Forward Analytics: Forward Analytics study finds healthcare has overtaken manufacturing as Wisconsin’s largest employment sector

MADISON, Wis. – A brand new report released by Forward Analytics 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.  From 2001 to 2025, manufacturing employment fell from 560,000 jobs to fewer than 460,000 today, while healthcare and...