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Amy Pechacek: “Our labor force participation rate here in Wisconsin remains…”

Featuring: Amy Pechacek, Acting Wisconsin Secretary of Workforce Development

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Newsmakers: Wisconsin Workforce Updates from DWD Secretary-Designee Amy Pechacek

Published | Video Starts at 02:06

We also broke the record of the number of people employed in this state. And we have, Jo, really enjoyed six months of consecutive job gains. And Our labor force participation rate here in Wisconsin remains a full 4 percentage points higher than the national average. We're at 66.4% and the national average is way down by 62%. So we are doing quite well overall in terms of all industries. (02:06–02:15)

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Asserts that Wisconsin's labor force participation rate is 4 percentage points higher than the national average.

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