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Employed residents in Kansas City, KS

Employed residents in Kansas City, KS was 75,042 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.5% from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 19 cities in 2025.

2025, persons75,042
Change on 2024+1.5%
Rank4th of 19Cities in Kansas ranked
Series high75,0422025
Series low58,0542009

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Employed residents in Kansas City, KS, 1990 to 2025

55K60K65K70K75K80K19901996200220082014202020251990: 66,694 persons1991: 65,360 persons1992: 65,159 persons1993: 64,994 persons1994: 65,166 persons1995: 64,156 persons1996: 64,124 persons1997: 64,799 persons1998: 64,757 persons1999: 64,768 persons2000: 64,335 persons2001: 63,172 persons2002: 61,849 persons2003: 62,031 persons2004: 62,039 persons2005: 62,025 persons2006: 61,394 persons2007: 60,972 persons2008: 60,204 persons2009: 58,054 persons2010: 61,754 persons2011: 62,095 persons2012: 62,615 persons2013: 63,243 persons2014: 64,669 persons2015: 65,893 persons2016: 71,332 persons2017: 71,897 persons2018: 71,986 persons2019: 72,529 persons2020: 70,107 persons2021: 71,487 persons2022: 71,952 persons2023: 72,906 persons2024: 73,897 persons2025: 75,042 persons55K60K65K70K75K80K19902002201420251990: 66,694 persons1991: 65,360 persons1992: 65,159 persons1993: 64,994 persons1994: 65,166 persons1995: 64,156 persons1996: 64,124 persons1997: 64,799 persons1998: 64,757 persons1999: 64,768 persons2000: 64,335 persons2001: 63,172 persons2002: 61,849 persons2003: 62,031 persons2004: 62,039 persons2005: 62,025 persons2006: 61,394 persons2007: 60,972 persons2008: 60,204 persons2009: 58,054 persons2010: 61,754 persons2011: 62,095 persons2012: 62,615 persons2013: 63,243 persons2014: 64,669 persons2015: 65,893 persons2016: 71,332 persons2017: 71,897 persons2018: 71,986 persons2019: 72,529 persons2020: 70,107 persons2021: 71,487 persons2022: 71,952 persons2023: 72,906 persons2024: 73,897 persons2025: 75,042 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202575,042
202473,897
202372,906
202271,952
202171,487
202070,107
201972,529
201871,986
201771,897
201671,332
201565,893
201464,669
201363,243
201262,615
201162,095
201061,754
200958,054
200860,204
200760,972
200661,394
200562,025
200462,039
200362,031
200261,849
200163,172
200064,335
199964,768
199864,757
199764,799
199664,124
199564,156
199465,166
199364,994
199265,159
199165,360
199066,694

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Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Kansas City, KS, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Kansas City, KS, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/kansas-city-ks. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Kansas City, KS, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/kansas-city-ks.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Kansas City, KS, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/kansas-city-ks (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the employed residents in Kansas City, KS?

Employed residents in Kansas City, KS was 75,042 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 1.5% from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 19 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Kansas City, KS?

75,042 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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