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Economy & jobs Statistics · Region

Employment rate in Wisconsin

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points 2 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Employment rate, 2000 – 2024 percent · Wisconsin · United States
+3.1 pp since 2014
Wisconsin United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Compared with Employment rate · percent
Wisconsin
78.6%

Source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Wisconsin · 2000 – 2024
Latest value 78.6% · 2024
First value 80.4% · 2000
Highest 80.4% · 2000
Lowest 73.2% · 2020
Data points 25

By year

All years · 2000 – 2024

YearWisconsinChange United States
2024 78.6% +0.6 pp 70.3%
2023 78.0% +3.0 pp 70.9%
2022 75.0% −0.7 pp 70.0%
2021 75.7% +2.5 pp 67.7%
2020 73.2% −2.4 pp 67.1%
2019 75.6% −1.2 pp 70.1%
2018 76.8% −1.4 pp 69.4%
2017 78.2% +1.6 pp 68.8%
2016 76.6% +1.2 pp 68.1%
2015 75.4% −0.1 pp 67.4%
2014 75.5% +1.6 pp 68.1%
2013 73.9% −0.1 pp 67.4%
2012 74.0% −0.2 pp 67.1%
2011 74.2% +0.8 pp 66.6%
2010 73.4% −0.4 pp 66.7%
2009 73.8% −3.5 pp 67.6%
2008 77.3% −0.1 pp 70.9%
2007 77.4% −0.7 pp 71.8%
2006 78.1% +0.6 pp 72.0%
2005 77.5% −0.4 pp 71.5%
2004 77.9% +0.1 pp 71.2%
2003 77.8% −0.4 pp 71.2%
2002 78.2% −2.0 pp 71.9%
2001 80.2% −0.2 pp 73.1%
2000 80.4% 74.2%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryEmployment rate
42 Alabama 66.2%
44 Alaska 66.2%
26 Arizona 71.3%
45 Arkansas 65.3%
34 California 68.2%
6 Colorado 75.6%
12 Connecticut 73.8%
31 Delaware 69.3%
13 District of Columbia 73.6%
29 Florida 70.7%
38 Georgia 67.8%
43 Hawaii 66.2%
15 Idaho 73.2%
18 Illinois 72.3%
22 Indiana 71.9%
5 Iowa 77.4%
7 Kansas 75.4%
48 Kentucky 64.4%
47 Louisiana 64.4%
32 Maine 68.7%
17 Maryland 72.9%
16 Massachusetts 73.1%
36 Michigan 68.0%
4 Minnesota 77.6%
51 Mississippi 62.0%
25 Missouri 71.8%
11 Montana 74.3%
2 Nebraska 79.0%
41 Nevada 67.0%
8 New Hampshire 75.4%
27 New Jersey 71.3%
49 New Mexico 63.6%
37 New York 67.8%
35 North Carolina 68.2%
3 North Dakota 78.0%
30 Ohio 70.2%
40 Oklahoma 67.2%
19 Oregon 72.3%
28 Pennsylvania 70.9%
20 Rhode Island 72.1%
46 South Carolina 64.7%
1 South Dakota 79.3%
39 Tennessee 67.6%
33 Texas 68.7%
10 Utah 74.6%
14 Vermont 73.2%
24 Virginia 71.8%
21 Washington 71.9%
50 West Virginia 63.4%
9 Wisconsin 75.0%
23 Wyoming 71.8%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2022

What it means

The share of working-age people who have a job.

How it is calculated

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.