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Michigan jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Michigan’s unemployment rate is 5.0%. 4,605 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 64 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Michigan economy

  • 5.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 4,852,504

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 10,051,595

    people in Michigan

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,149

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Michigan layoffs

  • 64

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 10,187

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 58

    employers

WARN notices filed in Michigan, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Woodbridge Group LansingTakes effect Dec 18, 2026Eaton County100Temporary layoffState record
Mariella of Lake OrionTakes effect Nov 20, 2026Oakland County55ClosureState record
Salterra at ChesterfieldTakes effect Nov 20, 2026Macomb County46ClosureState record
FKA Distributing Co.Takes effect Oct 12, 2026Oakland County34LayoffState record
Inalfa Roof Systems, Inc.Takes effect Dec 14, 2026Oakland County142ClosureState record
Dakkota Integrated SystemsTakes effect Dec 31, 2026Wayne County397ClosureState record
Kern J.G. Enterprise, Inc.Takes effect Aug 17, 2026Wayne County156Permanent layoffState record
Lear CorporationTakes effect Nov 9, 2026Macomb County67Facility closureState record
HealthEdge, d/b/a as UST HealthProofTakes effect Dec 1, 2026Wayne County53Permanent layoffState record
Niagara Bottling, LLCTakes effect Oct 31, 2026Wayne County86Facility closureState record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Michigan

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. General Motors282 open roles
  2. Ford Motor94 open roles
  3. Michigan State University64 open roles
  4. Wayne State University60 open roles
  5. Corewell Health53 open roles
  6. Disher53 open roles
  7. Henry Ford Health System49 open roles
  8. Ford47 open roles
  9. Lucid Motors43 open roles
  10. Hyundai Motor America41 open roles
  11. Creative Financial Staffing38 open roles
  12. Alten Technology USA36 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Michigan

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Michigan

  • 55

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 486,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Michigan

Largest colleges in Michigan
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Grand Valley State UniversityAllendalePublic 4-year20,000+
Michigan State UniversityEast LansingPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn ArborPublic 4-year20,000+
Wayne State UniversityDetroitPublic 4-year20,000+
Central Michigan UniversityMount PleasantPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilantiPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Oakland UniversityRochester HillsPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Western Michigan UniversityKalamazooPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Ferris State UniversityBig RapidsPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Michigan Technological UniversityHoughtonPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Northern Michigan UniversityMarquettePublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity CenterPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

All 55 Michigan colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Michigan. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

87 American Job Centers in Michigan

Job fairs and business events in Michigan

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Michigan.

Conferences in Michigan

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Michigan, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 20 with dates announced.

Showing 24 of 26 conferences, 20 with dates announced.

All conferences

Michigan counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Michigan cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Michigan?

See what to do first, what Michigan unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Michigan’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Michigan unemployment benefits.