396 189,988 1,727 0.9% 1.02
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