State’s Unemployment Rate Declines

Liz Gullett

May 20, 2022

Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point in April to 4.3%. During the month, statewide employment advanced by 19,000, while unemployment fell by 5,000. The unemployment rate in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area also decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.6%.

Key points in the monthly jobs report, include:

- April 2022 marked the 10^th consecutive month the jobless rate has declined.
- During the first four months of 2022, total unemployment declined by 14.7%.
- Since the height of the pandemic in April 2020, the jobless rate has been reduced by 18.4%.
- The largest over-the-year numerical job gains occurred in the state’s leisure and hospitality sector, manufacturing sector, and professional and business services sector.

To read the full report by the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget, please click here.

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