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22-2064-CHI
Wednesday, November 02, 2022

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Detroit Area Employment — September 2022

Total nonfarm employment for the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, metropolitan area increased by 72,300 over the year in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that employment rose 3.7 percent both locally and nationally. (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. With 62 percent of the metropolitan area's total payroll, Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI, gained 44,100 jobs over the year. Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI, which accounted for 38 percent of the area's employment, gained 28,200 jobs since September 2021.

Industry employment

In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, manufacturing had the largest gain (+16,000) among metropolitan area private-industry supersectors, with both divisions recording increases. (See chart 2.) The 6.7-percent rise in the metropolitan area's manufacturing supersector compared to the 3.7-percent gain on a national level.


Trade, transportation, and utilities gained 14,900 jobs in the metropolitan area. The Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI, division added 9,700 jobs. Trade, transportation, and utilities employment in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, metropolitan area rose 4.1 percent, compared to the national increase of 3.1 percent.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for October 2022 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian had no discernible effect on the employment data for September. Establishment survey data collection rates were within normal ranges. Employees who are paid for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, that includes the 12th of the month are counted as employed. For a general discussion of how unusually severe weather can affect the estimates, see question 8 in the Frequently Asked Questions section of the Employment Situation news release.


Technical Note

This 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.

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 2017 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 decrease volatility in estimation.

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. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions is available online at www.bls.gov/web/laus/bmrk_article.htm.

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. Measures of sampling error for the total nonfarm employment series are available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm.

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

Employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/.

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 IndustrySep
2021
Jul
2022
Aug
2022
Sep
2022(p)
Sep 2021 to
Sep 2022(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

United States

Total nonfarm

147,651152,258152,642153,0735,4223.7

Mining and logging

579642637636579.8

Construction

7,5957,9097,9107,8772823.7

Manufacturing

12,42712,89912,92312,8894623.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

27,73028,64428,64728,5958653.1

Information

2,8723,0553,0493,0441726.0

Financial activities

8,8009,0269,0208,9561561.8

Professional and business services

21,46022,41822,47522,4529924.6

Education and health services

23,70624,19124,28924,5988923.8

Leisure and hospitality

14,75816,54116,44315,9501,1928.1

Other services

5,5175,7865,7635,7111943.5

Government

22,20721,14721,48622,3651580.7

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm

1,945.32,019.32,021.92,017.672.33.7

Mining, logging, and construction

82.485.284.186.13.74.5

Manufacturing

239.3253.6257.2255.316.06.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

365.9383.4384.0380.814.94.1

Information

27.428.328.328.41.03.6

Financial activities

128.3133.0133.2131.33.02.3

Professional and business services

387.6401.8400.3400.613.03.4

Education and health services

293.3299.7299.3299.46.12.1

Leisure and hospitality

168.2189.6189.5177.08.85.2

Other services

69.273.172.771.52.33.3

Government

183.7171.6173.3187.23.51.9

Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

734.7759.5759.9762.928.23.8

Mining, logging, and construction

23.624.023.423.70.10.4

Manufacturing

87.091.594.894.87.89.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

145.9151.4150.8151.15.23.6

Information

7.47.87.87.90.56.8

Financial activities

43.445.244.644.30.92.1

Professional and business services

128.8137.0136.4135.36.55.0

Education and health services

121.9123.5122.3122.30.40.3

Leisure and hospitality

65.071.371.569.14.16.3

Other services

25.626.926.826.50.93.5

Government

86.180.981.587.91.82.1

Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,210.61,259.81,262.01,254.744.13.6

Mining, logging, and construction

58.861.260.762.43.66.1

Manufacturing

152.3162.1162.4160.58.25.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

220.0232.0233.2229.79.74.4

Information

20.020.520.520.50.52.5

Financial activities

84.987.888.687.02.12.5

Professional and business services

258.8264.8263.9265.36.52.5

Education and health services

171.4176.2177.0177.15.73.3

Leisure and hospitality

103.2118.3118.0107.94.74.6

Other services

43.646.245.945.01.43.2

Government

97.690.791.899.31.71.7

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, November 02, 2022