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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Grand Rapids Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Aug 2024
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Oct 2024
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2024
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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2024

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Economy at a Glance:

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		613.0	610.3	618.0	617.1	619.0	(p)610.7
Employment(1)		593.7	591.8	598.1	592.3	591.6	(p)586.4
Unemployment(1)		19.2	18.5	19.9	24.7	27.5	(p)24.3
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.1	3.0	3.2	4.0	4.4	(p)4.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		582.5	586.7	592.5	592.6	584.3	(p)586.9
12-month % change		0.1	0.4	0.3	-0.1	0.1	(p)0.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		28.8	29.8	31.1	31.7	32.0	(p)32.3
12-month % change		8.7	7.2	8.4	6.4	7.0	(p)8.8
Manufacturing(3)		111.2	111.3	111.3	112.2	112.1	(p)112.4
12-month % change		-4.1	-3.5	-3.6	-3.6	-2.9	(p)-2.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		104.1	104.7	105.6	106.6	106.5	(p)106.4
12-month % change		0.6	1.7	1.4	1.5	-2.1	(p)1.7
Information(3)		6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	(p)6.7
12-month % change		-2.9	-4.3	-2.9	-4.3	-4.3	(p)-2.9
Financial Activities(3)		27.1	27.2	27.5	27.7	27.5	(p)27.5
12-month % change		-2.5	-2.9	-2.5	-1.8	-1.8	(p)-1.8
Professional and Business Services(3)		78.1	79.0	80.1	79.4	74.8	(p)75.8
12-month % change		-1.6	-1.1	-0.6	-1.9	-0.1	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(3)		100.7	101.2	100.9	99.8	98.9	(p)98.8
12-month % change		3.5	3.6	3.6	2.3	3.6	(p)2.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		49.8	50.8	53.9	54.8	55.2	(p)55.0
12-month % change		1.0	0.2	-0.2	-2.0	-0.4	(p)-0.2
Other Services(3)		23.9	24.3	24.7	24.6	24.7	(p)24.6
12-month % change		-0.8	1.3	1.6	-0.4	2.5	(p)2.1
Government(3)		52.1	51.7	50.7	49.1	45.9	(p)47.4
12-month % change		2.0	2.0	-1.2	2.7	2.9	(p)3.0
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