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Battle Creek

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentPay
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Sep 2022
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 Battle Creek — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2022

Battle Creek, MI Economy at a Glance:

Battle Creek, MI

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		60.0	60.0	61.2	60.8	60.6	(p)60.5
Employment(1)		57.2	57.3	58.2	57.4	57.2	(p)57.4
Unemployment(1)		2.8	2.8	3.0	3.4	3.4	(p)3.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		4.7	4.6	4.9	5.6	5.6	(p)5.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		54.3	54.9	55.1	55.2	54.5	(p)54.7
12-month % change		2.1	3.4	2.8	2.4	2.4	(p)1.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		1.7	1.8	2.0	2.0	2.1	(p)2.0
12-month % change		0.0	-5.3	0.0	0.0	5.0	(p)0.0
Manufacturing(3)		10.5	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	(p)10.5
12-month % change		1.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	5.0	(p)1.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		9.3	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	(p)9.6
12-month % change		4.5	7.9	6.7	5.5	3.3	(p)3.2
Financial Activities(3)		1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	(p)1.2
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	-7.7	-7.7	(p)-7.7
Professional and Business Services(3)		5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.5	(p)5.5
12-month % change		7.5	7.5	5.6	5.5	3.8	(p)3.8
Education and Health Services(3)		9.2	9.3	9.2	9.3	9.3	(p)9.3
12-month % change		-4.2	1.1	0.0	2.2	4.5	(p)3.3
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		4.3	4.4	4.5	4.6	4.6	(p)4.6
12-month % change		13.2	7.3	4.7	4.5	0.0	(p)0.0
Other Services(3)		2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	(p)2.0
12-month % change		5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	(p)5.3
Government(3)		10.2	10.3	10.3	10.0	9.6	(p)9.8
12-month % change		0.0	1.0	1.0	-1.0	-2.0	(p)-2.0
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. (p) Preliminary