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Gretchen Whitmer D
Governor · since 2019-01-01
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Unemployment rate5% · April 2026 ·
30.0
Nonfarm job growth (YoY)-0.14% · April 2026 ·
70.9
Labor force growth (YoY)-2.05% · April 2026 ·
10.5
Not yet sourced: Wage growth (avg hourly earnings) (CES state earnings series pending ID confirmation); Private vs. government job mix (CES government series ingest pending); Underemployment (U-6) (state U-6 published annually only).