In 2018, Kansas total nonfarm employment is projected to increase by 0.1 percent, adding approximately 1,500 jobs, with a range of expected growth between negative 0.3 percent and positive 0.5 percent.
- The production sectors are projected to decline by 0.3 percent in Kansas, contracting by over 700 jobs in 2018.
- Trade, transportation and utilities sector employment is expected to grow 0.2 percent, adding approximately 600 new jobs.
- The service sectors are projected to lead Kansas growth in 2018, with 0.4 percent growth, adding approximately 2,700 jobs.
- The government sector is expected to decline by 0.4 percent, a loss of 1,000 jobs in 2018.
National employment increased by 1.5 percent in the last twelve months, while Kansas employment declined by 0.8 percent over the same period, a decrease of approximately 10,800 jobs.
鈥淎 tight labor market along with weak core sectors, carry the weight of the State鈥檚 current disposition,鈥� said Jeremy Hill, director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State. 鈥淭he growing national and global economies provide some optimism in an otherwise gloomy outlook for Kansas.鈥�
Read the full 2018 Kansas Employment Forecast, including a graph and tables, is available at .