Unemployment rate

Barring an unprecedented increase in employment rates before December 31, 2020, a failsafe will keep Michigan's minimum wage from increasing as planned in 2021.

Michigan’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% in July.  That number ties with Kansas, Maine and Minnesota us as the 15th lowest among the states. The United States national unemployment rate in July was 4..%. For a point of reference Michigan had the highest unemployment rate in the nation from April 2006 to February 2010, a span of 47 months...

According to an article in the Michigan Capitol Confidential, the rate at which Michigan’s unemployment rate has come down during the Snyder Administration has been historic. In June of 2009 Michigan’s unemployment rate was 14.9%, ...