Neither Gov. Scott Walker nor challenger Mary Burke made any promises about creating thousands of new jobs during the recently-ended Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign.

That was probably a wise move considering the latest estimates show job growth slowing in the state again in 2015 and the manufacturing sector still not back to its pre-recession employment levels.

The newly-released Economic Outlook from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue predicts the state will end up adding 39,600 new jobs in 2014 but just 34,200 more in 2015. Wisconsin added 33,700 jobs in 2013.

The quarterly report also shows the manufacturing sector is rebounding but not fast enough to replace all the jobs lost to reach its pre-employment peak of 507,000. The DOR is estimating the state will have 469,000 manufacturing jobs by the end of the first quarter of 2015, leaving a gap of over 50,000.