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Business Employment Dynamics Dashboard - New
2021 QCEW Master Report (pdf) - New
Understanding Wisconsin's Job Outlook: Industry & Occupation Projections in Brief (pdf) - New
Wisconsin Recovery Report 2020-2022 (pdf)
Affirmative Action Reports
Registered Nurse Supply and Demand Forecasts - pdf
2019 County Profile Dashboard
2019 County Profile Downloads
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• 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 August 2021 was 3.9 percent, unchanged from 3.9 percent in July and down from 6.1 percent in August 2020. Without seasonal adjustment, August's rate was 4.0 percent, down from 4.1 percent in July and down from 5.8 percent in August 2020.

The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August 2021 was 5.2 percent, down from 5.4 percent in July and down from 8.4 percent in August 2020. Without seasonal adjustment, the U.S. rate for August 2021 was 5.3 percent, decreasing from 5.7 percent in July and down from 8.5 percent in August 2020.