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News Release: June 2001 Unemployment Rates Released
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Thursday, July 19, 2001

 Governor
Scott McCallum

 Secretary
Jennifer Reinert
News Media Contact
Christopher Marschman
608/261-6705
e-mail: news@dwd.state.wi.us
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JUNE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES RELEASED

MADISON – The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) today announced the state’s preliminary seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for the month of June was 4.3 percent, which is up from 4.1 percent for the month of May. The national seasonally adjusted rate for June was 4.5 percent.

"Labor market figures for the month of June in Wisconsin are not exhilarating, but the slight increase in durable goods manufacturing, after six straight months of decreases in that market, is positive," said DWD Secretary Jennifer Reinert.

The number of jobs in Wisconsin’s nonfarm wage and salary economy was reported to be 2,886,300 for June. This was a slight increase from one year ago, when the jobs in the nonfarm wage and salary economy were reported to be 2,884,100. It also represented a small increase from the May figure of 2,857,200.

The durable goods manufacturing industry continues to be flat for the state, though there were some signs of resilience in durable goods manufacturing. After six straight months of decreases, there was a slight increase of employment in durable goods manufacturing, with 361,500 jobs in June compared to 360,100 jobs in May. This was less of an increase than normal for this time of the year, but a change in direction, nevertheless. The non-durable goods manufacturing industry was disappointing, as employment increased by only 2,100 jobs compared to a more normal 6,500 increase this time of the year.

Construction continued to have positive employment figures, as did the very large service industry. Retail trade was flatter than normal, and wholesale trade was down, seasonally. Finance, insurance and real estate employment was very strong, as was transportation, communications and utilities.

Note to news media

County employment and unemployment figures for June should be available on July 25. This release and other labor market information is available on the department Internet site at: http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/lmi

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WISCONSIN LABOR FORCE SUMMARY
IN THOUSANDS
        Net Change From
ITEM Prelim.
June
2001		 Final 
May
  2001		 Year Ago
June
2000		 Month
Ago 		 Year
Ago 
           
PLACE OF RESIDENCE DATA          
 
  CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

3109.5

3036.7

2986.9

72.8

122.6
  UNEMPLOYMENT

139.5

119.0

120.3

20.5

19.2
  UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

4.5

3.9

4.0

0.6

0.5
  EMPLOYMENT (1)

2970.0

2917.7

2866.7

52.3

103.3
           
PLACE OF WORK DATA          
NONFARM WAGE & SALARY

2886.3

2857.2

2884.1

29.1

2.2
  MANUFACTURING

599.9

596.4

625.2

3.5

-25.3
  DURABLE GOODS

361.5

360.1

380.6

1.4

-19.1
     Lumber and Wood Products

31.7

31.2

33.5

0.5

-1.8
     Furniture and Fixtures

18.6

18.4

18.8

0.2

-0.2
     Stone, Clay & Glass Products

11.9

11.4

12.0

0.5

-0.1
     Primary Metal Industries

23.7

24.2

26.5

-0.5

-2.8
     Fabricated Metal Products

64.8

64.5

68.4

0.3

-3.6
     Nonelectrical Machinery

104.2

104.5

110.3

-0.3

-6.1
     Electrical Machinery

43.3

43.3

47.1

0.0

-3.8
     Transportation Equipment

33.9

33.4

34.7

0.5

-0.8
     Prof., Scient. & Control
     Instruments

18.4

18.1

18.2

0.3

0.2
     Miscellaneous Manufacturing

11.0

11.0

11.1

0.0

-0.1
           
  NONDURABLE GOODS

238.4

236.3

244.6

2.1

-6.2
     Food and Kindred Products

68.3

67.6

68.5

0.7

-0.2
     Textile Mill Products

2.3

2.4

2.5

-0.1

-0.2
     Apparel & Other Finished
     Products

5.7

5.6

5.9

0.1

-0.2
     Paper and Allied Products

52.1

50.9

53.3

1.2

-1.2
     Printing, Publishing & Allied

54.4

53.9

55.0

0.5

-0.6
     Chemicals and Allied Products

15.3

15.3

15.4

0.0

-0.1
     Rubber & Misc. Plastic
     Products

37.0

37.3

40.1

-0.3

-3.1
     Leather & Leather Products

2.9

3.0

3.5

-0.1

-0.6
     All Other Nondurable Goods

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.0
           
  MINING

2.8

2.7

3.1

0.1

-0.3
  CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION

134.9

128.0

135.6

6.9

-0.7
  TRANS, COMM, ELEC, GAS &
  SAN. SERV.

137.7

137.0

133.5

0.7

4.2
  TRADE

645.7

636.8

645.0

8.9

0.7
     WHOLESALE TRADE

139.8

138.7

141.6

1.1

-1.8
     RETAIL TRADE

505.8

498.1

503.4

7.7

2.4
  FINANCE, INSURANCE & REAL
  ESTATE

153.3

151.4

149.3

1.9

4.0
  SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS

796.4

783.9

779.7

12.5

16.7
  GOVERNMENT

415.6

421.1

412.7

-5.5

2.9
     FEDERAL

30.2

30.0

38.3

0.2

-8.1
     STATE

97.6

103.7

96.0

-6.1

1.6
     LOCAL

287.9

287.3

278.4

0.6

9.5
           
  PERSONS INVOLVED IN L-M
  DISPUTES

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.5
     (1) Includes L-M Disputes
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

3046.0

3045.7

2923.9

0.3

122.1
UNEMPLOYMENT

131.4

125.3

112.2

6.1

19.2
     UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

4.3

4.1

3.8

0.2

0.5
  EMPLOYMENT

2914.6

2920.6

2811.7

-6.0

102.9
NONFARM WAGE & SALARY

2841.9

2843.8

2838.7

-1.9

3.2

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