Lansing makes emloyment strides
Employers across the country added more than 240,000 jobs during the month of January, according to a report from the Department of Labor, an employment trend also reflected in a recent report examining the Lansing and East Lansing metropolitan area’s job creation.
The Department of Labor’s report said the unemployment rate across the country fell to its lowest level in three years, as employers added 243,000 jobs in January, while research released from The Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., ranked the Lansing and East Lansing metropolitan area No. 1 in the country among 100 metropolitan regions in three job creation areas last year.
East Lansing and Lansing were ranked tops for job creation in manufacturing, goods producing and transportation and utilities, which can be attributed to a rise in manufacturing positions, city officials said.
In the month of January at the national level, jobs in manufacturing also saw a large amount of growth, while federal government downsizing continued.
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