The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data for November 2017 through November 2018, and Wisconsin added 40,500 private-sector jobs, 43,800 total non-farm jobs—deemed statistically significant by BLS. The BLS also released October and
November data that showed Wisconsin added 9,900 private-sector jobs and 10,600 non-farm jobs from October 2018 to November 2018.
Wisconsin's unemployment rate for November remained at 3 percent, with 10 straight months that the rate has been at or below 3 percent.