MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate increased slightly last month.
Preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the state’s jobless rate bumped up a tenth of a point to 3.3% in April, which is still lower than the 4.2% national average for last month. The federal data also showed a decrease in the state’s labor force participation to 65.5%, which is still 2.9 percentage points higher than the national rate.
Though Wisconsin’s month-to-month labor force number dropped by 4,900 people from March to April, that total grew by 900 compared to the same time in 2024.
