St. Louis unemployment

The answer is complicated and depends on how you look at the 2.6% unemployment rate for the overall St. Louis metropolitan area.

Hundreds of thousands of Missouri residents have filed for unemployment in recent weeks, as countless businesses have closed their doors due to the…

Although St. Louis has an unemployment rate below the national average, area employers are struggling to find candidates who meet their needs, according…

The unemployment rate in St. Louis region is the lowest it’s been in 17 years, but that’s only for some people. Unemployment is higher for…

At Beyond Sweet, an ice cream and snack shop in the Delmar Loop, two teens are practicing the art of of building mountain peaks of whipped cream.For now,…

Unemployment in the St. Louis region is the lowest it’s been in years, but job growth is still below the national average.That’s according to the Federal…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 3, 2010 - For longtime area labor analyst Russ Signorino, the true harbinger of an economic…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 7, 2010 - In a sign of the times, hundreds of people packed into a college gym, all looking for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 19, 2010 - January's overall unemployment rate jumped to 10.7 percent in the St. Louis…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: July 16, 2008 - Chad Risenhoover has some simple advice for the 2,400 autoworkers facing layoffs at…