Kansas unemployment rate hits five-year low, but 2013 job growth lags behind Missouri
tax cuts on the Kansas job market.
Here, without comment, are the
Bureau of Labor Statisticsseasonally-adjusted numbers (based on the more generous Current Employment Statistics, not the Current Population Survey).
The Brownback tax cuts became effective in January 2013.
KANSAS(with tax cuts)
Total non-farm employment:12/12:1,365,900
12/13:1,375,900
One-year job growth:10,000
One-year job growth rate:.7 percent
Unemployment rate:12/12:5.5 percent
12/13:4.9 percent
MISSOURI(without tax cuts)
Total non-farm employment12/12:2,687,900
12/13:2,721,800
One-year job growth:33,900
One-year job growth rate:1.3 percent
Unemployment rate:12/12:6.6 percent
12/13:This story was originally published January 28, 2014 at 11:53 AM with the headline "Kansas unemployment rate hits five-year low, but 2013 job growth lags behind Missouri."