| Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development News Release | |
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| Thursday, November 20, 2003 Governor Jim Doyle Secretary Roberta Gassman |
News Media Contact Teresa Weidemann-Smith 608/266-3999 e-mail: news@dwd.state.wi.us fax: 608/266-1784 |
Madison – Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate was estimated to be 4.6 percent in October. That compares to a national unemployment rate of 5.6 percent in October.
"These figures are another good round of employment news for Wisconsin workers," Secretary Gassman said. "The total number of people employed is up 15,554 from September and up 75,928 from last October. In addition, unemployment is down substantially from last month," she said.
The jobs in Wisconsin’s nonfarm wage and salary economy also increased in October, up to 2,811,200 from the 2,791,000 estimated for September and from the October 2002 figure of 2,807,700. The largest increases over the month prior were reported for local government, with an increase of 18,700 jobs. Most of that increase is explained by the later start time for school districts throughout the State. Local government was actually down by 4,800 jobs from last year’s October figure. There were also substantial increases in trade and in educational and health care services, both over the month and over the year. The educational services referenced are private educational service as opposed to local government educational services. Private educational services include private colleges and universities, for profit educational services, and private K-12 educational services. It also includes services provided to public school districts when those services are in the private sector. This would include school busing firms and private food service firms.
Wisconsin manufacturing continued to post job losses, with October’s figure estimated to be 509,500 compared to last month at 514,500 and last year’s October figure at 527,500. Year to date, Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector has averaged 516,640 jobs per month compared to 529,830 for the same period in 2002.
Wisconsin’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.4 percent for October, while the US seasonally adjusted rate was 6.0 percent in October.
Claims for unemployment insurance in 2003 continue to be very nearly a duplicate of last year’s figures. For the first 46 weeks of the year, initial claims for unemployment insurance in 2003 have averaged 13,041 compared to 12,814 for the same period in 2002.
October employment and unemployment figures for individual counties will be available November 25. This release also is available at http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/lmi.
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NET CHANGE FROM |
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ITEM |
PRELIM. OCT 03 | FINAL SEPT 03 | YEAR AGO OCT 02 | MONTH AGO | YEAR AGO | ||
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PLACE OF RESIDENCE DATA |
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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE |
3094.2 |
3088.8 |
3016.3 |
5.4 |
77.9 |
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| UNEMPLOYMENT |
140.8 |
151.0 |
138.8 |
-10.2 |
2.0 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE |
4.6 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
-0.3 |
0.0 |
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EMPLOYMENT (1) .......................................... |
2953.4 |
2937.8 |
2877.4 |
15.6 |
76.0 |
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PLACE OF WORK DATA |
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NONFARM WAGE & SALARY .....................… |
2811.2 |
2791 |
2807.7 |
20.2 |
3.5 |
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TOTAL PRIVATE ..........................................… |
2393 |
2395 |
2381.5 |
-2.0 |
11.5 |
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GOODS PRODUCING ..................................... |
637.1 |
642.9 |
661.8 |
-5.8 |
-24.7 |
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NATURAL RESOURCES & MINING .............. |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
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CONSTRUCTION ........................................… |
122.9 |
123.8 |
130 |
-0.9 |
-7.1 |
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MANUFACTURING ......................................... |
509.5 |
514.5 |
527.5 |
-5.0 |
-18.0 |
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Durable Goods .........................................… |
306 |
308 |
322.5 |
-2.0 |
-16.5 |
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Nondurable Goods ....................................... |
203.5 |
206.5 |
205 |
-3.0 |
-1.5 |
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SERVICE PRODUCING .................................. |
2174.1 |
2148.1 |
2145.9 |
26.0 |
28.2 |
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TRADE ............................................................ |
441.7 |
436.6 |
431.6 |
5.1 |
10.1 |
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Wholesale Trade .......................................... |
119 |
118.6 |
114.7 |
0.4 |
4.3 |
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Retail Trade ........................................…….. |
322.7 |
318 |
316.9 |
4.7 |
5.8 |
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TRANS., WAREHOUSE, & UTILITIES ........... |
106.3 |
105.6 |
106.4 |
0.7 |
-0.1 |
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Utilities .................................................……. |
11.1 |
11.3 |
11.8 |
-0.2 |
-0.7 |
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Information ...............................................…. |
50.1 |
50.4 |
50.2 |
-0.3 |
-0.1 |
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FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES .............................… |
158.4 |
158.6 |
153.6 |
-0.2 |
4.8 |
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Finance and Insurance ................................. |
128.2 |
128.4 |
126.4 |
-0.2 |
1.8 |
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Real Estate, Rental, & Lease ....................... |
30.2 |
30.2 |
27.2 |
0.0 |
3.0 |
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PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SERVICES .. |
247.2 |
248 |
244.9 |
-0.8 |
2.3 |
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Prof., Scien., & Tech. Services .................… |
88.9 |
88.1 |
87.5 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
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Mgmt. of Companies and Enterprises .......... |
32 |
32.2 |
33 |
-0.2 |
-1.0 |
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Admin. Support & Waste Mgmt. Services .... |
126.3 |
127.7 |
124.4 |
-1.4 |
1.9 |
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EDUCATIONAL & HEALTH SERVICES |
372.9 |
367.4 |
360.8 |
5.5 |
12.1 |
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Educational Services |
49.9 |
47.7 |
46.4 |
2.2 |
3.5 |
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Health Care & Social Assistance |
323 |
319.7 |
314.4 |
3.3 |
8.6 |
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LEISURE & HOSPITALITY |
241.3 |
248.9 |
237.7 |
-7.6 |
3.6 |
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Arts, Entertain., & Recreation |
34.5 |
38.4 |
31.3 |
-3.9 |
3.2 |
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Accommodation & Food Services |
206.8 |
210.5 |
206.4 |
-3.7 |
0.4 |
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OTHER SERVICES, except Public Admin |
138 |
136.6 |
134.5 |
1.4 |
3.5 |
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GOVERNMENT |
418.2 |
396 |
426.2 |
22.2 |
-8.0 |
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Federal Government |
28.5 |
28.6 |
29.5 |
-0.1 |
-1.0 |
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State Government |
101.9 |
98.3 |
104.1 |
3.6 |
-2.2 |
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Local Government |
287.8 |
269.1 |
292.6 |
18.7 |
-4.8 |
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PERSONS INVOLVED IN L-M DISPUTES ..… |
470.0 |
470.0 |
110.0 |
0.0 |
360.0 |
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(1) Includes L-M Disputes |
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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES |
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CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE |
3111.6 |
3106.5 |
3027.2 |
5.1 |
84.4 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT |
167.1 |
177.5 |
166.2 |
-10.4 |
0.9 |
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE |
5.4 |
5.7 |
5.5 |
-0.3 |
-0.1 |
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EMPLOYMENT |
2944.5 |
2929.0 |
2861.0 |
15.5 |
83.5 |
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NONFARM WAGE & SALARY |
2785.9 |
2776.9 |
2781.6 |
9.0 |
4.3 |
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*Differences in totals may occur as a result of rounding.
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