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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

 1,150.6 1,152.2 1,150.4 1,150.3 1,153.7 1,143.4 1,147.1 1,149.3 1,146.9 1,148.8 1,146.0 1,153.0 1,147.8 -5.2 -0.5

Kansas

 1,462.4 1,460.1 1,452.4 1,459.2 1,458.9 1,456.3 1,457.6 1,458.3 1,461.6 1,463.4 1,463.5 1,457.1 1,452.4 -4.7 -0.3

Missouri

 2,987.9 2,992.3 2,999.4 2,994.6 3,000.0 2,981.4 2,992.4 3,001.2 2,998.6 3,006.9 3,012.3 3,027.7 3,021.8 -5.9 -0.2

United States

 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,518 159,540 22 0.0

(p) Preliminary

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

 1,152.3 1,153.5 1,151.0 -1.3 -0.1 3,013.9 39.8 1.3 1,438.5 -10.3 -0.7 159,410 1,340 0.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 63.4 66.9 67.1 3.7 5.8                        

Mining & Logging(2)

             4.6 0.0 0.0 6.1 -0.2 -3.2 617 -14 -2.2

Construction(2)

             157.0 6.7 4.5 72.7 -1.4 -1.9 8,505 47 0.6

Manufacturing

 91.3 90.3 91.2 -0.1 -0.1 283.9 -0.7 -0.2 175.5 0.3 0.2 12,783 -85 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 230.6 227.7 226.2 -4.4 -1.9 557.9 -2.8 -0.5 273.1 -1.4 -0.5 28,940 136 0.5

Information

 17.1 16.1 16.6 -0.5 -2.9 44.9 -2.2 -4.7 17.3 -0.1 -0.6 2,950 -6 -0.2

Financial Activities

 78.0 79.8 80.6 2.6 3.3 180.2 -1.6 -0.9 80.6 2.3 2.9 9,305 76 0.8

Professional & Business Services

 186.2 177.4 176.7 -9.5 -5.1 364.9 -7.3 -2.0 173.9 -2.3 -1.3 22,646 -68 -0.3

Education & Health Services

 175.7 182.9 180.7 5.0 2.8 540.8 18.6 3.6 216.3 2.7 1.3 27,169 847 3.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 120.6 120.9 119.2 -1.4 -1.2 336.9 13.9 4.3 133.6 -2.3 -1.7 17,688 221 1.3

Other Services

 42.2 43.5 43.7 1.5 3.6 115.8 1.4 1.2 55.6 0.2 0.4 6,099 74 1.2

Government

 147.2 148.0 149.0 1.8 1.2 427.0 13.8 3.3 233.8 -8.1 -3.3 22,708 112 0.5

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) 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

 47,357 38,213 41,529 39,641 38,370 50,032 51,234 49,821 45,593 45,374 51,004 55,085 53,194 5,837 12.3

Johnson, KS

 13,788 11,494 12,443 11,245 10,498 12,421 13,398 12,773 12,323 12,388 13,750 14,423 14,695 907 6.6

Leavenworth, KS

 1,566 1,334 1,456 1,350 1,292 1,686 1,752 1,576 1,470 1,436 1,649 1,759 1,748 182 11.6

Linn, KS

 249 210 209 220 213 303 309 234 222 239 255 283 294 45 18.1

Miami, KS

 734 631 672 636 600 789 792 735 652 644 731 761 779 45 6.1

Wyandotte, KS

 3,922 3,317 3,582 3,269 3,264 4,204 4,616 4,221 3,976 3,883 4,311 4,594 4,461 539 13.7

Bates, MO

 314 233 244 257 261 347 377 367 294 285 339 353 326 12 3.8

Caldwell, MO

 157 113 133 124 127 219 177 182 161 163 198 226 195 38 24.2

Cass, MO

 2,197 1,648 1,773 1,776 1,735 2,341 2,436 2,356 2,050 2,102 2,433 2,610 2,430 233 10.6

Clay, MO

 4,843 3,768 4,306 4,139 4,027 6,312 5,494 5,519 5,074 4,956 5,639 6,481 5,834 991 20.5

Clinton, MO

 428 291 327 318 328 516 482 452 395 388 460 540 463 35 8.2

Jackson, MO

 15,944 12,739 13,682 13,623 13,430 17,154 17,908 17,895 15,866 15,711 17,557 19,131 18,272 2,328 14.6

Lafayette, MO

 622 441 484 507 508 739 760 730 623 641 747 806 761 139 22.3

Platte, MO

 2,155 1,669 1,844 1,816 1,723 2,303 2,249 2,327 2,058 2,121 2,430 2,545 2,434 279 12.9

Ray, MO

 438 325 374 361 364 698 484 454 429 417 505 573 502 64 14.6

Kansas

 63,797 52,860 57,358 54,089 51,311 59,921 63,380 59,323 56,477 56,716 64,439 68,425 66,916 3,119 4.9

Missouri

 121,940 94,080 102,228 102,110 100,430 136,350 139,866 137,668 119,404 122,710 140,977 149,416 142,560 20,620 16.9

United States (in thousands)

 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 332 4.5

(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

 3.9 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.2 4.2 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.3 0.4

Johnson, KS

 3.8 3.2 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.0 0.2

Leavenworth, KS

 4.1 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.4 4.5 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.5 0.4

Linn, KS

 5.2 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.4 6.2 6.4 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.8 6.0 0.8

Miami, KS

 3.9 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.1 0.2

Wyandotte, KS

 4.7 4.0 4.3 4.0 4.0 5.1 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.4 5.3 0.6

Bates, MO

 4.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.5 4.6 4.9 4.8 3.8 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.4 0.2

Caldwell, MO

 3.8 2.7 3.2 3.0 3.1 5.2 4.2 4.3 3.8 3.9 4.6 5.2 4.6 0.8

Cass, MO

 3.7 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.5 4.0 4.3 4.0 0.3

Clay, MO

 3.3 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.8 4.4 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.9 4.4 4.0 0.7

Clinton, MO

 4.0 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 4.9 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.7 4.3 4.9 4.3 0.3

Jackson, MO

 4.1 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.1 4.1 4.5 4.9 4.7 0.6

Lafayette, MO

 3.6 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.0 4.3 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.8 4.3 4.6 4.4 0.8

Platte, MO

 3.4 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 0.4

Ray, MO

 3.8 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.2 5.9 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.6 4.3 4.8 4.2 0.4

Kansas

 4.1 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.3 0.2

Missouri

 3.9 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.5 0.6

United States

 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 0.1

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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 employment and wages(1), Kansas City metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2025(2)
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Kansas City, MO-KS MSA

 80,145 4,650 1,079,618 3,029 0.3 $1,424 3.6 $19,870,559 4.0

Johnson, KS

 31,352 1,980 367,931 2,466 0.7 1,599 3.9 7,625,398 4.6

Leavenworth, KS

 1,820 110 21,702 -136 -0.6 1,153 3.5 322,496 2.5

Linn, KS

 273 13 2,140 79 3.8 1,002 4.9 27,363 7.5

Miami, KS

 992 39 9,109 153 1.7 1,032 3.9 120,126 5.0

Wyandotte, KS

 4,235 268 94,284 886 0.9 1,328 3.9 1,614,516 4.4

Bates, MO

 476 12 3,745 73 2.0 809 2.3 39,016 3.7

Caldwell, MO

 245 12 1,896 -18 -0.9 765 5.8 18,754 4.5

Cass, MO

 2,678 209 31,263 776 2.5 923 1.7 369,651 4.5

Clay, MO

 6,901 398 109,903 -745 -0.7 1,277 1.8 1,809,793 1.0

Clinton, MO

 500 21 4,677 212 4.7 889 2.3 53,233 7.2

Jackson, MO

 26,014 1,340 372,209 -793 -0.2 1,450 4.2 6,978,532 4.2

Lafayette, MO

 966 27 8,701 -10 -0.1 852 3.3 96,382 4.1

Platte, MO

 3,221 197 48,080 108 0.2 1,207 1.4 749,897 2.1

Ray, MO

 472 24 3,978 -22 -0.6 890 0.3 45,402 -0.5

Kansas

 104,323 5,889 1,427,993 10,898 0.8 $1,246 4.0 $23,019,055 4.8

Missouri

 252,427 14,070 2,886,921 4,230 0.1 1,310 3.2 48,789,307 3.3

United States

 12,249,320 341,465 154,523,785 675,355 0.4 1,589 4.1 3,182,535,733 4.8

(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