Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Kansas City rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2018 to 3.7%. 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 5.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.4% in March 2018, 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	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
Missouri	3.6%	0.0	-0.1
Kansas City	3.7%	+0.1	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2018 data as June 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 54,599 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 38,847 in March 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,814. Kansas City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Kansas City, Missouri) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Kansas City	41,661	+1,065	-324

Number of Unemployed Persons

Kansas City, Missouri Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployment Rate	Kansas City Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	3.6%	3.7%	41,661
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
November 2017	4.1%	3.6%	3.7%	41,825
October 2017	4.1%	3.6%	3.7%	41,564
September 2017	4.2%	3.6%	3.7%	41,719
August 2017	4.4%	3.6%	3.8%	42,551
July 2017	4.3%	3.6%	3.8%	42,482