Understanding Joblessness! Juneau County’s Unemployment in Context of State Figures

DEBARYLIFE – The unemployment rate in Juneau County, Wisconsin is compared here.
At 3.1% in December, Juneau County had the 38th highest unemployment rate in the state out of 72.

At 3.5% to 4% for the majority of the last two years, the country’s unemployment rate has leveled out with pre-COVID levels. January’s unemployment rate was 3.7%, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the past, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, unemployment soared to 14.7%, and those figures stayed high until late 2021.

Local economies differ greatly even when national unemployment has largely stabilized. Utilizing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Stacker examined Juneau County’s unemployment rate throughout time as well as how it compares to that of Wisconsin and the United States.

At both the state and federal levels, Juneau County’s unemployment rate is lower by 0.2 and 0.6 percentage points, respectively.

Among Wisconsin counties, it is rated, the preliminary December 2023 unemployment rate was used to determine the ranking, with the number of jobless persons breaking ties for second place.

It tops Pepin County (which has the same unemployment rate) but lags behind Lincoln County, which likewise has a 3.1% unemployment rate.

In practical terms, this means that 418 out of the roughly 13,412 working citizens of Juneau County are currently unemployed. It is 31 more than it was a month ago and 67 more than it was a year ago. Concerns have been raised by some analysts that there might be another recession soon, which would result in further job losses and layoffs.