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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
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