Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City fell 0.0 percentage points in March 2020 to 3.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in Kansas City peaked in December 2009 at 9.2% and is now 5.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.2% in August 2018, 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	March 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.4%	+0.9	+0.6
Missouri	3.9%	+0.4	+0.7
Kansas City	3.3%	0.0	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2020 data as April 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 95,555. There are now 57,467 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 35,725 in September 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,363. Kansas City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kansas City, Missouri) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kansas City	38,088	+723	+1,273

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployed
April 2020	14.7%	9.7%	—	—
March 2020	4.4%	3.9%	3.3%	38,088
February 2020	3.5%	3.5%	3.3%	37,365
January 2020	3.6%	3.5%	3.3%	37,868
December 2019	3.5%	3.4%	3.3%	38,498
November 2019	3.5%	3.4%	3.3%	38,063
October 2019	3.6%	3.4%	3.3%	37,564
September 2019	3.5%	3.3%	3.2%	37,116
August 2019	3.7%	3.2%	3.2%	36,747
July 2019	3.7%	3.2%	3.2%	36,500
June 2019	3.7%	3.1%	3.2%	36,386
May 2019	3.6%	3.1%	3.2%	36,444