Kansas City Unemployment Rising But The Government Is Still Hiring



Reality check on the local economy that's a bit more low-key than partisan hacks from either side presume.

MARC: Kansas City Starts 2019 at 1.1 Million Jobs

Money line . . .

"According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Kansas City MSA added 13,500 jobs over the 12 months ending in January. The top growth sectors were education/health care, government (mostly local government), professional business services and manufacturing.

Our regional unemployment rate climbed to 3.8 percent in January, up from 3.1 percent in December."

Developing . . .

Comments

  1. Gubmint has always been the biggest employer in KC metro. Unless we can get Amazon after all. That's not going to change any time soon.

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  2. Seeking Only Workmans Wages I Go Looking For a Job But I Get No Offers3/16/19, 12:05 PM

    Just a come on from the whores on seventh avenue.

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  3. ^^^ Learn To Code

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  4. OMG luxury homes and apartments for everyone!

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  5. The Yellow Vests Of The Great Plains3/16/19, 12:25 PM

    Be glad when Sly Macron is gone and heading off into the sunset.

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  6. ^^^^^
    Someone like Sly NEVER goes away.
    He'll be like all the has-been politicos on cable news.
    And folks like Sly will always be looking for a way to get into the public's pockets.
    It never changes.

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  7. mostly affirmative action hires

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  8. I have had a good paying FT sales job open for over a month and not one single person has applied. I don't think people want to work, they just want government handouts.

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