Economy

Wisconsin’s labor force participation grew slightly in February but there was little other change in the state’s jobs data last month, according to data released by the Department of Workforce Development.

Wisconsin residents saw some of the slowest personal income growth of any state in the country in 2020, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate in January was 3.8%, a slight drop from the previous month but also a dramatic change from the last time the Department of Workforce Development released data.

Drawing on strong hiring outlook in the Madison area, Wisconsin tied with Rhode Island for the best hiring outlook in the country headed into the second quarter in the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

Wisconsin companies exported $20.5 billion in goods in 2020, a 5.4% drop from the prior year and the lowest annual total since 2010.

The vast majority of metro Milwaukee business leaders are optimistic about how their businesses will perform this year, according to the quarterly Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.

Wisconsin had the nation’s 18th worst private sector job loss from November 2019 to November 2020, according to the...

The number and percentage of workers represented by a union in Wisconsin hit the highest levels since 2014, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate increased to 5.5% in December, even as the state added 19,200 private sector jobs compared to the previous month.

Around 10.2% of Wisconsinites’ income went to state and local taxes in the 2020 fiscal year, the lowest level since at least 1970, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum.