On this weblog, I intermittently submit on Wisconsin macro aggregates. For micro assessments of Wisconsin’s labor markets and family welfare, I flip to Excessive Highway Technique Middle’s stories. From the 2024 report, listed below are 4 key graphs.
From the doc:
Job Market Hits File Excessive in June 2024: Wisconsin Added Extra Than 25,000 within the 12 months
In June 2024, the state set a brand new file excessive for jobs: 3,048,000. From July 2023- July 2024,
Wisconsin added 25,700 jobs.
Wages Up: Historic Excessive for Wisconsin’s One-12 months Median Wage Enhance
From 2022-23, the inflation adjusted median hourly wage elevated by 97 cents. Since 1979
(the primary 12 months dependable knowledge for state wages is out there), the inflation adjusted median wage has elevated by this a lot solely twice: in 2019 and 2023.
Equalizing Wage Development: Decrease-Wage Employees Make Stronger Good points
In a reversal of tendencies for a lot of the final forty years, decrease wage employees in Wisconsin
skilled stronger wage development than greater wage employees. The hole has been closing within the
restoration from the pandemic shutdowns and has continued once more this 12 months.
Wisconsin Union Decline Worst in Area, Regardless of Unions’ Rising Reputation
The general public notion of unions improved dramatically over 2011-23, besides, Wisconsin’s
unionization price dropped by one-third (from 14 to eight.4 p.c) over the identical interval. This
decline outpaces the speed of deunionization of all neighboring states.
Wisconsin’s Working Girls: Gender Pay Disparity Leaves Girls Behind
In 2023, the ladies’s median wage was $22.03 whereas males’s median was $25.09. On the median, girls earn 88 cents for each greenback a person earns. That is Wisconsin’s gender wage hole. It’s a lot smaller than in 1979 however stays vital, particularly for Black and Hispanic girls within the state.
For extra dialogue, see Affiliate Director Laura Dresser on WIsconsin PBS (8/30).
Newest on Wisconsin macro aggregates, see right here. For extra on the financial system vs. “vibecession”, see my colleague J. Michael Collins on WIsconsin PBS (8/30).
