Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2023 to 2.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in Kansas City peaked in April 2020 at 12.4% and is now 9.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.4% in May 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Kansas City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | April 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.4% | -0.1 | -0.2 |
Missouri | 2.5% | 0.0 | +0.2 |
Kansas City | 2.7% | 0.0 | +0.2 |
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 137,942. There are now 105,827 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 27,430 in June 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 4,685. Kansas City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kansas City, Missouri) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | April 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
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Kansas City | 32,115 | +825 | +2,837 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Missouri Unemployment Rate |
Kansas City Unemployment Rate |
Kansas City Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 2023 |
3.7% | — | — | — |
April 2023 |
3.4% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 32,115 |
March 2023 |
3.5% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 31,290 |
February 2023 |
3.6% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 31,112 |
January 2023 |
3.4% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 31,044 |
December 2022 |
3.5% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 30,848 |
November 2022 |
3.6% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 30,997 |
October 2022 |
3.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 30,864 |
September 2022 |
3.5% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 29,972 |
August 2022 |
3.7% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 28,720 |
July 2022 |
3.5% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 27,681 |
June 2022 |
3.6% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 27,430 |
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. ↩