Updated County Workforce Profiles Offer Labor Market Snapshots

MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has published updated workforce profiles for Wisconsin’s 72 counties. Each profile provides county-level information, analysis, and data through 2024 to help employers, job seekers, economic developers, and workforce partners make decisions related to the labor market economy.

“Improving economic success and building a 21st Century workforce is important in every one of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. The 2025 county workforce profiles reflect the expertise that our regional economists can offer employers, community leaders, education providers, and many other workforce partners to meet current and future workforce needs,” DWD Secretary Pechacek said. “This work helps advance local and regional efforts that are critical to the entire state’s success.”

Every two years, DWD’s Office of Economic Advisors compiles and distills local data into individual snapshots of each county’s workforce. The 2024 profiles provide information including the effects of Wisconsin’s ongoing worker quantity challenge resulting from the state and nation’s aging population and the potential impact of automation on certain employment sectors.

Each county profile includes:

• Population and demographic statistics
• Occupational patterns and employment by industry projections
• Labor force participation and unemployment rates
• Income and education data
• Artificial intelligence (AI) exposure assessments by occupation

Learn More

Visit the DWD WisConomy page, select a county from the dropdown list and click on Go. Find your regional labor market economist from the online directory.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.