LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Branch County’s unemployment rate in November dropped to 3.1 percent according to data released Wednesday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget after being at 3.8 percent in October.
The report stated that not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates decreased in 16 Michigan labor market areas over the month.
Associate Director of the Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives Wayne Rourke said in a statement released by the DTMB, “Employment expanded in most regional labor markets during November. Payroll jobs generally rose in retail trade and declined in leisure and hospitality across Michigan metro areas.”
The report showed Branch County had the 14th lowest unemployment rate among Michigan’s 83 counties.
Unemployment rates of 3.5 percent were reported in St. Joseph, Hillsdale and Calhoun County.
Michigan’s November unemployment rate was at 4.3 percent.
Unemployment rates in November ranged from 2.5 percent in Ottawa County to 8.4 percent in Mackinac County.
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