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	Dec 2022
Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas – Fourth Quarter 2021	Employment	News Release	Aug 2022
Lawrence Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay	Economic Summary	Nov 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lawrence — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022

Lawrence, KS Economy at a Glance:

Lawrence, KS

Data Series	Back Data	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		66.9	62.1	62.4	63.4	65.3	(p)66.0
Employment(1)		65.4	60.3	60.2	61.5	63.7	(p)64.3
Unemployment(1)		1.5	1.8	2.2	1.9	1.6	(p)1.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.3	2.9	3.6	3.0	2.4	(p)2.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		52.4	47.0	46.3	49.5	51.6	(p)52.3
12-month % change		4.4	-0.6	-2.3	-1.4	0.4	(p)0.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		7.2	7.4	7.4	7.6	7.6	(p)7.4
12-month % change		-2.7	1.4	0.0	4.1	2.7	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		4.9	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8	(p)4.9
12-month % change		-3.9	-2.0	-2.0	-3.9	-4.0	(p)-3.9
Education and Health Services(3)		5.4	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	(p)5.5
12-month % change		-1.8	-5.5	-3.7	-1.9	0.0	(p)1.9
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	(p)6.9
12-month % change		7.9	6.3	3.1	4.7	3.0	(p)3.0
Government(3)		16.9	12.0	11.4	14.3	15.8	(p)16.1
12-month % change		11.9	-5.5	-6.6	-4.0	-3.7	(p)-4.2
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