Kansas Department of Labor
Unemployment declined slightly in Ellis County in March from 2.4% in February to 2.2%.
The jobless rate in Trego County dropped a full percentage point from 4.7% to 3.7%.
The unemployment rate in the rest of northwest Kansas remains low at 3.1 percent or less for March.
Preliminary estimates reported by the Labor Market Information Services division of the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.7 percent for Kansas in March. This is unchanged from 2.7% in February and unchanged from 2.7% in March 2023.
Seasonally adjusted job estimates for Kansas indicate total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 6,400 from February. Total nonfarm includes private sector and government employers. Private sector jobs increased by 5,500 over the month, while government increased by 900.
Since March 2023, Kansas' seasonally adjusted total nonfarm jobs have increased by 21,800. This change is due to an increase of 16,400 private sector jobs and an increase of 5,400 government jobs.
Technical Note: This release includes nonfarm jobs and labor force estimates for March 2024, which are produced using data from two monthly surveys. Data for nonfarm job estimates is collected through a survey of employers while the main input for labor force estimates is a survey of households. The data collected for this report references the week including March 12.