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Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Milwaukee Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	May 2026
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jun 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jun 2026
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Mar 2026
Consumer Price Index, Milwaukee-Racine — Second Half 2017	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2018
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Milwaukee (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Jan 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Milwaukee-Waukesha — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2025

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Economy at a Glance:

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
Data Series	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	(2)806.9	(2)802.3	797.6	803.3	803.9	(p)799.4
Employment(1)	(2)780.9	(2)777.0	766.5	767.8	770.3	(p)770.0
Unemployment(1)	(2)26.0	(2)25.3	31.1	35.5	33.6	(p)29.4
Unemployment Rate(3)	(2)3.2	(2)3.2	3.9	4.4	4.2	(p)3.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)	856.1	855.9	841.5	841.3	842.8	(p)850.6
12-month % change	-1.5	-1.1	-0.9	-1.0	-0.8	(p)-0.9
Mining and Logging(4)	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	(p)0.6
12-month % change	20.0	20.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)20.0
Construction(4)	39.9	39.5	37.6	37.4	37.5	(p)38.4
12-month % change	2.8	4.8	6.2	5.4	3.0	(p)1.6
Manufacturing(4)	108.0	108.2	107.5	107.7	108.3	(p)108.0
12-month % change	-1.8	-1.6	-1.8	-1.1	-0.4	(p)-0.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)	146.4	147.5	143.1	140.6	140.3	(p)139.9
12-month % change	-2.5	-2.6	-2.3	-2.9	-3.0	(p)-3.2
Information(4)	10.3	10.6	10.4	10.2	10.3	(p)10.3
12-month % change	-6.4	-3.6	-4.6	-6.4	-4.6	(p)-5.5
Financial Activities(4)	48.5	48.4	47.9	47.8	48.4	(p)48.4
12-month % change	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.5	(p)1.7
Professional and Business Services(4)	117.8	114.7	113.1	113.4	114.4	(p)117.8
12-month % change	-1.9	-3.6	-2.7	-3.4	-1.6	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(4)	180.5	183.2	182.1	182.4	180.9	(p)182.0
12-month % change	-0.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.0	(p)0.1
Leisure and Hospitality(4)	78.9	78.4	76.3	77.0	77.5	(p)79.8
12-month % change	-0.5	-2.2	-1.3	0.5	-0.8	(p)-0.1
Other Services(4)	42.9	42.9	42.5	42.2	42.7	(p)42.6
12-month % change	-1.4	-0.9	-1.4	-1.4	-1.2	(p)-1.8
Government(4)	82.3	81.9	80.5	82.1	82.0	(p)82.8
12-month % change	-5.2	-1.0	-1.2	-2.0	-0.8	(p)-3.0
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary


Data Series	2nd Half 2016	1st Half 2017	2nd Half 2017
Consumer Price Index: Milwaukee-Racine, WI
CPI-U, All items(1)	228.624	232.123	232.718
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(1)	0.7	2.2	1.8
CPI-W, All items(2)	231.299	234.463	235.155
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(2)	0.0	1.9	1.7
Footnotes (1) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.