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

Kalamazoo

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Kalamazoo Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2025
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
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 Kalamazoo-Portage — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2024
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Economy at a Glance:
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
Data Series Back
Data		 Aug
2024		 Sept
2024		 Oct
2024		 Nov
2024		 Dec
2024		 Jan
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)135.8 (2)137.1 (2)137.2 (2)139.0 (2)137.1 (p)142.4

Employment(1)

 (2)129.1 (2)131.1 (2)131.3 (2)133.0 (2)130.7 (p)135.5

Unemployment(1)

 (2)6.7 (2)6.0 (2)5.9 (2)6.0 (2)6.4 (p)6.9

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)4.9 (2)4.4 (2)4.3 (2)4.3 (2)4.7 (p)4.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 129.1 131.6 133.1 133.7 133.1 (p)131.1

12-month % change

 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.9 (p)1.2

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.0 (p)6.8

12-month % change

 7.4 5.9 0.0 1.4 2.9 (p)1.5

Manufacturing(4)

 22.0 21.8 21.7 21.7 21.9 (p)21.9

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.9 -0.5 -0.9 -0.9 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 21.8 21.7 22.1 22.2 22.5 (p)21.7

12-month % change

 -0.9 -0.5 -0.9 -1.8 -0.4 (p)-0.5

Information(4)

 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 (p)0.9

12-month % change

 -10.0 0.0 0.0 -10.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 (p)5.6

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(4)

 14.2 15.1 15.4 15.4 15.1 (p)14.6

12-month % change

 2.2 2.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Education and Health Services(4)

 24.4 24.4 24.6 24.8 24.7 (p)24.6

12-month % change

 1.7 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.8 (p)2.1

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 13.3 13.2 13.2 12.9 13.0 (p)12.7

12-month % change

 -2.2 -1.5 -0.8 -1.5 -0.8 (p)-0.8

Other Services(4)

 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 (p)5.3

12-month % change

 6.0 4.0 6.1 8.2 8.2 (p)3.9

Government(4)

 14.1 16.4 17.1 17.7 17.0 (p)17.0

12-month % change

 6.0 3.1 3.6 4.7 4.9 (p)5.6

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary