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Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Statistics

New Hires Reported:

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
JAN 105,090 110,013 103,441 84,615 117,285 113,087
FEB 102,354 95,584 101,651 88,930 103,976 103,512
MAR 107,592 100,958 100,307 108,741 128,215 116,426
APR 110,484 130,596 71,267 111,241 127,859 104,302
MAY 141,910 133,260 69,813 109,781 143,795 138,019
JUN 155,432 152,098 120,481 157,011 173,694 162,584
JUL 140,428 142,178 114,081 132,898 137,492 123,915
AUG 131,659 126,106 106,464 130,345 142,488 129,267
SEP 141,816 146,831 135,661 151,234 158,022 150,762
OCT 148,098 147,922 116,874 134,254 130,271 128,988
NOV 125,558 112,621 112,697 123,490 125,415 111,547
DEC 92,291 100,254 95,251 104,483 114,683
TOTAL 1,502,712 1,498,421 1,247,988 1,437,023 1,603,195 1,382,409

Employers Reporting:

  2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
JAN 17,278 17,827 17,597 15,372 19,172 19,790
FEB 16,484 16,436 19,702 15,766 18,218 18,672
MAR 17,987 17,348 17,291 18,364 21,197 20,241
Total 1st Qtr 30,800 31,150 33,935 30,685 35,410 35,722
APR 19,004 20,006 12,905 20,543 20,453 19,469
MAY 21,592 20,635 13,755 19,618 22,659 22,958
JUN 24,474 21,367 18,561 23,172 23,998 24,514
Total 2nd Qtr 38,390 35,819 28,680 37,296 39,369 39,777
JUL 21,498 21,209 19,488 21,597 22,040 21,714
AUG 20,341 19,605 17,998 20,727 22,682 22,595
SEP 19,694 20,025 17,924 22,014 22,247 21,808
Total 3rd Qtr 36,360 35,536 33,494 37,827 39,881 39,672
OCT 20,674 20,050 18,681 20,783 19,911 21,357
NOV 18,585 18,061 18,084 20,386 19,484 18,968
DEC 15,869 16,754 15,017 18,168 17,907
Total 4th Qtr 32,684 32,866 30,492 35,173 34,375
TOTAL 64,661 63,641 62,774 67,289 72,078

Note: Each employer reporting New Hires is counted only once for the reporting period (month, quarter, year). Adding the monthly counts will not equal the quarterly or yearly totals.

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