TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) has released the September 2025 Kansas Labor Report.

The total number of nonfarm jobs included 1,199,800 private-sector jobs and 258,000 government jobs. This represented as loss of 2,000 private-sector jobs and a gain on 1,700 government jobs over the previous month.

The seasonally adjusted, estimated civilian labor force of 1,560,691 individuals grew by 0.3%. Of those, 59,893 were unemployed. The labor force participation rate was 67.1% and the unemployment rate at 3.8%.

Due to the lapse in federal funding during the federal government shutdown, all Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) operations were suspended from Oct. 1 through Nov. 12. As a result, KDOL will not publish a separate report for the October 2025 Kansas Labor Report. Establishment survey data from the Current Employment Statistics program for October 2025 will be published with the November 2025 data. Household survey data from the Current Population Survey, which serve as the primary input to the Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, were not collected for the October 2025 reference period due to a lapse in appropriations and will not be collected retroactively.

The November 2025 Kansas Labor Report will be released Jan. 7, 2026. The release schedule for December 2025 has not yet been finalized.

The full September 2025 Kansas Labor Report can be accessed online at https://klic.dol.ks.gov/vosnet/gsipub/documentView.aspx?docid=472.