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Madison - Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced that Wisconsin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was estimated at 5.6 percent in June, up two-tenths of a percent point higher than May's rate of 5.4 percent. The national seasonally adjusted rate was estimated at 6.4 percent in June.
"Wisconsin followed fairly normal patterns with the civilian labor force increasing during the summer months and job seekers trying to work their way into employment. In addition, manufacturing employment increased in June by some 3,000 jobs, the second consecutive month of recording an increase after nine months of declines," Gassman said. "From an annual perspective of industry employment, Wisconsin shows 5,500 more jobs than in June 2002. This marks the first annual gain in June's total, non-farm employment since June 2000."
The unadjusted unemployment rate for June registered 5.7 percent. June is a dynamic month with respect to the labor force and typically shows many new entrants into the labor force such as students and others whom are seeking summer employment. This higher activity shows more employed but will usually show more that are unemployed, as well, compared to May.
Preliminary, total non-farm wage and salary employment in Wisconsin increased by 30,800 jobs over the month to a total of 2,828,900 jobs. Bolstering this monthly gain were 10,600 more jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector, which includes employment in food and accommodation services and in arts, entertainment, and recreation. The trade sectors also showed gains in both retail and wholesale trade employment combining for 7,800 more jobs since May. Construction employment and manufacturing employment gained 6,000 and 3,000 jobs over the month, respectively. The majority of new jobs in manufacturing were in the non-durable goods industries.
Annual growth in jobs were found in services-producing industries as the goods producing sectors of construction and manufacturing continue to show an annual employment decrease. Examples of services industries showing good proportional growth over the year are real estate, rental, and leasing employment (+4.7 percent); wholesale trade employment (+2.9 percent); finance and insurance employment (+2.0 percent); and health care and social assistance employment (+1.8 percent).
June employment and unemployment figures for individual counties will be available July 23. This release also is available at http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/lmi.
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WISCONSIN LABOR FORCE SUMMARY
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PRELIM. |
FINAL |
YEAR AGO |
MONTH |
YEAR |
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JUNE 03 |
MAY 03 |
JUNE 02 |
AGO |
AGO |
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PLACE OF RESIDENCE DATA |
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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE .............................. |
3164.0 |
3076.5 |
3084.4 |
87.5 |
76.6 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT .......................................... |
181.6 |
156.1 |
169.9 |
25.5 |
11.7 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE .............................. |
5.7 |
5.1 |
5.5 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
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EMPLOYMENT (1) .......................................... |
2982.4 |
2920.4 |
2914.4 |
62.0 |
68.0 |
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PLACE OF WORK DATA |
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NONFARM WAGE & SALARY .....................… |
2828.9 |
2798.1 |
2823.4 |
30.8 |
5.5 |
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TOTAL PRIVATE .......................................... |
2410.6 |
2374.2 |
2410.1 |
36.4 |
0.5 |
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GOODS PRODUCING ..................................... |
648.7 |
639.5 |
671.4 |
9.2 |
-22.7 |
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NATURAL RESOURCES & MINING .............. |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
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CONSTRUCTION ........................................ |
124.8 |
118.8 |
133.3 |
6.0 |
-8.5 |
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MANUFACTURING ......................................... |
519.3 |
516.3 |
533.8 |
3.0 |
-14.5 |
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Durable Goods ......................................... |
313.2 |
312 |
327.4 |
1.2 |
-14.2 |
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Nondurable Goods ....................................... |
206.1 |
204.3 |
206.4 |
1.8 |
-0.3 |
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SERVICE PRODUCING .................................. |
2180.2 |
2158.6 |
2152 |
21.6 |
28.2 |
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TRADE ............................................................ |
440.2 |
432.4 |
433.7 |
7.8 |
6.5 |
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Wholesale Trade .......................................... |
118.8 |
116.6 |
115.5 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
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Retail Trade .......................................... |
321.4 |
315.8 |
318.2 |
5.6 |
3.2 |
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TRANS., WAREHOUSE, & UTILITIES ........... |
106.9 |
106.1 |
105 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
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Utilities .................................................. |
11.6 |
11.3 |
12.1 |
0.3 |
-0.5 |
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Information ................................................ |
50.5 |
50.4 |
51 |
0.1 |
-0.5 |
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FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ............................. |
158.7 |
156.3 |
154.8 |
2.4 |
3.9 |
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Finance and Insurance ................................. |
129.5 |
128 |
126.9 |
1.5 |
2.6 |
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Real Estate, Rental, & Lease ....................... |
29.2 |
28.3 |
27.9 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
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PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES .. |
248.1 |
241.9 |
244.2 |
6.2 |
3.9 |
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Prof., Scien., & Tech. Services ................. |
89.5 |
87.4 |
88.4 |
2.1 |
1.1 |
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Mgmt. of Companies and Enterprises .......... |
32.3 |
32.1 |
32.9 |
0.2 |
-0.6 |
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Admin. Support & Waste Mgmt. Services .... |
126.3 |
122.4 |
122.9 |
3.9 |
3.4 |
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EDUCATIONAL & HEALTH SERVICES ......... |
361.2 |
363.2 |
359 |
-2.0 |
2.2 |
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Educational Services ................................ |
41.7 |
46.4 |
45.1 |
-4.7 |
-3.4 |
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Health Care & Social Assistance ..............… |
319.5 |
316.8 |
313.9 |
2.7 |
5.6 |
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LEISURE & HOSPITALITY ............................. |
256.4 |
245.8 |
256.9 |
10.6 |
-0.5 |
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Arts, Entertain., & Recreation ................... |
40.3 |
36 |
39.8 |
4.3 |
0.5 |
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Accommodation & Food Services ................ |
216.1 |
209.8 |
217.1 |
6.3 |
-1.0 |
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OTHER SERVICES, except Public Admin ...... |
139.9 |
138.6 |
134.1 |
1.3 |
5.8 |
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GOVERNMENT ........................................... |
418.3 |
423.9 |
413.3 |
-5.6 |
5.0 |
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Federal Government ................................. |
28.6 |
28.7 |
30.2 |
-0.1 |
-1.6 |
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State Government ........................................ |
95.3 |
102.2 |
93.1 |
-6.9 |
2.2 |
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Local Government ........................................ |
294.4 |
293 |
290 |
1.4 |
4.4 |
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PERSONS INVOLVED IN L-M DISPUTES .. |
470.0 |
470.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
470.0 |
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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ............................... |
3099.5 |
3089.3 |
3021.0 |
10.2 |
78.5 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT .......................................... |
172.6 |
166.0 |
161.0 |
6.6 |
11.6 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE .......................... |
5.6 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
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EMPLOYMENT .............................................. |
2926.8 |
2923.3 |
2860.0 |
3.5 |
66.8 |
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NONFARM WAGE & SALARY ........................ |
2796.9 |
2787.1 |
2778.6 |
9.8 |
18.3 |
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