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Michigan: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Michigan from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20265.0%#47 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20255.2%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20255.03M−0.6% on a year earlier
Employed, 20254.77M259,566 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%10%20%30%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
4M4.2M4.5M4.8M5M5.2M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20255.2%5,031,1794,771,613259,566
20244.7%5,060,7604,823,521237,239
20233.9%5,003,8794,807,826196,053
20224.2%4,865,8414,662,983202,858
20215.7%4,774,9754,504,306270,669
202010.0%4,862,9144,375,760487,154
20194.1%4,974,5224,771,493203,029
20184.2%4,941,1274,735,249205,878
20174.6%4,909,8994,684,777225,122
20165.0%4,870,1484,628,148242,000
20155.4%4,776,6814,517,872258,809
20147.2%4,771,0714,427,035344,036
20138.8%4,745,6344,329,743415,891
20129.1%4,687,3664,262,190425,176
201110.1%4,670,0314,196,711473,320
201012.8%4,770,7624,161,342609,420
200913.5%4,855,1504,199,784655,366
20088.2%4,890,8484,490,168400,680
20077.1%4,972,0724,620,172351,900
20066.9%5,029,6754,684,099345,576
20056.8%5,051,4164,710,205341,211
20047.0%5,039,8504,689,363350,487
20037.1%5,020,3194,663,537356,782
20026.2%5,020,0694,709,729310,340
20015.2%5,133,1704,867,509265,661
20003.6%5,159,3204,971,035188,285
19993.8%5,107,2414,914,945192,296
19984.0%5,019,2534,819,569199,684
19974.3%4,963,1864,750,441212,745
19964.9%4,892,6224,652,611240,011
19955.3%4,831,4794,573,554257,925
19946.1%4,806,3704,512,929293,441
19937.3%4,726,4104,380,303346,107
19929.1%4,672,3554,248,357423,998
19919.3%4,594,9974,168,988426,009
19907.7%4,612,3714,257,964354,407
19897.2%4,600,6404,270,437330,203
19887.6%4,539,3484,196,289343,059
19878.4%4,500,9104,124,399376,511
19868.9%4,394,6594,003,314391,345
198510.0%4,354,1163,917,403436,713
198411.3%4,311,6043,825,465486,139
198314.5%4,267,6003,649,197618,403
198215.4%4,267,5393,609,538658,001
198112.4%4,299,1043,765,318533,786
198012.2%4,324,5003,795,230529,270
19797.8%4,324,4243,985,396339,028
19787.0%4,220,9243,924,773296,151
19778.2%4,109,2943,771,768337,526
19769.4%3,983,6993,608,680375,019

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.