July Labor Reports: States’ Employment Keep Up Year-Over-Year

Posted August 21, 2023

The monthly labor reports for Kansas and Missouri show continued soothing of the market as inflation continues to abate. Kansas reported an increase in real hourly earnings while Missouri received a small percentage increase in unemployment.

Kansas

The monthly Kansas Labor report shows a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.7 percent in July, a decrease from 2.8 percent in June and unchanged from 2.7 percent in July 2022, according to the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Kansas’ total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 2,000 from June. Private sector jobs increased by 1,500 monthly, while government increased by 500.

Since July 2022 Kansas’ seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs have increased by 23,100. This change is due to an increase of 18,700 private sector jobs and 4,400 government jobs.

View the full Kansas report, here.

Missouri

Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 2.7 percent in July 2023, compared to 2.6 percent in June. The July 2023 rate was five-tenths of a percentage point higher than the July 2022 rate of 2.2 percent. The estimated number of unemployed Missourians was 84,204 in July 2023, up by 2,662 from June’s 81,542.

The non-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate increased from 3.3 percent in June 2023 to 3.4 percent in July 2023.

Moreover, from July 2022 to July 2023, there was an increase of 58,900 jobs.

View the full Missouri report, here.