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Wausau, Wisconsin Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Wausau rose 0.1 percentage points in November 2023 to 3.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Wisconsin rate. The unemployment rate in Wausau peaked in April 2020 at 11.3% and is now 8.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.0% in April 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.0 percentage points. You can also compare Wausau unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Wisconsin 3.3% +0.1 +0.3
Wausau 3.0% +0.1 +0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Wausau, Wisconsin, National

Wausau, Wisconsin monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Wausau, Wisconsin Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Wausau peaked in April 2020 at 8,294. There are now 6,113 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,488 in April 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 693. Wausau employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Wausau, Wisconsin) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Wausau 2,181 +13 +335

Number of Unemployed Persons

Wausau, Wisconsin Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Wisconsin
Unemployment Rate		 Wausau
Unemployment Rate		 Wausau
Unemployed
December
2023		 3.7% — — —
November
2023		 3.7% 3.3% 3.0% 2,181
October
2023		 3.8% 3.2% 2.9% 2,168
September
2023		 3.8% 3.1% 2.8% 2,080
August
2023		 3.8% 2.9% 2.6% 1,943
July
2023		 3.5% 2.6% 2.4% 1,767
June
2023		 3.6% 2.5% 2.3% 1,654
May
2023		 3.7% 2.4% 2.1% 1,548
April
2023		 3.4% 2.4% 2.0% 1,488
March
2023		 3.5% 2.5% 2.1% 1,527
February
2023		 3.6% 2.7% 2.3% 1,642
January
2023		 3.4% 2.9% 2.4% 1,752

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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