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IRON MOUNTAIN -- The Upper Peninsula jobless rate of 6.3% in January compared with a rate of 5% in December, a 1.3 percentage-point advance that was slightly higher than the state average, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget.
Seasonal rate increases exhibited in regional labor markets in January were typical, said Wayne Rourke, associate director of the Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives. "Jobless rate advances ranged from 0.4 to 2.2 percentage points, with a median increase of 1.0 percentage point," Rourke added.
Employment declines occurred in most major statewide industries, especially trade, transportation, utilities and government, Rourke said. The Michigan jobless rate of 5.1% in January was up from 4.2% in December.
Over the year, unemployment rates fell in all counties as the state continued to see workers recalled from layoffs caused by the pandemic. The U.P. jobless rate in January was down by 1.6 percentage points from a year ago.
The unemployment rate in Delta County in January was 6.5%. Schoolcrat County's jobless rate in January was 10%. The unemployment rate in Menominee County was 4.1%, the lowest jobless rate in the U.P. in January. Dickinson County's 4.5% rate was second-lowest.
The highest jobless rate in the U.P. and the state was Mackinac County at 17%.