(The Center Square) – Wisconsin saw the unemployment rate drop in all 13 metropolitan areas in April from a month before but those rates were up from April 2024.
The rates also went down in 31 of the state’s 35 largest cities month to month while 33 of those cities saw a year over year unemployment rate increase.
Those rates came out as the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development published updated workforce profiles of all of the state’s 72 counties.
“Improving economic success and building a 21st Century workforce is important in every one of Wisconsin’s 72 counties,” Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Amy Pechacek said in a statement. “The 2025 county workforce profiles reflect the expertise that our regional economists can offer employers, community leaders, education providers, and many other workforce partners to meet current and future workforce needs, This work helps advance local and regional efforts that are critical to the entire state’s success.”
The unemployment rates went down in 69 counties on a monthly basis while the rates rose in three counties.
Over the year, 66 counties saw an unemployment increase.
