Michigan Surpasses National Average In Manufacturing Job Growth
Manufacturing employment in Michigan increased for a forth year in a row, according to the 2015 Michigan Manufacturers Directory, and there are some interesting local trends in the sector. Michigan added 14,809 jobs from February 2014 to February 2015. That’s a 2.1% increase. The national average is only 1.7%, as reported by the the Labor Department for the same time period. In the Detroit metro area, manufacturing employment in the city of Detroit dropped 3.5%, but it rose in the Detroit su...