Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Releases Preliminary Employment Estimates for November

Friday, December 16th, 2022 -- 11:00 AM

The Department of Workforce Development released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary employment estimates for the month of November 2022, which showed Wisconsin has added 6,500 nonfarm and 5,800 total private sector jobs.

The data also showed that Wisconsin had an unemployment rate of 3.3% in November, unchanged from the prior month. The labor force participation rate was 64.9%. Nationwide for the month of November, the unemployment rate was 3.7% with a labor force participation rate of 62.1%.

Wisconsin's labor force participation rate declined to 64.9% in November from 65.3% in October but was still 2.8 percentage points higher than the national rate of 62.1%. Wisconsin's unemployment rate in November was 3.3 percent, 0.4 percentage points below the national rate of 3.7%.

Over the year, Wisconsin added 63,900 nonfarm jobs and 56,000 total private sector jobs. Over the month for November 2022, Wisconsin nonfarm jobs increased by 6,500 and total private sector jobs increased by 5,800.

Construction reached another record high with a monthly addition of 500 while manufacturing gained 600 over the month.

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