IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula jobless rate dipped to 5.4% in June, down from 5.8% in May and 10.3% a year ago, according to data from the Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget.

Local jobless rates were Delta County – 5.7%, Schoolcraft County – 7.4% and Menominee County – 4.4%,

“The largest percent labor force advance in June was seasonal and occurred in the Upper Peninsula,” said Wayne Rourke, associate director of the Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives.

The U.P. showed a civilian labor force of 134,800 in June, which was up by 2,600, or 2%, since May. That total, however, was down by 2.8% compared to June 2020.

“Unemployment rates fell sharply in all 17 of Michigan’s major labor market regions over the year, as June 2020 rates were high due to pandemic-related job cuts,” Rourke said. Regional jobless rates, however, remained above pre-pandemic June 2019 levels across the state, with a median rate hike of 1.6 percentage points, he said.

Mackinac County had the U.P’s lowest jobless rate in June at 3.4%. That was followed by Menominee County at 4.4% and Dickinson’s rate of 4.8%.

Ontonagon County had the highest jobless rate in the region at 8%.

Michigan’s not-seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3% in June, which compared with 5.2% in May and 14.2% a year ago.

JUNE 2021 ­UNEMPLOYMENT

Mackinac – 3.4%

Menominee – 4.4%

Dickinson – 4.8%

Gogebic – 5.2%

Marquette – 5.2%

Houghton – 5.3%

Delta – .7%

Iron – 5.7%

Chippewa – 5.9%

Keweenaw – 6.7%

Luce – 6.8%

Baraga – 7.2%

Schoolcraft – 7.4%

Alger – 7.7%

Ontonagon – 8.0%

U.P – 5.4%

Michigan – 5.3%

U.S – 5.9%