Updates About Jobs

The Senate Fiscal Agency (SFA) recently released the Monthly Revenue Report for June 2026. Tax collections came in at $3.4 Billion, $163 million above what was expected and 3.1% higher than last June.

The largest source of revenue was from net income taxes, totaling $1.5 billion. Despite bringing in the most revenue, collections were $25.3 million below the expected number. Not far behind in revenue were combined sales and use tax collections coming in at $1.2 billion, $73.4 million above expectations. The repealed Single Business Tax, Michigan Business Tax (MBT), and Corporate Income Tax (CIT) generated $333.0 million in net revenue. The combined collections were $109.7 million higher than the predicted number largely due to CIT collections and less MBT refunds being claimed.

General Fund (GF) collections were $112.9 million above the estimated number, and the School Aid Fund exceeded the predicted number by $39.4 million. So far the year-to-date collections for the GF sits at $384 million, and for the School Aid Fund, $112.2 million.

In other economic news, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association released their healthcare sector report for 2024. The report shows that the healthcare industry in Michigan is the largest private-sector employer, supporting more than 1 million jobs. According to the report, the healthcare industry in Michigan created $115 billion in economic value and $25.1 billion in tax revenue during the 2024 fiscal year. The full report can be found here.

Recently, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget released data that shows that Michigan’s unemployment rate dropped to 5% in the month of June. Comparatively, the national unemployment rate for June was 4.2%. The decline occurred alongside a shrinking labor force, as fewer Michiganders were working or actively seeking employment. Although the state’s household employment measure declined during the month, employers reported a modest gain of approximately 3,000 payroll jobs. Michigan’s labor force participation also decreased .3% to 59.5% for the month of June.

The leisure and hospitality and government sectors led Michigan’s job growth in June, with each industry adding approximately 3,000 jobs. Whereas the professional and business service industry saw the biggest hit, losing 3,000 jobs.

Looking at the over-the-year numbers the biggest gain is in government with 16,000 added jobs. The biggest losers are the trade, transportation, and utilities industry which saw a loss of 8,000 jobs, and manufacturing which lost 7,000.

The Senate Fiscal Agency (SFA) recently released the Monthly Revenue Report for May 2026. The report detailed that tax collections came in at $2.7 billion, $368.4 million above expectations and 3.8% higher compared to last May.

Leading the pack in revenue was net income tax, which totaled $1.2 billion, and came in $214.3 million higher than expected. Combined sales and use tax was a close second bringing in $1.1 billion, a slight decline from last May, but still coming in $52 million above expectations. Two surprises, first collections from the repealed Single Business Tax, Michigan Business Tax (MBT), and Corporate Income Tax (CIT) which was 89% higher than last year, totalling $146.6 million. Second, Individual Income Tax refunds were $147.1 million lower than expected.

General Fund (GF) collections were $285.1 million above the estimated number, and the School Aid Fund exceeded the predicted number by $72.9 million.

In other economic news, the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget has released its latest jobs report. Michigan’s unemployment has risen to 5.1% compared to the national average of 4.3%. Despite this, Michigan has added over 17,000 payroll workers since February, with manufacturing seeing the largest increase. Since last May, Michigan has experienced its largest job losses in the transportation and utilities sector, which lost 9,000 jobs, followed by manufacturing (-8,000) and leisure and hospitality (-6,000).