St. Louis Metro Ranks Third in National Job Growth

According to the just-released BLS Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary for August 2024: 

Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 24 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more and was essentially unchanged in 27 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV (+3.7 percent), and Salt Lake City, UT (+2.7 percent), followed by Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN, and St. Louis, MO-IL (+2.6 percent each). 

“This is the second straight federal data report showing St. Louis as one of the fastest-growing metros in the country for jobs,” said Jason Hall, CEO of Greater St. Louis, Inc. “We have much more work to do moving forward, but this continued momentum shows the rest of the country that what we are building here is real and that the way we are working to grow our economy – inclusively, collaboratively, and speaking with a unified voice as one metro – is the right path, the path upon which we must continue.”