[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":327},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Fmichigan":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":177,"sources":184,"related":209,"plate":250,"form":261,"scene":262,"path":263,"crumb":21,"ruler":264,"answer":265,"title":266,"h1":266,"description":265,"type":267,"schema":268,"reviewed":271,"crumbs":272,"jsonld":282},3,[6,14,47,66,100,124,144],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"Michigan, by road",[9,12],{"t":10,"text":11},"p","Michigan is a place where it borders Ohio and Indiana by land and Canada by bridge and tunnel at Detroit, where auto parts cross the river daily. Pallets here follow I-75, I-94, I-96 and I-69, and the distance they travel empty is the cost a nestable cuts.",{"t":10,"text":13},"The counties with the most warehousing jobs are Wayne (22,255), Oakland (4,113) and Macomb (3,556), which is 73.4 percent of the state's 40,753. It shares a land border with Ohio and Indiana.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Warehousing in numbers",[17,45],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":44},"table",[20,21,22],"Measure","Michigan","How it is worked out",[24,28,32,36,40],[25,26,27],"Private warehousing and storage jobs","40,753","BLS QCEW, NAICS 493, 2025",[29,30,31],"Share of US jobs in the trade","2.14 percent","40,753 against about 1,901,976 nationwide",[33,34,35],"Establishments","576","BLS QCEW",[37,38,39],"Jobs per establishment","71","40,753 ÷ 576, rounded",[41,42,43],"Gross refrigerated space","88 million cu ft","2.2 percent of the US 3.99 billion","",{"t":10,"text":46},"Refrigerated space matters because a freezer is hard on plastic; the [cold guide](\u002Fguides\u002Fplastic-pallets-in-the-cold) says what to ask for. Michigan held 88 million cubic feet of gross refrigerated warehouse capacity on October 1, 2025.",{"h2":48,"blocks":49},"Reading the numbers",[50],{"t":51,"items":52},"ul",[53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65],"Wayne County has 22,255 warehousing jobs, 54.6 percent of Michigan's 40,753, the most in the state.","Oakland County has 4,113 warehousing jobs, 10.1 percent of Michigan's 40,753, 18,142 fewer than Wayne County.","Macomb County has 3,556 warehousing jobs, 8.7 percent of Michigan's 40,753, 18,699 fewer than Wayne County.","Motor vehicle parts manufacturing employs 111,465 people in Michigan, 2.74 for every warehousing job.","Motor vehicle manufacturing employs 44,870 people in Michigan, 1.10 for every warehousing job.","Plastics product manufacturing employs 32,916 people in Michigan, 0.81 for every warehousing job.","Refrigerated warehousing employs 3,158 people in Michigan, 0.08 for every warehousing job.","Fruit and vegetable preserving employs 7,444 people in Michigan, 0.18 for every warehousing job.","Michigan holds 2.14 percent of US warehousing jobs, about one in every 47, spread over 576 establishments averaging 71 jobs each.","Detroit accounts for 30,083 warehousing jobs, 73.8 percent of Michigan's.","Grand Rapids accounts for 3,125 warehousing jobs, 7.7 percent of Michigan's.","Ohio has 98,354 warehousing jobs, 2.41 times the 40,753 in Michigan.","Indiana has 67,506 warehousing jobs, 1.66 times the 40,753 in Michigan.",{"h2":67,"blocks":68},"Who ships pallets here",[69,96,98],{"t":18,"head":70,"rows":74,"caption":95},[71,72,73],"Industry","Private jobs, 2025","Jobs per warehousing job",[75,79,83,87,91],[76,77,78],"Motor vehicle parts manufacturing","111,465","2.74",[80,81,82],"Motor vehicle manufacturing","44,870","1.10",[84,85,86],"Plastics product manufacturing","32,916","0.81",[88,89,90],"Refrigerated warehousing","3,158","0.08",[92,93,94],"Fruit and vegetable preserving","7,444","0.18","Jobs: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025; where counties are withheld the figure is partial.",{"t":10,"text":97},"In Michigan, motor vehicle parts manufacturing employs 111,465. Suppliers weigh the dynamic rating against the way parts move, and ask whether the pallet nests when it comes back empty. It tends to lean on heavy-duty stackable pallets, nestable on the empty return, usually in 48 x 45 in or 48 x 40 in, and to ask about the dynamic load, since parts travel on forklifts and conveyors all day.",{"t":10,"text":99},"Motor vehicle parts manufacturing is the trade where Michigan is most concentrated, at 7.5 times the national share of employment. A buyer in that trade will tend to ask the questions in the last column first.",{"h2":101,"blocks":102},"The empty return",[103,105],{"t":10,"text":104},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 576 warehouse establishments in Michigan sent back 800 empty pallets in a week, that would be 460,800 pallets. 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