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Affordable, highly skilled labor is a Greater Lansing hallmark
The purchasing power of your wage dollars goes farther in Greater Lansing:
$39,936 = average wage per job in the Lansing MSA
$43,889 = average wage per US job
Median Household Income
|
2005-2009 Estimate |
Lansing MSA |
Michigan |
U.S. |
|
Per Capita Income |
$24,921 |
$25,172 |
$27,041 |
|
Median Household Income |
$50,130 |
$48,700 |
$51,425 |
|
Median Family Income |
$64,531 |
$60,635 |
$62,363 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
Employment stability is higher than you might expect
|
|
US (Sum of States) |
Michigan |
Lansing-East Lansing |
||||||
|
|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
Labor Force (000) |
151, 427.6 |
153, 124.3 |
154, 286.8 |
5068.1 |
5023.9 |
4935.6 |
287.4 |
287.8 |
285.8 |
|
% change year ago |
1 .4% |
1.1% |
0.8% |
0 .1% |
-0.9% |
-1.8% |
0.9% |
0.1% |
-0.7% |
|
Employed |
144, 427.0 |
146, 046 .7 |
145, 362.5 |
4718.7 |
4666.6 |
4519.5 |
269.9 |
270 .3 |
265.1 |
|
% change year ago |
1 .9% |
1.1% |
-0.5% |
0 .0% |
-1.1% |
-3.2% |
1.0% |
0.1% |
-1.9% |
|
Unemployed |
7000.6 |
7077.7 |
8924.3 |
349.5 |
357.3 |
416.1 |
17.6 |
17.5 |
20.7 |
|
% change year ago |
-7.8% |
1.1% |
26.1% |
0 .7% |
2.2% |
16.5% |
0.0% |
-0.6% |
18 .3% |
|
Unemployment rate |
4.6% |
4.6% |
5.8% |
6.9% |
7.1% |
8.4% |
6.1% |
6.1% |
7.3% |
Source: www2.fdic.gov/recon/reconrpt.asp
A changing union climate makes the Greater Lansing area a great place to do business
Although our history of union membership has sometimes been a barrier to attracting businesses, membership numbers have dropped in recent years.
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Currently about 19.5% of total workforce belong to a union
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Relatively flat membership levels since 1986
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Trend of decline since 2005