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Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fond du Lac fell 0.2 percentage points in November 2020 to 4.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Wisconsin rate. The unemployment rate in Fond du Lac peaked in April 2020 at 15.4% and is now 11.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in September 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare Fond du Lac 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
Fond du Lac 4.4% -0.2 +1.3
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: 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 8,919. There are now 6,267 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,370 in September 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 282. Fond du Lac employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Fond du Lac 2,652 -60 +865

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
December
2020		 6.7% 5.5% — —
November
2020		 6.7% 5.3% 4.4% 2,652
October
2020		 6.9% 6.0% 4.6% 2,712
September
2020		 7.8% 5.4% 4.0% 2,370
August
2020		 8.4% 6.3% 4.7% 2,679
July
2020		 10.2% 7.1% 5.9% 3,310
June
2020		 11.1% 8.6% 8.1% 4,716
May
2020		 13.3% 12.1% 11.7% 6,875
April
2020		 14.8% 13.6% 15.4% 8,919
March
2020		 4.4% 3.1% 2.9% 1,666
February
2020		 3.5% 3.5% 3.0% 1,741
January
2020		 3.5% 3.5% 3.1% 1,793

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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