The Kansas Department of Labor has released the January Labor report, delayed from its usual release time due to last fall’s federal shutdown. Statewide seasonally adjusted unemployment for January came in at 3.8 percent, up a tenth of a point from December and from January 2025.
Total non-farm payroll in Kansas increased by 1,100 of that in the government sector. Largest job gains for the month were in professional and business services and the largest declines were in construction and financial activities.
Over the past year seasonally adjusted job numbers are up by 6,900, 5,200 in the private sector and 1,700 in government jobs.
McPherson County’s unemployment rate for January came in at a regional low 3.4 percent, while Saline County was at 3.7 percent. For other area counties, Ellsworth and Rice Counties were at 3.9 percent, Marion and Ottawa counties at 3.6 percent, Dickinson and Harvey counties at 4.1 percent and Reno County at 4.3 percent.
