New Features

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Visual Catalog Data Dashboards - Award Winning
Wisconsin Recovery Report 2023-2025 (pdf) - New
2023-2025 Short-Term Projections(Excel) - New
Nurse Survey Infographic (pdf) - New
2023 Nurse Survey Review - Updated
Nurse Legislative Report (pdf)
Hot Jobs Resources
2023 County Profile Downloads
Understanding Wisconsin's Job Outlook: Industry & Occupation Projections in Brief (pdf)
Wisconsin WDA Hot Jobs
Affirmative Action Reports
Degree Completions Dashboard
Career Pathway Resources
Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS)

See what's new with each program

• Affirmative Action
• Current Employment Statistics (CES)
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
• Office of Economic Advisors (OEA)
• Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS)
• Occupation and Industry Projections
• Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (QCEW)

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 May 2024 was 2.9 percent, unchanged from 2.9 percent in April 2024 and unchanged from 2.9 percent in May 2023. Without seasonal adjustment, May's rate was 3.0 percent, unchanged from 3.0 percent in April 2024 and up from 2.8 percent in May 2023.

The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2024 was 4.0 percent, up from 3.9 percent in April 2024 and up from 3.7 percent in May 2023. Without seasonal adjustment, the U.S. rate for May 2024 was 3.7 percent, increasing from 3.5 percent in April 2024 and up from 3.4 percent in May 2023.