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Wausau, Wisconsin Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Wausau rose 0.1 percentage points in May 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 Wausau peaked in April 2020 at 11.3% and is now 9.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.0% in April 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Wausau 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
Wausau 2.1% +0.1 -0.4
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: Wausau, Wisconsin, National

Wausau, Wisconsin monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Wausau, Wisconsin Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Wausau peaked in April 2020 at 8,294. There are now 6,747 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,488 in April 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 59. Wausau employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Wausau, Wisconsin) is also available.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Wausau 1,547 +59 -293

Number of Unemployed Persons

Wausau, Wisconsin Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Wisconsin
Unemployment Rate		 Wausau
Unemployment Rate		 Wausau
Unemployed
June
2023		 3.6% — — —
May
2023		 3.7% 2.4% 2.1% 1,547
April
2023		 3.4% 2.4% 2.0% 1,488
March
2023		 3.5% 2.5% 2.1% 1,527
February
2023		 3.6% 2.7% 2.3% 1,642
January
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 2.4% 1,752
December
2022		 3.5% 3.0% 2.5% 1,842
November
2022		 3.6% 3.0% 2.6% 1,846
October
2022		 3.7% 3.0% 2.6% 1,871
September
2022		 3.5% 3.1% 2.6% 1,914
August
2022		 3.7% 3.1% 2.7% 1,945
July
2022		 3.5% 3.0% 2.7% 1,940

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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