The Mountain-Plains Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics today released Business Employment Dynamics in Missouri – First Quarter 2026. Regional Commissioner James B. Howard, Jr. noted these Missouri highlights:
- In Missouri, from December 2025 to March 2026, private industry establishments gained 139,141 gross jobs, while losing 133,205 gross jobs, resulting in a net gain of 5,936 jobs. (See chart 1.)
- Gross job gains represented 5.6% of private sector employment in Missouri in the first quarter of 2026, compared to the national rate of 5.5%.
- Gross job losses represented 5.3% of private sector employment in Missouri in the first quarter of 2026, compared to the national rate of 5.5%.
- Data are also available by industry sector. During the first quarter of 2026, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 5 of the 11 published industry sectors in Missouri.