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Lawrence

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jun 2025
Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas – Fourth Quarter 2023	Employment	News Release	Jul 2024
Lawrence Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay	Economic Summary	Jun 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lawrence — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2024

Lawrence, KS Economy at a Glance:

Lawrence, KS

Data Series	Back Data	Nov 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)73.2	(2)72.7	71.0	73.7	73.6	(p)74.3
Employment(1)		(2)71.0	(2)70.6	68.5	71.0	71.1	(p)71.9
Unemployment(1)		(2)2.2	(2)2.0	2.5	2.7	2.5	(p)2.4
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.0	(2)2.8	3.5	3.7	3.4	(p)3.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		57.1	56.6	53.5	56.3	56.7	(p)57.4
12-month % change		2.7	4.2	0.6	1.6	2.7	(p)2.7
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		7.9	8.0	7.7	7.7	7.7	(p)7.8
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	1.3	-1.3	-1.3	(p)1.3
Professional and Business Services(4)		5.1	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	(p)5.2
12-month % change		-1.9	-2.0	2.1	2.0	0.0	(p)4.0
Education and Health Services(4)		6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	(p)6.2
12-month % change		3.3	3.3	5.1	1.6	3.3	(p)1.6
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		8.0	7.9	7.5	7.6	7.6	(p)7.8
12-month % change		-2.4	1.3	1.4	-5.0	-3.8	(p)-4.9
Government(4)		17.0	16.6	14.7	17.0	17.1	(p)17.5
12-month % change		5.6	7.8	-5.8	3.7	4.9	(p)6.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 18, 2025. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary