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Unemployment Release

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announce the latest U.S., State, and local unemployment rates and analysis.

Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2020 was 5.5 percent, up from 5.3 percent in November and up from 3.5 percent in December 2019. Without seasonal adjustment, December's rate was 5.3 percent, up from 4.7 percent in November and up from 3.2 percent in December 2019.

The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December 2020 was 6.7 percent, unchanged from 6.7 percent in November and up from 3.5 percent in December 2019. Without seasonal adjustment, the U.S. rate for December 2020 was 6.5 percent, increasing from 6.4 percent in November and up from 3.4 percent in December 2019.