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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	Dec 2023
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2023
Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas – Fourth Quarter 2022	Employment	News Release	Aug 2023
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	May 2023	June 2023	July 2023	Aug 2023	Sept 2023	Oct 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		122.1	123.5	125.1	122.9	122.1	(p)122.0
Employment(1)		118.8	119.9	121.3	119.1	118.7	(p)118.2
Unemployment(1)		3.3	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.4	(p)3.8
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.7	3.0	3.0	3.1	2.8	(p)3.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		113.4	114.1	113.8	113.8	112.9	(p)114.8
12-month % change		1.3	2.0	1.7	0.9	1.1	(p)1.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		5.8	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	(p)6.0
12-month % change		5.5	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	(p)5.3
Manufacturing(3)		8.5	8.5	8.5	8.4	8.4	(p)8.5
12-month % change		-2.3	-3.4	-3.4	-2.3	-1.2	(p)-1.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		18.3	18.4	18.2	18.2	18.0	(p)18.2
12-month % change		0.0	1.1	0.0	-0.5	-1.1	(p)-2.2
Information(3)		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(p)1.0
12-month % change		11.1	11.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	(p)7.0
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-2.8	-1.4	-1.4	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		13.7	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.8	(p)14.0
12-month % change		2.2	2.2	3.7	3.0	2.2	(p)0.7
Education and Health Services(3)		19.5	19.6	19.8	19.7	19.7	(p)20.0
12-month % change		4.3	7.1	4.8	3.7	4.8	(p)4.7
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		8.7	8.9	8.9	8.9	8.6	(p)8.7
12-month % change		2.4	4.7	2.3	0.0	0.0	(p)1.2
Other Services(3)		5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	(p)5.1
12-month % change		4.2	4.2	4.2	2.0	2.0	(p)2.0
Government(3)		25.9	25.9	25.6	25.9	25.6	(p)26.3
12-month % change		-0.8	-0.8	1.6	0.0	0.4	(p)2.7
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