Jobless rates declined slightly in Manitowoc and Manitowoc County in May.
Non-seasonally adjusted numbers released by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development show the city with an unemployment rate of 4% down slightly from 4.2 percent in April and well below the pandemic induced number of 13.1 percent in May of 2020.
Meanwhile, the County’s jobless number fell three-tenths-of-a percent from 3.8 percent in April to 3.5 percent in May, 7.2 percent lower than May’s 2020 figure of 10.7 percent.
Wisconsin’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May was 3.9 percent, same as in April and down from 10.4 percent in May of last year and 1.9 percent lower than the May National number 5.8 percent.
