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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	Jun 2026
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jun 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jun 2026
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Feb 2021
Consumer Expenditures in the Detroit Metropolitan Area — 2023–24	Consumer spending	News Release	Jan 2026
Average Energy Prices, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn – November 2024	Average energy prices	News Release	Dec 2024
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas	Consumer spending	Table	Jan 2026
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 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025
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 — March 2026	Benefits, Pay	News Release	May 2026

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Economy at a Glance:

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Data Series	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	(r)2,181.2	2,171.1	2,163.4	2,179.4	2,173.8	(p)2,196.7
Employment(1)	(r)2,078.8	2,055.4	2,041.6	2,064.9	2,078.2	(p)2,076.5
Unemployment(1)	(r)102.4	115.7	121.8	114.5	95.7	(p)120.2
Unemployment Rate(2)	(r)4.7	5.3	5.6	5.3	4.4	(p)5.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	2,040.3	2,001.1	2,002.7	2,010.5	2,025.6	(p)2,048.1
12-month % change	-1.0	-0.2	-0.8	-0.6	-0.8	(p)-0.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	85.8	80.7	80.0	82.0	87.2	(p)91.6
12-month % change	0.4	1.0	0.3	-0.4	0.9	(p)-0.5
Manufacturing(3)	239.0	235.3	234.1	234.8	232.9	(p)235.2
12-month % change	-3.5	2.9	-3.0	-2.4	-3.1	(p)-2.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	385.2	374.1	370.1	368.2	370.1	(p)372.5
12-month % change	-2.1	-1.3	-1.5	-1.6	-1.3	(p)-1.1
Information(3)	28.4	28.0	27.7	27.7	27.7	(p)27.7
12-month % change	-2.1	-3.8	-4.2	-3.5	-4.2	(p)-3.5
Financial Activities(3)	130.8	129.5	130.2	129.8	130.0	(p)131.3
12-month % change	1.0	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.1	(p)0.5
Professional and Business Services(3)	367.3	362.4	364.5	367.6	371.1	(p)374.2
12-month % change	-1.9	-1.9	-1.6	-0.5	-1.2	(p)-1.3
Education and Health Services(3)	343.5	340.1	341.6	341.2	342.4	(p)342.2
12-month % change	2.4	1.6	1.5	1.2	0.9	(p)0.7
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	185.3	180.7	180.1	183.7	188.4	(p)197.7
12-month % change	-2.1	-2.1	-1.2	-0.8	-1.4	(p)-1.0
Other Services(3)	76.7	75.9	76.1	76.6	76.6	(p)76.9
12-month % change	-1.5	-0.7	-0.4	-0.4	-1.5	(p)-1.8
Government(3)	198.3	194.4	198.3	198.9	199.2	(p)198.8
12-month % change	-0.4	-0.2	0.3	0.3	0.5	(p)0.5
Consumer Price Index: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
CPI-U, All items(4)	297.783		300.640		308.624
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)	2.1		2.3		4.1
CPI-W, All items(5)	291.425		295.581		304.338
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)	1.7		2.3		4.7
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 (r) Revised