Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City fell 0.1 percentage points in September 2019 to 3.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in Kansas City peaked in December 2009 at 9.2% and is now 6.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Kansas City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	September 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.5%	-0.2	-0.2
Missouri	3.1%	-0.1	+0.1
Kansas City	3.1%	-0.1	-0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with September 2019 data as October metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Kansas City, Missouri, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Kansas City peaked in March 2010 at 95,521. There are now 59,518 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Kansas City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kansas City, Missouri) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	September 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kansas City	36,003	-993	-361

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployed
October 2019	3.6%	—	—	—
September 2019	3.5%	3.1%	3.1%	36,003
August 2019	3.7%	3.2%	3.2%	36,996
July 2019	3.7%	3.3%	3.3%	37,676
June 2019	3.7%	3.3%	3.3%	37,522
May 2019	3.6%	3.3%	3.3%	37,882
April 2019	3.6%	3.3%	3.4%	38,211
March 2019	3.8%	3.3%	3.4%	38,258
February 2019	3.8%	3.2%	3.3%	37,570
January 2019	4.0%	3.2%	3.3%	37,443
December 2018	3.9%	3.1%	3.3%	37,038
November 2018	3.7%	3.1%	3.2%	36,886