(WFRV) – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) released statistics for employment/unemployment data for July 2025, with metro areas across northeast Wisconsin seeing general stability, albeit some gains and losses.
Unemployment rates across Wisconsin experienced slight changes from July 2024 to July 2025, with the largest shift in the Fond du Lac metro area, seeing a sharp decrease in the unemployment rate.
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The following data is preliminary information from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics provided by the DWD:
Metro Area | July 2024 | July 2025 | June 2025 versus July 2025 |
July 2024 versus July 2025 |
Appleton | 2.8 | 2.9 | +0.2 | +0.1 |
Fond du Lac | 4.8 | 3.2 | +0.2 | -1.6 |
Green Bay | 2.9 | 2.9 | N/A | N/A |
Oshkosh-Neenah | 3.1 | 3.1 | +0.1 | N/A |
Wausau | 2.9 | 2.8 | N/A | -0.1 |
Data also showed that metro areas like Green Bay added about 400 people to the employment list from the end of June to the end of July, along with 3,000 from July 2024 to July 2025.
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