MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today announced the following information for Wisconsin’s labor market, reflecting May 2026 preliminary estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
- Employment – There were 3,024,100 people employed in Wisconsin, up 4,000 over the month and up 5,800 over the year.
- Labor Force – The state’s labor force participation rate remained unchanged at 64.4% which is 2.6 percentage points above the national rate of 61.8%.
- Nonfarm Jobs – The total nonfarm jobs in the state were 3,039,800, an increase of 8,700 over last month.
- Unemployment – The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate ticked down to 3.4%, which is 0.9 percentage points below the national unemployment rate of 4.3%
