(Dodge County) Jobless claims in the region stayed relatively steady in the month of March. The state Department of Workforce Development says the unemployment rate in Dodge County was 2.9-percent in the third month of 2022, down a tenth of a percent from February.
Last year, the figure was 4.2-percent. Dodge County moved up three spots in the statewide unemployment ranking to 13th.
Fond du Lac County saw their jobless numbers stay the same from February to March at 2.8-percent. In 2021, the figure was 4.2-percent.
Columbia County unemployment went down two-tenths of a percent to 3.1 last month. A year ago, the county reported a rate of 4.6-percent.
Jefferson County also saw minimal change month-over-month with a 3.1-percent mark in March following a 3.3-percent rate in February. Their numbers in 2021 were 4.4-percent.
Statewide jobless numbers hit a record low in March with 2.8-percent.
