Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) by Industry

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10 - Total, All Industries QCEW for Fourth Quarter 2025

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 October Employment November Employment December Employment December
Over-the-Year
Net Change
in Employment
December
Over-the-Year
Percent Change
in Employment
December Employment Location Quotient
Missouri Private 249,546 $1,352 2,500,453 2,503,448 2,494,600 2,553 0.1% 1.00
Adair County Private 793 $872 7,402 7,407 7,287 -246 -3.3% 0.92
Andrew County Private 432 $894 2,148 2,101 2,113 39 1.9% 0.84
Atchison County Private 202 $1,112 1,337 1,325 1,334 103 8.4% 0.88
Audrain County Private 576 $1,031 6,215 6,185 6,166 -153 -2.4% 0.92
Barry County Private 934 $973 11,181 11,068 11,039 -261 -2.3% 1.00
Barton County Private 305 $947 2,915 2,905 2,899 76 2.7% 0.96
Bates County Private 423 $917 2,679 2,699 2,722 105 4.0% 0.83
Benton County Private 525 $756 2,691 2,636 2,611 -8 -0.3% 0.81
Bollinger County Private 231 $960 1,401 1,400 1,352 34 2.6% 0.86
Boone County Private 5,215 $1,097 72,359 72,496 72,125 1,604 2.3% 0.83
Buchanan County Private 2,608 $1,261 41,134 40,876 41,187 629 1.6% 1.03
Butler County Private 1,496 $940 14,380 14,305 14,305 -282 -1.9% 0.94
Caldwell County Private 189 $974 1,270 1,268 1,266 19 1.5% 0.76
Callaway County Private 884 $1,212 11,676 11,579 11,483 215 1.9% 0.91
Camden County Private 1,754 $956 15,952 15,149 14,890 117 0.8% 1.04
Cape Girardeau County Private 2,777 $1,126 35,932 36,039 36,191 -35 -0.1% 1.01
Carroll County Private 252 $980 2,095 2,090 2,064 -24 -1.1% 0.90
Carter County Private 243 $716 1,023 1,019 1,014 6 0.6% 0.83
Cass County Private 2,624 $1,018 26,658 26,905 26,564 594 2.3% 0.97
Cedar County Private 373 $828 2,774 2,772 2,826 321 12.8% 0.89
Chariton County Private 221 $1,007 1,371 1,384 1,393 20 1.5% 0.86
Christian County Private 2,492 $946 17,416 17,366 17,321 32 0.2% 0.95
Clark County Private 144 $803 929 926 924 -10 -1.1% 0.76
Clay County Private 6,808 $1,297 96,311 95,175 95,274 -1,053 -1.1% 1.00
Clinton County Private 443 $1,033 3,369 3,341 3,317 -79 -2.3% 0.77
Cole County Private 2,432 $1,184 34,078 34,049 33,834 10 NA 0.73
Cooper County Private 443 $907 4,074 4,073 4,069 243 6.4% 0.91
Crawford County Private 668 $1,005 5,979 5,846 5,770 73 1.3% 1.00
Dade County Private 167 $846 1,247 1,247 1,251 51 4.2% 0.85
Dallas County Private 442 $740 2,307 2,299 2,295 36 1.6% 0.95
Daviess County Private 250 $950 1,350 1,324 1,332 -41 -3.0% 0.82
Dekalb County Private 232 $940 1,978 1,995 1,969 110 5.9% 0.95
Dent County Private 526 $908 2,698 2,704 2,694 -143 -5.0% 0.87
Douglas County Private 267 $822 1,882 1,924 1,919 -147 -7.1% 0.92
Dunklin County Private 1,716 $779 7,552 7,552 7,521 -80 -1.1% 0.97
Franklin County Private 3,011 $1,098 35,374 35,232 35,193 137 0.4% 1.03
Gasconade County Private 500 $818 4,135 4,082 4,076 -59 -1.4% 0.94
Gentry County Private 202 $888 1,609 1,639 1,612 -128 -7.4% 0.89
Greene County Private 11,406 $1,156 161,838 162,496 162,015 1,696 1.1% 1.04
Grundy County Private 229 $880 1,907 1,891 1,887 -64 -3.3% 0.78
Harrison County Private 225 $870 1,706 1,719 1,717 41 2.4% 0.79
Henry County Private 668 $971 6,282 6,346 6,328 148 2.4% 0.89
Hickory County Private 189 $717 1,127 1,085 1,071 84 8.5% 0.81
Holt County Private 147 $1,018 978 972 972 -24 -2.4% 0.87
Howard County Private 201 $1,045 1,973 2,000 2,019 80 4.1% 0.91
Howell County Private 1,403 $918 13,225 13,308 13,231 -122 -0.9% 1.00
Iron County Private 564 $1,026 2,734 2,709 2,693 -52 -1.9% 0.93
Jackson County Private 26,134 $1,570 321,478 319,407 319,313 -329 -0.1% 0.99
Jasper County Private 3,457 $1,087 49,989 50,222 50,224 -2,665 -5.0% 1.03
Jefferson County Private 4,612 $1,081 41,329 41,297 41,099 -22 -0.1% 0.96
Johnson County Private 1,240 $858 10,711 10,621 10,408 -74 -0.7% 0.74
Knox County Private 85 $1,044 554 548 548 -37 -6.3% 0.74
Laclede County Private 843 $976 11,517 11,480 11,431 -279 -2.4% 1.02
Lafayette County Private 856 $951 6,889 6,751 6,668 -12 -0.2% 0.88
Lawrence County Private 891 $1,022 7,263 7,221 7,338 191 2.7% 0.92
Lewis County Private 217 $982 1,867 1,862 1,840 -21 -1.1% 0.90
Lincoln County Private 1,224 $1,131 10,583 10,476 10,384 -116 -1.1% 0.93
Linn County Private 330 $965 3,199 3,224 3,209 -46 -1.4% 0.91
Livingston County Private 417 $922 4,747 4,805 4,794 55 1.2% 0.91
Mcdonald County Private 449 $935 5,009 5,000 5,016 296 6.3% 0.99
Macon County Private 371 $905 3,481 3,501 3,487 17 0.5% 0.83
Madison County Private 322 $842 2,758 2,743 2,752 21 0.8% 0.89
Maries County Private 173 $887 1,092 1,081 1,085 24 2.3% 0.88
Marion County Private 953 $1,128 11,314 11,286 11,322 44 0.4% 1.01
Mercer County Private 92 $1,009 573 585 565 -4 -0.7% 0.79
Miller County Private 750 $940 6,316 6,384 6,079 -173 -2.8% 0.93
Mississippi County Private 378 $968 2,035 2,020 1,997 -65 -3.2% 0.79
Moniteau County Private 333 $1,039 2,923 2,908 2,961 -136 -4.4% 0.86
Monroe County Private 202 $947 1,186 1,146 1,135 -25 -2.2% 0.74
Montgomery County Private 299 $1,052 2,634 2,579 2,581 -72 -2.7% 0.94
Morgan County Private 624 $841 3,637 3,536 3,536 -122 -3.3% 0.91
New Madrid County Private 882 $940 6,416 6,436 6,382 -317 -4.7% 1.03
Newton County Private 1,470 $1,106 20,397 20,450 20,367 1,798 9.7% 1.02
Nodaway County Private 546 $953 5,973 6,127 5,917 -420 -6.6% 0.85
Oregon County Private 249 $792 2,037 2,037 2,075 25 1.2% 0.91
Osage County Private 249 $1,200 3,609 3,638 3,656 188 5.4% 0.94
Ozark County Private 256 $685 1,077 1,065 1,014 -6 -0.6% 0.78
Pemiscot County Private 886 $822 3,647 3,581 3,519 -106 -2.9% 0.89
Perry County Private 554 $1,149 8,850 8,852 8,838 98 1.1% 1.07
Pettis County Private 1,257 $1,020 16,195 16,171 16,197 193 1.2% 0.95
Phelps County Private 1,322 $1,022 13,569 13,528 13,534 306 2.3% 0.80
Pike County Private 457 $1,147 3,662 3,684 3,656 -300 -7.6% 0.82
Platte County Private 3,163 $1,178 43,143 42,770 43,110 484 1.1% 1.03
Polk County Private 786 $858 6,592 6,622 6,575 -238 -3.5% 0.81
Pulaski County Private 847 $810 7,952 7,970 7,924 -64 -0.8% 0.71
Putnam County Private 111 $924 581 580 576 -26 -4.3% 0.68
Ralls County Private 256 $1,149 3,231 3,217 3,221 -6 -0.2% 1.05
Randolph County Private 609 $1,003 7,351 7,339 7,295 1 NA 0.90
Ray County Private 400 $1,014 2,821 2,784 2,758 26 1.0% 0.80
Reynolds County Private 249 $1,070 1,331 1,294 1,281 -51 -3.8% 0.89
Ripley County Private 638 $624 2,204 2,202 2,220 -32 -1.4% 0.91
St. Charles County Private 11,225 $1,215 142,948 146,169 146,158 -749 -0.5% 1.04
St. Clair County Private 234 $850 1,239 1,255 1,245 45 3.8% 0.82
Ste. Genevieve County Private 467 $1,229 5,065 4,987 4,952 -3 -0.1% 0.95
St. Francois County Private 1,867 $935 17,400 17,357 17,286 -111 -0.6% 0.88
St. Louis County Private 47,124 $1,613 537,648 540,867 539,873 -6,386 -1.2% 1.07
Saline County Private 590 $926 7,315 7,352 7,288 -58 -0.8% 0.95
Schuyler County Private 78 $926 663 683 713 215 43.2% 0.80
Scotland County Private 132 $995 725 701 690 -36 -5.0% 0.63
Scott County Private 1,220 $1,027 13,966 14,477 14,075 226 1.6% 1.00
Shannon County Private 230 $755 1,242 1,219 1,188 20 1.7% 0.89
Shelby County Private 180 $1,032 1,397 1,384 1,386 114 9.0% 0.88
Stoddard County Private 800 $993 8,697 8,667 8,583 53 0.6% 0.99
Stone County Private 884 $827 6,226 6,174 6,046 84 1.4% 0.97
Sullivan County Private 118 $1,092 1,829 1,831 1,824 -11 -0.6% 0.92
Taney County Private 2,197 $856 26,608 26,399 25,905 82 0.3% 1.06
Texas County Private 574 $843 3,806 3,775 3,753 -117 -3.0% 0.76
Vernon County Private 661 $914 5,205 5,215 5,227 -3 -0.1% 0.86
Warren County Private 775 $1,102 8,156 8,089 8,028 1,057 15.2% 1.00
Washington County Private 745 $756 3,397 3,386 3,360 -98 -2.8% 0.78
Wayne County Private 348 $777 1,697 1,710 1,682 3 0.2% 0.88
Webster County Private 892 $1,003 7,203 7,095 7,122 257 3.7% 0.95
Worth County Private 49 $723 171 181 189 12 6.8% 0.57
Wright County Private 576 $823 3,799 3,720 3,732 86 2.4% 0.91
St. Louis City Private 15,809 $1,634 196,084 196,290 193,944 -1,325 -0.7% 1.03
Unknown Locations Private 42,500 $1,884 145,594 146,527 145,329 7,581 5.5% 1.15
Cape Girardeau,
MO-IL MSA
Private NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Columbia,
MO MSA
Private NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Jefferson City,
MO MSA
Private NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Joplin,
MO-KS MSA
Private NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Kansas City,
MO-KS MSA
Private NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
St. Joseph,
MO-KS MSA
Private NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
St. Louis,
MO-IL MSA
Private NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Springfield,
MO MSA
Private NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
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