For comparison, from December 2010 to December 2016, Wisconsin gained just under 180,000 private-sector jobs. Had it been gaining jobs at the national rate, it would have seen an increase of more than 300,000 jobs, the report said.

Putting those numbers in a Midwest context, the report points out that in the 1990s, Minnesota’s jobs lagged some 200,000 behind Wisconsin, but by the end of 2016, Minnesota had surpassed the Badger state.

“In the 21st century, and over the last six years, Wisconsin’s private sector job base has substantially and consistently underperformed,” the report said.

The report also addressed long-term wage stagnation. Since 1979, wages in Wisconsin have risen about 3 cents an hour, taking inflation into account. That means a full-time worker would earn about $1,800 more annually than they would in 1979.

Wisconsin is generally consistent with the national trends in wage growth; the US median wage in 2016 was $17.80 an hour, and Wisconsin’s was slightly better, at $17.96