Wisconsin’s unemployment rate jumped to 14-point-one percent in April due to COVID-19 layoffs and business shutdowns.
The jobless rate was three-point-one percent in March just before the coronavirus pandemic.
The Department of Workforce Development says the preliminary data show Wisconsin lost 439,400 non-farm and 385,900 private-sector jobs from March to April.
D-W-D Secretary Caleb Frostman said, “today’s report shows the significant impact that the COVID-19 global pandemic has had on the Wisconsin economy, and underscores the importance of rationally and safely re-opening our state.”
April was the first full month of Governor Evers’ Safer at Home order.
