In a change from the last few months, unemployment in Eastern Wisconsin is down month-to-month.
In August this year, unemployment in Manitowoc County was at 3.2%. But last month, that number was down to 2.6%.
However, it is up slightly from September 2025, when Manitowoc County unemployment was at 2.4%.
Sheboygan County also saw a slight drop in unemployment according to numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
The number was at 2.6% last month compared to 2.9% in August this year.
Unemployment was at 2.5% in September 2025 in Sheboygan County.
Calumet County’s unemployment rate dropped from 2.8% in August this year to 2.4% last month.
That number is slightly higher than in September 2025, when unemployment was at 2.2%.
Brown County’s month-to-month unemployment went down from 3.1% in August to 2.6% last month, while the rate in Outagamie County dropped from 3.1% to 2.6%.
Kewaunee County’s rate dropped from 2.6% to 2.3% from August to September this year.
Unemployment in the 66 other counties in Wisconsin also fell from August to September.
