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Milwaukee

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 Mar 2024
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2024
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2023
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-West Allis — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2023
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Economy at a Glance:
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2023
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

833.7 823.4 824.4 823.7 (p)815.3 (p)809.3

Employment(1)

799.0 793.2 795.9 797.9 (p)791.8 (p)786.6

Unemployment(1)

34.7 30.2 28.5 25.8 (p)23.6 (p)22.7

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.2 3.7 3.5 3.1 (p)2.9 (p)2.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

868.1 861.7 864.3 863.7 860.2 (p)841.8

12-month % change

0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 -0.1 (p)-0.6

Mining and Logging(3)

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 (p)0.5

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

38.4 38.1 37.9 37.3 36.2 (p)34.4

12-month % change

4.9 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.6 (p)4.9

Manufacturing(3)

115.6 114.3 114.5 114.6 114.5 (p)113.5

12-month % change

-0.7 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 -1.0 (p)-1.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

147.6 146.3 147.6 149.5 150.5 (p)145.3

12-month % change

-0.5 -0.4 -0.5 -0.9 -1.1 (p)-2.0

Information(3)

11.7 11.5 11.4 11.4 11.3 (p)11.2

12-month % change

-7.9 -8.0 -8.8 -8.1 -8.1 (p)-6.7

Financial Activities(3)

49.8 49.1 48.9 48.9 49.4 (p)48.7

12-month % change

-1.8 -2.0 -2.4 -2.2 -1.4 (p)-0.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

123.0 120.8 121.5 119.4 117.3 (p)115.2

12-month % change

-1.4 -2.3 -1.9 -3.2 -4.3 (p)-3.8

Education and Health Services(3)

173.8 175.5 176.4 177.8 177.3 (p)175.6

12-month % change

1.8 1.6 2.1 2.7 2.2 (p)1.6

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

86.4 80.3 79.1 77.5 76.9 (p)73.7

12-month % change

4.6 2.8 3.8 2.2 1.3 (p)-1.5

Other Services(3)

43.9 43.0 42.7 42.6 42.4 (p)41.6

12-month % change

0.0 -0.2 -0.9 -0.5 -0.9 (p)-2.3

Government(3)

77.4 82.3 83.8 84.2 83.9 (p)82.1

12-month % change

0.7 2.4 3.1 1.9 3.8 (p)3.5

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