Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Report Looks at Aging Workforce and Makes Recommendations

Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 -- 12:01 PM

(Bob Hague, WRN) A new report highlights Wisconsin's aging workforce.

The state’s median age is 40.1 years. Wisconsin is one of only 14 states where the median age is over 40 – the national median is 38.8. The report is from the WMC Foundation, an arm of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce.

WMC is calling on lawmakers to make the state more economically competitive and attractive to workers, including reducing and flattening the state’s income tax, investing more in choice and charter schools, and reforming welfare and unemployment programs to incentivize work.

The report says Wisconsin must attract more people because the state is not naturally growing the population needed to match economic growth.

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