UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Economic Indicators

Public And Private Employment

Public Private Employment Minnesota Wisconsin

  • The proportion of the workforce in a majority of St. Croix River Valley counties was about 12%.
  • Pierce (15.2%) and Burnett (16.1%) are more dependent on public sector employment.

Public Private Employment Wisc

  • The difference between 100% and the proportions shown in the graph is the proportion of jobs in the private sector over this time period.
  • In Wisconsin, employment in the public sector has consistently accounted for slightly more than 12% of all jobs in the state over the 2010 to 2019 period.  So, a bit less than 88% of jobs in Wisconsin are in the private sector
  • Public sector employment is substantially higher in Pierce (UW-River Falls) and Burnett counties.

Public Private  Employment Minnesota

  • Public sector employment in Minnesota has declined slightly from just above 12% from 2009 to 2014 to just below that proportion since 2015.
  • Washington County has consistently had a slightly higher proportion of its workforce in the public sector than in Minnesota as a whole.
  • Chisago County has gone from having a slightly lower to a slightly higher proportion of its workforce in the public sector over the 2009 to 2019 period.

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