KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo County’s unemployment rate dropped in November to 3.9% percent according to data released this week by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget. That’s down from 4.4% in October 2021.
Not-seasonally-adjusted jobless rates moved down in 14 of Michigan’s 17 major labor market areas between October and November. Wayne Rourke, who is the associate director of the Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives says, “Employment rose in most regional labor markets in November however, seasonal employment reductions occurred in the Northeast and Northwest Lower Michigan regions and the Upper Peninsula.”
The data for Kalamazoo County showed 5,122 unemployed in November.
As for November unemployment rates in neighboring counties, St. Joseph County was at 4.0%, Calhoun County stood at 5.4%, Van Buren County at 4.7%, and Allegan County had the lowest in the area at 3.6%.
Michigan’s unemployment rate in November was 5.9%.
Unemployment rates ranged from 2.5% in Livingston County to 9.0% in Mackinac County.
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