Highlights

• According to June 2008 estimates, Kansas had 4,400 fewer jobs than in June of last year, a 0.3 percent decrease. Six of the 11 major industries added jobs in the last year.
  
  
• The professional and business services sector reported gains of 4,800 jobs over the year. The majority of these new jobs were in the administrative support services sector, which includes employment placement services, and in the Kansas City MSA.
  
  
• The largest decline in jobs occurred in the government sector, reporting 3.1 percent fewer jobs. State government posted a 15.0 percent decline, which is typically due to the reduced summer workforce in state colleges and universities.
  
  
• The durable goods manufacturing sector continues to show job growth over the year, adding 1,300 jobs, particularly in Aerospace Production which reported a 5.6 percent gain in jobs.
  
  
• The education and health services sector added 800 jobs over the year, a 0.5 percent increase. These gains were spread evenly between education and health services.
  
  
• The June unemployment rate was 4.4 percent, with no change from last month and up 0.1 percent from last year. Kansas' unemployment rate continues to remain below the national average which was 5.7 percent in June.
  
  

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Quotes

Labor Economist Inayat Noormohmad (In-eye-at Nor-mah-med)
"Although we have seen some slowdown in employment growth in recent months, June's job numbers reflect a possible anomaly when compared with data from last year. This month we witnessed a drop of 8,100 jobs in the government sector. It is typical to see state government employment decline from May to June every year due to reduced summer activity in state colleges and universities as seen in June 2008. However, last year the drop occurred until July of 2007. Thus, June of 2007 reported higher than normal state employment for that month, and when compared to June 2008 numbers, it indicates a larger decline in employment than is typical. "

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