Wisconsin state Economy Profile

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Wisconsin state Economy

13.23% Wisconsin households have a household income of between $25,000 and $34,999.18.11% Wisconsin households have a household income of between $35,000 to $49,999. Median household income in a Wisconsin household is $43,791. Wisconsin households with supplemental security income account for 1.72% of Wisconsin households. There are 0.86% households with public assistance income in Wisconsin.

eighty-one point zero eight percent of workers comprise private wage and salary workers in Wisconsin. Government workers account for 12.46% of Wisconsin workers. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in Wisconsin are thirty-seven thousand, sixty-two dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches twenty-five thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five dollars.

sixty-nine point zero nine percent of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Wisconsin. Among them 32.81% are females aged 16 and over. 20.04% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 7.26% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in Wisconsin.

	Wisconsin	%, Wisconsin	United States
Population 16 years and over	4,157,030		217,168,077
In labor force	2,872,104	69.09%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	2,869,236	69.02%	63.39%
- - Employed	2,734,925	65.79%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	134,311	3.23%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	4.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	2,868	0.07%	0.53%
Not in labor force	1,284,926	30.91%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	2,127,011	51.17%	51.66%
In labor force	1,363,825	32.81%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	1,363,383	32.8%	29.65%
- - Employed	1,306,432	31.43%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	399,076	9.6%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	273,021		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,690,704		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	2,138,832	79.49%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	267,471	9.94%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	53,340	1.98%	4.73%
Walked	100,301	3.73%	2.93%
Other means	25,365	0.94%	1.19%
Worked at home	105,395	3.92%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.8		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	2,734,925		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	857,205	31.34%	33.65%
Service occupations	383,619	14.03%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	690,360	25.24%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	25,725	0.94%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	237,086	8.67%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	540,930	19.78%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	75,418	2.76%	1.87%
Construction	161,625	5.91%	6.78%
Manufacturing	606,845	22.19%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	87,979	3.22%	3.6%
Retail trade	317,881	11.62%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	123,657	4.52%	5.2%
Information	60,142	2.2%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	168,060	6.14%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	179,503	6.56%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	548,111	20.04%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	198,528	7.26%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	111,028	4.06%	4.87%
Public administration	96,148	3.52%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	2,217,490	81.08%	78.47%
Government workers	340,792	12.46%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	167,248	6.12%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	9,395	0.34%	0.31%

	Wisconsin	%, Wisconsin	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	2,086,304		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	148,964	7.14%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	121,366	5.82%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	264,897	12.7%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	276,033	13.23%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	377,749	18.11%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	474,299	22.73%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	226,374	10.85%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	133,719	6.41%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	30,598	1.47%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	32,305	1.55%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	43,791		41,994
With earnings	1,706,803	41.06%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	53,084		56,604
With Social Security income	550,044	13.23%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,811		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	71,359	1.72%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,330		6,320
With public assistance income	35,695	0.86%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,533		3,032
With retirement income	327,570	7.88%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	15,759		17,376
Families	1,395,037		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	49,392	3.54%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	42,055	3.01%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	127,576	9.14%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	161,209	11.56%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	260,429	18.67%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	384,735	27.58%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	196,614	14.09%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	118,408	8.49%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	27,061	1.94%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	27,558	1.98%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	52,911		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	21,271		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	37,062		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	25,865		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	78,188		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	61,837	79.09%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	32,367	41.4%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	41,608		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	38,464	92.44%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	20,118	48.35%	42.27%
Individuals	451,538		33,899,812
18 years and over	301,372	66.74%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	49,245	10.91%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	143,963	31.88%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	100,127	22.17%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	181,580	40.21%	31.63%

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