Michigan officials said unemployment numbers in the state declined in February for the second consecutive month.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined by half a percentage point during February, to 5.2%, according to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.
Despite the jobless rate reduction, the state employment level edged down slightly over the month (-14,000), as did the number of unemployed (-28,000), state officials revealed.
The unemployment rate in the U.S. decreased in February by one-tenth of a percentage point, to 6.2%, data shows.
Since the height of pandemic-related layoffs in April 2020, Michigan unemployment fell by 841,000, or by 77.6%.