# Labor Force: Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Labor Force: Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 1.4% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.4% in August 2025.
The level stood at 1,217,692 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.7% (May 2020) to 5.2% (May 2021), averaging 1.0%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-28140.LF.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/labor-force-kansas-city-mo-ks-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 1,217,692 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 1,231,337 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 1,245,068 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 1,231,794 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 1,215,966 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 1,219,506 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 1,217,245 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 1,218,694 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 1,218,627 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 1,230,879 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 1,232,380 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 1,231,311 thousands | 1.4 |
| August 2025 | 1,244,097 thousands | 1.4 |
| July 2025 | 1,258,110 thousands | 1.5 |
| June 2025 | 1,240,804 thousands | 1.4 |
| May 2025 | 1,223,187 thousands | 1.3 |
| April 2025 | 1,224,815 thousands | 1.7 |
| March 2025 | 1,217,218 thousands | 1.5 |
| February 2025 | 1,212,408 thousands | 1.6 |
| January 2025 | 1,210,420 thousands | 1.9 |
| December 2024 | 1,209,231 thousands | 2.0 |
| November 2024 | 1,207,853 thousands | 1.4 |
| October 2024 | 1,215,394 thousands | 1.8 |
| September 2024 | 1,214,889 thousands | 2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-28140.LF.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-28140.LF.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```