Unemployment Rate in Waukesha County, WI

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
2.3% −56.7% vs nat'l
Rank #374 of 3,222
88th percentile

How Waukesha County Compares

Waukesha County
2.3%
Wisconsin Average
2.3%
Rank #6 of 72 in state
National
5.3%
56.7% below

National Distribution

Where Waukesha County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Waukesha County: 2.3%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#371 Harrison County, IA 2.3%
#372 Bland County, VA 2.3%
#373 King William County, VA 2.3%
#374 Waukesha County, WI 2.3%
#375 Greene County, IA 2.3%
#376 Trempealeau County, WI 2.3%
#377 Gallatin County, MT 2.3%
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Unemployment Rate in Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Waukesha County, Wisconsin has a unemployment rate of 2.3%, which ranks #374 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 56.7% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Wisconsin, Waukesha County ranks #6 of 72 out of 72 counties. This places it in the 88th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.