Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
LEONIDAS MUREMBYA, left, a regional research coordinator, and Eric Guthrie, a state demographer, both from Michigan's Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiative, offer a presentation at Gogebic Community College on Thursday.
IRONWOOD - Wages in the western Upper Peninsula are higher than the eastern U.P., but both regions lag substantially behind the state average.
That was one of many labor analyses presented Thursday at Gogebic Community College to about 25 people.
Leonidas Murembya, a regional research coordinator, and Eric Guthrie, a state demographer, spoke at the two-hour session. They are from Michigan's Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiative.
Murembya said the average wage of $18.14 in the western U.P. compares with $17.29 in the eastern U.P. and $19.33 in the central U.P., but behi...
