Manitowoc May Local Unemployment Numbers Released

Unemployment rates in both Manitowoc and Manitowoc County declined in May. According to numbers released by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development the city’s jobless rate is 3.2 percent down from April’s 3.4 percent and the 3.9 percent number from May 2017. The County’s jobless rate for May was two-point-seven percent down from two-point-nine percent in April and six-tenths of a percent lower than last May’s rate of 3.3 percent. The State DWD adds that preliminary May 2018 jobless rates declined in all-of the state’s 32 largest cities and 70 of 72 counties compared to a year ago. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate of 2.8 percent is the 5^th lowest in the country and a full percentage point lower than the national rate of 3.8 percent. The state’s labor participation rate of 68.8 percent is the fifth highest in the country.