The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development recently announced 3,055,200 total nonfarm jobs in the state, according to March 2025 preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Preliminary employment estimates for March 2025 showed Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.2% over the last month, one percentage point below the national unemployment rate of 4.2%.
The state's labor force participation rate ticked down to 65.6% in March while the national rate increased to 62.5%, marking Wisconsin's participation rate 3.1 percentage points above the rest of the nation. See the data report.