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Topeka

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Topeka Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2020
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Topeka — May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2020

Topeka, KS Economy at a Glance:

Topeka, KS

Data Series	Back Data	Dec 2019	Jan 2020	Feb 2020	Mar 2020	Apr 2020	May 2020
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)118.3	119.6	119.9	119.7	119.3	(p)118.7
Employment(1)		(2)114.6	115.1	115.6	116.0	105.3	(p)107.2
Unemployment(1)		(2)3.7	4.4	4.3	3.6	14.0	(p)11.4
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)3.2	3.7	3.6	3.0	11.7	(p)9.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		111.6	110.1	110.9	111.2	101.6	(p)104.0
12-month % change		-0.4	0.2	0.5	0.2	-9.1	(p)-7.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		5.2	4.9	4.9	5.0	4.8	(p)5.0
12-month % change		-1.9	-3.9	-2.0	-2.0	-9.4	(p)-7.4
Manufacturing(4)		8.0	7.9	8.0	8.2	7.8	(p)7.9
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	1.3	2.5	-3.7	(p)-1.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		17.3	16.9	16.8	16.7	15.7	(p)15.9
12-month % change		1.2	1.8	1.8	0.0	-5.4	(p)-4.8
Information(4)		1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	(p)1.3
12-month % change		-7.1	-7.1	-7.1	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(4)		7.7	7.6	7.7	7.6	7.5	(p)7.5
12-month % change		-1.3	-1.3	0.0	0.0	-2.6	(p)-2.6
Professional and Business Services(4)		13.2	13.1	13.2	13.5	12.3	(p)12.4
12-month % change		1.5	4.8	5.6	7.1	-5.4	(p)-3.9
Education and Health Services(4)		19.2	19.2	19.3	19.3	17.3	(p)18.1
12-month % change		0.5	1.1	1.0	0.5	-8.9	(p)-5.7
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		8.7	8.5	8.6	8.5	5.2	(p)6.4
12-month % change		2.4	2.4	2.4	1.2	-40.9	(p)-28.1
Other Services(4)		4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	3.8	(p)3.9
12-month % change		-2.1	0.0	0.0	-2.1	-19.1	(p)-17.0
Government(4)		26.3	26.0	26.4	26.4	25.9	(p)25.6
12-month % change		-3.0	-2.6	-2.9	-3.3	-5.1	(p)-6.2
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 17, 2020. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary