# Counties in Missouri by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 115 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/missouri-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | St. Louis County | 589,803 |
| 2 | Jackson County | 374,810 |
| 3 | St. Louis city | 220,645 |
| 4 | Greene County | 179,452 |
| 5 | St. Charles County | 162,655 |
| 6 | Clay County | 110,830 |
| 7 | Boone County | 100,066 |
| 8 | Jasper County | 56,939 |
| 9 | Cole County | 54,542 |
| 10 | Jefferson County | 49,584 |
| 11 | Platte County | 48,369 |
| 12 | Buchanan County | 46,348 |
| 13 | Cape Girardeau County | 41,550 |
| 14 | Franklin County | 39,757 |
| 15 | Cass County | 31,431 |
| 16 | Taney County | 28,673 |
| 17 | Newton County | 23,014 |
| 18 | St. Francois County | 23,012 |
| 19 | Christian County | 20,884 |
| 20 | Pettis County | 19,680 |
| 21 | Phelps County | 19,609 |
| 22 | Butler County | 17,959 |
| 23 | Camden County | 17,781 |
| 24 | Johnson County | 16,381 |
| 25 | Scott County | 16,184 |
| 26 | Howell County | 15,327 |
| 27 | Callaway County | 14,759 |
| 28 | Pulaski County | 13,141 |
| 29 | Barry County | 13,017 |
| 30 | Laclede County | 12,999 |
| 31 | Marion County | 12,987 |
| 32 | Lincoln County | 12,977 |
| 33 | Stoddard County | 10,107 |
| 34 | Perry County | 9,627 |
| 35 | Adair County | 9,338 |
| 36 | Randolph County | 9,247 |
| 37 | Polk County | 9,202 |
| 38 | Warren County | 9,000 |
| 39 | Dunklin County | 8,997 |
| 40 | Lawrence County | 8,974 |
| 41 | Saline County | 8,832 |
| 42 | Lafayette County | 8,754 |
| 43 | Webster County | 8,630 |
| 44 | Henry County | 8,289 |
| 45 | Nodaway County | 8,134 |
| 46 | Audrain County | 7,910 |
| 47 | Miller County | 7,806 |
| 48 | New Madrid County | 7,405 |
| 49 | Stone County | 7,389 |
| 50 | Vernon County | 7,011 |
| 51 | Crawford County | 6,823 |
| 52 | Ste. Genevieve County | 6,167 |
| 53 | Livingston County | 6,113 |
| 54 | Texas County | 5,831 |
| 55 | McDonald County | 5,739 |
| 56 | Pike County | 5,219 |
| 57 | Cooper County | 5,093 |
| 58 | Gasconade County | 5,025 |
| 59 | Washington County | 4,998 |
| 60 | Clinton County | 4,932 |
| 61 | Macon County | 4,823 |
| 62 | Pemiscot County | 4,695 |
| 63 | Wright County | 4,678 |
| 64 | Morgan County | 4,637 |
| 65 | Osage County | 4,444 |
| 66 | Linn County | 4,083 |
| 67 | Ray County | 4,035 |
| 68 | Moniteau County | 4,014 |
| 69 | Benton County | 3,818 |
| 70 | Bates County | 3,747 |
| 71 | Dent County | 3,674 |
| 72 | Ralls County | 3,607 |
| 73 | Cedar County | 3,575 |
| 74 | Madison County | 3,552 |
| 75 | Barton County | 3,502 |
| 76 | Iron County | 3,425 |
| 77 | Montgomery County | 3,178 |
| 78 | Mississippi County | 2,952 |
| 79 | Andrew County | 2,850 |
| 80 | Dallas County | 2,849 |
| 81 | Grundy County | 2,832 |
| 82 | Ripley County | 2,800 |
| 83 | Carroll County | 2,653 |
| 84 | Oregon County | 2,556 |
| 85 | Harrison County | 2,526 |
| 86 | Howard County | 2,492 |
| 87 | Douglas County | 2,461 |
| 88 | DeKalb County | 2,391 |
| 89 | Lewis County | 2,354 |
| 90 | Sullivan County | 2,306 |
| 91 | Wayne County | 2,272 |
| 92 | Gentry County | 2,121 |
| 93 | Caldwell County | 1,885 |
| 94 | Daviess County | 1,839 |
| 95 | Chariton County | 1,817 |
| 96 | Shelby County | 1,805 |
| 97 | Bollinger County | 1,798 |
| 98 | Monroe County | 1,796 |
| 99 | St. Clair County | 1,746 |
| 100 | Atchison County | 1,706 |
| 101 | Reynolds County | 1,701 |
| 102 | Dade County | 1,695 |
| 103 | Shannon County | 1,600 |
| 104 | Hickory County | 1,546 |
| 105 | Ozark County | 1,519 |
| 106 | Carter County | 1,448 |
| 107 | Maries County | 1,398 |
| 108 | Clark County | 1,383 |
| 109 | Holt County | 1,301 |
| 110 | Scotland County | 1,296 |
| 111 | Putnam County | 982 |
| 112 | Schuyler County | 895 |
| 113 | Knox County | 874 |
| 114 | Mercer County | 804 |
| 115 | Worth County | 364 |