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Madison

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Madison, WI, Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Oct 2024
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2024
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Madison — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
Madison, WI Economy at a Glance:
Madison, WI
Data Series Back
Data
Apr
2024
May
2024
June
2024
July
2024
Aug
2024
Sept
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

410.8 405.7 410.9 413.2 413.2 (p)416.0

Employment(1)

401.6 395.7 399.9 402.5 404.5 (p)407.5

Unemployment(1)

9.2 10.0 10.9 10.8 8.8 (p)8.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.2 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.1 (p)2.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

429.5 424.4 428.8 426.5 429.9 (p)429.0

12-month % change

1.6 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.2 (p)0.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

19.7 20.3 20.8 20.9 21.0 (p)20.8

12-month % change

0.0 0.5 -0.5 -0.5 0.5 (p)1.5

Manufacturing(3)

39.1 39.6 40.3 40.5 40.4 (p)40.0

12-month % change

2.6 3.4 3.1 2.5 2.5 (p)2.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

63.0 62.5 63.6 63.7 63.5 (p)62.9

12-month % change

-0.5 -1.9 -1.5 -0.3 -0.2 (p)-0.5

Information(3)

20.8 21.0 21.1 21.1 20.7 (p)20.7

12-month % change

5.1 6.1 4.5 1.9 -1.4 (p)-2.8

Financial Activities(3)

24.2 24.1 24.4 24.3 24.2 (p)23.8

12-month % change

0.8 0.0 -0.4 -2.0 -2.4 (p)-2.9

Professional and Business Services(3)

52.3 52.2 53.1 52.6 51.9 (p)51.5

12-month % change

1.0 0.6 0.6 -0.2 -1.9 (p)-0.6

Education and Health Services(3)

53.8 53.9 54.3 54.3 54.5 (p)54.5

12-month % change

2.7 2.7 1.5 3.0 3.2 (p)3.0

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

37.1 39.2 42.1 41.8 41.0 (p)38.5

12-month % change

-0.5 2.1 2.4 2.7 0.0 (p)-1.3

Other Services(3)

20.5 20.9 21.0 21.0 20.9 (p)21.0

12-month % change

0.0 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 (p)1.9

Government(3)

99.0 90.7 88.1 86.3 91.8 (p)95.3

12-month % change

3.4 -1.5 -1.2 -2.8 5.0 (p)1.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary