BLS LAUS · August 2026 preliminary · not seasonally adjusted
Wisconsin Unemployment Rate by County
Wisconsin statewide was 3.4% in August 2026, against 3.1% in August 2025; the United States was 4.3% on the same basis. The 72 counties and equivalents below are listed alphabetically, each with its August 2026 rate and the change from August 2025. They are not ranked: county estimates carry model error BLS does not publish, so an order would compare noise.
72 areas · rate August 2026 · change from August 2025
- Adams County4.8% · +0.9 pts
- Ashland County3.6% · −0.1 pts
- Barron County3.5% · +0.2 pts
- Bayfield County3.8% · +0.5 pts
- Brown County3.1% · +0.2 pts
- Buffalo County3.5% · +0.1 pts
- Burnett County4.0% · +0.6 pts
- Calumet County2.8% · +0.3 pts
- Chippewa County3.2% · +0.3 pts
- Clark County2.7% · +0.1 pts
- Columbia County3.1% · +0.3 pts
- Crawford County3.5% · +0.2 pts
- Dane County2.9% · +0.3 pts
- Dodge County2.8% · +0.2 pts
- Door County2.7% · +0.2 pts
- Douglas County4.2% · +0.4 pts
- Dunn County3.2% · +0.1 pts
- Eau Claire County3.1% · 0.0 pts
- Florence County3.6% · +0.5 pts
- Fond du Lac County3.2% · +0.3 pts
- Forest County3.8% · −0.1 pts
- Grant County3.2% · 0.0 pts
- Green County2.6% · +0.2 pts
- Green Lake County3.4% · +0.3 pts
- Iowa County2.6% · +0.1 pts
- Iron County5.1% · +0.4 pts
- Jackson County3.5% · +0.3 pts
- Jefferson County2.8% · 0.0 pts
- Juneau County3.6% · +0.3 pts
- Kenosha County3.6% · +0.3 pts
- Kewaunee County2.6% · +0.1 pts
- La Crosse County2.9% · +0.2 pts
- Lafayette County2.5% · +0.1 pts
- Langlade County4.0% · +0.3 pts
- Lincoln County3.8% · +0.5 pts
- Manitowoc County3.2% · +0.4 pts
- Marathon County3.0% · +0.3 pts
- Marinette County4.2% · +0.3 pts
- Marquette County3.6% · +0.4 pts
- Menominee County5.8% · −2.1 pts
- Milwaukee County4.4% · +0.2 pts
- Monroe County2.9% · +0.3 pts
- Oconto County3.4% · +0.5 pts
- Oneida County3.1% · +0.4 pts
- Outagamie County3.1% · +0.2 pts
- Ozaukee County3.1% · +0.2 pts
- Pepin County2.8% · +0.1 pts
- Pierce County3.4% · 0.0 pts
- Polk County3.6% · +0.3 pts
- Portage County3.1% · +0.2 pts
- Price County3.7% · −0.2 pts
- Racine County4.1% · +0.4 pts
- Richland County3.0% · +0.3 pts
- Rock County3.7% · +0.3 pts
- Rusk County4.2% · +0.3 pts
- Sauk County2.8% · +0.3 pts
- Sawyer County3.6% · +0.5 pts
- Shawano County3.3% · +0.4 pts
- Sheboygan County2.9% · +0.1 pts
- St. Croix County3.4% · +0.2 pts
- Taylor County3.0% · +0.2 pts
- Trempealeau County3.2% · +0.1 pts
- Vernon County2.8% · +0.1 pts
- Vilas County3.5% · +0.5 pts
- Walworth County3.0% · +0.2 pts
- Washburn County4.0% · +0.6 pts
- Washington County3.0% · +0.2 pts
- Waukesha County3.1% · +0.2 pts
- Waupaca County3.1% · +0.2 pts
- Waushara County3.3% · +0.3 pts
- Winnebago County3.3% · +0.4 pts
- Wood County3.6% · +0.3 pts