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Battle Creek

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentPay
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jun 2022
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	Dec 2021	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)59.1	58.9	59.4	60.0	60.0	(p)61.2
Employment(1)		(2)56.3	55.6	56.0	57.2	57.3	(p)58.2
Unemployment(1)		(2)2.9	3.3	3.4	2.8	2.8	(p)3.0
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)4.8	5.6	5.6	4.7	4.6	(p)4.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		54.3	53.4	(p)54.2
12-month % change		2.8	3.5	(p)2.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		1.8	1.7	(p)1.7
12-month % change		5.9	6.3	(p)13.3
Manufacturing(4)		10.0	10.3	(p)10.4
12-month % change		-5.7	2.0	(p)-1.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		9.8	9.4	(p)9.5
12-month % change		6.5	5.6	(p)6.7
Financial Activities(4)		1.2	1.2	(p)1.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(4)		5.6	5.6	(p)5.6
12-month % change		7.7	5.7	(p)5.7
Education and Health Services(4)		9.0	8.9	(p)9.2
12-month % change		-6.3	-6.3	(p)-3.2
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		4.2	4.2	(p)4.2
12-month % change		31.3	35.5	(p)13.5
Other Services(4)		2.0	2.0	(p)2.0
12-month % change		11.1	11.1	(p)11.1
Government(4)		10.5	9.9	(p)10.2
12-month % change		4.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary