How many job openings are there in Wisconsin?

Wisconsin had 115K job openings as of Dec 2025, per the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), the federal government's monthly labor-demand series.

How many people were hired in Wisconsin recently?

Wisconsin recorded 102K hires in Dec 2025, per BLS JOLTS. The hires figure counts every new addition to the payroll that month, not just net job growth.

What is the quits rate in Wisconsin?

75K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Wisconsin during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.5%. Quits are a closely-watched confidence signal, workers tend to leave voluntarily only when they expect to find something better.

How many layoffs happened in Wisconsin?

There were 33K layoffs and discharges in Wisconsin during Dec 2025. This figure includes involuntary separations initiated by the employer, including layoffs with no intent to rehire and discharges for cause.

What are total separations in Wisconsin?

Total separations in Wisconsin reached 113K in Dec 2025. This includes all employees who left their jobs, whether through quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, or transfers to other locations of the same firm.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Wisconsin Labor Market

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for Wisconsin from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. State tables often lag the national release (see homepage disclosure).

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

115K
Job openings: 102K
Hires: 2.5%
Quits rate: 36th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-55 Wisconsin

115K openings · 3.7% rate · 102K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 115K
RATE 3.7%
RANK 36th
HIRE 102K
QUIT 2.5%
LAY 33K
YOY -14.8%
PHOTO Pennsylvania

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Pennsylvania (3.7%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Wisconsin is 36th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Pennsylvania →

Labor market health score

C-

Labor market health score

52/100

Wisconsin, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.

Job openings rate F 3.7%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate C- 3.4%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate B+ 2.5%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Rate placement

Where Wisconsin sits on the latest-month openings-rate board

Dec 2025 openings rate (openings per 100 jobs). Highlighted bar is Wisconsin; the hero rank uses a trailing average, this board is the latest month alone. Signature: 32nd of 51 by latest-month openings rate (3.7%).

Wisconsin among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Wisconsin openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Wisconsin sits at 32nd of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Wisconsin openings fell 14.8% year over year

Monthly job openings in Wisconsin from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 3.7%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Wisconsin sits: Slack but restless

Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. Wisconsin's own openings rate is 3.7% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.5% against a 2.2% average.