Unemployment is Low, but Wisconsin Workers Face a Host of Other Roadblocks

Even as the state’s unemployment rate declines, Wisconsin workers face significant barriers to economic stability, according to a new look at the state’s labor market. Long-term stagnation in wages, a black/white economic disparity that is among the largest of any state, increasing levels of income inequality, a shrinking middle class, and limits on the ability to unionize are among the obstacles faced by Wisconsin workers, according to The State of Working Wisconsin 2017 by COWS.
 

Unemployment is Low, but Wisconsin Workers Face a Host of Other Roadblocks