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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Wisconsin > Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

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 May 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table May 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 Back
Data		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)- 803.1 (p)802.3 797.6 (p)803.4  

Employment(1)

 (2)- 779.4 (p)777.0 766.5 (p)767.9  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)- 23.8 (p)25.2 31.1 (p)35.5  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)- 3.0 (p)3.1 3.9 (p)4.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 855.8 856.1 855.9 841.5 841.3 (p)843.0

12-month % change

 -1.1 -1.5 -1.1 -0.9 -1.0 (p)-0.8

Mining and Logging(4)

 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 (p)0.6

12-month % change

 20.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 (p)20.0

Construction(4)

 40.4 39.9 39.5 37.6 37.4 (p)37.6

12-month % change

 3.3 2.8 4.8 6.2 5.4 (p)3.3

Manufacturing(4)

 107.9 108.0 108.2 107.5 107.7 (p)108.1

12-month % change

 -2.1 -1.8 -1.6 -1.8 -1.1 (p)-0.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 143.8 146.4 147.5 143.1 140.6 (p)140.3

12-month % change

 -2.8 -2.5 -2.6 -2.3 -2.9 (p)-3.0

Information(4)

 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.4 10.2 (p)10.2

12-month % change

 -8.1 -6.4 -3.6 -4.6 -6.4 (p)-5.6

Financial Activities(4)

 48.2 48.5 48.4 47.9 47.8 (p)48.3

12-month % change

 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 (p)1.3

Professional and Business Services(4)

 117.8 117.8 114.7 113.1 113.4 (p)114.4

12-month % change

 -2.5 -1.9 -3.6 -2.7 -3.4 (p)-1.6

Education and Health Services(4)

 182.5 180.5 183.2 182.1 182.4 (p)181.2

12-month % change

 1.4 -0.1 1.1 0.9 0.8 (p)0.2

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 80.7 78.9 78.4 76.3 77.0 (p)77.6

12-month % change

 0.5 -0.5 -2.2 -1.3 0.5 (p)-0.6

Other Services(4)

 42.6 42.9 42.9 42.5 42.2 (p)42.7

12-month % change

 -2.5 -1.4 -0.9 -1.4 -1.4 (p)-1.2

Government(4)

 81.1 82.3 81.9 80.5 82.1 (p)82.0

12-month % change

 -2.9 -5.2 -1.0 -1.2 -2.0 (p)-0.8

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary
Data Series Back
Data		 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.