# Counties in Wisconsin by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 72 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/wisconsin-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Milwaukee County | 467,199 |
| 2 | Dane County | 361,286 |
| 3 | Waukesha County | 248,662 |
| 4 | Brown County | 160,329 |
| 5 | Outagamie County | 108,523 |
| 6 | Winnebago County | 93,391 |
| 7 | Kenosha County | 75,996 |
| 8 | Racine County | 75,873 |
| 9 | La Crosse County | 70,077 |
| 10 | Marathon County | 69,778 |
| 11 | Rock County | 69,744 |
| 12 | Sheboygan County | 61,092 |
| 13 | Eau Claire County | 58,593 |
| 14 | Washington County | 58,003 |
| 15 | Walworth County | 45,772 |
| 16 | Fond du Lac County | 44,880 |
| 17 | Ozaukee County | 40,611 |
| 18 | St. Croix County | 37,379 |
| 19 | Dodge County | 36,866 |
| 20 | Sauk County | 36,443 |
| 21 | Wood County | 35,407 |
| 22 | Portage County | 33,442 |
| 23 | Jefferson County | 33,413 |
| 24 | Manitowoc County | 33,080 |
| 25 | Chippewa County | 27,224 |
| 26 | Columbia County | 21,764 |
| 27 | Barron County | 21,222 |
| 28 | Monroe County | 21,034 |
| 29 | Waupaca County | 18,477 |
| 30 | Dunn County | 18,155 |
| 31 | Marinette County | 17,631 |
| 32 | Oneida County | 17,262 |
| 33 | Grant County | 17,152 |
| 34 | Calumet County | 16,212 |
| 35 | Green County | 15,754 |
| 36 | Polk County | 15,663 |
| 37 | Douglas County | 15,643 |
| 38 | Door County | 14,333 |
| 39 | Trempealeau County | 12,345 |
| 40 | Shawano County | 12,341 |
| 41 | Clark County | 11,428 |
| 42 | Iowa County | 10,719 |
| 43 | Pierce County | 10,368 |
| 44 | Lincoln County | 9,938 |
| 45 | Juneau County | 9,194 |
| 46 | Oconto County | 9,091 |
| 47 | Vernon County | 8,672 |
| 48 | Vilas County | 8,411 |
| 49 | Ashland County | 7,864 |
| 50 | Taylor County | 7,776 |
| 51 | Jackson County | 7,570 |
| 52 | Sawyer County | 7,329 |
| 53 | Langlade County | 7,152 |
| 54 | Kewaunee County | 6,863 |
| 55 | Crawford County | 6,560 |
| 56 | Richland County | 5,878 |
| 57 | Green Lake County | 5,835 |
| 58 | Waushara County | 5,774 |
| 59 | Washburn County | 5,459 |
| 60 | Burnett County | 5,212 |
| 61 | Lafayette County | 4,934 |
| 62 | Price County | 4,702 |
| 63 | Adams County | 4,411 |
| 64 | Rusk County | 4,396 |
| 65 | Bayfield County | 4,295 |
| 66 | Marquette County | 3,972 |
| 67 | Buffalo County | 3,456 |
| 68 | Forest County | 3,222 |
| 69 | Pepin County | 2,394 |
| 70 | Menominee County | 2,023 |
| 71 | Iron County | 1,615 |
| 72 | Florence County | 954 |