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*For Immediate Release:    *     
August 29, 2022
          
*Contact:    *     
Cassie Nichols
[email protected]

ICYMI: Kansas unemployment rate holds steady at 2.4% in July, economy adds private sector jobs

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KEY QUOTE: *“Kansas and the U.S. have maintained relatively low unemployment rates so far in 2022, with Kansas remaining at 2.4% and the U.S. reaching 3.5% in July,” *said Amber Shultz, secretary of the state Department of Labor.*"

*Kansas unemployment rate holds steady at 2.4% in July, economy adds private sector jobs [ [link removed] ]
"Tim Carpenter | Kansas Reflector
"*August 21, 2022


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The unemployment rate in Kansas remained at 2.4% in July with growth of 4,000 private-sector jobs and a decline of 500 in the government workforce. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Kansas Department of Labor said a pair of monthly surveys — one of employers and the other of households — indicated Kansas’ jobless rate stood at 2.4% in July and June.


* Emilie Doerksen, a state labor department economist, said the Kansas manufacturing industry expanded by 1,500 jobs. The growth also reflected 1,000 hires in the trade, transportation and utility sector, she said.
* Since July 2021, nonfarm employment has risen by 13,500 in Kansas. It represented 16,700 additional private-sector jobs and a reduction of 3,200 government employees.
* The federal labor bureau reported July jobless figures of Kansas’ four border states, compared to June: Nebraska, 2% in July, up from 1.9% in June; Missouri, 2.5%, down from 2.8%; Oklahoma, 3%, up from 2.9%; and Colorado, 3.3%, down from 3.4%.

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