Wisconsin · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Wisconsin

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Wisconsin, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Wisconsin had about 2,944,400 people on their payrolls across roughly 210,039 establishments, with average annual pay of $66,170.

Total employment in Wisconsin grew 7.8% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 2,944,400. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Wisconsin are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

2,944,400Employment, 2025
210,039Establishments
$66,170Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Wisconsin	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	29,412	1.0%	1.26	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	3,346	0.1%	0.31	est. · 1.00
23	Construction	148,761	5.1%	0.93	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	458,453	15.6%	1.92	pub.
22	Utilities	10,840	0.4%	0.65	est. · 1.00
42	Wholesale Trade	130,886	4.5%	1.15	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	294,344	10.0%	1.01	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	126,111	4.3%	0.88	est. · 1.00
51	Information	48,492	1.7%	0.86	est. · 1.00
52	Finance and Insurance	127,231	4.3%	1.06	est. · 1.00
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	30,075	1.0%	0.65	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	132,010	4.5%	0.64	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	63,860	2.2%	1.30	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	134,839	4.6%	0.78	pub.
61	Educational Services	221,127	7.5%	0.88	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	463,387	15.7%	0.98	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	57,331	1.9%	1.00	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	244,772	8.3%	0.91	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	81,538	2.8%	0.91	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	137,551	4.7%	0.92	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	2,944,433	210,039	$66,172	0.0%	pub.
2024	2,944,346	203,377	$63,460	0.8%	pub.
2023	2,922,297	199,130	$61,073	1.6%	pub.
2022	2,877,343	197,207	$59,203	2.8%	pub.
2021	2,800,269	185,829	$56,350	2.6%	pub.
2020	2,730,289	178,133	$53,809	5.4%	pub.
2019	2,887,018	176,205	$50,413	0.4%	pub.
2018	2,876,534	175,065	$48,872	0.9%	pub.
2017	2,850,145	171,716	$47,238	0.8%	pub.
2016	2,828,166	168,997	$46,008	1.2%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Wisconsin	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	155,119	5.3%	0.75
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	184,093	6.3%	0.94
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	82,024	2.8%	0.83
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	52,090	1.8%	1.06
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	25,880	0.9%	0.94
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	42,997	1.5%	0.86
23-0000	Legal occupations	15,750	0.5%	0.64
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	161,535	5.5%	0.94
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	33,074	1.1%	0.85
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	190,339	6.5%	1.03
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	147,021	5.0%	0.99
33-0000	Protective service occupations	52,984	1.8%	0.75
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	248,908	8.5%	0.96
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	85,267	2.9%	0.99
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	52,327	1.8%	0.85
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	257,741	8.8%	1.02
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	341,924	11.6%	0.99
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	4,340	0.1%	0.52
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	116,960	4.0%	0.96
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	114,168	3.9%	0.99
51-0000	Production occupations	302,464	10.3%	1.85
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	277,428	9.4%	1.07

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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