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Kalamazoo

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Kalamazoo Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jan 2022
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jan 2022
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2021
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 Kalamazoo-Portage — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2021

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Economy at a Glance:

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

Data Series	Back Data	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021	Nov 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		164.7	163.8	162.7	162.4	162.7	(p)163.9
Employment(1)		155.6	155.2	155.3	153.9	155.3	(p)157.2
Unemployment(1)		9.1	8.6	7.5	8.5	7.4	(p)6.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.5	5.3	4.6	5.2	4.6	(p)4.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		142.5	140.3	140.4	144.4	146.5	(p)147.5
12-month % change		6.7	4.1	2.6	3.4	3.3	(p)4.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		7.0	7.2	7.2	7.0	7.1	(p)6.9
12-month % change		7.7	7.5	5.9	2.9	0.0	(p)-1.4
Manufacturing(3)		22.1	21.9	22.1	22.1	22.1	(p)22.3
12-month % change		3.8	1.4	1.8	1.4	1.4	(p)2.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		26.4	26.4	26.3	26.6	27.1	(p)27.8
12-month % change		7.3	5.2	3.5	4.7	5.0	(p)6.9
Information(3)		0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	(p)0.9
12-month % change		0.0	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	(p)12.5
Financial Activities(3)		7.8	7.9	7.8	7.7	7.7	(p)7.7
12-month % change		0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)-1.3
Professional and Business Services(3)		16.5	15.4	15.4	16.0	16.6	(p)16.6
12-month % change		13.0	3.4	2.0	2.6	3.1	(p)3.1
Education and Health Services(3)		24.8	24.6	24.7	24.8	24.8	(p)24.9
12-month % change		5.1	2.9	2.9	1.6	-0.4	(p)0.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		13.5	13.9	13.8	13.5	13.7	(p)13.3
12-month % change		12.5	5.3	3.0	1.5	2.2	(p)9.9
Other Services(3)		4.7	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.8	(p)4.8
12-month % change		0.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	2.1	(p)2.1
Government(3)		18.9	17.3	17.5	21.1	21.7	(p)22.3
12-month % change		6.8	6.8	2.3	9.9	11.3	(p)10.4
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