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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Michigan > Detroit

Detroit

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Detroit Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Nov 2019
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Detroit Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn — September 2019 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2019
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Oct 2019
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Detroit (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn — October 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages For Selected Engineering Occupations in Michigan’s Metropolitan Areas — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Midwest Economy - Safety and Health Statistics Workplace injuries and illnesses Table Jan 2019
Detroit Area Employment — September 2019 Employment News Release Oct 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area — September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
Detroit Area Employment — September 2019 Employment News Release May 2020
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Economy at a Glance:
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Data Series Back
Data		 Dec
2021		 Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Mar
2022		 Apr
2022		 May
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)2,134.4 2,140.5 2,149.2 2,147.8 2,111.4 (p)2,100.4

Employment(1)

 (r)2,044.6 2,030.3 2,033.0 2,048.3 2,022.3 (p)1,997.8

Unemployment(1)

 (r)89.7 110.2 116.2 99.5 89.1 (p)102.6

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)4.2 5.1 5.4 4.6 4.2 (p)4.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,988.1 1,960.9 (p)1,961.2      

12-month % change

 6.0 5.8 (p)4.2      

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 77.7 74.1 (p)74.5      

12-month % change

 3.6 6.8 (p)10.2      

Manufacturing(3)

 250.5 251.4 (p)243.4      

12-month % change

 3.4 4.1 (p)0.5      

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 387.4 378.2 (p)377.6      

12-month % change

 3.5 3.6 (p)4.1      

Information(3)

 27.5 27.4 (p)27.6      

12-month % change

 9.6 7.0 (p)6.6      

Financial Activities(3)

 128.2 127.6 (p)127.9      

12-month % change

 1.7 0.7 (p)0.8      

Professional and Business Services(3)

 395.2 390.9 (p)392.8      

12-month % change

 5.5 5.4 (p)5.2      

Education and Health Services(3)

 297.9 294.6 (p)296.9      

12-month % change

 0.1 -0.2 (p)-0.3      

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 169.1 165.1 (p)166.2      

12-month % change

 44.9 41.7 (p)19.1      

Other Services(3)

 70.0 70.1 (p)70.1      

12-month % change

 7.2 7.7 (p)7.0      

Government(3)

 184.6 181.5 (p)184.2      

12-month % change

 2.9 2.6 (p)2.4      

Consumer Price Index: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

CPI-U, All items(4)

 255.782   258.721   265.074  

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   7.0   7.5   8.3  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 252.307   255.563   262.388  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   7.9   8.1   9.0  

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised