Labor Force / Employment in Southwestern Illinois
Labor Force & Unemployment Labor force is defined as those individuals, employed or looking for work, who live in the area represented. The labor force in Southwestern Illinois represented 263,559 individuals in 2010, a slight increase from 263,065 individuals in 2009, while the unemployment rate dropped from 10.6 percent the previous year to 10.4 percent in 2010. This labor force accounts for approximately 18 percent of the St. Louis Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) total.   “According to Expansion Management and Logistics Today magazines’ 6th Annual logistics quotient study, the St. Louis region tops the list of best regions for Transportation and Warehousing Work Force for the second consecutive year."		LABOR FORCE   2010 Madison County   138,701 St. Clair County   124,858 Southwestern Illinois   263,559       TOTAL EMPLOYED     Madison County   125,119 St. Clair County   111,192 Southwestern Illinois   236,311       UNEMPLOYMENT RATE     Madison County   9.8 St. Clair County   10.9 Southwestern Illinois   10.4       Source: Illinois Department of Employment Security

Private Sector Employment by Industrial Classification

At the end of 3rd Quarter 2010, there were 11,097 private sector employers in Madison and St. Clair counties, which is comparable to what was reported at the end of 2009. Southwestern Illinois saw its private sector employment rates rise slightly from 2009 to 2010 with a net gain of 3,430 jobs. This increase is almost evenly split between the goods-producing and service-providing industries, with a gain of 1,545 goods-producing jobs and 1,885 service-providing jobs. Service-providing jobs continue to represent nearly 83 percent of the total number of private sector jobs in Southwestern Illinois.

Private Sector Employment

Southwestern Illinois 2010 Work Force

Work force is defined as those who work in the area represented, but may live elsewhere. A total of 236,311 individuals are employed in Madison and St. Clair counties with 153,841 of these in the private sector. As in recent years, the Trade/Transportation/Utilities sector in 2010 accounted for more than one quarter of the total number of jobs in Southwestern Illinois, while Education and Health Services was the next largest sector with 19.2 percent of the jobs.  Manufacturing remained stable at 10.5 percent, while construction jobs increased slightly to 6.3 percent in 2010 after experiencing a significan drop the prior year. This increase is due, in part, to continuing investments at Scott Air Force Base and ConocoPhillips.

                                      

                                                                  (Totals may not equal one-hundred percent due to rounding)

*These companies did not report employment data this year.

Though not one company, Rivers Edge (old Mel Price Depot) is currently supporting over 700 jobs.

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