The Kansas unemployment rate held steady at 2.4% for July, with growth of 4,000 private-sector jobs and a decline of 500 in the government workforce. Emilie Doerksen, a state labor department economist, said the Kansas manufacturing industry expanded by 1,500 jobs. The growth also reflected 1,000 hires in the trade, transportation and utility sector, she said. Since July 2021, nonfarm employment has risen by 13,500 in Kansas. It represented 16,700 additional private-sector jobs and a reduction of 3,200 government employees.
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