Labor Market Statistics Table 6 Labor Market Indicators from LAUS and retrieved from WisConomy (First Quarter 2025)
Labor Force
Unemployment Rate
Employment
Labor Market Area
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2024 Q1
2025 Q1
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
Portage County
38.3 15.3 74.7 36.1
-0.72% -1.02% -1.48% -0.56% 0.26% 1.61%
3.4 3.0 3.2 4.1 2.9 3.8
3.5 2.8 3.1 4.1 3.2 4.2
37.0 14.8 72.4 34.6
-0.83% -0.84% -1.43% -0.86% -0.01% 1.26%
City of Stevens Point Marathon County
Wood County
Wisconsin
3,175
3,072
United States
179,591
163,508
Description: • Labor Force: Includes all people over the age 16 who are either working or actively looking for work (in thousands). • Unemployment Rate: The number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force. • Employment: Includes all people over age 16 who are working (in thousands). Analysis: • The labor force, unemployment rate, and employment levels have been remarkably stable over the last year. • Wisconsin along with the central Wisconsin region continues to have lower unemployment rates than the nation overall.
Table 7 Wisconsin Employment by Industry Sector from Payroll Employment Survey - CES and retrieved from WisConomy (First Quarter 2025)
Trade, Transport and Utilities
Nonfarm Jobs
Construction Jobs
Manufacturing Natural Resources and Mining
Information Jobs
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
3,055.2 0.50% 142.3
0.4% 462.8 -1.5% 4.0
-2.4% 556.2
0.3% 48.4
1.7%
Education and Health
Leisure and Hospitality
Finance Jobs
Business Services
Other Services
Government
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
2025 Q1 (x1000)
% ∆ Yr. Ago
158.5 -0.7% 336.8
2.1% 492.7
2.1% 288.8
0.2% 149.1
1.9% 415.6
0.0%
Description: • Employment data are classified using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The above table categorizes data according to major industry sectors (in thousands). Analysis: • The number of nonfarm jobs for Wisconsin continues to increase modestly over the last year. • The construction and natural resources & mining sectors showed the most robust growth of all industry sectors. • The finance, business sectors, and other services sectors experienced modest declines.
Central Wisconsin Report - Spring 2025
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