This Labor Day, Wisconsin wages are up, unemployment is down
FRANCESCA PICA
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Former Senator Luther Olsen and Deputy State Superintendent Thomas McCarthy discuss K-12 education and potential state surplus spending with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Erin Richards.
Wisconsin’s workers saw record-matching wage growth last year and sustained low unemployment through 2024, according to an annual labor report from a think tank at UW-Madison, though many inequalities within the labor market remain.
Kiki Taylor, left, and Shakenda Brown work at Dunkin' on South Park Street in Madison last month. Wisconsin's unemployment rate remained well below the national unemployment rate throughout 2024, sitting at just 3% in July.
Findorff Builders worker Derek Willey unloads pallets from a semitractor-trailer as work progressed on the oLiv student housing project on West Gorham Street in 2023. Wisconsin saw strong wage growth and an unemployment rate lower than the national average last year, according to a report by the nonpartisan High Road Strategy Center.
Plainfield, Illinois native Kara Welsh was a national champion and two-time All-American majoring in business management at UW-Whitewater.
Kiki Taylor, left, and Shakenda Brown work at Dunkin' on South Park Street in Madison last month. Wisconsin's unemployment rate remained well below the national unemployment rate throughout 2024, sitting at just 3% in July.
Findorff Builders worker Derek Willey unloads pallets from a semitractor-trailer as work progressed on the oLiv student housing project on West Gorham Street in 2023. Wisconsin saw strong wage growth and an unemployment rate lower than the national average last year, according to a report by the nonpartisan High Road Strategy Center.
