From booming healthcare and tech roles to high-turnover service jobs, understanding these trends can help job seekers and businesses navigate the changing workforce landscape.

Northeast Wisconsin’s workforce is evolving, and the patterns are telling. Whether you’re a job seeker planning your next career move or a business keeping an eye on labor trends, knowing where opportunities are growing is essential.

Healthcare and Tech Lead the Way
The fastest-growing roles in the region are clearly in healthcare and technology. Positions like home health and personal care aides, nurse practitioners (62% growth), physician assistants (41%), data scientists (47%), actuaries (41%), and information security analysts (41%) are seeing significant demand.

This growth signals a shift toward specialized services. As more professionals enter these fields, local infrastructure needs, including construction, hauling, and logistics, may gradually follow, reshaping the local economy.

High Turnover Jobs Dominate Openings
At the same time, the largest number of job openings are in roles with low entry barriers and high turnover, such as fast-food counter workers. These positions are critical for supporting local communities but don’t directly influence specialized service demand.

Essential Roles Keep the Region Moving
Core occupations in healthcare, logistics, and retail remain widespread and essential. While the landscape is shifting toward specialized roles, these foundational jobs continue to anchor communities and businesses, ensuring that daily life runs smoothly.

What This Means for You
For job seekers, businesses, and service providers, these trends are more than numbers, they’re signals. Understanding which sectors are expanding, which roles have high turnover, and which remain central to the community can guide career planning, hiring strategies, and local business decisions.

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