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Wichita

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Wichita Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Apr 2026
Mountain-Plains - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Apr 2026
Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas – Fourth Quarter 2024	Employment	News Release	Aug 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Wichita — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2025
Business Employment Dynamics in Wyoming – Fourth Quarter 2024	Employment	News Release	Aug 2025

Wichita, KS Economy at a Glance:

Wichita, KS

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2025	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		340.9	343.5	(2)-	343.0	(p)342.0	(p)338.4
Employment(1)		325.7	330.3	(2)-	331.2	(p)329.3	(p)322.8
Unemployment(1)		15.3	13.2	(2)-	11.8	(p)12.7	(p)15.6
Unemployment Rate(3)		4.5	3.8	(2)-	3.4	(p)3.7	(p)4.6
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		310.2	314.2	316.1	317.7	315.1	(p)311.7
12-month % change		0.0	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	-0.3	(p)0.6
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		18.4	18.3	18.4	18.3	18.1	(p)17.7
12-month % change		1.1	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.1	(p)5.4
Manufacturing(4)		52.1	52.1	52.1	53.0	52.5	(p)52.4
12-month % change		-0.2	-0.4	7.9	1.5	0.8	(p)0.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		53.4	52.7	53.0	54.1	54.4	(p)52.7
12-month % change		-0.9	-1.7	-2.0	-1.8	-1.3	(p)-0.6
Information(4)		3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	(p)3.3
12-month % change		-2.9	0.0	-2.9	-2.9	0.0	(p)-5.7
Financial Activities(4)		12.9	12.8	12.9	13.0	13.0	(p)12.9
12-month % change		2.4	1.6	1.6	2.4	1.6	(p)2.4
Professional and Business Services(4)		34.1	33.8	33.8	33.5	33.2	(p)33.5
12-month % change		-2.8	-2.3	-2.6	-2.6	-2.6	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(4)		50.1	50.3	51.4	51.1	50.8	(p)50.7
12-month % change		3.5	2.4	3.0	2.2	1.6	(p)1.8
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		34.5	33.3	33.0	33.2	32.7	(p)31.6
12-month % change		1.5	-1.2	-2.1	-1.5	-2.1	(p)-1.9
Other Services(4)		12.7	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.4	(p)12.4
12-month % change		-0.8	-1.6	-1.6	-1.6	-3.1	(p)0.0
Government(4)		38.6	45.0	45.5	45.5	44.5	(p)44.5
12-month % change		-2.0	1.1	0.4	-0.7	0.5	(p)1.4
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary