Preliminary monthly estimates show the state of Wisconsin added nearly 14,000 private-sector jobs in the month of June.
The 13,800 private-sector job estimate comes from a preliminary monthly survey of employers, one that’s been repeatedly downplayed by the Walker Administration. Two months ago, Department of Workforce Development Secretary Reggie Newson called the same survey “volatile” and “unreliable” when it showed job losses of more than 20,000 in April.
But this month, Newson highlighted the private-sector job gains in the monthly June report as the best since 2003. Newson said June’s overall job gains of 17,500 between the public and private sectors were the best since 1992.
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A separate survey of households estimated smaller job gains, but it still caused Wisconsin’s unemployment rate to drop slightly 6.8 percent. That was down from 7 percent.
The most thorough and accurate job numbers come from a quarterly census of employers. Those won’t be released for several more months.
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