Kansas Department of Labor Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Megaproject and Government Spending Can’t Hide Anemic Job Growth 0
- Tax & Spending
- July 22, 2022
Last month, Kansas gained 3,900 government jobs – almost as many as the 4,000 private-sector jobs advertised through the Panasonic megaproject and its taxpayer subsidies. Big government spending like a future megaproject can’t hide Kansas’s weak private sector jobs numbers. The June Labor Report from the Kansas Department of Labor shows Kansas gain 700 private
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Declining April Jobs in Kansas Amidst Recession Fears 0
- Tax & Spending
- May 20, 2022
The April Labor Report from the Kansas Department of Labor shows Kansas lost 100 private-sector jobs. Updated jobs numbers show that private-sector jobs in March were 3,000 more than what was estimated last month; previous job numbers are routinely updated in subsequent months to reflect more accurate data estimates for the time. At the same
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January 2022 Report Shows Job Growth in Kansas 0
- Tax & Spending
- March 11, 2022
The January Labor Report from the Kansas Department of Labor shows Kansas gained 5,100 private-sector jobs. This represents a monthly job growth rate of 0.4%, which is the fastest since July 2021. At the same rate of growth that Kansas has experienced since the start of 2021, the state will fully recover to its pre-pandemic
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