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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Michigan > Detroit

Detroit

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Detroit Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Dec 2024
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2024
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
Consumer Expenditures in the Detroit Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
Average Energy Prices, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn – September 2024 Average energy prices News Release Oct 2024
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Dec 2020
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2024
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Detroit (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2020
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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Detroit Area Employment — June 2024 Employment News Release Jul 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area — September 2024 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2024
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Economy at a Glance:
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Data Series Back
Data		 May
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2024		 July
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2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,187.7 2,184.1 2,229.3 2,192.1 2,183.2 (p)2,168.9

Employment(1)

 2,093.6 2,070.9 2,087.6 2,101.3 2,089.8 (p)2,060.4

Unemployment(1)

 94.1 113.3 141.8 90.8 93.3 (p)108.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.3 5.2 6.4 4.1 4.3 (p)5.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,063.3 2,079.4 2,049.6 2,051.7 2,052.9 (p)2,053.4

12-month % change

 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 (p)0.6

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 94.0 96.2 97.0 98.0 96.1 (p)94.7

12-month % change

 8.0 8.2 8.9 9.9 8.2 (p)7.1

Manufacturing(3)

 253.4 256.3 249.7 253.3 253.3 (p)252.4

12-month % change

 -0.4 -0.5 -1.8 -0.7 -0.4 (p)2.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 389.6 392.1 389.8 388.2 386.1 (p)388.0

12-month % change

 1.1 1.3 1.4 0.5 0.3 (p)-0.2

Information(3)

 29.6 29.6 29.6 29.3 29.1 (p)29.2

12-month % change

 -3.9 -3.6 -4.5 -3.9 -3.3 (p)-3.9

Financial Activities(3)

 123.8 125.4 125.4 124.8 125.0 (p)125.5

12-month % change

 -1.0 -0.9 -0.7 -1.2 -0.7 (p)-0.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

 389.5 391.9 383.9 383.8 381.8 (p)382.0

12-month % change

 -2.9 -3.0 -1.4 -1.0 -1.8 (p)-1.3

Education and Health Services(3)

 323.6 323.6 321.3 320.7 321.7 (p)324.0

12-month % change

 2.1 1.9 0.8 0.5 1.4 (p)1.2

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 191.0 196.8 197.5 196.1 188.6 (p)184.2

12-month % change

 -1.0 -0.7 1.0 0.1 -0.2 (p)-1.1

Other Services(3)

 76.5 76.5 76.2 76.1 76.5 (p)77.9

12-month % change

 0.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.9 0.9 (p)2.8

Government(3)

 192.3 191.0 179.2 181.4 194.7 (p)195.5

12-month % change

 2.3 1.9 2.3 2.4 1.9 (p)1.2

Consumer Price Index: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

CPI-U, All items(4)

   295.222   297.572   293.116

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     3.4   3.5   3.3

CPI-W, All items(5)

   289.375   291.483   288.066

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     2.6   3.9   3.3

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary