Kansas Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 1,107,000 | - | 3.1 | - |
| 1979 | 1,137,000 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 0.3 |
| 1980 | 1,131,000 | -0.5 | 4.5 | 1.1 |
| 1981 | 1,140,000 | 0.8 | 4.2 | -0.3 |
| 1982 | 1,111,000 | -2.5 | 6.2 | 2.0 |
| 1983 | 1,114,000 | 0.3 | 6.1 | -0.2 |
| 1984 | 1,133,000 | 1.7 | 5.3 | -0.8 |
| 1985 | 1,176,000 | 3.8 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| 1986 | 1,169,000 | -0.6 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| 1987 | 1,205,000 | 3.1 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
| 1988 | 1,221,000 | 1.3 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| 1989 | 1,233,000 | 1.0 | 4.0 | -0.7 |
| 1990 | 1,218,863 | -1.1 | 4.5 | 0.4 |
| 1991 | 1,214,128 | -0.4 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| 1992 | 1,255,435 | 3.4 | 4.3 | -0.2 |
| 1993 | 1,256,952 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 0.8 |
| 1994 | 1,259,474 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| 1995 | 1,296,202 | 2.9 | 4.4 | -0.9 |
| 1996 | 1,311,843 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| 1997 | 1,329,797 | 1.4 | 3.9 | -0.5 |
| 1998 | 1,348,793 | 1.4 | 3.8 | -0.1 |
| 1999 | 1,359,908 | 0.8 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
| 2000 | 1,351,988 | -0.6 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| 2001 | 1,347,715 | -0.3 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| 2002 | 1,350,960 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 0.8 |
| 2003 | 1,364,787 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
| 2004 | 1,381,343 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | 1,393,319 | 0.9 | 5.1 | -0.4 |
| 2006 | 1,410,048 | 1.2 | 4.3 | -0.7 |
| 2007 | 1,425,049 | 1.1 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
| 2008 | 1,431,340 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.3 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 1,274,373 | 3.0 | 5.4 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 1,282,914 | 3.6 | 4.6 | -1.3 |
| Mar | 1,285,480 | 3.0 | 4.6 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 1,292,322 | 3.4 | 4.5 | -0.9 |
| May | 1,287,307 | 2.6 | 4.5 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 1,310,946 | 2.2 | 4.5 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 1,316,979 | 2.8 | 4.7 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 1,297,730 | 2.9 | 4.2 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 1,294,767 | 3.2 | 4.2 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 1,304,534 | 3.2 | 4.0 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 1,306,189 | 2.5 | 4.0 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 1,300,881 | 2.6 | 3.5 | -1.0 |
| 1996-Jan | 1,281,645 | 0.6 | 4.8 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 1,293,744 | 0.8 | 4.2 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 1,298,635 | 1.0 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 1,303,072 | 0.8 | 4.2 | -0.3 |
| May | 1,303,542 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 1,330,178 | 1.5 | 4.4 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 1,334,532 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 1,315,114 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 1,313,851 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 0.1 |
| Oct | 1,323,244 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 1,323,550 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 1,321,008 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| 1997-Jan | 1,303,590 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 1,309,364 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 1,317,850 | 1.5 | 4.1 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 1,325,089 | 1.7 | 3.7 | -0.5 |
| May | 1,324,852 | 1.6 | 3.8 | -0.7 |
| Jun | 1,346,174 | 1.2 | 4.0 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 1,350,659 | 1.2 | 3.9 | -0.9 |
| Aug | 1,332,237 | 1.3 | 3.7 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 1,326,889 | 1.0 | 3.9 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 1,335,679 | 0.9 | 3.7 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 1,344,009 | 1.5 | 3.5 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 1,341,171 | 1.5 | 3.2 | -0.6 |
| 1998-Jan | 1,325,606 | 1.7 | 4.2 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 1,332,988 | 1.8 | 3.5 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 1,338,111 | 1.5 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 1,344,175 | 1.4 | 3.3 | -0.4 |
| May | 1,341,189 | 1.2 | 3.6 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 1,362,080 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 1,365,957 | 1.1 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 1,347,065 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 1,349,411 | 1.7 | 3.8 | -0.1 |
| Oct | 1,356,515 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 0.1 |
| Nov | 1,362,166 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 1,360,252 | 1.4 | 3.1 | -0.1 |
| 1999-Jan | 1,347,463 | 1.6 | 3.9 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,351,935 | 1.4 | 3.4 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 1,354,618 | 1.2 | 3.4 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,355,998 | 0.9 | 3.3 | -0.1 |
| May | 1,357,016 | 1.2 | 3.3 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 1,379,421 | 1.3 | 3.8 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 1,374,834 | 0.6 | 4.1 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 1,356,738 | 0.7 | 3.6 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 1,353,325 | 0.3 | 3.6 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 1,360,665 | 0.3 | 3.2 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 1,364,492 | 0.2 | 3.6 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 1,362,396 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| 2000-Jan | 1,345,611 | -0.1 | 4.0 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 1,351,056 | -0.1 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 1,350,927 | -0.3 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 1,358,934 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| May | 1,347,161 | -0.7 | 3.7 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 1,370,078 | -0.7 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 1,364,285 | -0.8 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 1,342,348 | -1.1 | 4.0 | 0.4 |
| Sep | 1,339,439 | -1.0 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 1,348,468 | -0.9 | 3.9 | 0.7 |
| Nov | 1,350,460 | -1.0 | 3.8 | 0.2 |
| Dec | 1,355,093 | -0.5 | 3.3 | 0.2 |
| 2001-Jan | 1,338,722 | -0.5 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
| Feb | 1,342,930 | -0.6 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 1,345,070 | -0.4 | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| Apr | 1,351,722 | -0.5 | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| May | 1,344,498 | -0.2 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 1,364,110 | -0.4 | 4.3 | 0.6 |
| Jul | 1,365,728 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 1,337,080 | -0.4 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 1,342,484 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 1,345,986 | -0.2 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| Nov | 1,346,203 | -0.3 | 4.7 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 1,348,048 | -0.5 | 4.2 | 0.9 |
| 2002-Jan | 1,325,040 | -1.0 | 5.7 | 1.1 |
| Feb | 1,340,364 | -0.2 | 5.2 | 1.0 |
| Mar | 1,340,237 | -0.4 | 5.3 | 1.0 |
| Apr | 1,349,961 | -0.1 | 4.9 | 1.1 |
| May | 1,347,561 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 1,364,748 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 1.0 |
| Jul | 1,365,819 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1.2 |
| Aug | 1,347,395 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
| Sep | 1,354,939 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 1,360,023 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 1,357,378 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 1,358,053 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
| 2003-Jan | 1,348,350 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 1,354,880 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 1,356,472 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Apr | 1,366,862 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
| May | 1,359,260 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 0.5 |
| Jun | 1,380,417 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 0.9 |
| Jul | 1,377,253 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 0.7 |
| Aug | 1,357,025 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 1,358,958 | 0.3 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| Oct | 1,369,716 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 1,374,723 | 1.3 | 5.6 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 1,373,522 | 1.1 | 5.2 | 0.7 |
| 2004-Jan | 1,364,797 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 0.3 |
| Feb | 1,369,930 | 1.1 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| Mar | 1,369,632 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 1,379,387 | 0.9 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| May | 1,375,258 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 1,397,072 | 1.2 | 5.8 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 1,399,904 | 1.6 | 5.9 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 1,379,880 | 1.7 | 5.6 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 1,378,229 | 1.4 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 1,385,858 | 1.2 | 5.2 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 1,389,733 | 1.1 | 5.3 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 1,386,441 | 0.9 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| 2005-Jan | 1,375,196 | 0.8 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,378,268 | 0.6 | 5.6 | -0.2 |
| Mar | 1,380,340 | 0.8 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,390,564 | 0.8 | 4.8 | -0.4 |
| May | 1,388,186 | 0.9 | 4.9 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 1,408,708 | 0.8 | 5.2 | -0.6 |
| Jul | 1,410,009 | 0.7 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 1,392,544 | 0.9 | 5.0 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 1,392,638 | 1.0 | 5.0 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 1,402,099 | 1.2 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 1,400,861 | 0.8 | 5.0 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 1,400,410 | 1.0 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
| 2006-Jan | 1,386,305 | 0.8 | 4.9 | -0.9 |
| Feb | 1,390,996 | 0.9 | 4.7 | -0.9 |
| Mar | 1,394,434 | 1.0 | 4.6 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 1,405,942 | 1.1 | 4.0 | -0.8 |
| May | 1,403,991 | 1.1 | 4.1 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 1,425,172 | 1.2 | 4.5 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 1,424,575 | 1.0 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 1,406,838 | 1.0 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 1,409,106 | 1.2 | 4.2 | -0.8 |
| Oct | 1,422,947 | 1.5 | 3.9 | -0.8 |
| Nov | 1,425,106 | 1.7 | 4.1 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 1,425,159 | 1.8 | 3.9 | -0.6 |
| 2007-Jan | 1,409,452 | 1.7 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 1,412,221 | 1.5 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 1,418,247 | 1.7 | 4.1 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 1,422,288 | 1.2 | 3.7 | -0.3 |
| May | 1,418,901 | 1.1 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 1,441,974 | 1.2 | 4.2 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 1,440,161 | 1.1 | 4.5 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 1,417,092 | 0.7 | 4.0 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 1,424,573 | 1.1 | 4.0 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 1,430,326 | 0.5 | 3.5 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 1,436,503 | 0.8 | 3.8 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 1,428,846 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 0.1 |
| 2008-Jan | 1,419,315 | 0.7 | 4.3 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 1,419,939 | 0.5 | 4.0 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 1,423,696 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| Apr | 1,436,904 | 1.0 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
| May | 1,430,194 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 1,451,735 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 1,449,329 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 1,425,611 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 1,427,447 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
| Oct | 1,433,933 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.8 |
| Nov | 1,433,293 | -0.2 | 4.7 | 0.9 |
| Dec | 1,424,686 | -0.3 | 4.9 | 0.9 |
| 2009-Jan | 1,406,102 | -0.9 | 6.4 | 2.1 |
| Feb | 1,409,936 | -0.7 | 6.2 | 2.2 |
| Mar | 1,407,767 | -1.1 | 6.4 | 2.3 |
| Apr | 1,421,463 | -1.1 | 6.2 | 2.7 |
| May | 1,417,742 | -0.9 | 6.9 | 2.8 |
| Jun | 1,433,962 | -1.2 | 7.1 | 2.7 |
| Jul | 1,436,742 | -0.9 | 7.8 | 2.9 |
| Aug | 1,411,966 | -1.0 | 7.2 | 2.5 |
| Sep | 1,420,600 | -0.5 | 6.8 | 2.2 |
| Oct | 1,426,344 | -0.5 | 6.4 | 2.1 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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