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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	Aug 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	Aug 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	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022	June 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		65.9	67.3	67.2	67.4	66.9	(p)62.2
Employment(1)		64.3	65.7	65.5	66.1	65.4	(p)60.3
Unemployment(1)		1.7	1.6	1.7	1.3	1.5	(p)1.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.5	2.4	2.5	1.9	2.3	(p)3.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		51.1	52.5	52.5	52.7	52.4	(p)47.0
12-month % change		7.8	7.6	6.5	5.2	4.4	(p)-0.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		7.1	7.4	7.4	7.2	7.2	(p)7.2
12-month % change		-2.7	1.4	1.4	-2.7	-2.7	(p)-1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		4.9	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	(p)4.9
12-month % change		-3.9	0.0	-2.0	-2.0	-3.9	(p)-3.9
Education and Health Services(3)		5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	(p)5.2
12-month % change		1.9	0.0	1.9	-1.8	-1.8	(p)-5.5
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		6.3	6.5	6.6	6.8	6.8	(p)6.7
12-month % change		18.9	16.1	13.8	9.7	7.9	(p)6.3
Government(3)		16.4	17.0	17.0	17.1	16.9	(p)12.0
12-month % change		17.1	12.6	11.1	11.8	11.9	(p)-5.5
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