East Lansing, MI jobs, layoffs and employers
Largest employers headquartered in East Lansing
- Michigan State University5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
East Lansing layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming East Lansing in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in East Lansing
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving East Lansing. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Capital Area Michigan Works! Workforce Development Board
Clinton, Eaton, Ingham
Ingham County economy
4.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.2% the month before
139,183
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
282,015
people in Ingham County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,354
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.