Detroit Area Employment — June 2024

Total nonfarm employment for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, metropolitan area stood at 2,082,400 in June 2024 compared to 2,075,100 a year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the employment change over the year was not statistically significant. Nationally, employment rose 1.6 percent over the year. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, is made up of two metropolitan divisions-separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. Employment in Warren-Troy-Farmington, MI, was 1,299,700 and accounted for 62 percent of the metropolitan area's total payroll. The Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI, division employed 782,700, accounting for 38 percent of the area's employment in June 2024.

Industry employment

In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, mining, logging, and construction employment rose by 7,700 since June 2023. (See chart 2.) The Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI, division added 3,400 jobs in this supersector.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for July 2024 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Technical Note

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative endeavor between State employment security agencies and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. More information about the CES data is available in the State Employment and Unemployment Summary and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary.

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2022 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted employment is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month's employment estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample size meets certain statistical criteria. For some employment series, the estimates are produced with a model that uses direct sample estimates (described above) combined with other regressors to compensate for smaller sample sizes.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. Further information on CES benchmark methods and recent benchmark revisions is available in the CES State and Area benchmark article.

Reliability of the estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability-that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal totals shown in the same tables due to rounding.

Employment estimates. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Reliability of state and area estimates for the total nonfarm employment series are available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on April 10, 2018.

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, St. Clair, and Wayne Counties in Michigan.

• The Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division includes Wayne County in Michigan.

• The Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division includes Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Oakland, and St. Clair Counties in Michigan.

Additional information

State and area employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, the United States and the Detroit metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area and Industry	Jun 2023	Apr 2024	May 2024	Jun 2024(p)	Jun 2023 to Jun 2024(p)
Net change	Percent change
United States
Total nonfarm	156,842	158,001	158,845	159,392	2,550	1.6
Mining and logging	647	633	632	638	-9	-1.4
Construction	8,195	8,112	8,266	8,427	232	2.8
Manufacturing	13,018	12,911	12,936	13,020	2	0.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	28,802	28,740	28,885	29,018	216	0.7
Information	3,063	2,996	3,002	3,033	-30	-1.0
Financial activities	9,246	9,174	9,202	9,277	31	0.3
Professional and business services	22,962	22,903	22,996	23,028	66	0.3
Education and health services	25,079	26,295	26,253	26,130	1,051	4.2
Leisure and hospitality	17,320	16,753	17,187	17,623	303	1.7
Other services	5,901	5,887	5,928	5,996	95	1.6
Government	22,609	23,597	23,558	23,202	593	2.6
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm	2,075.1	2,036.2	2,063.3	2,082.4	7.3	0.4
Mining, logging, and construction	88.9	89.8	94.0	96.6	7.7	8.7
Manufacturing	257.7	251.4	253.4	256.1	-1.6	-0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	386.9	385.1	389.6	392.2	5.3	1.4
Information	30.7	29.5	29.6	29.9	-0.8	-2.6
Financial activities	126.6	122.4	123.8	124.9	-1.7	-1.3
Professional and business services	404.2	384.1	389.5	394.2	-10.0	-2.5
Education and health services	317.7	323.0	323.6	324.1	6.4	2.0
Leisure and hospitality	198.1	182.0	191.0	196.6	-1.5	-0.8
Other services	76.9	75.9	76.5	76.4	-0.5	-0.7
Government	187.4	193.0	192.3	191.4	4.0	2.1
Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	778.5	767.8	776.3	782.7	4.2	0.5
Mining, logging, and construction	26.5	28.6	29.2	29.9	3.4	12.8
Manufacturing	96.0	93.2	94.6	95.9	-0.1	-0.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	156.1	157.1	159.4	161.0	4.9	3.1
Information	8.2	8.1	8.1	8.2	0.0	0.0
Financial activities	40.4	38.7	39.0	39.2	-1.2	-3.0
Professional and business services	134.7	123.4	124.7	126.1	-8.6	-6.4
Education and health services	126.9	129.9	130.2	130.3	3.4	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	74.4	70.7	73.4	75.5	1.1	1.5
Other services	29.4	29.2	29.4	29.5	0.1	0.3
Government	85.9	88.9	88.3	87.1	1.2	1.4
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	1,296.6	1,268.4	1,287.0	1,299.7	3.1	0.2
Mining, logging, and construction	62.4	61.2	64.8	66.7	4.3	6.9
Manufacturing	161.7	158.2	158.8	160.2	-1.5	-0.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities	230.8	228.0	230.2	231.2	0.4	0.2
Information	22.5	21.4	21.5	21.7	-0.8	-3.6
Financial activities	86.2	83.7	84.8	85.7	-0.5	-0.6
Professional and business services	269.5	260.7	264.8	268.1	-1.4	-0.5
Education and health services	190.8	193.1	193.4	193.8	3.0	1.6
Leisure and hospitality	123.7	111.3	117.6	121.1	-2.6	-2.1
Other services	47.5	46.7	47.1	46.9	-0.6	-1.3
Government	101.5	104.1	104.0	104.3	2.8	2.8
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