Area Cross State Estimates Michigan Major Metropolitan Estimates Detroit Livonia Dearborn Flint Grand Rapids Wyoming

ing Holland Grand Haven Kalamazoo Portage Lansing East Lansing Saginaw Saginaw Township Warren Tro Farmington Hills

Total Employment

Employment Per 1000 **

Location Quotient **

Average Hourly Wage

Average Annual Wage

1,760

0.46

0.74

$16.46

$34,230

100 100 150 50 70 170 40 680

0.15 0.76 0.43 0.5 0.54 0.87 0.55 0.67

0.23 1.22 0.69 0.79 0.85 1.38 0.87 1.07

$19.31 $15.14 $13.86 $13.44 $16.69 $18.15 $15.69 $17.31

$40,170 $31,500 $28,830 $27,950 $34,720 $37,750 $32,640 $36,010

** Employment Per 1000 ** Location Quotient

The number of jobs (employment) in the given occupation per 1000 jobs in the given area A Location Quotient for an industry is the simple ratio of the percentage of local employment in the industry divided by the percentage of national employment in the industry. For an industry to be highly specialized, the location quotient should be higher than 1.4. A location quotient between 0.7 and 1.4 is considered medium concentration, whilst a location quotient below 0.7 is considered to have a low concentration.