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Appleton, Wisconsin Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Appleton fell 0.8 percentage points in November 2020 to 4.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points lower than the Wisconsin rate. The unemployment rate in Appleton peaked in April 2020 at 13.0% and is now 9.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Appleton unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Wisconsin 5.3% -0.7 +1.8
Appleton 4.0% -0.8 +1.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Appleton, Wisconsin, National

Appleton, Wisconsin monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Appleton, Wisconsin Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Appleton peaked in April 2020 at 16,603. There are now 11,335 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Appleton employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Appleton, Wisconsin) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Appleton 5,268 -1,035 +1,297

Number of Unemployed Persons

Appleton, Wisconsin Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Wisconsin
Unemployment Rate		 Appleton
Unemployment Rate		 Appleton
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% 5.5% — —
November
2020		 6.7% 5.3% 4.0% 5,268
October
2020		 6.9% 6.0% 4.8% 6,303
September
2020		 7.8% 5.4% 4.3% 5,616
August
2020		 8.4% 6.3% 5.3% 6,803
July
2020		 10.2% 7.1% 6.0% 7,539
June
2020		 11.1% 8.6% 7.4% 9,387
May
2020		 13.3% 12.1% 11.0% 14,182
April
2020		 14.8% 13.6% 13.0% 16,603
March
2020		 4.4% 3.1% 2.8% 3,668
February
2020		 3.5% 3.5% 3.0% 3,886
January
2020		 3.5% 3.5% 3.1% 4,001

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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