The Tipping Point: Manufacturing, Health Care, and Two Decades of Economic Transformation

A report released by Forward Analytics, The Tipping Point: Manufacturing, Health Care and Two Decades of Economic Transformation, finds that Wisconsin’s workforce has reached a tipping point: for the first time, healthcare and social assistance professions have surpassed manufacturing as the state’s largest employment sector.

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Channel 3000: From factories to health care: new report shows Wisconsin job market at a tipping point (7.8.26)
WisBusiness: Skilled labor shortage blamed for manufacturing being overtaken as top sector for jobs (7.13.26)
Channel 3000: From factories to health care: new report shows Wisconsin job market at a tipping point (7.8.26)
Dryden Wire: Wisconsin Health Care Jobs Surpass Manufacturing for First Time (7.8.26)
News 8 Now: From factories to health care: new report shows Wisconsin job market at a tipping point (7.8.26)
WTAQ: Wisconsin jobs shift: Healthcare employment passes manufacturing, report says (7.9.28)
The Center Square: Report: Wisconsin down 100K manufacturing jobs since 2001 (7.8.28)