According to the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Kansas City, MO-KS, ranks 115th out of 372 metropolitan areas in the United States. The Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area unemployment dropped from 5.4% to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.9%.
Kansas City is setting a good pace for the rest of the nation by moving up from an unemployment rate of 5.9% in July 2013, and has risen at a steady pace since August 2013.
Bureau of Labor, Economy at Glance (2)
Kansas City, MO-KS
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Data Dates |
Oct 2013 |
Nov 2013 |
Dec 2013 |
|
Civilian Labor Force |
1,487.9 | 1,487.7 | 1,487.4 |
|
Employment |
1,405.2 | 1,411.4 | 1,414.8 |
|
Unemployment |
82.8 | 76.3 | 72.6 |
|
Unemployment Rate |
5.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
