LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan’s unemployment rate has edged higher in July to 4.3% from 4.2% a month earlier.
Statistics released Wednesday by the state’s Department of Technology, Management & Budget show total employment was up by 1,000 while the number of jobless workers increased slightly by 2,000 In July.
Last month’s national unemployment rate was 3.7%, the same as June. Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives Director Jason Palmer said that Michigan’s total workforce and employment levels have both increased over the past year.
The number of unemployed in Michigan rose for the fifth consecutive month in July, and unemployment has increased by 16,000, or 8.2%, since the beginning of the year.
