{
    "id": "mo-labor-market",
    "name": "Missouri Jobs, Pay and Unemployment by Area",
    "description": "Unemployment (BLS LAUS), average weekly wage, jobs and employers (BLS QCEW) for Missouri, eight metro areas and five counties, each with the series or API path it was read from.",
    "page": "https://itsmissouri.com/living/",
    "csv": "https://itsmissouri.com/data/downloads/mo-labor-market.csv",
    "json": "https://itsmissouri.com/data/downloads/mo-labor-market.json",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "attribution": "It's Missouri (itsmissouri.com), CC BY 4.0",
    "citation": "It's Missouri (2026). Missouri Jobs, Pay and Unemployment by Area. https://itsmissouri.com/living/",
    "publisher": "It's Missouri",
    "geo_scope": "Missouri, USA",
    "last_checked": "2026-10-30",
    "row_count": 14,
    "columns": [
        "area",
        "area_type",
        "unemployment_rate_pct",
        "unemployment_period",
        "laus_series",
        "avg_weekly_wage_usd",
        "employment",
        "establishments",
        "wage_period",
        "wage_source_url",
        "unemployment_source_url",
        "checked"
    ],
    "column_notes": {
        "area": "Area name as BLS titles it",
        "area_type": "State, Metro area or County or city",
        "unemployment_rate_pct": "Unemployment rate pct (as printed on the source page; blank means not stated)",
        "unemployment_period": "Month of the unemployment rate; preliminary",
        "laus_series": "BLS LAUS series id",
        "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "Avg weekly wage usd (as printed on the source page; blank means not stated)",
        "employment": "Jobs in March 2026 (BLS QCEW, all ownerships and industries)",
        "establishments": "Employers in the first quarter of 2026 (BLS QCEW)",
        "wage_period": "Quarter of the wage and job figures",
        "wage_source_url": "BLS QCEW API file the wage row was read from",
        "unemployment_source_url": "BLS API series the rate was read from",
        "checked": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD) the row was read"
    },
    "rows": [
        {
            "area": "Missouri",
            "area_type": "State",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.6",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LASST290000000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1354",
            "employment": "2890458",
            "establishments": "263493",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/29000.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LASST290000000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "St. Louis metro",
            "area_type": "Metro area",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.4",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUMT294118000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1491",
            "employment": "1312446",
            "establishments": "100659",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/C4118.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUMT294118000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "Kansas City metro",
            "area_type": "Metro area",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.4",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUMT292814000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1464",
            "employment": "1078551",
            "establishments": "80388",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/C2814.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUMT292814000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "Springfield metro",
            "area_type": "Metro area",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.1",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUMT294418000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1084",
            "employment": "222781",
            "establishments": "16830",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/C4418.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUMT294418000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "Columbia metro",
            "area_type": "Metro area",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "2.7",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUMT291786000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1209",
            "employment": "108150",
            "establishments": "6211",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/C1786.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUMT291786000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "Jefferson City metro",
            "area_type": "Metro area",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "2.7",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUMT292762000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1166",
            "employment": "77541",
            "establishments": "4559",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/C2762.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUMT292762000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "Joplin metro",
            "area_type": "Metro area",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.3",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUMT292790000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1054",
            "employment": "85799",
            "establishments": "5679",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/C2790.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUMT292790000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "St. Joseph metro",
            "area_type": "Metro area",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.4",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUMT294114000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1180",
            "employment": "55003",
            "establishments": "3907",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/C4114.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUMT294114000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "Cape Girardeau metro",
            "area_type": "Metro area",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.0",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUMT291602000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1025",
            "employment": "43804",
            "establishments": "3261",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/C1602.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUMT291602000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "St. Louis County",
            "area_type": "County or city",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.6",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUCN291890000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1654",
            "employment": "584641",
            "establishments": "48684",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/29189.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUCN291890000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "Jackson County",
            "area_type": "County or city",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.3",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUCN290950000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1498",
            "employment": "370538",
            "establishments": "27081",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/29095.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUCN290950000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "Greene County",
            "area_type": "County or city",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "3.1",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUCN290770000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1129",
            "employment": "180577",
            "establishments": "11943",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/29077.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUCN290770000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "Boone County",
            "area_type": "County or city",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "2.7",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUCN290190000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1237",
            "employment": "100367",
            "establishments": "5449",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/29019.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUCN290190000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        },
        {
            "area": "St. Louis city",
            "area_type": "County or city",
            "unemployment_rate_pct": "4.0",
            "unemployment_period": "September 2026 (preliminary)",
            "laus_series": "LAUCN295100000000003",
            "avg_weekly_wage_usd": "1761",
            "employment": "217213",
            "establishments": "16283",
            "wage_period": "2026 Q1 (employment is March)",
            "wage_source_url": "https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2026/1/area/29510.csv",
            "unemployment_source_url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/LAUCN295100000000003",
            "checked": "2026-10-30"
        }
    ]
}