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Affirmative Action Reports - New
2019 Q3 QCEW Master Report (pdf)
2019 County Profile Dashboard
2019 County Profile Downloads
Understanding Wisconsin's Job Outlook: Industry & Occupation Projections in Brief (pdf)
Projected 10 Hot Jobs by WDA dashboard
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• Affirmative Action
• Current Employment Statistics (CES)
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
• Office of Economic Advisors (OEA)
• Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)
• 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 April 2020 was 14.1 percent, up from 3.1 percent in March and up from 3.0 percent in April 2019. Without seasonal adjustment, April's rate was 14.6 percent, up from 3.4 percent in March and up from 3.0 percent in April 2019.

The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for April 2020 was14.7 percent, up from 4.4 percent in March and up from 3.6 percent in April 2019. Without seasonal adjustment, the U.S. rate for April 2020 was 14.4 percent, increasing from 4.5 percent in March and up from 3.3 percent in April 2019.