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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Mountain-Plains > Table

Kansas City, Mo.-Ks., Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Kansas City metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (in thousands)
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Kansas City, Mo.-Ks. MSA

 1,076.0 1,081.3 1,083.0 1,080.6 1,081.3 1,080.2 1,081.9 1,087.7 1,090.2 1,091.6 1,097.1 1,099.2 1,098.5 -0.7 -0.1

Kansas

 1,375.1 1,385.6 1,392.5 1,392.9 1,393.9 1,393.0 1,397.3 1,402.1 1,401.6 1,405.4 1,415.1 1,416.9 1,417.4 0.5 0.0

Missouri

 2,885.7 2,895.3 2,904.5 2,904.6 2,900.4 2,899.1 2,902.4 2,927.9 2,923.8 2,927.9 2,932.1 2,938.3 2,933.3 -5.0 -0.2

United States

 149,240 149,744 150,458 150,856 151,224 151,610 151,903 152,440 152,732 153,001 153,264 153,520 153,743 223 0.1

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Kansas City metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

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Total Nonfarm

 1,080.6 1,104.9 1,104.0 23.4 2.2 479.5 487.9 489.6 10.1 2.1 601.1 617.0 614.4 13.3 2.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 56.0 60.8 60.0 4.0 7.1 22.6 24.8 24.7 2.1 9.3 33.4 36.0 35.3 1.9 5.7

Manufacturing

 79.0 81.1 81.1 2.1 2.7 34.3 36.1 36.3 2.0 5.8 44.7 45.0 44.8 0.1 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 224.3 223.3 226.3 2.0 0.9 109.9 109.0 111.0 1.1 1.0 114.4 114.3 115.3 0.9 0.8

Information

 16.2 16.2 16.2 0.0 0.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 0.2 2.8 9.1 9.0 8.9 -0.2 -2.2

Financial Activities

 78.0 76.5 76.9 -1.1 -1.4 36.4 34.1 34.1 -2.3 -6.3 41.6 42.4 42.8 1.2 2.9

Professional & Business Services

 181.8 189.3 188.1 6.3 3.5 85.4 88.1 88.1 2.7 3.2 96.4 101.2 100.0 3.6 3.7

Education & Health Services

 153.5 163.2 162.9 9.4 6.1 69.6 72.8 72.8 3.2 4.6 83.9 90.4 90.1 6.2 7.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 103.7 105.9 104.1 0.4 0.4 39.5 40.2 39.9 0.4 1.0 64.2 65.7 64.2 0.0 0.0

Other Services

 41.2 42.6 42.7 1.5 3.6 17.0 17.4 17.4 0.4 2.4 24.2 25.2 25.3 1.1 4.5

Government

 146.9 146.0 145.7 -1.2 -0.8 57.7 58.2 58.0 0.3 0.5 89.2 87.8 87.7 -1.5 -1.7

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector for Kansas, Missouri, and the United States, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

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Total Nonfarm

 1,386.1 1,430.2 1,427.6 41.5 3.0 2,898.5 2,964.6 2,946.9 48.4 1.7 150,352 155,015 154,771 4,419 2.9

Mining & Logging(1)

 5.9 6.1 6.3 0.4 6.8 4.6 4.7 4.6 0.0 0.0 589 641 643 54 9.2

Construction(1)

 65.1 68.6 68.5 3.4 5.2 136.2 146.8 138.9 2.7 2.0 7,449 7,822 7,691 242 3.2

Manufacturing

 163.3 171.0 171.7 8.4 5.1 270.3 276.9 277.9 7.6 2.8 12,579 12,936 12,947 368 2.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 272.7 275.1 279.1 6.4 2.3 565.8 558.1 563.8 -2.0 -0.4 29,043 29,241 29,512 469 1.6

Information

 17.8 18.9 18.8 1.0 5.6 47.3 46.5 46.0 -1.3 -2.7 2,925 3,081 3,066 141 4.8

Financial Activities

 74.8 72.6 72.9 -1.9 -2.5 176.6 181.9 183.0 6.4 3.6 8,893 9,012 9,029 136 1.5

Professional & Business Services

 168.7 174.9 172.0 3.3 2.0 384.1 401.9 398.1 14.0 3.6 21,964 22,700 22,541 577 2.6

Education & Health Services

 195.7 203.0 203.0 7.3 3.7 480.4 495.4 491.5 11.1 2.3 24,090 25,102 25,052 962 4.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 121.9 130.2 128.9 7.0 5.7 283.1 297.0 287.4 4.3 1.5 14,804 15,812 15,766 962 6.5

Other Services

 47.9 50.3 50.1 2.2 4.6 115.3 118.6 119.8 4.5 3.9 5,586 5,768 5,759 173 3.1

Government

 252.3 259.5 256.3 4.0 1.6 434.8 436.8 435.9 1.1 0.3 22,430 22,900 22,765 335 1.5

(1) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Kansas City metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Kansas City, Mo.-Ks. MSA

 32,833 39,521 42,606 37,862 27,093 30,493 29,273 37,744 35,289 24,874 30,380 28,176 28,144   -4,689 -14.3

Johnson, Ks.

 5,359 7,523 7,440 7,609 5,926 7,247 8,277 10,216 9,067 7,535 8,204 7,631 7,898   2,539 47.4

Leavenworth, Ks.

 751 1,085 1,095 1,098 819 964 1,067 1,333 1,189 986 1,055 976 1,014   263 35.0

Linn, Ks.

 113 185 190 191 133 160 173 199 177 142 154 137 159   46 40.7

Miami, Ks.

 320 472 453 476 343 404 464 545 476 411 440 404 456   136 42.5

Wyandotte, Ks.

 2,087 2,918 3,045 2,915 2,232 2,484 2,817 3,397 3,008 2,531 2,739 2,588 2,556   469 22.5

Bates, Mo.

 265 329 313 304 183 222 187 228 233 132 179 184 196   -69 -26.0

Caldwell, Mo.

 141 160 227 159 92 114 108 144 138 75 125 104 99   -42 -29.8

Cass, Mo.

 1,622 2,007 1,859 1,844 1,209 1,394 1,165 1,498 1,574 942 1,247 1,231 1,210   -412 -25.4

Clay, Mo.

 4,800 4,993 6,721 4,633 3,205 3,545 3,122 4,429 3,963 2,439 3,661 2,981 2,879   -1,921 -40.0

Clinton, Mo.

 372 418 602 399 258 282 275 396 347 187 315 237 238   -134 -36.0

Jackson, Mo.

 14,228 16,289 17,095 15,336 10,759 11,463 9,681 12,710 12,688 8,016 10,205 9,895 9,662   -4,566 -32.1

Lafayette, Mo.

 519 656 706 599 396 448 392 538 516 304 410 376 373   -146 -28.1

Platte, Mo.

 1,761 2,026 1,985 1,850 1,249 1,443 1,197 1,521 1,527 961 1,284 1,174 1,157   -604 -34.3

Ray, Mo.

 495 460 875 449 289 323 348 590 386 213 362 258 247   -248 -50.1

Kansas

 29,276 39,718 39,093 39,957 30,948 36,862 42,031 51,202 44,864 37,251 40,000 37,331 39,199   9,923 33.9

Missouri

 104,116 125,259 114,104 110,651 74,825 85,171 71,898 90,285 92,577 56,292 73,310 72,615 70,944   -33,172 -31.9

United States (in thousands)

 5,964 7,207 6,782 6,168 5,458 5,548 6,334 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352   -612 -10.3

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Unemployment rate, Kansas City metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Kansas City, Mo.-Ks. MSA

 2.9 3.4 3.7 3.3 2.4 2.7 2.6 3.2 3.1 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.4   -0.5

Johnson, Ks.

 1.6 2.2 2.1 2.2 1.7 2.1 2.3 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.3   0.7

Leavenworth, Ks.

 2.0 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 3.5 3.2 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.7   0.7

Linn, Ks.

 2.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.1 3.7 3.9 4.5 4.1 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.6   1.0

Miami, Ks.

 1.8 2.6 2.5 2.7 1.9 2.2 2.5 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.5   0.7

Wyandotte, Ks.

 2.7 3.8 3.9 3.8 2.9 3.2 3.6 4.3 3.9 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.3   0.6

Bates, Mo.

 3.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 2.4 2.9 2.4 3.0 3.1 1.7 2.4 2.5 2.6   -0.9

Caldwell, Mo.

 3.4 3.8 5.2 3.8 2.2 2.7 2.5 3.4 3.3 1.8 3.0 2.5 2.3   -1.1

Cass, Mo.

 3.0 3.6 3.4 3.4 2.2 2.6 2.1 2.7 2.9 1.7 2.3 2.3 2.2   -0.8

Clay, Mo.

 3.5 3.6 4.8 3.4 2.3 2.6 2.3 3.2 2.9 1.8 2.6 2.2 2.1   -1.4

Clinton, Mo.

 3.5 3.9 5.6 3.8 2.4 2.7 2.6 3.7 3.3 1.8 3.0 2.3 2.3   -1.2

Jackson, Mo.

 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.2 3.0 3.2 2.7 3.5 3.5 2.2 2.8 2.8 2.7   -1.3

Lafayette, Mo.

 3.2 3.9 4.2 3.6 2.4 2.7 2.3 3.2 3.1 1.8 2.5 2.3 2.2   -1.0

Platte, Mo.

 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.1 2.4 2.0 2.5 2.5 1.6 2.1 2.0 1.9   -1.1

Ray, Mo.

 4.6 4.2 7.7 4.1 2.7 3.0 3.2 5.3 3.6 2.0 3.3 2.4 2.3   -2.3

Kansas

 2.0 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.1 2.5 2.8 3.4 3.0 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.6   0.6

Missouri

 3.4 4.1 3.7 3.6 2.4 2.8 2.3 2.9 3.0 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.3   -1.1

United States

 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3   -0.4

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NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Covered(1)employment and wages, Kansas City metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2022(2)
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Kansas City, Mo.-Ks. MSA

 72,527 4,598 1,053,347 26,863 2.6 $1,199 4.9 $16,406,984 8.1

Johnson, Ks.

 27,502 2,687 357,372 10,002 2.9 1,276 2.3 5,954,746 6.1

Leavenworth, Ks.

 1,540 78 20,545 87 0.4 1,060 9.8 285,433 11.0

Linn, Ks.

 256 2 2,141 104 5.1 893 3.0 24,455 8.6

Miami, Ks.

 873 39 8,434 -181 -2.1 920 11.1 101,967 11.4

Wyandotte, Ks.

 3,655 183 89,034 2,833 3.3 1,123 4.6 1,303,862 8.4

Bates, Mo.

 457 2 3,772 89 2.4 754 5.2 36,510 6.9

Caldwell, Mo.

 225 1 1,967 19 1.0 741 -1.6 19,268 2.6

Cass, Mo.

 2,476 113 29,920 1,890 6.7 850 4.2 329,839 12.2

Clay, Mo.

 6,399 283 108,314 4,046 3.9 1,128 12.2 1,574,980 16.4

Clinton, Mo.

 466 22 4,405 253 6.1 849 6.8 47,882 12.0

Jackson, Mo.

 24,329 994 368,440 4,418 1.2 1,252 5.7 5,973,344 7.2

Lafayette, Mo.

 927 57 8,792 133 1.5 774 4.6 87,528 5.6

Platte, Mo.

 2,972 121 46,004 3,121 7.3 1,051 5.0 624,211 11.8

Ray, Mo.

 450 16 4,207 49 1.2 792 3.8 42,961 5.7

Kansas

 93,827 4,198 1,381,206 20,689 1.5 $1,039 4.6 $18,735,762 7.0

Missouri

 231,648 13,604 2,851,967 91,557 3.3 1,106 5.1 40,803,631 8.6

United States

 11,460,819 646,560 149,901,995 5,716,182 4.0 1,294 4.3 2,517,903,681 9.0

(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages