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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	Aug 2026
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest	Consumer price indexes	Table	Aug 2026
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Milwaukee-Waukesha — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2026

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Economy at a Glance:

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
Data Series	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	803.3	803.9	799.1	799.6	(p)811.6
Employment(1)	767.8	770.3	769.6	773.8	(p)780.7
Unemployment(1)	35.5	33.6	29.5	25.8	(p)30.9
Unemployment Rate(2)	4.4	4.2	3.7	3.2	(p)3.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	841.3	842.8	850.1	856.3	863.4	(p)862.0
12-month % change	-1.0	-0.8	-1.0	-0.8	-0.4	(p)-0.1
Mining and Logging(3)	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	(p)0.6
12-month % change	0.0	0.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)	37.4	37.5	38.5	40.4	41.2	(p)41.8
12-month % change	5.4	3.0	1.9	3.1	3.0	(p)3.2
Manufacturing(3)	107.7	108.3	108.1	108.5	109.8	(p)110.2
12-month % change	-1.1	-0.4	-0.6	-0.2	0.5	(p)0.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	140.6	140.3	140.1	140.5	142.0	(p)141.5
12-month % change	-2.9	-3.0	-3.0	-3.4	-2.6	(p)-2.1
Information(3)	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	(p)10.1
12-month % change	-6.4	-4.6	-5.5	-3.7	-4.6	(p)-6.5
Financial Activities(3)	47.8	48.4	48.3	48.3	48.6	(p)48.9
12-month % change	0.4	1.5	1.5	0.6	0.2	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)	113.4	114.4	117.1	118.0	120.2	(p)122.4
12-month % change	-3.4	-1.6	-0.6	-0.3	0.7	(p)1.3
Education and Health Services(3)	182.4	180.9	182.2	182.3	181.5	(p)179.2
12-month % change	0.8	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.8	(p)0.4
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	77.0	77.5	79.3	82.3	86.6	(p)86.6
12-month % change	0.5	-0.8	-0.8	-2.4	-1.1	(p)-1.6
Other Services(3)	42.2	42.7	42.7	42.9	42.8	(p)42.8
12-month % change	-1.4	-1.2	-1.6	-0.9	-2.1	(p)-2.1
Government(3)	82.1	82.0	82.9	82.2	79.8	(p)77.9
12-month % change	-2.0	-0.8	-2.9	-1.0	-1.5	(p)1.6
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


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.