Michigan’s seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate stayed constant at 4.8 percent according to the Department of
Technology, Management and Budget.
The total labor force grew by 26,000
to a total of 4.856 million in the state. This is 117,000 more than last year.
Since March 2015, 157,000 more people have found employment totaling 4.624
million. Two months of unemployment at 4.8 percent leaves the state’s first
quarter unemployment rate at 4.8 percent as well, marking the lowest first
quarter rate since 2001.
Despite the jobless rate staying
constant, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn market declined to 5.7 percent from 5.8
percent. The area saw 18,000 more people enter the workforce with a total of
2.05 million. 19,000 obtained jobs for a total of 1.93 million.
The Department of Technology,
Management and Budget said the state’s ratio of people working to population is
58.6 percent. The lowest percentage was 53.2 percent in December 1982. The
highest was 66.8 percent in February 2000.