(The Center Square) – The unemployment rates in 11 of 13 Wisconsin metropolitan areas and 19 of the state’s 35 largest cities decreased month over month in March.
Those rates were up, however, in 12 of the metropolitan areas and 23 of the largest 35 cities in the state year over year.
The local March numbers come as the seasonally adjusted overall unemployment in Wisconsin remained at 3.2% compared to a 4.2% national rate.
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Chief Economist Dennis Winters said recently that many companies are not yet acting on uncertainty related to President Donald Trump’s federal policy on tariffs, so the numbers do not yet show an impact.
The unemployment rates in 54 Wisconsin counties lowered month to month while seven stayed the same and 11 counties saw the rate tick up. Those rates are up in 23 of the largest 35 cities year over year.
The year over year numbers, however, showed that 57 counties have seen an increase in the unemployment rate, 11 have remained the same and four have seen decreases including Sawyer County, which is at an all-time low 5.2%.
