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Covered employment (QCEW) in McDonald County

Covered employment (QCEW) in McDonald County was 5,739 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.9% from 2024. That is the 55th highest of 115 counties in 2025.

2025, jobs5,739
Change on 2024+0.9%
Rank55th of 115Counties in Missouri ranked
Series high7,1402017
Series low5,6862024

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Covered employment (QCEW) in McDonald County, 2001 to 2025

5,5006,0006,5007,0007,50020012005200920132017202120252001: 5,908 jobs2002: 6,086 jobs2003: 6,125 jobs2004: 6,211 jobs2005: 6,446 jobs2006: 6,682 jobs2007: 6,906 jobs2008: 6,894 jobs2009: 6,664 jobs2010: 6,781 jobs2011: 6,800 jobs2012: 6,853 jobs2013: 6,842 jobs2014: 7,058 jobs2015: 6,994 jobs2016: 6,973 jobs2017: 7,140 jobs2018: 7,083 jobs2019: 6,964 jobs2020: 6,843 jobs2021: 6,671 jobs2022: 6,810 jobs2023: 6,914 jobs2024: 5,686 jobs2025: 5,739 jobs
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodjobs
20255,739
20245,686
20236,914
20226,810
20216,671
20206,843
20196,964
20187,083
20177,140
20166,973
20156,994
20147,058
20136,842
20126,853
20116,800
20106,781
20096,664
20086,894
20076,906
20066,682
20056,446
20046,211
20036,125
20026,086
20015,908

Compared with Missouri and United States

Place2025
McDonald County5,739
Missouri2,898,452
United States155,732,363

Rankings

Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), McDonald County, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), McDonald County, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/mcdonald-county-missouri. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), McDonald County, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/mcdonald-county-missouri.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), McDonald County, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/mcdonald-county-missouri (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the covered employment (QCEW) in McDonald County?

Covered employment (QCEW) in McDonald County was 5,739 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.9% from 2024. That is the 55th highest of 115 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in McDonald County?

7,140 jobs in 2017, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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