(Dodge County) Jobless claims in the region improved in the month of March.
The state Department of Workforce Development says the unemployment rate in Dodge County was 2.2-percent in the third month of 2023 which is down from the 2.6-percent the county saw in February. Last year, the number was 2.8-percent. Dodge County jumped one spot in the statewide unemployment ranking to 17th.
Columbia County improved its figure by four-tenths of a percent, going to 2-percent. The number last year was 2.9-percent.
Jefferson County’s unemployment rate also reported a reported a four-tenths jump from February to March at 2.3-percent. In 2022, it was 3-percent.
Fond du Lac County went from 2.3-percent in February to 2-percent in March. A year ago, that figure was 2.7-percent.
Statewide unemployment numbers hit another record low last month at 2.5-percent. That beats the previous record set the month prior at 2.7-percent. The state’s total employment has also reached nearly 3-million people, beating the previous peak before COVID hit Wisconsin in January of 2020.
