UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Economic Indicators

Employment in Services

Service Employment

  • Nearly one-in-five workers in Burnett County is employed in the public sector in Burnett County.
  • Washington and St. Croix Counties are the only two with less than 15% of their workforce in the public sector.

Service Employment Economics

  • The service sector has accounted for between 16% and 17% of total employment in Wisconsin over the 2009 to 2019 period.
  • Burnett County has consistently had a substantially higher proportion of its workforce employed in the service sector.
  • St. Croix County has consistently had a substantially lower proportion of its workforce employed in the service sector.

Service Employment Minnesota

  • The service sector has accounted for between 16% and 17% of total employment in Minnesota over the 2009 to 2019 period.
  • Washington County has been substantially less dependent on public sector jobs than Minnesota as a whole
  • The proportion of Chisago County workers employed in the public sector is similar to the state average.

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