Kansas Hits Lowest Unemployment Rate in Recorded History

Continues Decline to 2.3% as Nation’s Unemployment Rate Holds Flat

Gov. Laura Kelly

TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today celebrated that Kansas hit the lowest unemployment rate in the state’s recorded history, at 2.3%. Unemployment continues to decline in the state, even as the unemployment rate nationally holds flat. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Kansas has the sixth lowest unemployment rate in the country relative to other states. “My Admin...

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