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In 2023, the unemployment rate in Michigan was at 3.9 percent. This is a decrease from the previous year, when the unemployment rate stood at 4.1 percent, and is down from a high of 13.1 percent in 2009.

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This study of 678 adults in the Detroit metropolitan area in 1960 provides measures of their job satisfaction and use of leisure time, as well as information on their friendships, buying patterns, and political preferences. Questions on job satisfaction queried respondents about job preferences, hours worked at current job, preference for self-employment, type of supervisors at workplace, chances for promotion, and the work culture and environment at respondents' current jobs. Questions on leisure time elicit information on time spent watching television and the programs watched often, newspapers and magazines read regularly and favorite columnists, books read, time spent on other hobbies and crafts such as photography, music, and sports, vacation time, use of spare time, memberships in clubs and organizations, and time spent socializing with friends, relatives, colleagues, and neighbors. Other items probed respondents' opinions about causes of unemployment, their feelings about their standard of living, and their future plans, financial obligations, buying patterns, use and ownership of telephones, self-perceived social class, political party preference, and choice of gubernatorial and presidential candidates in the last election. Additional items probed respondents' attitudes toward Blacks as neighbors and co-workers. Demographic variables specify age, sex, race, education, place of birth, length of residence in the Detroit area, home ownership, length of time at present residence, marital status, number of children, original nationality of paternal family, income, occupation, religious preferences, and class identification.

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General Motors employed some 50,000 salaried workers in the United States in 2024. Overall, the company's U.S. headcount has dropped by roughly 2,000 people since 2023. GM's declining workforce GM's worldwide employees in 2024 stood at roughly 162,000, which was a 1,000 employee decrease from 2023. The company is transforming its workforce, and the relation between revenue and research and development expenditure indicates that the company looks towards electrification and automation of vehicles, suggesting that battery production facilities may spark reemployment. Michigan, autos, and employment Michigan is home to traditional U.S. automakers such as Ford and General Motors. These two have the largest headcount of all companies based in Michigan. More than 41,500 workers in Michigan are employed in the automotive industry, tying the socio-economic well-being of the political entity strongly to the state of the automotive industry. As American motor companies restructured in the 1960s and 1970s to match global competition, unemployment rose sharply, particularly in “Motor City” Detroit, leading to insufficient tax revenue, abandoned houses, and increased crime rates. The population of Detroit fell from over 1.8 million inhabitants in 1950 to about 670,000 in 2019.

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