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Grand Rapids

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Grand Rapids Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jan 2020
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jan 2020
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2019
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 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2018

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI Economy at a Glance:

Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

Data Series	Back Data	July 2019	Aug 2019	Sept 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		588.0	585.4	574.6	573.7	(p)580.6
Employment(1)		565.1	567.1	558.5	559.5	(p)567.2
Unemployment(1)		23.0	18.3	16.1	14.2	(p)13.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.9	3.1	2.8	2.5	(p)2.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		564.7	565.9	567.7	569.1	568.2	(p)566.6
12-month % change		1.0	0.8	0.4	0.2	-0.3	(p)-0.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		27.0	26.7	25.5	25.8	25.6	(p)24.7
12-month % change		2.7	1.9	-1.2	0.0	0.8	(p)-2.0
Manufacturing(3)		120.6	119.6	118.2	117.4	117.6	(p)118.1
12-month % change		1.3	0.8	0.3	-0.5	-0.8	(p)-0.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		98.5	98.3	97.9	98.2	98.4	(p)98.7
12-month % change		-0.5	-0.5	0.4	0.8	0.0	(p)0.4
Information(3)		6.6	6.5	6.4	6.5	6.5	(p)6.5
12-month % change		1.5	0.0	1.6	3.2	1.6	(p)1.6
Financial Activities(3)		26.8	27.2	26.6	26.7	26.6	(p)26.7
12-month % change		1.1	2.6	0.8	1.1	0.0	(p)0.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		73.9	73.7	73.5	74.2	74.2	(p)72.6
12-month % change		-1.3	-2.6	-4.8	-4.7	-4.4	(p)-6.0
Education and Health Services(3)		90.9	91.3	93.2	93.6	94.4	(p)94.2
12-month % change		0.7	0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.4	(p)-0.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		54.5	54.4	53.1	53.0	51.2	(p)51.3
12-month % change		4.4	4.4	6.0	4.7	1.2	(p)0.6
Other Services(3)		22.7	22.7	22.5	22.4	22.4	(p)22.4
12-month % change		1.3	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.9	(p)0.4
Government(3)		43.2	45.5	50.8	51.3	51.3	(p)51.4
12-month % change		3.3	4.8	3.9	3.6	3.6	(p)2.6
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