Preliminary estimates reported by the Kansas Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics show a seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 3.1 percent in January. This was unchanged from 3.1 percent in December and a decrease from 3.3 percent in January 2019. The Kansas labor market showed improvement in 2019, with Kansas employers adding 7,300 jobs.Seasonally adjusted job estimates indicate total Kansas nonfarm jobs increased by 2,900 from December. Private sector jobs, a subset of total nonfarm jobs, increased by 1,700 from the previous month, while government gained 1,200 jobs. The Wichita area unemployment rate in January was 3.7 percent ... up from 3.2 perceNt in December ... but down from 3.9 in January last year. The Wichita area includes Sedgwick, Sumner, Butler, Harvey, and Kingman counties.
Kansas unemployment rate unchanged in January
By Steve McIntosh
Mar 06, 2020
Mar 06, 2020 09:48 AM
