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Kansas City

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Kansas City Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2023
Mountain-Plains - Consumer Prices Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Apr 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Mountain Plains Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2025
Kansas City Area Employment – November 2022 Employment News Release Dec 2022
Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas – Fourth Quarter 2021 Employment News Release Aug 2022
Consumer Price Index, Kansas City – Second Half 2017 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Kansas City — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Annual averages U.S., Denver, Kansas City, and St. Louis Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2018
Kansas City, Mo.-Ks., Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Feb 2023
Mountain-Plains CPI Blue Card (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2017
Kansas City, MO-KS Economy at a Glance:
Kansas City, MO-KS
Data Series Back
Data
Sept
2024
Oct
2024
Nov
2024
Dec
2024
Jan
2025
Feb
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

(m)1,187.8 (m)1,186.9 (m)1,181.6 (m)1,182.2 1,196.4 (p)1,199.6

Employment(1)

(m)1,150.0 (m)1,145.8 (m)1,142.4 (m)1,144.2 1,146.4 (p)1,148.3

Unemployment(1)

(m)37.8 (m)41.1 (m)39.2 (m)38.0 50.0 (p)51.3

Unemployment Rate(2)

(m)3.2 (m)3.5 (m)3.3 (m)3.2 4.2 (p)4.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

1,153.4 1,156.3 1,156.3 1,159.1 (p)1,124.4  

12-month % change

1.3 1.1 0.7 0.9 (p)0.1  

Mining and Logging(3)

0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 (p)0.9  

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 -10.0 (p)0.0  

Construction(3)

62.4 61.9 61.8 60.0 (p)56.3  

12-month % change

4.7 3.2 3.5 1.4 (p)2.7  

Manufacturing(3)

91.0 89.7 91.3 91.0 (p)86.9  

12-month % change

1.2 3.3 1.9 0.2 (p)-2.5  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

230.5 230.9 233.0 237.4 (p)228.8  

12-month % change

0.5 -0.2 -1.2 -0.3 (p)-0.6  

Information(3)

17.0 17.1 16.8 16.9 (p)16.4  

12-month % change

-3.4 -1.2 -2.3 -1.7 (p)-5.7  

Financial Activities(3)

77.6 78.2 78.3 79.9 (p)79.5  

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.4 2.4 (p)2.3  

Professional and Business Services(3)

184.6 185.1 186.2 185.8 (p)179.0  

12-month % change

-0.5 -1.6 -0.7 0.0 (p)-1.6  

Education and Health Services(3)

175.4 178.2 178.9 177.7 (p)176.8  

12-month % change

4.0 4.1 4.0 3.6 (p)3.7  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

118.1 117.0 111.2 111.4 (p)104.7  

12-month % change

0.6 0.2 -1.8 -1.4 (p)-4.8  

Other Services(3)

42.1 42.3 42.3 42.6 (p)41.9  

12-month % change

3.2 3.4 3.4 3.9 (p)3.7  

Government(3)

153.8 155.0 155.6 155.5 (p)153.2  

12-month % change

1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 (p)2.0  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(m) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(p) Preliminary

Data Series Back
Data
2nd Half
2016
1st Half
2017
2nd Half
2017

Consumer Price Index: Kansas City MO-KS

CPI-U, All items(1)

225.156 227.427 228.995

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(1)

  0.9 2.0 1.7

CPI-W, All items(2)

215.325 217.374 219.305

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(2)

  0.7 2.0 1.8

Footnotes
(1) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.