There were 294,580 fewer people employed in Michigan in September than in February, the last month before the COVID-19 epidemic and government-imposed lockdowns hit.
In February there were 4,773,607 people with jobs in Michigan. In September, total employ employment was down to 4,479,027 people working.
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