Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Report

Wisconsin Unemployment by County

Wisconsin Current Unemployment 3.3%

Wisconsin Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Wisconsin has ranged from 2.3% in December 2021 to 14.9% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Wisconsin is 3.3% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

WI Highest Unemployment by County

Menominee, WI unemployment rate

8.9%

Iron, WI unemployment rate

5.3%

Adams, WI unemployment rate

5.1%

Forest, WI unemployment rate

5.0%

Bayfield, WI unemployment rate

4.8%

Milwaukee, WI unemployment rate

4.7%

Racine, WI unemployment rate

4.3%

Marinette, WI unemployment rate

4.2%

Ashland, WI unemployment rate

4.2%

Langlade, WI unemployment rate

4.1%

WI Unemployment City Links

Milwaukee, WI Unemployment Report

Madison, WI Unemployment Report

Green Bay, WI Unemployment Report

Kenosha, WI Unemployment Report

Racine, WI Unemployment Report

Appleton, WI Unemployment Report

Waukesha, WI Unemployment Report

Oshkosh, WI Unemployment Report

Eau Claire, WI Unemployment Report

Janesville, WI Unemployment Report

WI Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 WI Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2022	3.2%	4.0%
2/2022	3.4%	3.8%
3/2022	3.4%	3.6%
4/2022	3.1%	3.6%
5/2022	2.9%	3.6%
5/2022	2.9%	3.6%
6/2022	3.5%	3.6%
7/2022	3.3%	3.5%
8/2022	3.3%	3.7%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2021	4.5%	6.3%
2/2021	4.9%	6.2%
3/2021	4.8%	6.0%
4/2021	4.4%	6.1%
5/2021	4.0%	5.8%
6/2021	4.5%	5.9%
7/2021	3.9%	5.4%
8/2021	3.7%	5.2%
9/2021	3.0%	4.7%
10/2021	2.7%	4.6%
11/2021	2.4%	4.2%
12/2021	2.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2020	3.5%	3.6%
2/2020	3.5%	3.5%
3/2020	3.8%	4.4%
4/2020	14.9%	14.7%
5/2020	10.7%	13.3%
6/2020	8.7%	11.1%
7/2020	7.3%	10.2%
8/2020	5.8%	8.4%
9/2020	5.3%	7.9%
10/2020	4.3%	6.9%
11/2020	4.1%	6.7%
12/2020	4.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2019	3.7%	4.0%
2/2019	3.8%	3.8%
3/2019	3.8%	3.8%
4/2019	3.2%	3.6%
5/2019	3.1%	3.6%
6/2019	3.7%	3.7%
7/2019	3.6%	3.7%
8/2019	3.4%	3.7%
9/2019	2.9%	3.5%
10/2019	2.8%	3.6%
11/2019	3.0%	3.5%
12/2019	3.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2018	3.4%	4.1%
2/2018	3.7%	4.1%
3/2018	3.6%	4.0%
4/2018	3.0%	3.9%
5/2018	2.8%	3.8%
6/2018	3.5%	4.0%
7/2018	3.1%	3.9%
8/2018	2.9%	3.8%
9/2018	2.4%	3.7%
10/2018	2.4%	3.8%
11/2018	2.5%	3.7%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%
12/2018	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2017	4.2%	4.7%
2/2017	4.4%	4.7%
3/2017	3.9%	4.4%
4/2017	3.2%	4.4%
5/2017	3.0%	4.4%
6/2017	3.6%	4.3%
7/2017	3.4%	4.3%
8/2017	3.3%	4.4%
9/2017	2.7%	4.2%
10/2017	2.5%	4.1%
11/2017	2.6%	4.2%
12/2017	2.7%	4.1%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2016	4.7%	4.9%
2/2016	5.0%	4.9%
3/2016	4.8%	5.0%
4/2016	4.2%	5.0%
5/2016	3.7%	4.8%
6/2016	4.4%	4.9%
7/2016	4.0%	4.8%
8/2016	3.8%	4.9%
9/2016	3.4%	5.0%
10/2016	3.3%	4.9%
11/2016	3.3%	4.7%
12/2016	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2015	5.5%	5.7%
2/2015	5.6%	5.5%
3/2015	5.3%	5.4%
4/2015	4.6%	5.4%
5/2015	4.5%	5.6%
6/2015	4.9%	5.3%
7/2015	4.5%	5.2%
8/2015	4.1%	5.1%
9/2015	3.7%	5.0%
10/2015	3.7%	5.0%
11/2015	3.9%	5.1%
12/2015	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2014	6.4%	6.6%
2/2014	6.8%	6.7%
3/2014	6.6%	6.7%
4/2014	5.6%	6.2%
5/2014	5.4%	6.3%
6/2014	5.6%	6.1%
7/2014	5.5%	6.2%
8/2014	5.1%	6.1%
9/2014	4.6%	5.9%
10/2014	4.4%	5.7%
11/2014	4.5%	5.8%
12/2014	4.5%	5.6%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2013	7.9%	8.0%
2/2013	7.9%	7.7%
3/2013	7.6%	7.5%
4/2013	7.1%	7.6%
5/2013	6.5%	7.5%
6/2013	7.1%	7.5%
7/2013	6.7%	7.3%
8/2013	6.3%	7.2%
9/2013	5.9%	7.2%
10/2013	5.9%	7.2%
11/2013	6.0%	6.9%
12/2013	6.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2012	7.8%	8.3%
2/2012	8.2%	8.3%
3/2012	7.9%	8.2%
4/2012	7.0%	8.2%
5/2012	7.0%	8.2%
6/2012	7.5%	8.2%
7/2012	7.3%	8.2%
8/2012	6.9%	8.1%
9/2012	6.1%	7.8%
10/2012	6.0%	7.8%
11/2012	6.2%	7.7%
12/2012	6.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2011	8.8%	9.1%
2/2011	9.1%	9.0%
3/2011	8.8%	9.0%
4/2011	7.9%	9.1%
5/2011	7.7%	9.0%
6/2011	8.2%	9.1%
7/2011	7.8%	9.0%
8/2011	7.5%	9.0%
9/2011	7.0%	9.0%
10/2011	6.7%	8.8%
11/2011	6.7%	8.6%
12/2011	6.9%	8.5%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2010	10.1%	9.8%
2/2010	10.4%	9.8%
3/2010	10.3%	9.9%
4/2010	9.0%	9.9%
5/2010	8.5%	9.6%
6/2010	8.7%	9.4%
7/2010	8.5%	9.4%
8/2010	8.2%	9.5%
9/2010	7.5%	9.5%
10/2010	7.4%	9.4%
11/2010	7.7%	9.8%
12/2010	7.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2009	7.7%	7.8%
2/2009	8.8%	8.3%
3/2009	9.3%	8.7%
4/2009	8.7%	9.0%
5/2009	8.5%	9.4%
6/2009	9.0%	9.5%
7/2009	8.8%	9.5%
8/2009	8.6%	9.6%
9/2009	8.1%	9.8%
10/2009	8.2%	10.0%
11/2009	8.3%	9.9%
12/2009	8.9%	9.9%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2008	5.2%	5.0%
2/2008	5.5%	4.9%
3/2008	5.2%	5.1%
4/2008	4.5%	5.0%
5/2008	4.3%	5.4%
6/2008	4.8%	5.6%
7/2008	4.7%	5.8%
8/2008	4.7%	6.1%
9/2008	4.3%	6.1%
10/2008	4.5%	6.5%
11/2008	5.2%	6.8%
12/2008	6.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2007	5.5%	4.6%
2/2007	6.0%	4.5%
3/2007	5.6%	4.4%
4/2007	5.2%	4.5%
5/2007	4.7%	4.4%
6/2007	5.1%	4.6%
7/2007	4.9%	4.7%
8/2007	4.7%	4.6%
9/2007	4.3%	4.7%
10/2007	4.1%	4.7%
11/2007	4.2%	4.7%
12/2007	4.5%	5.0%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2006	5.2%	4.7%
2/2006	5.8%	4.8%
3/2006	5.6%	4.7%
4/2006	4.9%	4.7%
5/2006	4.5%	4.6%
6/2006	4.9%	4.6%
7/2006	4.7%	4.7%
8/2006	4.5%	4.7%
9/2006	4.1%	4.5%
10/2006	3.9%	4.4%
11/2006	4.3%	4.5%
12/2006	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2005	5.5%	5.3%
2/2005	5.9%	5.4%
3/2005	5.5%	5.2%
4/2005	4.8%	5.2%
5/2005	4.5%	5.1%
6/2005	4.9%	5.0%
7/2005	4.6%	5.0%
8/2005	4.3%	4.9%
9/2005	4.1%	5.0%
10/2005	3.9%	5.0%
11/2005	4.4%	5.0%
12/2005	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2004	6.0%	5.7%
2/2004	6.3%	5.6%
3/2004	6.3%	5.8%
4/2004	5.3%	5.6%
5/2004	4.9%	5.6%
6/2004	5.3%	5.6%
7/2004	4.9%	5.5%
8/2004	4.6%	5.4%
9/2004	4.1%	5.4%
10/2004	4.0%	5.5%
11/2004	4.2%	5.4%
12/2004	4.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2003	6.4%	5.8%
2/2003	6.8%	5.9%
3/2003	6.7%	5.9%
4/2003	6.0%	6.0%
5/2003	5.5%	6.1%
6/2003	6.2%	6.3%
7/2003	5.8%	6.2%
8/2003	5.5%	6.1%
9/2003	5.0%	6.1%
10/2003	4.7%	6.0%
11/2003	4.9%	5.8%
12/2003	4.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2002	6.1%	5.7%
2/2002	6.5%	5.7%
3/2002	6.4%	5.7%
4/2002	5.7%	5.9%
5/2002	5.0%	5.8%
6/2002	5.6%	5.8%
7/2002	5.3%	5.8%
8/2002	5.0%	5.7%
9/2002	4.5%	5.7%
10/2002	4.4%	5.7%
11/2002	4.9%	5.9%
12/2002	5.1%	6.0%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2001	4.5%	4.2%
2/2001	5.1%	4.2%
3/2001	5.1%	4.3%
4/2001	4.6%	4.4%
5/2001	4.1%	4.3%
6/2001	4.8%	4.5%
7/2001	4.4%	4.6%
8/2001	4.3%	4.9%
9/2001	3.9%	5.0%
10/2001	4.1%	5.3%
11/2001	4.6%	5.5%
12/2001	4.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/2000	3.8%	4.0%
2/2000	4.2%	4.1%
3/2000	4.2%	4.0%
4/2000	3.4%	3.8%
5/2000	3.3%	4.0%
6/2000	3.9%	4.0%
7/2000	3.7%	4.0%
8/2000	3.5%	4.1%
9/2000	3.0%	3.9%
10/2000	2.8%	3.9%
11/2000	3.2%	3.9%
12/2000	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1999	4.0%	4.3%
2/1999	4.2%	4.4%
3/1999	3.8%	4.2%
4/1999	3.2%	4.3%
5/1999	2.8%	4.2%
6/1999	3.3%	4.3%
7/1999	3.0%	4.3%
8/1999	2.7%	4.2%
9/1999	2.5%	4.2%
10/1999	2.4%	4.1%
11/1999	2.8%	4.1%
12/1999	2.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1998	3.9%	4.6%
2/1998	4.1%	4.6%
3/1998	4.1%	4.7%
4/1998	3.0%	4.3%
5/1998	2.9%	4.4%
6/1998	3.6%	4.5%
7/1998	3.4%	4.5%
8/1998	3.2%	4.5%
9/1998	3.0%	4.6%
10/1998	2.9%	4.5%
11/1998	3.1%	4.4%
12/1998	3.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1997	4.4%	5.3%
2/1997	4.6%	5.2%
3/1997	4.5%	5.2%
4/1997	3.9%	5.1%
5/1997	3.3%	4.9%
6/1997	3.8%	5.0%
7/1997	3.4%	4.9%
8/1997	3.2%	4.8%
9/1997	3.0%	4.9%
10/1997	2.7%	4.7%
11/1997	2.9%	4.6%
12/1997	3.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1996	4.5%	5.6%
2/1996	4.8%	5.5%
3/1996	4.4%	5.5%
4/1996	4.0%	5.6%
5/1996	3.5%	5.6%
6/1996	3.8%	5.3%
7/1996	3.6%	5.5%
8/1996	3.1%	5.1%
9/1996	2.8%	5.2%
10/1996	2.7%	5.2%
11/1996	3.0%	5.4%
12/1996	3.1%	5.4%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1995	4.5%	5.6%
2/1995	4.7%	5.4%
3/1995	4.6%	5.4%
4/1995	4.2%	5.8%
5/1995	3.7%	5.6%
6/1995	3.9%	5.6%
7/1995	3.6%	5.7%
8/1995	3.4%	5.7%
9/1995	3.1%	5.6%
10/1995	3.1%	5.5%
11/1995	3.4%	5.6%
12/1995	3.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1994	5.7%	6.6%
2/1994	6.1%	6.6%
3/1994	5.8%	6.5%
4/1994	4.9%	6.4%
5/1994	4.3%	6.1%
6/1994	4.8%	6.1%
7/1994	4.4%	6.1%
8/1994	4.2%	6.0%
9/1994	3.7%	5.9%
10/1994	3.6%	5.8%
11/1994	3.5%	5.6%
12/1994	3.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1993	5.1%	7.3%
2/1993	5.4%	7.1%
3/1993	5.8%	7.0%
4/1993	5.3%	7.1%
5/1993	4.8%	7.1%
6/1993	5.3%	7.0%
7/1993	4.7%	6.9%
8/1993	4.4%	6.8%
9/1993	4.0%	6.7%
10/1993	4.0%	6.8%
11/1993	4.2%	6.6%
12/1993	4.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1992	5.8%	7.3%
2/1992	6.2%	7.4%
3/1992	5.9%	7.4%
4/1992	5.1%	7.4%
5/1992	5.0%	7.6%
6/1992	5.7%	7.8%
7/1992	5.2%	7.7%
8/1992	4.9%	7.6%
9/1992	4.7%	7.6%
10/1992	4.3%	7.3%
11/1992	4.3%	7.4%
12/1992	4.3%	7.4%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1991	6.0%	6.4%
2/1991	6.8%	6.6%
3/1991	6.9%	6.8%
4/1991	5.8%	6.7%
5/1991	5.5%	6.9%
6/1991	5.8%	6.9%
7/1991	5.1%	6.8%
8/1991	5.0%	6.9%
9/1991	4.7%	6.9%
10/1991	4.6%	7.0%
11/1991	4.9%	7.0%
12/1991	4.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	WI %	National %
1/1990	5.1%	5.4%
2/1990	5.2%	5.3%
3/1990	5.1%	5.2%
4/1990	4.3%	5.4%
5/1990	3.8%	5.4%
6/1990	4.2%	5.2%
7/1990	4.1%	5.5%
8/1990	4.0%	5.7%
9/1990	3.9%	5.9%
10/1990	3.9%	5.9%
11/1990	4.4%	6.2%
12/1990	4.5%	6.3%