Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Unchanged for March

Saturday, April 17th, 2021 -- 10:00 AM

(AP) Wisconsin’s unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.8% in March, far below the national rate of 6%, according to a report the state Department of Workforce Development released Thursday.

The state added 12,900 total non-farm and 11,100 private-sector jobs from February to March.  Wisconsin is still down 129,000 jobs from March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic seized the state.

The state unemployment rate then was 3.3%.

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