Wisconsin Unemployment Rate Ticks Up to 3.9% in April

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate inched up a tenth to three-point-nine percent in April.  The Department of Workforce Development reports total non-farm jobs rose by 93-hundred last month and private sector jobs increased by 82-hundred.  The state’s jobless rate peaked at 14-point-eight percent last April as the COVID pandemic forced business shutdowns and layoffs.  The national unemployment rate was six-point-one percent for April.