Current Employment Statistics

Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment, Hours and Earnings

April 2026
Minnesota
Jobs estimated by place of work

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Change from
Previous
 All Employees
(AE)
Production Workers
(PW)
 Industry TitleEmploymentYearMonthIndustry
Employment
as % of Total
Hours
Worked/
Week
Earnings/
Hour
Hours
Worked/
Week
Earnings/
Hour
Total Nonfarm3,026,5280.1%1.5%100.0%    
Total Private2,579,5540.1%1.6%85.2%32.7$38.53  
   Goods-Producing461,8561.6%3.5%15.3%40.2$40.21  
   Service-Providing2,564,672-0.1%1.2%84.7%    
      Private Service Providing2,117,698-0.2%1.2%70.0%31.1$38.06  
         Mining and Logging6,287-0.9%0.4%0.2%    
         Mining, Logging, and Construction145,5613.4%8.5%4.8%    
         Construction139,2743.6%8.8%4.6%39.2$44.07  
                     Construction of Buildings30,856-1.0%5.1%1.0%    
                     Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction19,03412.7%26.8%0.6%    
                     Specialty Trade Contractors89,3843.4%6.9%3.0%  0.0$.00
         Manufacturing316,2950.8%1.4%10.5%40.7$37.8738.8$30.94
            Durable Goods Mfg205,1982.0%1.8%6.8%  37.7$32.95
                     Wood Product Mfg13,1293.7%1.5%0.4%    
                     Fabricated Metal Product Mfg43,7902.4%1.9%1.4%    
                        Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut,
                        and Bolt Mfg
13,4702.8%1.7%0.4%    
                     Machinery Mfg35,3831.4%1.5%1.2%    
                     Computer and Electronic Products Mfg43,1481.8%1.5%1.4%    
                        Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and
                        Control Instruments Mfg
26,3212.4%1.6%0.9%    
                     Miscellaneous Mfg28,2064.6%1.9%0.9%    
                        Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg18,7514.3%1.8%0.6%    
            Non-Durable Goods Mfg111,097-1.4%0.6%3.7%  40.6$27.95
                     Food Mfg47,4530.3%0.6%1.6%    
                        Animal Slaughtering and Processing17,313-2.3%0.3%0.6%    
         Trade, Transportation and Utilities520,540-1.6%1.0%17.2%30.9$30.44  
            Wholesale Trade129,977-2.8%0.4%4.3%  37.5$35.05
                     Merchant Wholesalers - Durable Goods79,379-5.1%-1.2%2.6%    
                     Merchant Wholesaler - Nondurable Goods44,4851.7%3.5%1.5%    
                     Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and
                     Brokers
6,113-4.5%-0.4%0.2%    
            Retail Trade276,530-0.6%0.9%9.1%  26.9$20.51
                     Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers35,378-2.0%1.2%1.2%    
                     Building Material and Garden Equipment and
                     Supplies Dealers
26,069-3.0%3.9%0.9%    
                     Food and Beverage Stores51,6710.0%0.7%1.7%    
                     General merchandise retailers61,810-2.0%0.6%2.0%  0.0$.00
                        Department stores17,323-3.1%-0.6%0.6%  0.0$.00
                     Gasoline stations and fuel dealers28,1950.3%0.6%0.9%  0.0$.00
                     Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book,
                     and miscellaneous retailers
25,481-1.4%1.2%0.8%  0.0$.00
            Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities114,033-2.4%2.0%3.8%    
               Utilities13,251-0.8%1.2%0.4%    
               Transportation and Warehousing100,782-2.6%2.1%3.3%  0.0$.00
         Information39,539-5.0%0.0%1.3%  0.0$.00
                     Publishing16,792-5.6%0.8%0.6%  0.0$.00
         Financial Activities182,994-2.3%0.2%6.0%36.2$55.43  
            Finance and Insurance148,183-2.6%0.0%4.9%  0.0$.00
                     Credit Intermediation and Related Activities54,519-2.3%-0.1%1.8%  0.0$.00
                        Depository Credit Intermediation45,677-2.2%-0.2%1.5%    
                     Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other
                     Financial Investments and Related Activities
21,147-1.4%0.4%0.7%    
                     Insurance Carriers and Related Activities72,517-3.1%0.1%2.4%    
                        Insurance Carriers40,598-3.6%-0.1%1.3%    
                        Agencies, Brokerages and Other Insurance
                        Related Activities
31,919-2.4%0.3%1.1%    
            Real Estate and Rental and Leasing34,811-1.2%0.8%1.2%    
                     Real Estate27,939-2.4%0.7%0.9%    
         Professional and Business Services369,8880.0%2.4%12.2%36.6$47.50  
            Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services164,804-0.9%0.0%5.4%    
            Management of Companies and Enterprises83,995-0.3%0.5%2.8%    
            Administrative and Support and Waste Management and
            Remediation Services
121,0891.3%7.4%4.0%    
                        Employment Services45,309-1.5%8.6%1.5%    
                        Services to Buildings and Dwellings36,7716.7%11.1%1.2%    
         Education and Health Services624,0332.3%-0.2%20.6%31.1$38.59  
            Educational Services78,7572.0%1.0%2.6%    
                        Elementary and Secondary Schools29,0164.4%0.1%1.0%    
                        Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools29,2831.1%0.4%1.0%    
            Health Care and Social Assistance545,2762.4%-0.4%18.0%    
                     Ambulatory Health Care Services170,9800.7%-0.3%5.6%  0.0$.00
                        Offices of Physicians80,8822.0%-0.1%2.7%    
                     Hospitals120,3370.8%-0.5%4.0%    
                     Nursing and Residential Care Facilities123,6285.9%0.6%4.1%  0.0$.00
                        Nursing Care Facilities40,9951.8%-0.6%1.4%    
                     Social Assistance130,3312.9%-1.3%4.3%    
         Leisure and Hospitality262,871-2.0%4.2%8.7%21.8$24.22  
            Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation45,755-7.8%9.9%1.5%    
            Accommodation and Food Services217,116-0.7%3.1%7.2%    
                     Accommodation24,6881.4%3.2%0.8%    
                     Food Services and Drinking Places192,428-1.0%3.1%6.4%  0.0$.00
                        Restaurants and Other Eating Places167,245-1.1%2.6%5.5%    
                           Full-Service Restaurants83,709-2.6%0.8%2.8%  0.0$.00
                           Limited-Service Restaurants83,5360.6%4.4%2.8%  0.0$.00
         Other Services117,8330.7%0.8%3.9%29.5$35.09  
                     Repair and Maintenance23,696-1.7%0.2%0.8%    
                     Personal and Laundry Services27,283-0.3%0.2%0.9%    
                     Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and
                     Similar Organizations
66,8541.9%1.3%2.2%    
         Government446,9740.5%1.2%14.8%    
            Federal Government31,363-5.7%0.4%1.0%    
                     US Postal Service11,6020.0%0.1%0.4%    
            State Government115,3750.8%3.7%3.8%    
                     State Government Education68,8090.7%6.1%2.3%    
                     State Government excluding Education46,5661.1%0.5%1.5%    
            Local Government300,2361.0%0.4%9.9%    
                     Local Government Education151,4961.0%-0.5%5.0%    
                     Local Government excluding Education148,7401.0%1.3%4.9%