(The Center Square) – Wisconsin saw its unemployment rate remain at 3.1% in September, according to data released Wednesday afternoon that was delayed due to the shutdown of the federal government.
Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development said it intends to release November numbers on Jan. 7 but there won’t be a release of October unemployment numbers because it was not collected during the shutdown.
“We are sort of trying to piece together the puzzle of what’s happening and about to happen,” DWD Section Chief of the Office of Economic Advisors Scott Hodek said.
The September numbers showed that, overall, Wisconsin’s labor force had 11,400 less workers than in August and 51,500 less than a year before.
Hodek said that the trend is expected with Wisconsin’s aging labor force and the numbers released in January would provide more context.
