Missouri non-farm payroll employment increased by 11,600 jobs from December 2022 to January 2023, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged. Private industry employment increased by 12,200 jobs and government employment decreased by 600 jobs.

According to the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.7 percent.

Over the year, there was an increase of 83,100 jobs from January 2022 to January 2023, and the unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points, from 2.9 percent in January 2022 to 2.7 percent in January 2023.

Missouri non-farm payroll employment was 2,968,000 in January 2023.