Wisconsin Unemployment Rates Drops to Record 2.8 %

The Department of Workforce Development reports Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to a record 2.8-percent in December.  The state’s jobless rate was 3-percent in November. The total number of unemployed people in Wisconsin declined to a record low of 86-thousand-200. Total non-farm jobs increased by 63-hundred last month – while private sector positions rose by 53-hundred. DWD says the manufacturing sector fueled the growth by adding 48-hundred jobs in December.