Michigan Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change
Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change
Year Ago |
| 1978 | 3,908,000 | - | 6.9 | - |
| 1979 | 3,979,000 | 1.8 | 7.8 | 0.9 |
| 1980 | 3,759,000 | -5.5 | 12.4 | 4.7 |
| 1981 | 3,777,000 | 0.5 | 12.3 | -0.2 |
| 1982 | 3,616,000 | -4.3 | 15.5 | 3.2 |
| 1983 | 3,678,000 | 1.7 | 14.2 | -1.3 |
| 1984 | 3,860,000 | 4.9 | 11.2 | -3.0 |
| 1985 | 3,920,000 | 1.6 | 9.9 | -1.2 |
| 1986 | 4,005,000 | 2.2 | 8.8 | -1.2 |
| 1987 | 4,155,000 | 3.7 | 8.2 | -0.6 |
| 1988 | 4,198,000 | 1.0 | 7.6 | -0.6 |
| 1989 | 4,267,000 | 1.6 | 7.1 | -0.5 |
| 1990 | 4,248,022 | -0.4 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| 1991 | 4,165,446 | -1.9 | 9.3 | 1.7 |
| 1992 | 4,273,741 | 2.6 | 8.9 | -0.4 |
| 1993 | 4,418,025 | 3.4 | 7.1 | -1.8 |
| 1994 | 4,538,629 | 2.7 | 5.9 | -1.2 |
| 1995 | 4,576,521 | 0.8 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| 1996 | 4,647,116 | 1.5 | 4.9 | -0.4 |
| 1997 | 4,748,691 | 2.2 | 4.3 | -0.6 |
| 1998 | 4,809,503 | 1.3 | 4.0 | -0.4 |
| 1999 | 4,897,144 | 1.8 | 3.8 | -0.2 |
| 2000 | 4,953,421 | 1.1 | 3.7 | -0.1 |
| 2001 | 4,876,338 | -1.6 | 5.2 | 1.5 |
| 2002 | 4,724,998 | -3.1 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 4,675,567 | -1.0 | 7.1 | 0.9 |
| 2004 | 4,686,953 | 0.2 | 7.1 | -0.1 |
| 2005 | 4,718,084 | 0.7 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| 2006 | 4,718,676 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| 2007 | 4,666,650 | -1.1 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
| 2008 | 4,519,476 | -3.2 | 8.4 | 1.3 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1995-Jan | 4,477,733 | 1.6 | 6.2 | -1.2 |
| Feb | 4,511,495 | 1.8 | 5.9 | -1.3 |
| Mar | 4,516,629 | 1.4 | 6.1 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 4,522,964 | 1.0 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| May | 4,577,906 | 0.6 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 4,616,496 | 0.6 | 5.8 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 4,618,947 | 0.4 | 6.1 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 4,636,525 | 0.0 | 5.0 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 4,597,437 | 0.4 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 4,628,885 | 1.0 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 4,615,526 | 0.5 | 4.6 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 4,597,704 | 0.8 | 4.6 | -0.3 |
| 1996-Jan | 4,495,798 | 0.4 | 6.0 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 4,548,824 | 0.8 | 5.5 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 4,563,834 | 1.0 | 5.6 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 4,568,949 | 1.0 | 4.8 | -0.8 |
| May | 4,644,485 | 1.5 | 4.9 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 4,696,153 | 1.7 | 5.1 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 4,698,516 | 1.7 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| Aug | 4,717,359 | 1.7 | 4.4 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 4,687,845 | 2.0 | 4.4 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 4,726,557 | 2.1 | 4.1 | -0.2 |
| Nov | 4,720,933 | 2.3 | 4.3 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 4,696,137 | 2.1 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| 1997-Jan | 4,604,783 | 2.4 | 5.7 | -0.3 |
| Feb | 4,638,663 | 2.0 | 5.2 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 4,675,051 | 2.4 | 5.0 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 4,681,712 | 2.5 | 4.2 | -0.6 |
| May | 4,755,132 | 2.4 | 3.9 | -1.0 |
| Jun | 4,786,875 | 1.9 | 4.4 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 4,798,004 | 2.1 | 4.7 | -0.9 |
| Aug | 4,817,463 | 2.1 | 3.7 | -0.7 |
| Sep | 4,781,651 | 2.0 | 3.9 | -0.5 |
| Oct | 4,812,282 | 1.8 | 3.6 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 4,825,898 | 2.2 | 3.7 | -0.6 |
| Dec | 4,806,776 | 2.4 | 3.8 | -0.7 |
| 1998-Jan | 4,719,208 | 2.5 | 5.0 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 4,748,881 | 2.4 | 4.6 | -0.6 |
| Mar | 4,757,942 | 1.8 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| Apr | 4,771,266 | 1.9 | 3.2 | -1.0 |
| May | 4,827,191 | 1.5 | 3.4 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 4,851,346 | 1.3 | 4.1 | -0.3 |
| Jul | 4,781,101 | -0.4 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 4,849,798 | 0.7 | 3.6 | -0.2 |
| Sep | 4,825,462 | 0.9 | 3.6 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 4,855,684 | 0.9 | 3.5 | -0.1 |
| Nov | 4,866,983 | 0.9 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 4,859,175 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| 1999-Jan | 4,775,417 | 1.2 | 4.8 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 4,802,300 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 4,817,558 | 1.3 | 4.4 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 4,825,321 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
| May | 4,896,788 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 4,937,482 | 1.8 | 4.0 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 4,937,480 | 3.3 | 4.2 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 4,957,225 | 2.2 | 3.1 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 4,921,579 | 2.0 | 3.2 | -0.4 |
| Oct | 4,957,419 | 2.1 | 3.1 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 4,969,566 | 2.1 | 3.3 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 4,967,589 | 2.2 | 3.2 | -0.6 |
| 2000-Jan | 4,885,122 | 2.3 | 4.1 | -0.7 |
| Feb | 4,917,935 | 2.4 | 3.8 | -1.0 |
| Mar | 4,924,852 | 2.2 | 4.0 | -0.4 |
| Apr | 4,944,862 | 2.5 | 3.1 | -0.6 |
| May | 4,964,631 | 1.4 | 3.5 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 5,007,667 | 1.4 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| Jul | 4,973,306 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 0.4 |
| Aug | 4,980,615 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
| Sep | 4,941,391 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| Oct | 4,969,023 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 4,965,893 | -0.1 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
| Dec | 4,965,757 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
| 2001-Jan | 4,876,018 | -0.2 | 5.5 | 1.4 |
| Feb | 4,890,900 | -0.5 | 5.1 | 1.3 |
| Mar | 4,889,650 | -0.7 | 5.4 | 1.4 |
| Apr | 4,886,093 | -1.2 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| May | 4,916,826 | -1.0 | 4.7 | 1.3 |
| Jun | 4,939,587 | -1.4 | 5.1 | 1.2 |
| Jul | 4,917,582 | -1.1 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
| Aug | 4,890,180 | -1.8 | 5.0 | 1.4 |
| Sep | 4,859,215 | -1.7 | 4.9 | 1.4 |
| Oct | 4,847,858 | -2.4 | 5.1 | 1.9 |
| Nov | 4,817,024 | -3.0 | 5.7 | 2.2 |
| Dec | 4,785,125 | -3.6 | 5.9 | 2.2 |
| 2002-Jan | 4,659,697 | -4.4 | 7.3 | 1.8 |
| Feb | 4,702,485 | -3.9 | 6.6 | 1.5 |
| Mar | 4,689,832 | -4.1 | 7.1 | 1.7 |
| Apr | 4,689,194 | -4.0 | 6.1 | 1.5 |
| May | 4,740,055 | -3.6 | 6.0 | 1.3 |
| Jun | 4,762,526 | -3.6 | 6.6 | 1.5 |
| Jul | 4,747,750 | -3.5 | 7.0 | 1.5 |
| Aug | 4,761,594 | -2.6 | 5.7 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 4,754,413 | -2.2 | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Oct | 4,760,608 | -1.8 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 4,727,757 | -1.9 | 5.8 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 4,704,066 | -1.7 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
| 2003-Jan | 4,616,256 | -0.9 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
| Feb | 4,640,307 | -1.3 | 7.4 | 0.8 |
| Mar | 4,633,517 | -1.2 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 4,639,303 | -1.1 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| May | 4,686,174 | -1.1 | 7.0 | 1.0 |
| Jun | 4,717,635 | -0.9 | 7.9 | 1.3 |
| Jul | 4,682,040 | -1.4 | 8.1 | 1.1 |
| Aug | 4,701,930 | -1.3 | 6.9 | 1.2 |
| Sep | 4,677,014 | -1.6 | 6.8 | 1.4 |
| Oct | 4,710,331 | -1.1 | 6.4 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 4,711,736 | -0.3 | 6.4 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 4,690,557 | -0.3 | 6.5 | 0.3 |
| 2004-Jan | 4,610,623 | -0.1 | 7.6 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 4,631,159 | -0.2 | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 4,626,879 | -0.1 | 7.9 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 4,645,867 | 0.1 | 6.3 | -0.5 |
| May | 4,691,770 | 0.1 | 6.8 | -0.2 |
| Jun | 4,722,155 | 0.1 | 7.3 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 4,714,676 | 0.7 | 7.9 | -0.2 |
| Aug | 4,734,169 | 0.7 | 6.6 | -0.3 |
| Sep | 4,702,286 | 0.5 | 6.5 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 4,729,769 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 4,731,788 | 0.4 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
| Dec | 4,702,299 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 0.6 |
| 2005-Jan | 4,607,672 | -0.1 | 7.8 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 4,635,524 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 4,645,043 | 0.4 | 7.7 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 4,678,640 | 0.7 | 6.6 | 0.3 |
| May | 4,731,709 | 0.9 | 6.7 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 4,759,460 | 0.8 | 7.0 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 4,756,120 | 0.9 | 7.4 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 4,778,311 | 0.9 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
| Sep | 4,752,731 | 1.1 | 6.2 | -0.3 |
| Oct | 4,774,096 | 0.9 | 5.8 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 4,758,244 | 0.6 | 6.4 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 4,739,463 | 0.8 | 6.6 | -0.5 |
| 2006-Jan | 4,649,035 | 0.9 | 7.2 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 4,666,542 | 0.7 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| Mar | 4,677,211 | 0.7 | 7.4 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 4,685,638 | 0.1 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| May | 4,732,279 | 0.0 | 6.3 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 4,768,345 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 4,737,210 | -0.4 | 7.9 | 0.5 |
| Aug | 4,753,845 | -0.5 | 6.8 | 0.6 |
| Sep | 4,726,296 | -0.6 | 6.6 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 4,752,289 | -0.5 | 6.2 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 4,744,973 | -0.3 | 6.5 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 4,730,444 | -0.2 | 6.8 | 0.3 |
| 2007-Jan | 4,625,489 | -0.5 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
| Feb | 4,644,102 | -0.5 | 7.3 | -0.1 |
| Mar | 4,651,946 | -0.5 | 7.3 | -0.1 |
| Apr | 4,635,029 | -1.1 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| May | 4,686,842 | -1.0 | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 4,715,195 | -1.1 | 7.3 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 4,696,826 | -0.9 | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 4,692,214 | -1.3 | 6.9 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 4,669,660 | -1.2 | 6.9 | 0.3 |
| Oct | 4,670,388 | -1.7 | 6.7 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 4,677,294 | -1.4 | 6.7 | 0.1 |
| Dec | 4,634,816 | -2.0 | 7.3 | 0.4 |
| 2008-Jan | 4,553,040 | -1.6 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 4,551,214 | -2.0 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Mar | 4,544,379 | -2.3 | 7.9 | 0.6 |
| Apr | 4,545,650 | -1.9 | 6.8 | 0.2 |
| May | 4,569,688 | -2.5 | 8.0 | 1.3 |
| Jun | 4,595,501 | -2.5 | 8.4 | 1.1 |
| Jul | 4,559,168 | -2.9 | 9.1 | 1.2 |
| Aug | 4,542,935 | -3.2 | 8.6 | 1.7 |
| Sep | 4,492,387 | -3.8 | 8.5 | 1.6 |
| Oct | 4,490,008 | -3.9 | 8.7 | 2.0 |
| Nov | 4,436,599 | -5.1 | 9.3 | 2.6 |
| Dec | 4,353,147 | -6.1 | 10.5 | 3.2 |
| 2009-Jan | 4,214,820 | -7.4 | 12.5 | 4.6 |
| Feb | 4,207,992 | -7.5 | 12.7 | 5.1 |
| Mar | 4,174,835 | -8.1 | 13.4 | 5.5 |
| Apr | 4,175,830 | -8.1 | 12.6 | 5.8 |
| May | 4,176,151 | -8.6 | 13.9 | 5.9 |
| Jun | 4,180,491 | -9.0 | 15.4 | 7.0 |
| Jul | 4,171,807 | -8.5 | 15.6 | 6.5 |
| Aug | 4,167,211 | -8.3 | 14.7 | 6.1 |
| Sep | 4,111,391 | -8.5 | 14.8 | 6.3 |
| Oct | 4,152,113 | -7.5 | 14.3 | 5.6 |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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