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La Crosse-Onalaska, Wisconsin Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for La Crosse fell 0.1 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 La Crosse peaked in April 2020 at 12.1% and is now 10.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare La Crosse 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
La Crosse 2.1% -0.1 -0.3
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: La Crosse, Wisconsin, National

La Crosse, Wisconsin monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

La Crosse, Wisconsin Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in La Crosse peaked in April 2020 at 8,975. There are now 7,361 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. La Crosse employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
La Crosse 1,614 -57 -181

Number of Unemployed Persons

La Crosse, Wisconsin Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Wisconsin
Unemployment Rate
La Crosse
Unemployment Rate
La Crosse
Unemployed
May
2023
3.7%
April
2023
3.4% 2.4% 2.1% 1,614
March
2023
3.5% 2.5% 2.2% 1,671
February
2023
3.6% 2.7% 2.3% 1,781
January
2023
3.4% 2.9% 2.4% 1,863
December
2022
3.5% 3.0% 2.5% 1,937
November
2022
3.6% 3.0% 2.5% 1,945
October
2022
3.7% 3.0% 2.5% 1,959
September
2022
3.5% 3.1% 2.5% 1,962
August
2022
3.7% 3.1% 2.5% 1,944
July
2022
3.5% 3.0% 2.5% 1,907
June
2022
3.6% 2.9% 2.4% 1,861

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.