Department of Numbers

Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Lansing fell 0.2 percentage points in April 2023 to 4.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Lansing peaked in April 2020 at 18.5% and is now 14.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Lansing unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.2
Michigan 3.8% -0.3 -0.2
Lansing 4.1% -0.2 -0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2023 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Lansing, Michigan, National

Lansing, Michigan monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Lansing, Michigan Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Lansing peaked in April 2020 at 42,852. There are now 32,865 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 9,982 in October 2021, the number of unemployed has now grown by 5. Lansing employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Lansing, Michigan) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Lansing 9,987 -513 -545

Number of Unemployed Persons

Lansing, Michigan Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Michigan
Unemployment Rate
Lansing
Unemployment Rate
Lansing
Unemployed
May
2023
3.7%
April
2023
3.4% 3.8% 4.1% 9,987
March
2023
3.5% 4.1% 4.3% 10,500
February
2023
3.6% 4.3% 4.3% 10,499
January
2023
3.4% 4.3% 4.3% 10,493
December
2022
3.5% 4.3% 4.3% 10,385
November
2022
3.6% 4.4% 4.3% 10,371
October
2022
3.7% 4.4% 4.3% 10,427
September
2022
3.5% 4.3% 4.4% 10,617
August
2022
3.7% 4.3% 4.4% 10,825
July
2022
3.5% 4.1% 4.5% 10,925
June
2022
3.6% 4.0% 4.5% 10,891

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.