How many job openings are there in Wisconsin?
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About 137,000, as of February 2025. The number of job openings decreased by 37,000 from February 2024. A “job opening” is defined as a position open on the last business day of the month. To be considered “open,” a job must meet three conditions: (1) There’s work available for the position; (2) The job could start within 30 days; and (3) The employer is actively recruiting.
137K
job openings in Wisconsin (February 2025)
37K
fewer unfilled jobs in Wisconsin in February 2025 than in February 2024
The number of job openings is one measure of employer demand for workers and is a commonly referred-to economic indicator. An increase in the number of job openings often indicates the economy is growing, while a decline may indicate slowed growth.
The number of job openings in Wisconsin has declined over the last year.
Monthly job openings (seasonally adjusted) in Wisconsin, December 2000–February 2025
Following the Great Recession, monthly job openings in Wisconsin increased from 55,000 in January 2010 to 149,000 in February 2020. By April 2020, job openings had dropped to 94,000. Job openings in Wisconsin then reached all-time highs during recovery from the COVID-19 recession. In February 2025, there were 137,000 job openings, down 21.3% from one year prior.
The job openings rate is another way to consider this data. It tells us what percentage of all jobs, filled and unfilled, were open during a given time period. This allows for better comparisons across time, industries, and places by adjusting for differences in the size of the working population.
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A lower share of jobs were open in Wisconsin than in the US overall in February.
Job openings rate (seasonally adjusted), February 2025
In February 2025, 4.3% of all jobs in Wisconsin were unfilled. This was 0.2 percentage points lower than the job openings rate US-wide.
Job openings also differ across states and regions for many reasons, including differing economies and dominating industries. Wisconsin’s February job openings rate was lower than 38 states.
In February 2025, Wisconsin's job openings rate was lower than 39 states.
Seasonally adjusted job openings rate by state, February 2025
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Methodology
USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.
The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.
Page sources
USAFacts endeavors to share the most up-to-date information available. We sourced the data on this page directly from government agencies; however, the intervals at which agencies publish updated data vary.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
