Missouri Unemployment Rate Report

Missouri Unemployment by County

Missouri Current Unemployment 3.0%

Missouri Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Missouri has ranged from 2.3% in October 1999 to 10.5% in February 2010. The current unemployment rate for Missouri is 3.0% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

MO Highest Unemployment by County

Dunklin, MO unemployment rate

5.1%

Pemiscot, MO unemployment rate

5.1%

Iron, MO unemployment rate

4.8%

Ripley, MO unemployment rate

4.4%

Benton, MO unemployment rate

4.3%

Wayne, MO unemployment rate

4.3%

Ozark, MO unemployment rate

4.3%

St. Louis city, MO unemployment rate

4.1%

Shannon, MO unemployment rate

4.1%

Mississippi, MO unemployment rate

4.0%

MO Unemployment City Links

Kansas City, MO Unemployment Report

St. Louis, MO Unemployment Report

Springfield, MO Unemployment Report

Independence, MO Unemployment Report

Columbia, MO Unemployment Report

Lees Summit, MO Unemployment Report

St. Joseph, MO Unemployment Report

OFallon, MO Unemployment Report

St. Charles, MO Unemployment Report

St. Peters, MO Unemployment Report

MO Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 MO Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2022	4.1%	4.0%
2/2022	3.7%	3.8%
3/2022	3.6%	3.6%
4/2022	2.4%	3.6%
5/2022	2.8%	3.6%
5/2022	2.8%	3.6%
6/2022	2.3%	3.6%
7/2022	2.9%	3.5%
8/2022	3.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2021	5.1%	6.3%
2/2021	5.2%	6.2%
3/2021	4.4%	6.0%
4/2021	4.1%	6.1%
5/2021	4.7%	5.8%
6/2021	5.1%	5.9%
7/2021	4.5%	5.4%
8/2021	4.4%	5.2%
9/2021	3.5%	4.7%
10/2021	3.3%	4.6%
11/2021	3.2%	4.2%
12/2021	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2020	4.3%	3.6%
2/2020	3.7%	3.5%
3/2020	3.9%	4.4%
4/2020	9.8%	14.7%
5/2020	9.8%	13.3%
6/2020	8.4%	11.1%
7/2020	7.2%	10.2%
8/2020	7.1%	8.4%
9/2020	4.3%	7.9%
10/2020	3.8%	6.9%
11/2020	4.2%	6.7%
12/2020	4.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2019	3.8%	4.0%
2/2019	3.7%	3.8%
3/2019	3.7%	3.8%
4/2019	2.7%	3.6%
5/2019	3.0%	3.6%
6/2019	3.4%	3.7%
7/2019	3.8%	3.7%
8/2019	3.5%	3.7%
9/2019	2.7%	3.5%
10/2019	2.8%	3.6%
11/2019	3.1%	3.5%
12/2019	3.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2018	3.8%	4.1%
2/2018	4.0%	4.1%
3/2018	3.7%	4.0%
4/2018	2.9%	3.9%
5/2018	2.9%	3.8%
6/2018	3.4%	4.0%
7/2018	3.6%	3.9%
8/2018	3.3%	3.8%
9/2018	2.5%	3.7%
10/2018	2.3%	3.8%
11/2018	2.5%	3.7%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%
12/2018	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2017	4.5%	4.7%
2/2017	4.6%	4.7%
3/2017	4.2%	4.4%
4/2017	3.6%	4.4%
5/2017	3.6%	4.4%
6/2017	3.8%	4.3%
7/2017	4.2%	4.3%
8/2017	4.2%	4.4%
9/2017	3.2%	4.2%
10/2017	2.7%	4.1%
11/2017	3.0%	4.2%
12/2017	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2016	4.6%	4.9%
2/2016	4.9%	4.9%
3/2016	4.9%	5.0%
4/2016	4.4%	5.0%
5/2016	4.2%	4.8%
6/2016	4.9%	4.9%
7/2016	5.3%	4.8%
8/2016	5.3%	4.9%
9/2016	4.6%	5.0%
10/2016	4.1%	4.9%
11/2016	3.7%	4.7%
12/2016	3.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2015	6.0%	5.7%
2/2015	6.1%	5.5%
3/2015	5.8%	5.4%
4/2015	5.3%	5.4%
5/2015	5.4%	5.6%
6/2015	5.2%	5.3%
7/2015	5.4%	5.2%
8/2015	4.9%	5.1%
9/2015	4.2%	5.0%
10/2015	4.0%	5.0%
11/2015	4.0%	5.1%
12/2015	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2014	7.1%	6.6%
2/2014	7.7%	6.7%
3/2014	7.2%	6.7%
4/2014	5.7%	6.2%
5/2014	6.2%	6.3%
6/2014	6.4%	6.1%
7/2014	6.6%	6.2%
8/2014	6.2%	6.1%
9/2014	5.6%	5.9%
10/2014	5.0%	5.7%
11/2014	5.1%	5.8%
12/2014	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2013	7.6%	8.0%
2/2013	7.5%	7.7%
3/2013	7.0%	7.5%
4/2013	6.1%	7.6%
5/2013	6.6%	7.5%
6/2013	7.1%	7.5%
7/2013	7.3%	7.3%
8/2013	7.0%	7.2%
9/2013	6.3%	7.2%
10/2013	6.0%	7.2%
11/2013	5.9%	6.9%
12/2013	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2012	7.6%	8.3%
2/2012	8.0%	8.3%
3/2012	7.6%	8.2%
4/2012	6.5%	8.2%
5/2012	6.7%	8.2%
6/2012	7.0%	8.2%
7/2012	7.5%	8.2%
8/2012	7.2%	8.1%
9/2012	6.3%	7.8%
10/2012	6.3%	7.8%
11/2012	6.2%	7.7%
12/2012	6.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2011	9.8%	9.1%
2/2011	9.7%	9.0%
3/2011	9.2%	9.0%
4/2011	8.2%	9.1%
5/2011	8.4%	9.0%
6/2011	8.8%	9.1%
7/2011	8.6%	9.0%
8/2011	8.8%	9.0%
9/2011	8.1%	9.0%
10/2011	7.6%	8.8%
11/2011	7.2%	8.6%
12/2011	7.3%	8.5%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2010	10.3%	9.8%
2/2010	10.5%	9.8%
3/2010	10.2%	9.9%
4/2010	9.3%	9.9%
5/2010	9.1%	9.6%
6/2010	9.5%	9.4%
7/2010	9.8%	9.4%
8/2010	9.7%	9.5%
9/2010	9.2%	9.5%
10/2010	9.0%	9.4%
11/2010	9.3%	9.8%
12/2010	9.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2009	8.9%	7.8%
2/2009	9.5%	8.3%
3/2009	9.3%	8.7%
4/2009	8.2%	9.0%
5/2009	9.0%	9.4%
6/2009	9.7%	9.5%
7/2009	9.7%	9.5%
8/2009	9.7%	9.6%
9/2009	9.4%	9.8%
10/2009	9.2%	10.0%
11/2009	9.3%	9.9%
12/2009	9.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2008	5.8%	5.0%
2/2008	5.8%	4.9%
3/2008	5.8%	5.1%
4/2008	4.7%	5.0%
5/2008	5.6%	5.4%
6/2008	5.9%	5.6%
7/2008	6.5%	5.8%
8/2008	6.8%	6.1%
9/2008	6.4%	6.1%
10/2008	6.3%	6.5%
11/2008	6.7%	6.8%
12/2008	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2007	5.4%	4.6%
2/2007	5.4%	4.5%
3/2007	4.9%	4.4%
4/2007	4.3%	4.5%
5/2007	4.6%	4.4%
6/2007	5.2%	4.6%
7/2007	5.5%	4.7%
8/2007	5.4%	4.6%
9/2007	5.2%	4.7%
10/2007	5.0%	4.7%
11/2007	5.0%	4.7%
12/2007	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2006	5.2%	4.7%
2/2006	5.6%	4.8%
3/2006	5.0%	4.7%
4/2006	4.4%	4.7%
5/2006	4.3%	4.6%
6/2006	4.9%	4.6%
7/2006	5.1%	4.7%
8/2006	5.2%	4.7%
9/2006	4.8%	4.5%
10/2006	4.5%	4.4%
11/2006	4.6%	4.5%
12/2006	4.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2005	6.3%	5.3%
2/2005	6.6%	5.4%
3/2005	6.1%	5.2%
4/2005	5.3%	5.2%
5/2005	5.3%	5.1%
6/2005	5.5%	5.0%
7/2005	5.4%	5.0%
8/2005	4.9%	4.9%
9/2005	4.9%	5.0%
10/2005	4.6%	5.0%
11/2005	5.2%	5.0%
12/2005	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2004	5.9%	5.7%
2/2004	6.0%	5.6%
3/2004	6.0%	5.8%
4/2004	5.4%	5.6%
5/2004	5.5%	5.6%
6/2004	6.2%	5.6%
7/2004	6.4%	5.5%
8/2004	6.2%	5.4%
9/2004	5.8%	5.4%
10/2004	5.5%	5.5%
11/2004	5.7%	5.4%
12/2004	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2003	5.9%	5.8%
2/2003	5.8%	5.9%
3/2003	5.7%	5.9%
4/2003	5.2%	6.0%
5/2003	5.6%	6.1%
6/2003	6.3%	6.3%
7/2003	6.0%	6.2%
8/2003	5.9%	6.1%
9/2003	5.6%	6.1%
10/2003	5.1%	6.0%
11/2003	5.2%	5.8%
12/2003	5.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2002	5.9%	5.7%
2/2002	5.8%	5.7%
3/2002	6.0%	5.7%
4/2002	5.3%	5.9%
5/2002	5.1%	5.8%
6/2002	5.8%	5.8%
7/2002	5.7%	5.8%
8/2002	5.4%	5.7%
9/2002	4.9%	5.7%
10/2002	4.6%	5.7%
11/2002	5.0%	5.9%
12/2002	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2001	5.0%	4.2%
2/2001	5.1%	4.2%
3/2001	5.0%	4.3%
4/2001	4.2%	4.4%
5/2001	3.9%	4.3%
6/2001	4.6%	4.5%
7/2001	4.5%	4.6%
8/2001	4.7%	4.9%
9/2001	4.3%	5.0%
10/2001	4.5%	5.3%
11/2001	4.8%	5.5%
12/2001	4.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/2000	3.5%	4.0%
2/2000	3.9%	4.1%
3/2000	3.9%	4.0%
4/2000	3.0%	3.8%
5/2000	3.3%	4.0%
6/2000	3.4%	4.0%
7/2000	3.5%	4.0%
8/2000	3.8%	4.1%
9/2000	3.6%	3.9%
10/2000	3.5%	3.9%
11/2000	3.6%	3.9%
12/2000	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1999	3.6%	4.3%
2/1999	3.9%	4.4%
3/1999	3.6%	4.2%
4/1999	3.4%	4.3%
5/1999	3.2%	4.2%
6/1999	3.9%	4.3%
7/1999	3.8%	4.3%
8/1999	3.4%	4.2%
9/1999	2.9%	4.2%
10/1999	2.3%	4.1%
11/1999	2.7%	4.1%
12/1999	2.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1998	5.1%	4.6%
2/1998	5.1%	4.6%
3/1998	5.1%	4.7%
4/1998	4.2%	4.3%
5/1998	4.2%	4.4%
6/1998	4.5%	4.5%
7/1998	4.5%	4.5%
8/1998	4.1%	4.5%
9/1998	3.5%	4.6%
10/1998	3.3%	4.5%
11/1998	3.2%	4.4%
12/1998	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1997	5.5%	5.3%
2/1997	5.3%	5.2%
3/1997	4.9%	5.2%
4/1997	4.0%	5.1%
5/1997	3.9%	4.9%
6/1997	4.4%	5.0%
7/1997	4.2%	4.9%
8/1997	4.2%	4.8%
9/1997	4.2%	4.9%
10/1997	3.8%	4.7%
11/1997	3.7%	4.6%
12/1997	4.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1996	5.3%	5.6%
2/1996	5.3%	5.5%
3/1996	5.3%	5.5%
4/1996	4.8%	5.6%
5/1996	4.9%	5.6%
6/1996	4.8%	5.3%
7/1996	5.1%	5.5%
8/1996	4.6%	5.1%
9/1996	4.3%	5.2%
10/1996	4.0%	5.2%
11/1996	4.5%	5.4%
12/1996	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1995	5.6%	5.6%
2/1995	5.6%	5.4%
3/1995	5.4%	5.4%
4/1995	5.0%	5.8%
5/1995	4.8%	5.6%
6/1995	5.0%	5.6%
7/1995	4.9%	5.7%
8/1995	4.6%	5.7%
9/1995	4.3%	5.6%
10/1995	3.7%	5.5%
11/1995	3.8%	5.6%
12/1995	4.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1994	6.6%	6.6%
2/1994	6.4%	6.6%
3/1994	6.1%	6.5%
4/1994	5.2%	6.4%
5/1994	4.5%	6.1%
6/1994	5.0%	6.1%
7/1994	4.7%	6.1%
8/1994	4.9%	6.0%
9/1994	4.5%	5.9%
10/1994	4.1%	5.8%
11/1994	4.4%	5.6%
12/1994	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1993	7.2%	7.3%
2/1993	7.5%	7.1%
3/1993	7.0%	7.0%
4/1993	6.3%	7.1%
5/1993	6.3%	7.1%
6/1993	6.8%	7.0%
7/1993	6.1%	6.9%
8/1993	6.0%	6.8%
9/1993	5.7%	6.7%
10/1993	5.5%	6.8%
11/1993	5.2%	6.6%
12/1993	5.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1992	7.0%	7.3%
2/1992	7.2%	7.4%
3/1992	6.6%	7.4%
4/1992	6.0%	7.4%
5/1992	6.2%	7.6%
6/1992	6.8%	7.8%
7/1992	6.1%	7.7%
8/1992	6.0%	7.6%
9/1992	5.7%	7.6%
10/1992	5.1%	7.3%
11/1992	5.5%	7.4%
12/1992	5.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1991	7.6%	6.4%
2/1991	8.1%	6.6%
3/1991	7.5%	6.8%
4/1991	6.5%	6.7%
5/1991	6.9%	6.9%
6/1991	6.9%	6.9%
7/1991	6.3%	6.8%
8/1991	6.3%	6.9%
9/1991	5.9%	6.9%
10/1991	5.6%	7.0%
11/1991	5.5%	7.0%
12/1991	5.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	MO %	National %
1/1990	6.2%	5.4%
2/1990	6.5%	5.3%
3/1990	5.9%	5.2%
4/1990	5.4%	5.4%
5/1990	5.0%	5.4%
6/1990	5.1%	5.2%
7/1990	5.4%	5.5%
8/1990	6.1%	5.7%
9/1990	6.0%	5.9%
10/1990	5.6%	5.9%
11/1990	6.3%	6.2%
12/1990	6.5%	6.3%