KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Kansas City’s employment has been flat for 18 months, according to a report by the Mid-American Regional Council, leaving the region lagging the nation by four percentage points in job recovery since COVID-19.
The unemployment rate has risen to 4% as the region’s job market faces multiple challenges, including federal workforce cuts and a slowdown in the tech sector.
“It is gradually creeping up. Part of that is due to what’s going on nationally. Businesses have stopped hiring and they’ve also stopped firing pretty much,” said Frank Lenk, director of MARC’s Office of Economic Research…