Milwaukee, Wisconsin Economy Profile

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 23.36% of workers provide educational, health and social services. Eight point five eight percent of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is as follows: 8.85%.

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin government workers account for fifteen percent of workers. Eighty-one point seven one percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is equal to thirty-two thousand, two hundred and sixteen dollars while median family income is thirty-seven thousand, eight hundred and seventy-nine dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are thirty-two thousand, two hundred and forty-four dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-six thousand, thirteen dollars.

0.0 of families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are below poverty line (total population in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is five hundred and ninety-six thousand, nine hundred and seventy-four). There are sixteen thousand, nine hundred and sixty-four families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin resident is 30.6 years old.

	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	%, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	United States
Population 16 years and over	442,845		217,168,077
In labor force	283,052	63.92%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	282,823	63.87%	63.39%
- - Employed	256,244	57.86%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	26,579	6.0%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	9.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	229	0.05%	0.53%
Not in labor force	159,793	36.08%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	236,940	53.5%	51.66%
In labor force	143,191	32.33%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	143,155	32.33%	29.65%
- - Employed	130,110	29.38%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	51,741	11.68%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	32,285		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	249,889		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	171,820	68.76%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	33,980	13.6%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	25,634	10.26%	4.73%
Walked	11,770	4.71%	2.93%
Other means	2,317	0.93%	1.19%
Worked at home	4,368	1.75%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.5	0.01%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	256,244		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	71,684	27.97%	33.65%
Service occupations	47,570	18.56%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	67,047	26.17%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	499	0.19%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	15,500	6.05%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	53,944	21.05%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	948	0.37%	1.87%
Construction	9,518	3.71%	6.78%
Manufacturing	47,396	18.5%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	7,521	2.94%	3.6%
Retail trade	25,394	9.91%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	13,152	5.13%	5.2%
Information	7,282	2.84%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	17,902	6.99%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	22,679	8.85%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	59,869	23.36%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	21,980	8.58%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	10,981	4.29%	4.87%
Public administration	11,622	4.54%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	209,388	81.71%	78.47%
Government workers	38,437	15.0%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	8,094	3.16%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	325	0.13%	0.31%

	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	%, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	232,312		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	32,701	14.08%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	18,446	7.94%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	37,867	16.3%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	35,509	15.29%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	40,961	17.63%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	39,490	17.0%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	16,387	7.05%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	7,778	3.35%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,599	0.69%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,574	0.68%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	32,216		41,994
With earnings	184,285	41.61%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	41,138		56,604
With Social Security income	55,733	12.59%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,719		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	15,935	3.6%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,477		6,320
With public assistance income	10,668	2.41%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,046		3,032
With retirement income	33,733	7.62%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	13,983		17,376
Families	136,327		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	15,285	11.21%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,505	6.24%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	19,661	14.42%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	19,423	14.25%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	24,348	17.86%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	28,165	20.66%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	12,874	9.44%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	5,857	4.3%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,140	0.84%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	1,069	0.78%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	37,879		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	16,181		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	32,244		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	26,013		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	23,687		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	20,720	87.47%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	11,271	47.58%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	16,964		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	15,739	92.78%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	8,417	49.62%	42.27%
Individuals	123,664		33,899,812
18 years and over	70,477	56.99%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	6,752	5.46%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	52,146	42.17%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	36,597	29.59%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	34,721	28.08%	31.63%

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