Latest numbers show little progress on the unlikely-to-be-met goal

The big news in the June 2014 monthly jobs report didn't come in the numbers for the month of May.

The key -- at least when it comes to measuring Gov. Scott Walker's top campaign promise -- is how the gap continues to widen, making it virtually impossible for Walker to meet his pledge of adding 250,000 private-sector jobs by the end of his four-year term.

The number of jobs that the state must add each month to meet the promise has steadily grown as the year wears on. With the latest figures, that number is now 21,141 jobs per month.

That's almost twice the monthly total that was needed in January.

In the first five months of this year, the state added an estimated 10,200 jobs; that compares to 28,141 added in all of 2013.

The June 19, 2014 report by the state Department of Workforce Development said the state lost 400 private-sector jobs in May. The report also revised upward by 1,200 the April total, from 7,600 jobs to 8,800.

The monthly figures were released on the same day the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for all of 2013 for all states. The census comes from a survey of nearly all state employers and is deemed the most-accurate jobs numbers.

Walker's administration released those figures for Wisconsin in May. The latest figures added 135 jobs to the total for 2013, bringing it to 28,141.

The latest totals show that since Walker took office, the state added 102,013 jobs. That's about 40 percent of the total in his promise, leaving him 147,987 to go with seven months remaining. You can view an updated graphic tracking our promise here.

We continue to rate this promise Stalled.