Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City rose 0.1 percentage points in November 2022 to 2.7%. 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 April 2020 at 12.2% and is now 9.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.6% in September 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Kansas City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.6% | -0.1 | -0.6 |
Missouri | 2.7% | +0.1 | -1.2 |
Kansas City | 2.7% | +0.1 | -0.9 |
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 April 2020 at 134,482. There are now 103,565 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 29,316 in September 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,601. Kansas City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kansas City, Missouri) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
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Kansas City | 30,917 | +760 | -10,340 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Missouri Unemployment Rate |
Kansas City Unemployment Rate |
Kansas City Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2022 |
3.5% | — | — | — |
November 2022 |
3.6% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 30,917 |
October 2022 |
3.7% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 30,157 |
September 2022 |
3.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 29,316 |
August 2022 |
3.7% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 30,591 |
July 2022 |
3.5% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 31,592 |
June 2022 |
3.6% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 33,610 |
May 2022 |
3.6% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 35,720 |
April 2022 |
3.6% | 3.4% | 3.3% | 37,592 |
March 2022 |
3.6% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 39,224 |
February 2022 |
3.8% | 3.7% | 3.5% | 39,978 |
January 2022 |
4.0% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 40,227 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩