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
fax: 608/266-1784 | Contact: Terry Ludeman, 608/267-3262 Actuality Access 1-866-556-7623 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 (end) 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 | | News Release Index Page
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