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St. Louis Region Data

The St. Louis region boasts one of America’s great metropolises in the Gateway City, with almost ten Fortune 500 firms, world-class museums, restaurants, shopping, and sports (baseball's Cardinals, football's Rams).  Leading industries include retail trade, professional and technical services, construction, food services and administrative and support services such as Edward Jones, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, AG Edwards and Anhueser-Busch.

The regional average wage was $925 per week in the 3rd Quarter of 2012.


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Two-Year U.S. Consumer Price Index(CPI)
2012 2011 Percent Difference
229.6 224.9 2.1%
(1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted)
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Area Population 2012 Income 2011 Taxable Sales Total Revenue 2012
Total Personal Income Per Capita Income
Franklin County 101,412 $3,650,522,000 $35,811 $975,442,041
Jefferson County 220,209 $7,611,855,000 $34,681 $1,847,166,882
St. Charles County 368,666 $15,065,110,000 $41,257 $4,830,956,636
St. Louis City 318,172 $11,842,448,000 $37,232 $4,314,869,505
St. Louis County 1,000,438 $52,713,697,000 $52,783 $15,518,013,359
St. Louis Region Summary 2,008,897 $90,883,632,000 $45,366 $27,486,448,423



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Local Area Unemployment Statistics April 2013
Area Civilian Labor Force Employment Unemployment Unemployment Rate
Franklin County 51,978 48,445 3,533 6.8%
Jefferson County 115,187 107,136 8,051 7%
St. Charles County 198,635 187,920 10,715 5.4%
St. Louis County 512,467 480,888 31,579 6.2%
St. Louis City 139,053 127,277 11,776 8.5%
St. Louis Region Summary 1,017,320 951,666 65,654 6.5%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Top High Growth Industries
(2-digit sector)
3rd Quarter 2012
Industry Number of Firms Average Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage Percentage Growth from Prior Year
62 - Health care and social assistance 4,600 150,721 $1,760,106,862 $898 2.2%
44 - Retail Trade 4,228 105,000 $718,911,082 $527 0.2%
72 - Accommodation and food services 3,202 90,942 $355,496,506 $301 2.5%
54 - Professional and technical services 5,927 57,846 $982,833,240 $1,307 2.5%
42 - Wholesale trade 3,800 44,188 $696,917,508 $1,213 0.1%
81 - Other services, except public administra 8,350 34,748 $241,737,459 $535 0.1%
61 - Educational services 597 24,156 $309,410,341 $985 5.1%

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Top 10 High Growth Industries
(3-digit sub-sector)
3rd Quarter 2012
Industry Number of Firms Average Employment Total Wages Average Weekly Wage Percentage Growth from Prior Year
000 Total Private 48,824 881,450 $10,596,161,504 $925 0.8%
722 - Food Services and Drinking Places 2,989 82,559 $307,637,828 $287 3%
622 - Hospitals 41 62,686 $837,648,906 $1,028 1.9%
541 - Professional and Technical Services 5,927 57,846 $982,833,240 $1,307 2.5%
621 - Ambulatory Health Care Services 3,285 42,611 $661,217,528 $1,194 1.8%
623 - Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 282 24,626 $149,815,709 $468 2.7%
611 - Educational Services 597 24,156 $309,410,341 $985 5.1%
423 - Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 1,636 23,914 $373,506,428 $1,201 3.4%
522 - Credit Intermediation & Related Activity 607 23,876 $354,949,826 $1,144 6.4%
452 - General Merchandise Stores 108 21,909 $113,067,324 $397 1.1%

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Top 10 Occupations by Earnings 2011
Occupation Employment Hourly Wage Annual Wage
Mean Median Entry Experienced Mean Median Entry Experienced
111011 - Chief Executives 2,740 $85.25 $78.63 $43.95 $105.9 $177,321.38 $163,558.74 $91,417.16 $220,273.99
291065 - Pediatricians, General 160 $81.11 $71.72 $52.9 $95.22 $168,717.61 $149,172.38 $110,036.35 $198,058.74
291021 - Dentists, General 640 $76.44 $59.6 $19.51 $104.91 $158,999.7 $123,957.28 $40,572.5 $218,212.79
291064 - Obstetricians and Gynecologists 140 $73.98 $72.25 $62.25 $79.84 $153,872.8 $150,266.45 $129,490.4 $166,063.49
291069 - Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 3,100 $70.7 $59.21 $24.79 $93.65 $147,057.2 $123,166.11 $51,564.79 $194,802.89
291066 - Psychiatrists 150 $67.74 $60.94 $39.33 $81.94 $140,900.05 $126,769.43 $81,800.42 $170,449.87
291081 - Podiatrists 80 $62.29 $39.51 $32.54 $77.16 $129,563.34 $82,172.2 $67,675.87 $160,507.07
231023 - Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 160 $60.43 $61.53 $40.44 $70.43 $125,691.57 $127,992.14 $84,116.18 $146,479.77
119121 - Natural Sciences Managers 290 $59.6 $57.42 $35.94 $71.43 $123,964.86 $119,416.76 $74,752.92 $148,570.33
119041 - Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,480 $58.17 $58.41 $42.38 $66.07 $120,994.49 $121,486.01 $88,136.3 $137,423.08

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Top 10 Occupations by Projected Growth
Occupation Employment Change Annual Average Openings Outlook
Estimated 2010 Projected 2020 Numeric Percent
473011 - Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, an 135 216 81 60% 12 52 - Well Above Average A
472171 - Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers 380 576 196 51.6% 28 52 - Well Above Average A
193051 - Urban and Regional Planners 2 3 1 50% NA 52 - Well Above Average A
472021 - Brickmasons and Blockmasons 984 1,402 418 42.5% 62 53 - Well Above Avg. A-
472121 - Glaziers 432 606 174 40.3% 33 53 - Well Above Avg. A-
131121 - Meeting and Convention Planners 647 885 238 36.8% 36 53 - Well Above Avg. A-
311011 - Home Health Aides 5,961 8,095 2,134 35.8% 290 53 - Well Above Avg. A-
211091 - Health Educators 915 1,234 319 34.9% 52 53 - Well Above Avg. A-
472082 - Tapers 467 619 152 32.5% 28 53 - Well Above Avg. A-
472051 - Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 1,152 1,513 361 31.3% 54 53 - Well Above Avg. A-

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Consumer Price Index by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); all other tables produced by MERIC in cooperation with BLS.