Wednesday, May 30, 2012
5:37 PM
DWD: Feds have signed off on state's revised 2011 jobs numbers
A Department of Workforce Development spokesman says the Bureau of Labor Statistics has signed off on the 2011 job numbers the state sent earlier this month.
John Dipko said the BLS made a slight change in the numbers, finding 23,608 jobs created in 2011 rather than the 23,321 the state initially reported.
Dipko said the final breakdown of county-by-county numbers will be posted at the DWD website on Friday. The initial numbers the state sent to the feds included a loss of 992 jobs in Milwaukee County in 2011.
Gov. Scott Walker has touted the revised numbers to rebut Dem charges that Wisconsin lost jobs in 2011, while Dems have questioned the significant difference between the more than 23,000 jobs gained that the state reported to the feds and the almost 34,000 jobs lost in 2011 based off surveys that had been previously released.
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