Minnesota and Wisconsin had similar job growth trends leading up to the Great Recession, but not after it: Employment levels relative to the start of Governor Walker and Governor Dayton’s terms (Jan 2011)
UNITED STATES | Minnesota | Wisconsin | |
---|---|---|---|
Nov-2001 | 100.2% | 100.5% | 101.6% |
Dec-2001 | 100.1% | 100.2% | 101.3% |
Jan-2002 | 100.0% | 100.2% | 101.5% |
Feb-2002 | 99.9% | 100.2% | 101.5% |
Mar-2002 | 99.9% | 100.0% | 101.5% |
Apr-2002 | 99.8% | 100.0% | 101.4% |
May-2002 | 99.8% | 100.0% | 101.4% |
Jun-2002 | 99.9% | 100.1% | 101.4% |
Jul-2002 | 99.8% | 100.3% | 101.3% |
Aug-2002 | 99.8% | 100.1% | 101.4% |
Sep-2002 | 99.7% | 100.3% | 101.2% |
Oct-2002 | 99.8% | 100.0% | 101.6% |
Nov-2002 | 99.8% | 100.2% | 101.8% |
Dec-2002 | 99.7% | 100.0% | 101.5% |
Jan-2003 | 99.8% | 100.1% | 101.2% |
Feb-2003 | 99.7% | 100.1% | 101.3% |
Mar-2003 | 99.5% | 100.0% | 101.1% |
Apr-2003 | 99.5% | 100.1% | 101.2% |
May-2003 | 99.5% | 100.1% | 101.2% |
Jun-2003 | 99.5% | 99.9% | 101.1% |
Jul-2003 | 99.5% | 99.9% | 100.7% |
Aug-2003 | 99.5% | 100.0% | 100.7% |
Sep-2003 | 99.5% | 100.0% | 100.9% |
Oct-2003 | 99.7% | 99.8% | 101.3% |
Nov-2003 | 99.7% | 99.7% | 101.3% |
Dec-2003 | 99.8% | 99.9% | 101.4% |
Jan-2004 | 99.9% | 99.8% | 101.5% |
Feb-2004 | 100.0% | 99.9% | 101.6% |
Mar-2004 | 100.2% | 100.0% | 101.7% |
Apr-2004 | 100.4% | 100.6% | 101.8% |
May-2004 | 100.6% | 100.8% | 102.0% |
Jun-2004 | 100.7% | 100.8% | 102.1% |
Jul-2004 | 100.7% | 100.8% | 102.5% |
Aug-2004 | 100.8% | 100.9% | 102.8% |
Sep-2004 | 100.9% | 101.0% | 102.4% |
Oct-2004 | 101.2% | 101.3% | 102.8% |
Nov-2004 | 101.3% | 101.3% | 102.8% |
Dec-2004 | 101.4% | 101.4% | 102.8% |
Jan-2005 | 101.5% | 100.9% | 102.8% |
Feb-2005 | 101.7% | 101.2% | 103.1% |
Mar-2005 | 101.8% | 101.3% | 103.2% |
Apr-2005 | 102.0% | 102.0% | 103.5% |
May-2005 | 102.2% | 102.3% | 103.3% |
Jun-2005 | 102.4% | 102.1% | 103.2% |
Jul-2005 | 102.6% | 102.6% | 103.5% |
Aug-2005 | 102.8% | 102.7% | 103.6% |
Sep-2005 | 102.8% | 102.9% | 103.9% |
Oct-2005 | 102.9% | 103.0% | 103.7% |
Nov-2005 | 103.2% | 103.1% | 103.8% |
Dec-2005 | 103.3% | 103.2% | 104.0% |
Jan-2006 | 103.5% | 103.6% | 104.0% |
Feb-2006 | 103.7% | 103.7% | 104.1% |
Mar-2006 | 104.0% | 103.9% | 104.2% |
Apr-2006 | 104.1% | 103.7% | 104.4% |
May-2006 | 104.1% | 103.4% | 104.2% |
Jun-2006 | 104.2% | 103.7% | 104.5% |
Jul-2006 | 104.3% | 103.6% | 104.4% |
Aug-2006 | 104.5% | 103.6% | 104.4% |
Sep-2006 | 104.6% | 103.6% | 104.5% |
Oct-2006 | 104.6% | 103.4% | 104.4% |
Nov-2006 | 104.7% | 103.5% | 104.5% |
Dec-2006 | 104.9% | 103.8% | 104.6% |
Jan-2007 | 105.1% | 104.0% | 104.7% |
Feb-2007 | 105.1% | 104.1% | 104.7% |
Mar-2007 | 105.3% | 104.2% | 104.8% |
Apr-2007 | 105.3% | 104.1% | 104.8% |
May-2007 | 105.4% | 104.0% | 105.0% |
Jun-2007 | 105.5% | 104.2% | 105.4% |
Jul-2007 | 105.5% | 104.2% | 105.1% |
Aug-2007 | 105.5% | 104.1% | 105.1% |
Sep-2007 | 105.5% | 104.0% | 105.1% |
Oct-2007 | 105.6% | 104.0% | 104.8% |
Nov-2007 | 105.7% | 104.1% | 104.8% |
Dec-2007 | 105.8% | 104.1% | 105.0% |
Jan-2008 | 105.8% | 104.3% | 105.2% |
Feb-2008 | 105.7% | 104.5% | 105.2% |
Mar-2008 | 105.7% | 104.4% | 105.0% |
Apr-2008 | 105.5% | 104.1% | 104.9% |
May-2008 | 105.3% | 104.1% | 105.0% |
Jun-2008 | 105.2% | 104.0% | 104.9% |
Jul-2008 | 105.1% | 103.9% | 104.8% |
Aug-2008 | 104.9% | 103.8% | 104.6% |
Sep-2008 | 104.5% | 103.6% | 104.7% |
Oct-2008 | 104.1% | 103.4% | 104.3% |
Nov-2008 | 103.6% | 103.0% | 104.0% |
Dec-2008 | 103.0% | 102.5% | 103.4% |
Jan-2009 | 102.4% | 101.8% | 102.5% |
Feb-2009 | 101.9% | 101.2% | 101.9% |
Mar-2009 | 101.3% | 100.6% | 101.1% |
Apr-2009 | 100.7% | 100.0% | 100.3% |
May-2009 | 100.5% | 100.0% | 100.3% |
Jun-2009 | 100.1% | 99.4% | 99.8% |
Jul-2009 | 99.8% | 99.3% | 99.4% |
Aug-2009 | 99.7% | 99.0% | 99.1% |
Sep-2009 | 99.5% | 98.4% | 99.1% |
Oct-2009 | 99.4% | 98.8% | 99.1% |
Nov-2009 | 99.4% | 98.8% | 98.9% |
Dec-2009 | 99.2% | 98.9% | 98.9% |
Jan-2010 | 99.2% | 98.7% | 98.9% |
Feb-2010 | 99.1% | 98.6% | 98.9% |
Mar-2010 | 99.3% | 98.7% | 99.0% |
Apr-2010 | 99.4% | 99.0% | 99.4% |
May-2010 | 99.8% | 99.2% | 99.5% |
Jun-2010 | 99.7% | 99.2% | 99.4% |
Jul-2010 | 99.7% | 99.1% | 99.5% |
Aug-2010 | 99.7% | 99.3% | 99.6% |
Sep-2010 | 99.6% | 98.9% | 99.6% |
Oct-2010 | 99.8% | 99.6% | 99.9% |
Nov-2010 | 99.9% | 99.7% | 99.9% |
Dec-2010 | 100.0% | 99.7% | 99.9% |
Jan-2011 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Feb-2011 | 100.1% | 100.1% | 100.1% |
Mar-2011 | 100.3% | 100.3% | 100.2% |
Apr-2011 | 100.6% | 100.5% | 100.3% |
May-2011 | 100.6% | 100.8% | 100.3% |
Jun-2011 | 100.8% | 100.8% | 100.2% |
Jul-2011 | 100.9% | 100.2% | 100.7% |
Aug-2011 | 101.0% | 101.1% | 100.6% |
Sep-2011 | 101.1% | 101.6% | 100.7% |
Oct-2011 | 101.3% | 101.4% | 100.5% |
Nov-2011 | 101.4% | 101.5% | 100.5% |
Dec-2011 | 101.6% | 101.6% | 100.8% |
Jan-2012 | 101.8% | 101.7% | 100.6% |
Feb-2012 | 102.0% | 101.8% | 100.8% |
Mar-2012 | 102.2% | 102.2% | 101.4% |
Apr-2012 | 102.3% | 102.5% | 101.7% |
May-2012 | 102.4% | 102.1% | 101.6% |
Jun-2012 | 102.4% | 102.3% | 101.6% |
Jul-2012 | 102.5% | 102.0% | 101.2% |
Aug-2012 | 102.7% | 102.4% | 101.4% |
Sep-2012 | 102.8% | 103.0% | 101.6% |
Oct-2012 | 102.9% | 103.0% | 101.8% |
Nov-2012 | 103.0% | 103.2% | 102.1% |
Dec-2012 | 103.2% | 103.3% | 101.9% |
Jan-2013 | 103.4% | 103.7% | 101.6% |
Feb-2013 | 103.6% | 104.0% | 102.2% |
Mar-2013 | 103.7% | 104.1% | 102.3% |
Apr-2013 | 103.8% | 103.4% | 101.9% |
May-2013 | 104.0% | 104.0% | 102.3% |
Jun-2013 | 104.1% | 104.2% | 102.5% |
Jul-2013 | 104.2% | 103.7% | 102.5% |
Aug-2013 | 104.4% | 104.2% | 102.7% |
Sep-2013 | 104.6% | 104.7% | 102.9% |
Oct-2013 | 104.7% | 104.8% | 103.0% |
Nov-2013 | 104.9% | 104.9% | 103.0% |
Dec-2013 | 105.0% | 105.0% | 103.1% |
Jan-2014 | 105.1% | 104.9% | 103.3% |
Feb-2014 | 105.2% | 105.0% | 103.3% |
Mar-2014 | 105.4% | 105.0% | 103.4% |
Apr-2014 | 105.7% | 105.0% | 103.6% |
May-2014 | 105.9% | 105.6% | 103.8% |
Jun-2014 | 106.1% | 105.8% | 104.0% |
Jul-2014 | 106.3% | 105.9% | 104.1% |
Aug-2014 | 106.4% | 106.0% | 104.5% |
Sep-2014 | 106.6% | 105.9% | 104.5% |
Oct-2014 | 106.8% | 106.1% | 104.5% |
Nov-2014 | 107.1% | 106.3% | 104.9% |
Dec-2014 | 107.3% | 106.4% | 104.8% |
Jan-2015 | 107.4% | 106.4% | 104.9% |
Feb-2015 | 107.6% | 106.6% | 105.0% |
Mar-2015 | 107.7% | 106.7% | 105.1% |
Apr-2015 | 107.9% | 106.9% | 105.2% |
May-2015 | 108.2% | 107.3% | 105.4% |
Jun-2015 | 108.3% | 107.4% | 105.5% |
Jul-2015 | 108.5% | 107.6% | 105.7% |
Aug-2015 | 108.6% | 107.5% | 105.7% |
Sep-2015 | 108.7% | 107.4% | 105.8% |
Oct-2015 | 109.0% | 107.8% | 105.9% |
Nov-2015 | 109.2% | 108.0% | 105.9% |
Dec-2015 | 109.3% | 108.0% | 106.2% |
Jan-2016 | 109.4% | 108.1% | 106.5% |
Feb-2016 | 109.6% | 108.3% | 106.6% |
Mar-2016 | 109.8% | 108.3% | 106.6% |
Apr-2016 | 109.9% | 108.5% | 106.8% |
May-2016 | 109.9% | 108.5% | 106.6% |
Jun-2016 | 110.2% | 108.2% | 106.5% |
Jul-2016 | 110.4% | 109.0% | 106.9% |
Aug-2016 | 110.5% | 109.2% | 107.1% |
Sep-2016 | 110.7% | 109.2% | 107.0% |
Oct-2016 | 110.9% | 109.1% | 106.9% |
Nov-2016 | 111.0% | 109.3% | 107.2% |
Dec-2016 | 111.1% | 109.2% | 107.0% |
Jan-2017 | 111.3% | 109.9% | 107.3% |
Feb-2017 | 111.5% | 110.0% | 107.4% |
Mar-2017 | 111.5% | 110.2% | 107.4% |
Apr-2017 | 111.7% | 109.9% | 107.4% |
May-2017 | 111.8% | 110.0% | 107.4% |
Jun-2017 | 112.0% | 110.1% | 107.5% |
Jul-2017 | 112.1% | 110.3% | 107.5% |
Aug-2017 | 112.3% | 110.2% | 107.4% |
Sep-2017 | 112.3% | 110.3% | 107.4% |
Oct-2017 | 112.5% | 110.6% | 107.5% |
Nov-2017 | 112.7% | 110.6% | 107.5% |
Dec-2017 | 112.8% | 110.7% | 107.8% |
Source: EPI analysis of Current Employment Statistics data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics