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Office of Economic Advisors - Labor Supply Areas

Northland Headwaters Western Valley East Central Central Portage-Wood Tri-state Southeast Corridor Peninsula Peninsula Map of Wisconsin state showing Labor Supply AreasDisclaimer: The wage data in the following nine reports are estimates based on the Electronic Delivery System (EDS) developed by the State of North Carolina and used in a number of other states. The EDS uses occupational employment data to generate wage and employment estimates at the county level. These estimates are not intended to be quoted in any official or certifying capacity. The reports are intended to show occupational wages at a smaller geographic detail than what is normally offered via Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey. Data for these reports comes from the May 2008 OES survey.

Northland (1) | Western Valley (2) | Headwaters (3) | East Central (4) | Peninsula (5) | Portage-Wood (6) | Central (7) | Tri-State (8) | Southeast Corridor (9) |

For the data crunchers, here is a spreadsheet containing  all labor supply areas.

 

The counties were grouped into nine labor supply areas based on:

Four industries were the main sectors analyzed for industrial emphasis in determining the aggregates. These industries were:

The labor supply areas have a minimum of

Labor supply areas are composed of

Though Kenosha, St. Croix and Pierce counties are technically MSA counties (via Illinois and Minnesota designations), they are particularly small compared to their Illinois and Minnesota counterparts. Also, the wage disparities between the Wisconsin and Illinois/Minnesota counties were skewed greatly to higher wages in the Illinois/Minnesota counties.