Wisconsin Adds 2,000 Jobs Over Year as July Unemployment Holds at 3.3%
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Updated · The Daily Gazette · Aug 21
Wisconsin Adds 2,000 Jobs Over Year as July Unemployment Holds at 3.3%
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Gazette · Aug 21
Summary
Wisconsin added 2,000 nonfarm jobs from a year earlier in July, while unemployment stayed at 3.3% and monthly nonfarm payrolls rose by 1,200.
The state’s labor force reached 3.14 million, with a 64.5% participation rate and 26,500 more people employed than a year ago.
Those figures kept Wisconsin below the 4.1% national unemployment rate and above the 61.4% U.S. labor-force participation rate.
State economist Scott Hodek called the month relatively positive but said it is still too early to say Wisconsin is diverging from national labor-market trends.