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Source: Kansas Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Services; U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Unemployment Insurance Statistics*Not Seasonally Adjusted** Data from May, 2015 – April, 2017 used to calculate the average duration values***All Other Industries, Combined includes the following industries: Agriculture; Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation; Educational Services; Finance & Insurance; Information; Management of Companies &

Enterprises; Other Services (except Public Administration); Public Administration; Real Estate and Rental & Leasing; and Utilities.

By Age GroupApril, 2017

Initial Unemployment ClaimsBy Industry

Local Area I – April, 2017

By GenderApril, 2017

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Additional Civilian Labor Force data can

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Category May 2016 Apr 2016 May 2015

Average Duration** (in weeks)10.3 10.5 11.2

Number of Claimants 2,093 2,164 2,445

Average Duration of Unemployment Claims & Number of Claimants

May, 2016

Category April 2017 March 2017 April 2016

Average Duration** (in weeks) 9.9 10.0 10.5

Number of Claimants 1,428 1,744 2,164

Average Duration of Unemployment Claims & Number of Claimants

April, 2017

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Local Area I, Total 841 1,414 1,632

Manufacturing 194 504 723

Construction 120 158 151

Health Care & Social Assistance 109 112 109

Retail Trade 81 107 102

Mining 64 54 140

Adm. & Sup. & Waste Mgt. & Remed.

Svcs. 53 74 76

Accommodation & Food Services 38 90 45

Transportation & Warehousing 30 34 42

Professional, Scientific, & Technical

Services 28 20 36

Wholesale Trade 27 141 58

All Other Combined** 97 120 150

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Local Area IApril, 2017

Industry April

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April

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Local Area I, Total 841 1,414 1,632

Manufacturing 194 504 723

Construction 120 158 151

Health Care & Social Assistance 109 112 109

Retail Trade 81 107 102

Mining 64 54 140

Adm. & Sup. & Waste Mgt. & Remed. Svcs. 53 74 76

Accommodation & Food Services 38 90 45

Transportation & Warehousing 30 34 42

Professional, Scientific, & Technical

Services 28 20 36

Wholesale Trade 27 141 58

Public Administration 25 13 29

Educational Services 17 13 25

Agriculture 15 16 19

Finance & Insurance 11 27 16

Information 10 12 10

Other Services (except Public

Administration) 7 21 22

Real Estate and Rental & Leasing 6 13 11

Utilities 2 2 10

Management of Companies & Enterprises 2 - -

Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation 2 3 8

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Top 10 Job VacanciesLocal Area I

Second Quarter, 2016

The Job Vacancy Rate measures the percentage of jobs open for an area and in each occupation. For example, in Local Area I a job vacancy rate of 2.4% means that for every 100 jobs, 97.6 are filled and 2.4 are vacant.

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Source: Kansas Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Services, Second Quarter 2016 Job Vacancy Survey

Additional Job Vacancy Survey

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2016 Kansas Job Vacancy Survey

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All Occupations, Total 6,286 2.4%

Nursing Assistants 692 9.7%

Retail Salespersons 277 3.6%

Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 271 5.5%

Slaughterers and Meat Packers 251 12.0%

Registered Nurses 243 4.1%

Cashiers 225 3.1%

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 223 4.3%

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 218 10.4%

Waiters and Waitresses 192 6.0%

Construction Laborers 166 8.2%

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Occupational Title Job VacanciesJob Vacancy

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All Occupations, Total 6,286 2.4%

Nursing Assistants 692 9.7%

Retail Salespersons 277 3.6%

Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 271 5.5%

Slaughterers and Meat Packers 251 12.0%

Registered Nurses 243 4.1%

Cashiers 225 3.1%

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 223 4.3%

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 218 10.4%

Waiters and Waitresses 192 6.0%

Construction Laborers 166 8.2%

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Source: Kansas Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Services, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Occupational Employment Statistics* All Other Industries, Combined includes the following industries: Construction, Financial Activities ,Information, and Other Services

Employment

Top 10 Employers- Fourth Quarter, 2016

• Cargill Meat Solutions• Dillons• Garden City Public Schools (USD 457)• Hays Medical Center• Hospira• National Beef Packaging Company• Salina Public Schools (USD 305)• Salina Regional Health Center• Tyson Foods• Wal-Mart

Email LMIS to obtain employment and wage data by industry for all counties in Kansas.

Additional employment and wage data by industry can be found at:Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

Employment By Industry- Fourth Quarter, 2016

Wages

Additional wage data can be found at:Kansas Wage Survey, 2016 Edition

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Wage information as of 2016:

For Local Area I: •The mean hourly wage is $17.98•The median wage is $14.62

For Kansas: •The mean hourly wage is $20.64•The median wage is $16.20

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•Brickmasons and Blockmasons

•Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs

•Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas

•Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Top 10 High Demand Occupations

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Source: Kansas Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Services

Note: Projections for Local Area I reflect the sum of the Northwest, Southwest and North central projection regions. These projection regions do not include Chase or Harvey counties.

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Source: Kansas Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Services; U.S. Census Bureau, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics

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Of the people who live in Local Area I,approximately 50% work in one of eightcounties:• Saline County (9.5% of Local Area I

Workers)• Reno County (8.3%)• Sedgwick County (6.4%)• Finney County (6.1%)• Ford County (5.6%)• Ellis County (5.0%)• McPherson County (4.7%)• Barton County (4.4%)

Four counties in Local Area I had over 1,000 more workers than residents:• Saline County (4,093)• Ellis County (1,798)• Ford County (1,606)• Seward County (1,052)

Five counties in Local Area I had over 1,000 more residents than workers:• Marion County (2,307)• Harvey County (1,624)• Dickinson County (1,594)• Lane County (1,564)• Ottawa County (1,512)As shown in the map above, more people commute into the 15 counties shown in

orange for work than commute out of those counties.

The 47 counties in yellow indicate that more people commute out of thosecounties for work than commute inward.

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In 2014, 240,806 residents of Local Area I were employed. Of those residents, 206,512 peopleworked and lived in Local Area I.

43,933 residents of Local Area I commuted to jobs outside of Local Area I.34,294 people living outside of Local Area I commuted into Local Area I to work.

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