The unemployment rate for Kansas, as a whole, decreased by 0.7 percentage points from August to September of 2015. The Wichita, Topeka, Manhattan and Lawrence MSAs all experienced similar unemployment rate decreases for that same period, decreasing by 0.6 percentage points in Wichita and Topeka, 0.8 percentage points in Manhattan and 0.7 percentage points in Lawrence.
A slide presentation is available with additional employment and unemployment data for Kansas and its four metro areas.
View the September slide presentation.