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Kalamazoo

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Kalamazoo Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2023
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2023
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
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 Kalamazoo-Portage — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2022
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Economy at a Glance:
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Data Series Back
Data
Dec
2022
Jan
2023
Feb
2023
Mar
2023
Apr
2023
May
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

  (p)166.2 168.0 (p)168.1    

Employment(1)

  (p)158.6 160.3 (p)160.5    

Unemployment(1)

  (p)7.7 7.8 (p)7.6    

Unemployment Rate(2)

  (p)4.6 4.6 (p)4.5    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

150.5 148.7 150.0 150.4 150.6 (p)151.1

12-month % change

1.8 3.0 2.5 2.5 1.4 (p)1.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

7.1 6.8 6.7 6.8 6.9 (p)7.2

12-month % change

4.4 4.6 3.1 4.6 -1.4 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(3)

25.0 25.0 25.1 25.0 24.9 (p)25.2

12-month % change

7.3 7.3 6.4 4.2 3.8 (p)5.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

26.4 25.8 25.6 25.5 25.4 (p)25.5

12-month % change

-3.3 -1.9 -2.7 -3.0 -3.8 (p)-4.5

Information(3)

1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (p)1.0

12-month % change

11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 11.1 (p)11.1

Financial Activities(3)

6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 (p)6.3

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 -1.6 (p)-1.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

18.9 18.6 19.0 19.2 19.4 (p)19.6

12-month % change

4.4 7.5 5.6 6.7 4.3 (p)4.8

Education and Health Services(3)

26.2 26.0 26.2 26.3 26.3 (p)26.4

12-month % change

3.6 3.6 3.1 4.0 4.0 (p)3.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

14.7 14.4 14.6 14.8 15.0 (p)15.4

12-month % change

4.3 5.1 3.5 3.5 2.0 (p)2.0

Other Services(3)

5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 (p)5.3

12-month % change

-3.7 -1.9 -3.7 -3.7 -5.5 (p)-1.9

Government(3)

19.6 19.6 20.3 20.3 20.2 (p)19.2

12-month % change

-3.0 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 (p)1.6

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