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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Lansing Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Sep 2025
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Oct 2025
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — First Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2025
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 Lansing-East Lansing — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025

Lansing-East Lansing, MI Economy at a Glance:

Lansing-East Lansing, MI

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		262.9	260.3	260.6	252.7	252.5	(p)251.0
Employment(1)		249.4	248.3	246.9	238.2	236.4	(p)237.8
Unemployment(1)		13.4	11.9	13.7	14.5	16.1	(p)13.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.1	4.6	5.3	5.7	6.4	(p)5.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		247.9	249.9	249.7	244.0	240.4	(p)240.9
12-month % change		1.3	1.9	2.4	2.3	2.2	(p)1.3
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		10.1	10.5	11.3	11.6	11.7	(p)11.6
12-month % change		6.3	5.0	7.6	7.4	6.4	(p)3.6
Manufacturing(3)		21.2	21.3	21.3	21.4	21.1	(p)21.2
12-month % change		1.9	4.4	3.4	9.2	1.0	(p)-1.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		36.5	36.5	36.5	36.0	35.6	(p)35.6
12-month % change		0.6	0.6	0.6	1.4	1.1	(p)-0.3
Information(3)		3.8	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.8	(p)3.8
12-month % change		-2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)2.7
Financial Activities(3)		18.7	18.8	19.0	19.2	19.3	(p)19.3
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	1.1	1.1	2.7	(p)3.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		24.4	24.8	25.2	25.0	23.2	(p)23.1
12-month % change		-4.3	-2.7	-1.6	0.0	0.9	(p)-1.3
Education and Health Services(3)		34.9	35.0	34.9	35.0	35.0	(p)35.1
12-month % change		2.0	2.6	2.3	2.6	2.9	(p)3.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		18.0	18.3	18.9	19.3	19.3	(p)19.1
12-month % change		-2.7	-3.2	-1.0	1.0	3.2	(p)1.6
Other Services(3)		10.8	10.9	10.8	11.0	11.0	(p)11.0
12-month % change		2.9	3.8	0.9	0.0	0.9	(p)0.9
Government(3)		69.5	70.0	68.1	61.7	60.4	(p)61.1
12-month % change		4.2	4.6	5.6	1.6	2.5	(p)2.0
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