LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Unemployment charges rose final month in 15 of 17 labor markets in Michigan, the Division of Expertise, Administration & Funds introduced Thursday—with all the state seeing a rise of round 1% between Oct. 2023, and Oct. 2024.
Statewide, unemployment rose from 3.8% in Oct. 2023—to 4.5% in Oct. 2024.
Whereas unemployment is up statewide, payroll jobs and labor power ranges additionally elevated over the previous 12 months in most Michigan areas, together with a number of Mid-Michigan counties. Better Lansing noticed the most important rise in employment and labor power measurement—up 2.3% and a pair of.6% respectively. Nonetheless, the world’s unemployment fee was 4.3% this October, in distinction to final 12 months’s 3.5%.
Nonetheless, Jackson County noticed a slight drop in labor power measurement and a barely bigger drop in employment. Labor power measurement fell by a tenth of a proportion level, whereas employment charges fell by a full 1%. The county’s unemployment fee in Oct. 2023 was 3.6% and rose to 4.5% by Oct. 2024.
Livingston County had the bottom unemployment charges of all 83 Michigan counties, with Clinton County tying for third place. Most Mid-Michigan counties positioned within the prime half, aside from Hillsdale and Calhoun counties.
See the Oct. 2024 unemployment charges in Mid-Michigan by county beneath:
Livingston County — 3.2%
Clinton County — 3.6%
Washtenaw County — 3.6%
Barry County — 3.8%
Eaton County — 3.8%
Ingham County — 4%
Ionia County — 4%
Gratiot County — 4.4%
Jackson County — 4.5%
Shiawassee County — 4.5%
Calhoun County — 4.9%
Hillsdale County — 4.9%
