LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 27, 2025) – Joblessness spiked along the Lakeshore and throughout much of the state last month.
That’s according to numbers disclosed on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates rose in 14 of the 18 major labor market areas, as well as 48 of the state’s 83 counties.
This includes both Ottawa and Allegan counties. Ottawa’s jobless level was up eight tenths of a percentage point to 4.8 percent, while Allegan’s rise was more modest at three tenths to five percent even. This compares to a year ago, when the Lakeshore led the state in low unemployment at 3.1 and 3.2 percent, respectively.
Officials with the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics, which complied the data, say that the rise in joblessness in May was largely impacted by seasonal workforce increases, but that payroll employment rose in most of the state last month.
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