The Department of Labor's latest report says the Kansas economy continued to improve at the end of 2013; the state's unemployment rate dipped below 5 percent for the first time since 2008.
Labor Secretary Lana Gordon says Kansas gained 10,000 nonfarm jobs in 2013.
Nine of the 11 major industry sectors posted job gains last year, topped by professional and business services.
Declines of 100 jobs were reported in government employment and 800 jobs in the trade, transportation and utilities sector.
