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Sheboygan, Wisconsin Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sheboygan fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 2.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Wisconsin rate. The unemployment rate in Sheboygan peaked in April 2020 at 14.1% and is now 11.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.3% in March 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Sheboygan unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Wisconsin 2.9% -0.1 +0.1
Sheboygan 2.5% -0.1 0.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Sheboygan, Wisconsin, National

Sheboygan, Wisconsin monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Sheboygan, Wisconsin Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Sheboygan peaked in April 2020 at 8,969. There are now 7,442 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,470 in May 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 57. Sheboygan employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Sheboygan, Wisconsin) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Sheboygan 1,527 -83 -31

Number of Unemployed Persons

Sheboygan, Wisconsin Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Wisconsin
Unemployment Rate
Sheboygan
Unemployment Rate
Sheboygan
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 2.9% 2.5% 1,527
December
2022
3.5% 3.0% 2.6% 1,610
November
2022
3.6% 3.0% 2.7% 1,656
October
2022
3.7% 3.0% 2.7% 1,648
September
2022
3.5% 3.1% 2.6% 1,604
August
2022
3.7% 3.1% 2.5% 1,526
July
2022
3.5% 3.0% 2.4% 1,490
June
2022
3.6% 2.9% 2.3% 1,470
May
2022
3.6% 2.9% 2.3% 1,470
April
2022
3.6% 2.8% 2.3% 1,478
March
2022
3.6% 2.8% 2.3% 1,482

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.