Have just come out. Employment is down 12,800, a single-month record; the unemployment rate is up to 7.8% from 7.6% in June.
Apparently it's the fault of the national slowdown and Washington-created uncertainty:
“Wisconsin is not immune to the national economic slowdown this summer, and we are seeing the effects of the national economy in our July numbers,” Secretary Baumbach said. “The wild market fluctuations during the debt ceiling negotiations, the European debt crisis and other factors contributed to a great deal of uncertainty, which may very well have affected Wisconsin’s job numbers given our state’s ties to the national economy.
Which doesn't exactly explain why the state unemployment rate is growing while the national one drew back 0.1% in July.
Naturally last month there was a different tune:
“Wisconsin has added 39,300 private-sector jobs since Governor Walker declared Wisconsin open for business,” Secretary Baumbach said. “Jobseekers and employers alike are reaping the economic benefits of the business-friendly environment that Governor Walker is advancing, and we encourage jobseekers to keep pursuing these new employment opportunities.”
Of course then the state employment had only dropped by 12,400 and unemployment increased by 0.2%, which led the Walker administration to read down the sector list until they found 12,900 net new private sector jobs (now revised to 14,800), gains which were nearly completely wiped out in July. The only bright spot is local government, employment rising a percentage point there.
Wisconsin jobs are now under water since Scott "250,000 new jobs" Walker took office.