EmploymentThe unemployment rate for Kansas, as a whole, decreased by 0.3 percentage points from July of 2016 to August of 2016. Wichita and Topeka saw the smallest decrease, falling by just 0.1 percentage points. Manhattan and Lawrence saw a bigger decrease with 0.3 percentage points and 0.4 percentage points respectively.

A slide presentation is available with additional employment and unemployment data for Kansas and its four metro areas.

View the August slide presentation.

 

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Center for Economic Development and Business Research
andrea.wilson@wichita.edu

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Wichita, KS 67260-0121
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