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Preliminary Wis. unemployment record-low 3.0% in November
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MADISON — The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) preliminary employment estimates for the month of November. 

The data shows that Wisconsin’s total nonfarm jobs increased by 10,200 in November when compared to October, while Wisconsin’s private-sector jobs increased by 12,300 in the month of November. 

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate in November was 3.0%, down 0.2 percentage points from the October rate of 3.2% and tied with the previous record-low 3.0% rate from Nov. 2018.

Wisconsin’s labor force participation rate in November was 66.4%, steady from the prior month, and 4.6 percentage points higher than the national rate of 61.8% in November. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate of 3.0% in November was 1.2 percentage points below the national unemployment rate of 4.2% for the same month.