Mountain-Plains Information Office

Lawrence

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2026
Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas – Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment	News Release	Jul 2026
Lawrence Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay	Economic Summary	Aug 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lawrence — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2026
Business Employment Dynamics in Wyoming — Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment	News Release	Jul 2026

Lawrence, KS Economy at a Glance:

Lawrence, KS

Data Series	Back Data	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		72.3	72.2	72.3	70.9	(p)68.8
Employment(1)		69.5	69.7	70.1	68.3	(p)66.0
Unemployment(1)		2.8	2.5	2.2	2.5	(p)2.9
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.9	3.4	3.0	3.6	(p)4.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		54.8	55.1	55.8	55.1	51.8	(p)51.5
12-month % change		-0.5	0.0	-0.7	-0.2	1.4	(p)0.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.5	(p)7.4
12-month % change		-1.3	-2.6	-1.3	-1.3	1.4	(p)-1.3
Professional and Business Services(3)		4.8	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	(p)4.8
12-month % change		0.0	-2.1	-4.0	-2.0	-4.0	(p)-5.9
Education and Health Services(3)		6.2	6.2	6.3	6.2	6.2	(p)6.2
12-month % change		-1.6	-1.6	0.0	-1.6	3.3	(p)3.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.5	7.5	7.8	7.9	7.6	(p)7.6
12-month % change		0.0	2.7	-1.3	2.6	8.6	(p)8.6
Government(3)		16.8	16.9	17.0	15.9	13.0	(p)12.7
12-month % change		0.6	0.6	1.2	-1.2	-4.4	(p)-6.6
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. (p) Preliminary