Cornerstone Alliance
38 W. Wall Steet, P.O. Box 428
Benton Harbor, MI 49023-0428
269.925.6100
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Workforce

A workforce that can't be beat!

 

Michigan's Great Southwest offers a diverse and skilled workforce that can't be beat. Our Workforcecommunity is committed to providing businesses the opportunity to find the employees they need at the rate they can afford, while offering individuals the opportunity to receive gainful employment.

 

Michigan is the eighth largest state in the United States, with a population of 9.3 million and a workforce of 4.6 million.

Some of the benefits of this area's workforce includes:

  • Demonstrated low turnover and low absenteeism
  • The area has an excellent history of labor relations.
  • 22.5% of area employees, 12.5% of companies, are unionized. 
  • Benton Harbor's average hourly rate for manufacturing is lower than the statewide average.
  • Benton Harbor has the second highest percentage of wage & salary employment in manufacturing.

  

Labor Force (2008)

  • Berrien County has a workforce of 80,925.
  • Employed: 75,925
  • Unemployed: 5,200
  • Unemployment Rate: 8.4%
  • 14.8% work out of the county
  • 3.2% work at home 

 

Workforce composition