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Employment rate in Missouri

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points section.rank · Regions of United States section.updated Oct 22, 2026
economy · Missouri United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 72.7% −0.3 pp section.change_since
Regions of United States · 2024 section.rank Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since +1.4 pp
vs United States +2.4 pp United States: 70.3% · 2024
Employment rate, 2000 – 2024 percent · Missouri · United States
+1.4 pp section.change_since
Missouri United States

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

section.compare Employment rate · percent
Missouri
72.7%
United States
70.3%

section.source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Missouri · 2000 – 2024
Latest value 72.7% · 2024
First value 78.3% · 2000
Highest 78.3% · 2000
Lowest 68.0% · 2010
Data points 25

By year

section.all_years · 2000 – 2024

YearMissouriChange United States
2024 72.7% −0.3 pp 70.3%
2023 73.0% +1.2 pp 70.9%
2022 71.8% +1.3 pp 70.0%
2021 70.5% +0.2 pp 67.7%
2020 70.3% −1.4 pp 67.1%
2019 71.7% +1.0 pp 70.1%
2018 70.7% +1.0 pp 69.4%
2017 69.7% −2.5 pp 68.8%
2016 72.2% +0.8 pp 68.1%
2015 71.4% +0.1 pp 67.4%
2014 71.3% +1.0 pp 68.1%
2013 70.3% +1.4 pp 67.4%
2012 68.9% −0.1 pp 67.1%
2011 69.0% +1.0 pp 66.6%
2010 68.0% −1.1 pp 66.7%
2009 69.1% −3.0 pp 67.6%
2008 72.1% −2.5 pp 70.9%
2007 74.6% −0.4 pp 71.8%
2006 75.0% +1.1 pp 72.0%
2005 73.9% −0.6 pp 71.5%
2004 74.5% −1.1 pp 71.2%
2003 75.6% +0.1 pp 71.2%
2002 75.5% −1.9 pp 71.9%
2001 77.4% −0.9 pp 73.1%
2000 78.3% 74.2%

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
1 Minnesota 78.7%
2 Wisconsin 78.6%
3 North Dakota 77.7%
4 Nebraska 77.3%
5 Iowa 76.7%
6 Kansas 75.4%
7 Massachusetts 75.0%
8 District of Columbia 74.7%
9 Utah 74.6%
10 Idaho 74.4%
11 Montana 74.3%
12 Vermont 74.1%
13 Colorado 73.6%
14 Virginia 73.2%
15 Oregon 72.8%
16 New Hampshire 72.7%
17 Missouri 72.7%
18 Pennsylvania 72.6%
19 Arizona 72.5%
20 Wyoming 71.9%
21 Illinois 71.9%
22 Indiana 71.6%
23 Ohio 71.3%
24 Michigan 71.3%
25 New Jersey 71.0%
26 Washington 70.9%
27 Connecticut 70.7%
28 Maryland 70.6%
29 Texas 70.0%
30 Oklahoma 69.3%
31 Nevada 69.2%
32 Rhode Island 69.2%
33 Maine 68.9%
34 New York 68.6%
35 Georgia 68.5%
36 California 68.3%
37 Florida 68.2%
38 Tennessee 68.0%
39 North Carolina 67.9%
40 Delaware 67.3%
41 Arkansas 67.2%
42 South Carolina 67.1%
43 South Dakota 67.1%
44 Alaska 65.9%
45 Kentucky 65.5%
46 Hawaii 64.9%
47 New Mexico 64.9%
48 Louisiana 64.4%
49 West Virginia 64.4%
50 Alabama 63.4%
51 Mississippi 60.7%

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2024

section.what

The share of working-age people who have a job.

section.how

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.