Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City fell 0.0 percentage points in October 2018 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 9.1% and is now 6.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.1% in September 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Kansas City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Missouri	3.1%	-0.1	-0.5
Kansas City	3.1%	0.0	-0.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November 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 61,148 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	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kansas City	35,112	-40	-6,452

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	3.1%	3.1%	35,112
September 2018	3.7%	3.2%	3.1%	35,152
August 2018	3.9%	3.3%	3.2%	36,036
July 2018	3.9%	3.4%	3.4%	38,556
June 2018	4.0%	3.5%	3.5%	39,786
May 2018	3.8%	3.6%	3.7%	41,589
April 2018	3.9%	3.6%	3.6%	40,596
March 2018	4.1%	3.6%	3.4%	38,847
February 2018	4.1%	3.7%	3.5%	39,389
January 2018	4.1%	3.7%	3.6%	41,166
December 2017	4.1%	3.7%	3.7%	41,749