Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Holland-Grand Haven, MI MSA · October 2026
Every advertised-pay, job-posting and industry figure in this briefing comes from WageScape's own database of active job postings. The sources below back the external facts cited in the written analysis.
Sources cited in this report
Key Indicators
Holland, MI unemployment rate of 2.5% in September 2026
ZipData — Local unemployment rate figure for Holland, MI
Ottawa County lost 3,100 employees Sept 2024 to Sept 2025
Michigan Department of Career Development — County-level employment change data
This Month's Takeaways
Ottawa County average weekly wage $1,157, up 3.7% YoY
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — County Employment and Wages (QCEW) data
Michigan manufacturing cyclical sectors projected to lose 16,300 jobs in 2026
Michigan labor market research notes — State sector employment projections
Local Economic Conditions
Michigan unemployment rate rose to 5.0% in August 2026
Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget — State labor market data release
Looking Ahead
Michigan minimum wage rising to $15.00 effective January 1, 2027
Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act — State minimum wage schedule
How the numbers are calculated
- Advertised pay is the median of the pay ranges employers publish in active job postings in this metro. It is not survey or payroll data.
- Percent changes compare the latest six full months with the six months before that, for the same metro and sector.
- Sectors group postings by the employer's industry (NAICS) classification into ten sectors. Where a metro has too few postings in a sector, the state figure is used instead.
- Role pay trends use the same comparison windows. "Stable" means a change of less than 3%; "moderate" 3–10%; "significant" more than 10%.
Official data for comparison