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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Milwaukee Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Aug 2024
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest	Consumer price indexes	Table	Oct 2024
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Mar 2024
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 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI Economy at a Glance:

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI

Data Series	Back Data	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		810.1	810.1	811.4	819.7	827.6	(p)822.9
Employment(1)		781.1	783.9	784.1	789.4	796.8	(p)797.3
Unemployment(1)		28.9	26.3	27.2	30.3	30.8	(p)25.6
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.6	3.2	3.4	3.7	3.7	(p)3.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		846.0	855.2	858.8	865.8	862.0	(p)862.6
12-month % change		-0.9	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	-0.4	(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)		35.1	36.1	37.7	38.5	38.9	(p)39.3
12-month % change		4.8	1.7	2.4	1.9	1.3	(p)2.3
Manufacturing(3)		113.1	113.2	113.3	114.7	114.8	(p)114.3
12-month % change		-1.8	-1.1	-0.8	-0.9	-0.7	(p)-1.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		144.6	146.2	146.3	147.5	147.6	(p)147.6
12-month % change		-1.4	0.1	-0.6	-0.7	-0.2	(p)0.0
Information(3)		11.2	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.0	(p)10.9
12-month % change		-5.9	-8.3	-7.6	-5.9	-6.8	(p)-6.8
Financial Activities(3)		48.1	48.1	48.2	48.5	48.4	(p)48.1
12-month % change		-2.2	-2.4	-2.2	-3.0	-3.0	(p)-3.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		114.3	116.4	116.4	119.3	118.9	(p)119.4
12-month % change		-5.8	-4.2	-4.0	-3.2	-3.3	(p)-2.9
Education and Health Services(3)		175.2	177.6	176.4	176.4	175.3	(p)174.2
12-month % change		0.5	2.5	1.7	1.8	1.7	(p)0.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		76.8	77.8	81.8	84.5	84.8	(p)83.7
12-month % change		0.5	-0.8	0.0	-1.5	-0.9	(p)-3.1
Other Services(3)		42.5	42.5	43.2	43.5	43.6	(p)43.4
12-month % change		-0.5	-0.9	0.5	-0.5	-0.7	(p)-1.1
Government(3)		84.6	85.8	84.0	81.3	78.2	(p)81.2
12-month % change		3.2	3.5	2.6	2.4	2.1	(p)4.9
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