TOPEKA – The unemployment rate in Saline County dropped to a 4.2 percent in April, down from 5% in March, according to the latest figures from the Kansas Department of Labor.

Unemployment is also down in Dickinson, Ottawa, Ellsworth, McPherson and other areas of Central Kansas

 

 

Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.8 percent, down from 4.9 percent in March and down from 5.5 percent in April 2013.

Kansas gained 16,900 seasonally adjusted private-sector jobs, an increase of 1.5 percent since last year, and 16,800 nonfarm jobs, a 1.2 percent increase. Since last month, Kansas gained 1,900 seasonally adjusted private-sector jobs and 2,500 nonfarm jobs, both with increases of 0.2 percent.

“More Kansans are working now than ever before, and the state continues to build on its private-sector job growth,” Secretary of Labor Lana Gordon said. “These are strong indicators of a vibrant Kansas workforce.”