Missouri · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Missouri

Name: Employment in Missouri
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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Missouri, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Missouri had about 2,898,000 people on their payrolls across roughly 254,592 establishments, with average annual pay of $66,450.

Total employment in Missouri grew 8.3% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Missouri are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

2,898,000Employment, 2025
254,592Establishments
$66,450Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Missouri	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	15,297	0.5%	0.66	est. · 0.99
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	4,306	0.1%	0.40	est. · 0.99
23	Construction	158,006	5.5%	1.01	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	281,945	9.7%	1.20	pub.
22	Utilities	18,622	0.6%	1.14	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	125,699	4.3%	1.12	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	305,095	10.5%	1.06	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	127,974	4.4%	0.91	pub.
51	Information	50,839	1.8%	0.91	est. · 1.00
52	Finance and Insurance	133,026	4.6%	1.13	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	41,558	1.4%	0.91	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	165,021	5.7%	0.82	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	58,984	2.0%	1.22	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	146,217	5.1%	0.86	pub.
61	Educational Services	226,083	7.8%	0.91	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	515,016	17.8%	1.10	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	59,881	2.1%	1.06	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	261,725	9.0%	0.99	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	80,825	2.8%	0.92	pub.
92	Public Administration	121,853	4.2%	0.83	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	2,897,996	254,592	$66,446	0.0%	pub.
2024	2,898,179	243,130	$63,937	0.8%	pub.
2023	2,875,146	246,801	$61,708	1.9%	pub.
2022	2,821,194	233,707	$59,224	2.9%	pub.
2021	2,741,069	220,161	$56,456	2.5%	pub.
2020	2,675,115	217,324	$54,046	4.9%	pub.
2019	2,812,888	208,913	$50,536	0.7%	pub.
2018	2,794,483	200,530	$49,053	0.5%	pub.
2017	2,781,242	205,150	$47,364	0.9%	pub.
2016	2,755,477	194,159	$46,122	1.5%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Missouri	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	206,708	7.1%	1.01
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	180,533	6.2%	0.93
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	86,152	3.0%	0.89
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	37,615	1.3%	0.78
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	21,509	0.7%	0.79
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	47,351	1.6%	0.96
23-0000	Legal occupations	21,343	0.7%	0.88
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	167,133	5.8%	0.99
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	34,367	1.2%	0.89
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	203,584	7.0%	1.12
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	163,414	5.6%	1.11
33-0000	Protective service occupations	61,890	2.1%	0.89
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	254,335	8.8%	1.00
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	81,893	2.8%	0.96
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	59,190	2.0%	0.98
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	241,495	8.3%	0.97
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	347,428	12.0%	1.02
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5,933	0.2%	0.72
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	115,424	4.0%	0.96
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	118,796	4.1%	1.05
51-0000	Production occupations	193,782	6.7%	1.20
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	248,122	8.6%	0.97

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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