The latest economic development dashboard report for Rock County indicates that the battle for staffing continues.

Economic Development Manager James Otterstein says just over 30,000 jobs were posted in the second quarter of 2022 compared to just over 40,000 at the same time last year.

Otterstein says employers are still looking for labor aggressively, although it may not translate into the numbers.

Rock County’s unemployment rate and the national average is currently 3.8 percent which is slightly higher than the state average of 3.2 percent.