Signals
What we’re watching.
Michigan’s numbers and the field items that matter — manufacturing, AI, workforce, and industrial security — gathered from primary sources and refreshed automatically.
Michigan Pulse · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · August 2026
Manufacturing employment
586.7k
▲ +1.1k MoM
Unemployment rate
5.0%
▲ +0.1 pts MoM
Labor force
4.85M
August 2026
Total nonfarm employment
4,505.9k
August 2026
Manufacturing & automation
- AUTOMATION ALLEY Made in America Needs More Than Investment. It Needs People. · October 5, 2026
- MANUFACTURING DIVE Your AI strategy is only as good as its first move · October 5, 2026
- MANUFACTURING DIVE AI on the shop floor: Manufacturing’s physical AI moment · October 5, 2026
- MANUFACTURING DIVE Iowa governor signs bill allowing $1.4B in tax incentives for steel project · October 5, 2026
- MANUFACTURING DIVE Defense, data centers and AI driving private equity manufacturing investments: Report · October 5, 2026
- AUTOMATION ALLEY WCC Expands Microelectronics and Semiconductor Workforce Training with New Classroom, NSF Grant · October 2, 2026
- MANUFACTURING DIVE Caterpillar and Ultium Cells make $1B facility investments · October 2, 2026
- MANUFACTURING DIVE Manufacturing industry adds 9K jobs in September · October 2, 2026
AI, standards & research
- NIST NIST Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Support Cybersecurity Workforce Development Across 8 States · September 18, 2026
- NSF NSF invests in translating low-dimensional semiconductor technologies to establish U.S. leadership in microelectronics · September 17, 2026
- NSF NSF announces 3 additional topics as part of the NSF X-Labs initiative to pursue generational breakthrough science and technology efforts · September 16, 2026
- NIST NIST-Developed Quantum Sensors Improve Nuclear Monitoring · September 10, 2026
- NSF Eight NSF research institutes to propel U.S. quantum science with $290M investment · August 25, 2026
- NIST NIST Researchers Supersize Quantum Technology to Help Detect Faint Photons · August 24, 2026
Michigan workforce & industry
- AUTOMATION ALLEY Made in America Needs More Than Investment. It Needs People. · October 5, 2026
- AUTOMATION ALLEY WCC Expands Microelectronics and Semiconductor Workforce Training with New Classroom, NSF Grant · October 2, 2026
- AUTOMATION ALLEY Technology risk management: How to modernize while successfully managing risk · October 1, 2026
- AUTOMATION ALLEY From Lab to Production: Fraunhofer Brings Battery Manufacturing Research to Detroit · September 30, 2026
- AUTOMATION ALLEY Effective Supply Chain Risk Management: An Imperative for Today’s Executives and Leaders · September 30, 2026
- AXIOVEX Michigan's September workforce data: what the numbers say, and what they don't · September 30, 2026
- AUTOMATION ALLEY 3D Printing in Aerospace: Applications, Materials, and Industry Trends · September 28, 2026
- AUTOMATION ALLEY Trust Is the New Competitive Advantage: How Security Readiness Can Help Win and Retain Customers · September 24, 2026
OT cybersecurity
- CISA Armatura LLC Armatura One · October 1, 2026
- CISA Monta monta.app · October 1, 2026
- CISA ABB Protection and Control IED Manager PCM600 · October 1, 2026
- CISA Johnson Controls EasyIO Neo Series EC and CW Controllers · October 1, 2026
- CISA Johnson Controls EasyIO Neo Series EC and CW Controllers · October 1, 2026
- CISA Meari IoT Cloud Platform OpenAPI Service · October 1, 2026
- CISA CISA Malcolm · October 1, 2026
- CISA Viidure Dashcam Android Application · September 29, 2026
Funding & policy
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Energy Department Announces Up to $400 Million for Basic Research to Advance the Frontiers of Science · October 1, 2026
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Energy Department Announces Speed to Power Investments Across 26 States to Lower Electricity Costs and Improve Grid Reliability · September 24, 2026
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Energy Department Announces $99 Million for 21 Projects to Advance U.S. Geothermal Energy Development · September 21, 2026
- NIST NIST Awards More Than $1.7 Million to Support Cybersecurity Workforce Development Across 8 States · September 18, 2026
- NSF NSF invests in translating low-dimensional semiconductor technologies to establish U.S. leadership in microelectronics · September 17, 2026
- NIST NIST Awards More Than $30 Million for MEP Centers in 11 States and Puerto Rico · September 15, 2026
- NSF NSF launches $20M pilot to accelerate commercialization of promising deep technologies from small businesses · September 14, 2026
- NSF NSF launches three new Science and Technology Centers with $90M investment in transformative research · August 26, 2026
Signals are headlines from public sources, gathered automatically and filtered to the topics we work in. Inclusion is not endorsement, and Axiovex adds no commentary to them here. Pulse figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics statistics, shown with their reference month. Snapshot updated October 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM ET.