Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2019 to 3.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in Kansas City peaked in December 2009 at 9.1% and is now 5.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.1% in September 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Kansas City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Missouri	3.2%	0.0	-0.3
Kansas City	3.3%	-0.1	-0.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 96,260. There are now 58,385 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 35,080 in October 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,795. Kansas City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kansas City, Missouri) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kansas City	37,875	-729	-1,514

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.3%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.2%	3.3%	37,875
January 2019	4.0%	3.2%	3.4%	38,604
December 2018	3.9%	3.1%	3.3%	38,349
November 2018	3.7%	3.1%	3.2%	36,111
October 2018	3.8%	3.0%	3.1%	35,080
September 2018	3.7%	3.0%	3.1%	35,152
August 2018	3.8%	3.0%	3.2%	36,036
July 2018	3.9%	3.0%	3.4%	38,556
June 2018	4.0%	3.1%	3.5%	39,786
May 2018	3.8%	3.2%	3.7%	41,589
April 2018	3.9%	3.3%	3.6%	40,596