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Wisconsin unemployment rate remains at 3.8%

Wisconsin unemployment rate lowest since February 2000
David McNew
<p>PASADENA, CA - MAY 14: Job seekers look over job opening fliers at the WorkSource exhibit, a collaborative effort by governmental agencies to offer jobs and job training resources at the Greater Los Angeles Career Expo at the Pasadena Convention Center on May 14, 2009 in Pasadena, California. Nineteen exhibitors offer job and educational opportunities as well as advice from the Board of Equalization at the event that is open to the general public. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)</p>
Wisconsin unemployment rate lowest since February 2000
Posted at 4:23 PM, Mar 25, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-25 17:23:39-04

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reports that the state's unemployment rate remained at 3.8% in February, far below the national rate of 6.2%.

A year ago, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the state unemployment rate was 3.3%. Wisconsin lost 1,000 private-sector jobs in February and is down 129,600 for the year. The department released the latest data on Thursday.

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