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Topeka

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Topeka Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Aug 2022
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2022
Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas – Fourth Quarter 2021	Employment	News Release	Aug 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Topeka — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022

Topeka, KS Economy at a Glance:

Topeka, KS

Data Series	Back Data	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022	June 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		119.0	119.9	120.6	121.2	120.8	(p)122.3
Employment(1)		115.7	116.6	117.3	118.7	117.8	(p)118.9
Unemployment(1)		3.3	3.3	3.3	2.5	3.0	(p)3.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.8	2.8	2.8	2.0	2.5	(p)2.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		106.7	107.5	108.4	109.1	109.2	(p)110.0
12-month % change		-0.8	0.4	-0.1	-0.2	-0.5	(p)0.3
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	(p)5.7
12-month % change		-1.9	10.4	-1.8	-3.6	-1.8	(p)-3.4
Manufacturing(3)		8.1	8.2	8.3	8.3	8.4	(p)8.4
12-month % change		0.0	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.4	(p)2.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		17.8	18.0	17.8	17.6	17.4	(p)17.4
12-month % change		4.1	5.9	4.1	3.5	1.2	(p)1.2
Information(3)		0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	(p)0.9
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		6.8	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	(p)6.6
12-month % change		0.0	-1.5	-1.5	-2.9	-4.3	(p)-4.3
Professional and Business Services(3)		12.0	12.3	13.1	13.8	13.7	(p)13.9
12-month % change		-9.1	-5.4	-0.8	3.0	3.8	(p)6.9
Education and Health Services(3)		18.3	18.3	18.3	18.4	18.3	(p)18.5
12-month % change		-1.6	-1.6	-2.1	-2.1	-2.7	(p)-0.5
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.8	7.8	7.9	8.1	8.2	(p)8.3
12-month % change		8.3	6.8	5.3	5.2	1.2	(p)1.2
Other Services(3)		4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	(p)4.6
12-month % change		4.5	4.5	4.5	2.2	2.2	(p)2.2
Government(3)		25.1	25.4	25.4	25.3	25.6	(p)25.7
12-month % change		-3.1	-3.1	-3.1	-3.8	-3.0	(p)-2.3
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