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Green Bay, Wisconsin Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Green Bay rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 2.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Wisconsin rate. The unemployment rate in Green Bay peaked in April 2020 at 13.4% and is now 11.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 1.9% in April 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Green Bay unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Wisconsin 2.4% 0.0 -0.5
Green Bay 2.0% +0.1 -0.7
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Green Bay, Wisconsin, National

Green Bay, Wisconsin monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Green Bay, Wisconsin Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Green Bay peaked in April 2020 at 22,995. There are now 19,494 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,361 in April 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 140. Green Bay employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is also available.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Green Bay 3,501 +140 -1,089

Number of Unemployed Persons

Green Bay, Wisconsin Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Wisconsin
Unemployment Rate		 Green Bay
Unemployment Rate		 Green Bay
Unemployed
June
2023		 3.6% — — —
May
2023		 3.7% 2.4% 2.0% 3,501
April
2023		 3.4% 2.4% 1.9% 3,361
March
2023		 3.5% 2.5% 2.0% 3,551
February
2023		 3.6% 2.7% 2.3% 3,954
January
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 2.5% 4,365
December
2022		 3.5% 3.0% 2.7% 4,719
November
2022		 3.6% 3.0% 2.7% 4,741
October
2022		 3.7% 3.0% 2.8% 4,823
September
2022		 3.5% 3.1% 2.9% 4,931
August
2022		 3.7% 3.1% 2.9% 4,989
July
2022		 3.5% 3.0% 2.9% 4,946

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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