Matt Blunt Costs Metro Area Employers Money

Because as they continue hiring more people, they're paying out more in salaries and benefits:

In St. Louis , employment increased by 11,200 jobs, Kansas City employment grew by 8,700 jobs, Springfield added 3,300 jobs, Columbia employment grew by 2,100 jobs, Joplin added 1,800 jobs while non-farm payrolls were up by 700 jobs in Jefferson City and 300 jobs in St. Joseph.

"The consistency of these increases in jobs shows that more Missourians are heading back to work and that is good news for the families of our state," Gov. Matt Blunt said. "These very positive job numbers are also good for our economy as a whole and we are encouraged by the economic direction that our state is headed."

Columbia had the lowest unemployment rate among metropolitan areas at 3 percent while Kansas City topped the list at 5.1 percent. Unemployment was 3.5 percent in Jefferson City, 4.1 percent in Joplin, 4.7 percent in St. Joseph, 4.8 percent in St. Louis and 3.6 percent in Springfield.

Putting Missouri in the pocket of big business sorta seems to be putting big business's money into the pockets of Missourians, no?