The Oshkosh-Neenah metropolitan area and Winnebago County’s unemployment rate held at 1.6 percent between November and December, according to preliminary data from the state Department of Workforce Development.
Last December’s jobless rate in the Oshkosh-Neenah Metropolitan Statistical Area and the county was 3.3 percent.
The nonseasonally adjusted data shows jobless rates in decreased in all of Wisconsin’s 12 metro areas over the year and either declined or remained the same over the past month.
Preliminary December unemployment rates declined in all 72 counties over the year, the DWD reported. Rates stayed the same in 12 counties while increasing in the remaining 60 counties over the month.
Estimates of unemployment and employment statistics are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
