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janderson@ironmountaindailynews.com IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula jobless rate was unchanged in March, remaining at 6.5%, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology Management & Budget. Dickinson County’s not seasonally adjusted rate of 5.2% compared to 5.1% in February and 5% in March 2020. Iron County’s jobless rate of 6.8% in March was also nearly unchanged from February, when it was 6.7%, but down slightly from 7.1% a year ago. “Michigan regional joble...

DTMB Regional Michigan jobless rates display mixed trends in March FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LANSING, Mich. -- Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates edged down slightly in 10 of Michigan’s 17 major labor market areas during March, according to data released today from the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Unemployment rates inched up in three regions and remained unchanged in four areas. “Michigan regional jobless rates displayed little change in March,” said Wayne Rour...

Michigans unemployment rate dropped slightly in March, but its still higher compared with a year ago, before the pandemic led to mass furloughs and layoffs. The states jobless rate declined to 5.1% in March, down slightly from 5.2% in February, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget said Wednesday. The same month a year ago, the unemployment rate in Michigan was 3.7%. Michigans jobless rate peaked in the pandemic in April 2020 at nearly 24%. It has hovered around 8% fro...

April 14, 2021 Michigan’s unemployment rate edged down in March. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget has released the following: Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched down by a tenth of a percentage point to 5.1 percent in March, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. Total employment in the state rose by 12,000, while unemployment edged down by 4,000, resulting in a minor workforce gain...

Jim Anderson IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County’s jobless rate of 5.1% in February ranked as the second-lowest in the Upper Peninsula, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. The overall jobless rate in the U.P. in February was 6.6%, down from 7.6% in January but up by 1.1 percentage points from a year ago. Menominee County had the lowest jobless rate in the U.P. at 4.4%, while Mackinac County had the highest in the state at 17.5%. Across Mi...

Prior to the current upswing in COVID-19 hospitalizations, Ionia County saw a decreased unemployment rate in February.

EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) - While unemployment rates dropped in February around the State of Michigan, one of th...

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Jobless rates climbed across Michigan in December as labor markets experienced pandemic-related and seasonal job cuts, according to data relea