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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Missouri, Kansas > Kansas City

Kansas City

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Kansas City Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Dec 2023
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2023
Kansas City Area Employment — August 2023 Employment News Release Sep 2023
Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas – Fourth Quarter 2022 Employment News Release Aug 2023
Consumer Price Index, Kansas City – Second Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Kansas City — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2023
Annual averages U.S., Denver, Kansas City, and St. Louis Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2018
Kansas City, MO-KS, Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Nov 2023
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Kansas City, MO-KS Economy at a Glance:
Kansas City, MO-KS
Data Series Back
Data		 May
2023		 June
2023		 July
2023		 Aug
2023		 Sept
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,184.6 1,194.8 1,210.7 1,186.2 1,177.4 (p)1,174.2

Employment(1)

 1,151.4 1,158.2 1,172.6 1,145.4 1,145.3 (p)1,136.3

Unemployment(1)

 33.1 36.6 38.2 40.9 32.0 (p)38.0

Unemployment Rate(2)

 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.4 2.7 (p)3.2

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,144.8 1,155.7 1,150.4 1,139.0 1,144.0 (p)1,149.5

12-month % change

 3.1 3.9 3.1 1.8 2.1 (p)1.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 61.4 62.5 62.8 61.5 60.3 (p)59.4

12-month % change

 6.4 6.1 5.5 3.9 2.7 (p)1.5

Manufacturing(3)

 84.9 87.7 87.0 81.1 86.3 (p)84.0

12-month % change

 1.4 4.0 2.5 -5.3 0.6 (p)-2.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 223.9 226.5 225.7 224.6 225.0 (p)228.0

12-month % change

 0.1 1.1 0.7 -0.2 0.4 (p)-0.1

Information(3)

 16.9 16.9 16.9 16.9 16.7 (p)16.7

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 1.2 1.8 -2.3 (p)-2.3

Financial Activities(3)

 80.5 81.4 80.9 80.6 80.8 (p)81.8

12-month % change

 3.9 5.0 3.3 3.3 4.3 (p)4.1

Professional and Business Services(3)

 197.6 197.6 198.1 195.8 194.9 (p)197.7

12-month % change

 4.5 4.5 2.6 1.0 1.5 (p)2.1

Education and Health Services(3)

 165.9 167.0 168.3 168.1 166.6 (p)169.3

12-month % change

 3.6 5.2 5.1 4.5 3.3 (p)2.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 120.1 122.3 121.2 120.0 117.8 (p)115.6

12-month % change

 7.8 7.1 5.9 4.6 3.8 (p)1.9

Other Services(3)

 44.8 45.3 45.3 45.2 44.9 (p)45.2

12-month % change

 1.6 2.3 1.6 1.8 1.6 (p)1.3

Government(3)

 148.8 148.5 144.2 145.2 150.7 (p)151.8

12-month % change

 1.8 2.6 2.9 3.2 3.2 (p)3.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary