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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Michigan > Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Grand Rapids 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
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
Occupational Employment and Wages in Grand Rapids-Wyoming — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Economy at a Glance:
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 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)563.9 563.1 565.2 574.4 571.6 (p)584.8

Employment(1)

 (2)545.8 542.1 544.0 555.7 553.9 (p)564.6

Unemployment(1)

 (2)18.1 21.0 21.3 18.7 17.7 (p)20.1

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.2 3.7 3.8 3.3 3.1 (p)3.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 554.3 544.9 (p)550.6      

12-month % change

 5.3 4.7 (p)3.9      

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 25.9 25.1 (p)25.1      

12-month % change

 2.0 5.0 (p)7.7      

Manufacturing(4)

 110.6 110.1 (p)111.0      

12-month % change

 1.2 0.7 (p)1.4      

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 101.5 98.9 (p)99.4      

12-month % change

 1.3 1.4 (p)2.5      

Information(4)

 6.3 6.3 (p)6.4      

12-month % change

 16.7 12.5 (p)12.3      

Financial Activities(4)

 27.0 26.8 (p)27.0      

12-month % change

 1.5 1.1 (p)1.9      

Professional and Business Services(4)

 74.2 71.7 (p)73.6      

12-month % change

 3.9 2.7 (p)4.2      

Education and Health Services(4)

 94.4 93.1 (p)94.2      

12-month % change

 1.4 1.0 (p)0.9      

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 44.4 43.4 (p)43.7      

12-month % change

 57.4 50.2 (p)21.4      

Other Services(4)

 22.0 21.9 (p)22.0      

12-month % change

 9.5 9.5 (p)7.8      

Government(4)

 48.0 47.6 (p)48.2      

12-month % change

 2.6 1.5 (p)1.0      

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