Wisconsin unemployment rate drops to 3%, ties record low

 

WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- Preliminary estimates show unemployment in Wisconsin reached a record low in December. 

The State Department of Workforce Development said Thursday that the unemployment rate in December was 3%. That's a record for December and matches the lowest rate on record. 

The rate was down 0.2 percentage points from November. The national unemployment rate in December was 4.1%.