01/22BLS Data: Wisconsin December Employment Numbers Released; Unemployment Holds Steady at 3.1%

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BLS Data: Wisconsin December Employment Numbers Released; Unemployment Holds Steady at 3.1%

MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today announced the following information for Wisconsin's labor market, reflecting December 2025 preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:

• Employment: There were 3,021,200 people employed in Wisconsin, down 200 over the month and down 65,500 over the year.
• Labor Force: The state's labor force participation rate increased to 64.2%, which is 1.8 percentage points above the national rate of 62.4%
• Nonfarm Jobs: Total nonfarm jobs in the state were 3,054,300, an increase of 9,000 over last month and 6,700 over the year.
• Unemployment: The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 3.1% which is 1.3 percentage points below the national unemployment rate of 4.4%

Additional information about the data included in the release is available at Wisconomy.com.

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