# Unemployment: Milwaukee County, WI (U)

Unemployment: Milwaukee County, WI (U) was up 3.9% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.8% in August 2025.
The level stood at 16,766 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −59.3% (Apr 2021) to 338.4% (Apr 2020), averaging 3.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-WI-55079.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-milwaukee-county-wi-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 16,766 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 20,334 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 19,928 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 19,722 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 16,626 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 19,050 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 21,812 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 22,966 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 20,161 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 16,136 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 16,755 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 15,771 thousands | 3.9 |
| August 2025 | 19,096 thousands | 1.8 |
| July 2025 | 19,639 thousands | −0.6 |
| June 2025 | 19,661 thousands | −0.9 |
| May 2025 | 16,991 thousands | 4.4 |
| April 2025 | 17,914 thousands | 6.6 |
| March 2025 | 20,172 thousands | 7.3 |
| February 2025 | 20,181 thousands | 9.2 |
| January 2025 | 18,546 thousands | 18.1 |
| December 2024 | 15,645 thousands | 12.1 |
| November 2024 | 16,293 thousands | 12.7 |
| October 2024 | 15,474 thousands | 4.5 |
| September 2024 | 15,184 thousands | −2.1 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WI-55079.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-WI-55079.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```