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Wisconsin New Hire Reporting Statistics

New Hires Reported:

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
JAN 110,013 103,441 84,615 117,285 113,087 103,891
FEB 95,584 101,651 88,930 103,976 103,512 103,722
MAR 100,958 100,307 108,741 128,215 116,426
APR 130,596 71,267 111,241 127,859 104,302
MAY 133,260 69,813 109,781 143,795 138,019
JUN 152,098 120,481 157,011 173,694 162,584
JUL 142,178 114,081 132,898 137,492 123,915
AUG 126,106 106,464 130,345 142,488 129,267
SEP 146,831 135,661 151,234 158,022 150,762
OCT 147,922 116,874 134,254 130,271 128,988
NOV 112,621 112,697 123,490 125,415 111,547
DEC 100,254 95,251 104,483 114,683 95,551
TOTAL 1,498,421 1,247,988 1,437,023 1,603,195 1,477,960 207,613

Employers Reporting:

  2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
JAN 17,827 17,597 15,372 19,172 19,790 19,861
FEB 16,436 19,702 15,766 18,218 18,672 20,213
MAR 17,348 17,291 18,364 21,197 20,241
Total 1st Qtr 31,150 33,935 30,685 35,410 35,722
APR 20,006 12,905 20,543 20,453 19,469
MAY 20,635 13,755 19,618 22,659 22,958
JUN 21,367 18,561 23,172 23,998 24,514
Total 2nd Qtr 35,819 28,680 37,296 39,369 39,777
JUL 21,209 19,488 21,597 22,040 21,714
AUG 19,605 17,998 20,727 22,682 22,595
SEP 20,025 17,924 22,014 22,247 21,808
Total 3rd Qtr 35,536 33,494 37,827 39,881 39,672
OCT 20,050 18,681 20,783 19,911 21,357
NOV 18,061 18,084 20,386 19,484 18,968
DEC 16,754 15,017 18,168 17,907 17,643
Total 4th Qtr 32,866 30,492 35,173 34,375 35,336
TOTAL 63,641 62,774 67,289 72,078 73,202

Note: Each employer reporting New Hires is counted only once for the reporting period (month, quarter, year). Adding the monthly counts will not equal the quarterly or yearly totals.

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