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Manhattan, Kansas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Manhattan fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2023 to 2.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Kansas rate. The unemployment rate in Manhattan peaked in April 2020 at 9.1% and is now 6.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.3% in December 2021, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Manhattan unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Kansas 2.9% 0.0 0.0
Manhattan 2.5% -0.1 -0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Manhattan, Kansas, National

Manhattan, Kansas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Manhattan, Kansas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Manhattan peaked in April 2020 at 4,107. There are now 2,825 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,090 in January 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 192.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Manhattan 1,282 -36 -61

Number of Unemployed Persons

Manhattan, Kansas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Kansas
Unemployment Rate		 Manhattan
Unemployment Rate		 Manhattan
Unemployed
December
2023		 3.7% — — —
November
2023		 3.7% 2.9% 2.5% 1,282
October
2023		 3.8% 2.9% 2.6% 1,318
September
2023		 3.8% 2.8% 2.6% 1,273
August
2023		 3.8% 2.7% 2.6% 1,263
July
2023		 3.5% 2.7% 2.6% 1,277
June
2023		 3.6% 2.8% 2.7% 1,324
May
2023		 3.7% 2.9% 2.8% 1,348
April
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 2.8% 1,375
March
2023		 3.5% 2.9% 2.8% 1,360
February
2023		 3.6% 2.9% 2.8% 1,356
January
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 2.8% 1,337

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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