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23-1660-CHI
Wednesday, August 02, 2023

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Detroit Area Employment — June 2023

Total nonfarm employment for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, metropolitan area increased by 39,000 over the year in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the local rate of job gain, 1.9 percent, compared to the 2.4-percent national increase. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)


Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, is made up of two metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI, which accounted for 62 percent of the area’s total nonfarm employment, had an employment level of 1,280,300 in June. The Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI, division, with 38 percent of the metropolitan area’s employment, added 18,000 jobs over the year.

Industry employment

In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, education and health services had the largest gain (+13,900) among the metropolitan area’s private-industry supersectors, with both divisions recording increases. (See chart 2.) Within the supersector, the health care and social assistance sector added 13,600 jobs in the metropolitan area. The 4.6-percent gain in the metropolitan area’s education and health services supersector compared to the 4.2-percent rise on a national level.


Leisure and hospitality added 12,100 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. The Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI, division added 8,800 jobs, or 73 percent of the metropolitan area’s employment gain in this industry. The metropolitan area had a 6.5-percent increase compared to the 4.7-percent gain for the nation.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for July 2023 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).


Technical Note

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative endeavor between State employment security agencies and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. More information about the CES data is available in the State Employment and Unemployment Summary and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary.

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2022 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted employment is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month's employment estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample size meets certain statistical criteria. For some employment series, the estimates are produced with a model that uses direct sample estimates (described above) combined with other regressors to compensate for smaller sample sizes.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions is available in the CES State and Area benchmark article.

Reliability of the estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal totals shown in the same tables due to rounding.

Employment estimates. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Reliability of state and area estimates for the total nonfarm employment series are available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on April 10, 2018. The 12 metropolitan areas discussed in this release are the metropolitan areas with the largest population according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne Counties in Michigan.

  • The Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division includes Wayne County in Michigan.

  • The Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division includes Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair Counties in Michigan.

Additional information

Employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, the United States and the Detroit metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry Jun
2022
Apr
2023
May
2023
Jun
2023(p)
Jun 2022 to
Jun 2023(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

United States

Total nonfarm

153,217 155,369 156,266 156,963 3,746 2.4

Mining and logging

613 634 641 647 34 5.5

Construction

7,932 7,823 7,973 8,131 199 2.5

Manufacturing

12,900 12,937 12,952 13,059 159 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,637 28,574 28,730 28,851 214 0.7

Information

3,111 3,073 3,078 3,113 2 0.1

Financial activities

9,090 9,078 9,104 9,187 97 1.1

Professional and business services

22,619 22,888 22,997 23,087 468 2.1

Education and health services

24,081 25,271 25,248 25,089 1,008 4.2

Leisure and hospitality

16,501 16,362 16,775 17,273 772 4.7

Other services

5,770 5,829 5,872 5,952 182 3.2

Government

21,963 22,900 22,896 22,574 611 2.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm

2,019.7 2,011.2 2,038.3 2,058.7 39.0 1.9

Mining, logging, and construction

85.2 79.8 83.7 85.2 0.0 0.0

Manufacturing

251.8 243.7 246.2 248.1 -3.7 -1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

380.8 380.1 383.7 383.7 2.9 0.8

Information

29.3 29.7 29.3 29.5 0.2 0.7

Financial activities

126.2 123.3 123.4 124.7 -1.5 -1.2

Professional and business services

402.9 400.0 408.2 412.8 9.9 2.5

Education and health services

299.8 312.1 311.4 313.7 13.9 4.6

Leisure and hospitality

186.3 179.6 188.8 198.4 12.1 6.5

Other services

74.0 72.8 73.9 74.2 0.2 0.3

Government

183.4 190.1 189.7 188.4 5.0 2.7

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

760.4 764.8 770.0 778.4 18.0 2.4

Mining, logging, and construction

24.8 24.1 25.2 25.6 0.8 3.2

Manufacturing

93.6 91.8 92.5 93.1 -0.5 -0.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

153.7 150.3 151.7 151.5 -2.2 -1.4

Information

7.9 8.1 8.0 8.1 0.2 2.5

Financial activities

41.6 39.1 39.0 39.4 -2.2 -5.3

Professional and business services

134.9 139.5 142.2 145.6 10.7 7.9

Education and health services

122.4 127.6 126.6 128.3 5.9 4.8

Leisure and hospitality

69.4 68.8 69.9 72.7 3.3 4.8

Other services

27.5 27.2 27.6 27.7 0.2 0.7

Government

84.6 88.3 87.3 86.4 1.8 2.1

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,259.3 1,246.4 1,268.3 1,280.3 21.0 1.7

Mining, logging, and construction

60.4 55.7 58.5 59.6 -0.8 -1.3

Manufacturing

158.2 151.9 153.7 155.0 -3.2 -2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

227.1 229.8 232.0 232.2 5.1 2.2

Information

21.4 21.6 21.3 21.4 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

84.6 84.2 84.4 85.3 0.7 0.8

Professional and business services

268.0 260.5 266.0 267.2 -0.8 -0.3

Education and health services

177.4 184.5 184.8 185.4 8.0 4.5

Leisure and hospitality

116.9 110.8 118.9 125.7 8.8 7.5

Other services

46.5 45.6 46.3 46.5 0.0 0.0

Government

98.8 101.8 102.4 102.0 3.2 3.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, August 02, 2023