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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fond du Lac fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2023 to 2.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Wisconsin rate. The unemployment rate in Fond du Lac peaked in April 2020 at 16.4% and is now 14.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.1% in March 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Fond du Lac unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.2
Wisconsin 2.4% -0.1 -0.4
Fond du Lac 2.1% 0.0 -0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2023 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, National

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Fond du Lac peaked in April 2020 at 9,068. There are now 7,894 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Fond du Lac employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Fond du Lac 1,174 -34 -219

Number of Unemployed Persons

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Wisconsin
Unemployment Rate		 Fond du Lac
Unemployment Rate		 Fond du Lac
Unemployed
May
2023		 3.7% — — —
April
2023		 3.4% 2.4% 2.1% 1,174
March
2023		 3.5% 2.5% 2.1% 1,208
February
2023		 3.6% 2.7% 2.3% 1,299
January
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 2.5% 1,384
December
2022		 3.5% 3.0% 2.6% 1,452
November
2022		 3.6% 3.0% 2.6% 1,457
October
2022		 3.7% 3.0% 2.6% 1,475
September
2022		 3.5% 3.1% 2.7% 1,500
August
2022		 3.7% 3.1% 2.7% 1,511
July
2022		 3.5% 3.0% 2.7% 1,498
June
2022		 3.6% 2.9% 2.6% 1,464

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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