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Battle Creek

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentPay
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages For Selected Engineering Occupations in Michigan’s Metropolitan Areas — May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2018

Battle Creek, MI Economy at a Glance:

Battle Creek, MI

Data Series	Back Data	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		60.6	60.5	59.9	59.1	(p)60.2
Employment(1)		57.2	57.4	57.1	56.5	(p)57.6
Unemployment(1)		3.4	3.1	2.8	2.7	(p)2.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.6	5.2	4.7	4.5	(p)4.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		54.5	54.8	54.9	55.1	55.5	(p)55.0
12-month % change		2.4	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.6	(p)1.3
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	(p)1.8
12-month % change		5.0	5.0	10.5	5.3	5.3	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)		10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	(p)10.5
12-month % change		5.0	1.9	2.9	6.1	6.1	(p)5.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.8	(p)9.8
12-month % change		3.3	3.2	4.3	2.1	1.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	(p)1.2
12-month % change		-7.7	-7.7	0.0	0.0	-7.7	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		5.5	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.5	(p)5.5
12-month % change		3.8	3.8	-1.8	-3.5	-1.8	(p)-1.8
Education and Health Services(3)		9.3	9.3	9.2	9.3	9.3	(p)9.3
12-month % change		4.5	3.3	1.1	3.3	2.2	(p)3.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		4.6	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.3	(p)4.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Other Services(3)		2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	(p)2.0
12-month % change		5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		9.6	9.8	10.3	10.4	10.7	(p)10.5
12-month % change		-2.0	-2.0	-1.0	-1.0	0.9	(p)0.0
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary