Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City fell 0.1 percentage points in August 2019 to 3.2%. 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 9.2% and is now 6.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.2% in August 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	August 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.1
Missouri	3.2%	-0.1	+0.2
Kansas City	3.2%	-0.1	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with August 2019 data as September 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 95,521. There are now 58,514 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 36,364 in September 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 643. Kansas City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kansas City, Missouri) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	August 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kansas City	37,007	-669	+486

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployed
September 2019	3.5%	3.1%	—	—
August 2019	3.7%	3.2%	3.2%	37,007
July 2019	3.7%	3.3%	3.3%	37,676
June 2019	3.7%	3.3%	3.3%	37,522
May 2019	3.6%	3.3%	3.3%	37,882
April 2019	3.6%	3.3%	3.4%	38,211
March 2019	3.8%	3.3%	3.4%	38,258
February 2019	3.8%	3.2%	3.3%	37,570
January 2019	4.0%	3.2%	3.3%	37,443
December 2018	3.9%	3.1%	3.3%	37,038
November 2018	3.7%	3.1%	3.2%	36,886
October 2018	3.8%	3.0%	3.2%	36,564