Tagged: Kalamazoo labor market

Calhoun County's jobless rate edged down in April while its employment remained flat, according to data released Thursday. The state's Bureau of Labor Market Information reported a 6.6 percent unemployment rate for the county, down from 6.8 percent in March. That number was 7.1 percent in April 2012.

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Three-hundred more jobs in the leisure and hospitality industries and 100 more in construction helped improve the unemployment rate in March in the Kalamazoo-Portage area, the state reported Thursday. One-hundred additional jobs were reported in government as well as in professional and business services, according to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget.

KALAMAZOO, MI - Seasonal job cuts in state and local public education and in construction are considered the primary reasons for a net loss of 1,500 jobs in the Kalamazoo-Portage area during December. That resulted in an uptick in the unemployment rate to 7.3 percent.