Current Employment Statistics

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February 2026
Minnesota
Jobs estimated by place of work

Click   for historic data			Percent Change from Previous			All Employees (AE)		Production Workers (PW)
	Industry Title	Employment	Year	Month	Industry Employment as % of Total	Hours Worked/ Week	Earnings/ Hour	Hours Worked/ Week	Earnings/ Hour
	Total Nonfarm	2,981,465	0.2%	-0.1%	100.0%
	Total Private	2,538,951	0.2%	-0.2%	85.2%	33.0	$39.41
	Goods-Producing	441,463	1.0%	-1.0%	14.8%	39.9	$40.29
	Service-Providing	2,540,002	0.1%	0.1%	85.2%
	Private Service Providing	2,097,488	0.1%	-0.1%	70.4%	31.5	$39.17
	Mining and Logging	6,175	1.6%	0.9%	0.2%
	Mining, Logging, and Construction	130,345	4.4%	-2.9%	4.4%
	Construction	124,170	4.6%	-3.0%	4.2%	37.8	$44.87
	Construction of Buildings	28,688	-3.9%	-3.5%	1.0%
	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	14,282	21.9%	-2.4%	0.5%
	Specialty Trade Contractors	81,200	5.2%	-3.0%	2.7%			0.0	$.00
	Manufacturing	311,118	-0.4%	-0.1%	10.4%	41.1	$38.06	37.9	$31.03
	Durable Goods Mfg	202,214	1.1%	0.1%	6.8%			37.3	$33.40
	Wood Product Mfg	12,967	3.4%	-0.2%	0.4%
	Fabricated Metal Product Mfg	43,035	0.9%	0.2%	1.4%
	Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut,                         and Bolt Mfg	13,270	1.2%	0.2%	0.4%
	Machinery Mfg	34,986	0.0%	0.4%	1.2%
	Computer and Electronic Products Mfg	42,589	1.2%	0.1%	1.4%
	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and                         Control Instruments Mfg	25,974	2.5%	0.1%	0.9%
	Miscellaneous Mfg	27,690	3.2%	0.1%	0.9%
	Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg	18,426	2.5%	0.2%	0.6%
	Non-Durable Goods Mfg	108,904	-3.1%	-0.6%	3.7%			38.8	$27.37
	Food Mfg	46,756	-0.5%	-0.6%	1.6%
	Animal Slaughtering and Processing	17,146	-2.3%	-0.5%	0.6%
	Trade, Transportation and Utilities	519,071	-1.1%	-1.6%	17.4%	31.2	$31.08
	Wholesale Trade	130,294	-1.8%	-0.2%	4.4%			38.0	$33.88
	Merchant Wholesalers - Durable Goods	80,462	-3.4%	-0.7%	2.7%
	Merchant Wholesaler - Nondurable Goods	43,648	1.6%	0.7%	1.5%
	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and                      Brokers	6,184	-2.5%	-0.6%	0.2%
	Retail Trade	276,566	0.5%	-1.9%	9.3%			27.2	$20.33
	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	35,207	-0.8%	-0.4%	1.2%
	Building Material and Garden Equipment and                      Supplies Dealers	24,870	0.4%	-0.5%	0.8%
	Food and Beverage Stores	51,754	-0.1%	-1.2%	1.7%
	General merchandise retailers	61,652	-2.5%	-2.1%	2.1%			0.0	$.00
	Department stores	17,370	-4.6%	-3.9%	0.6%			0.0	$.00
	Gasoline stations and fuel dealers	28,298	0.1%	-0.3%	0.9%			0.0	$.00
	Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book,                      and miscellaneous retailers	25,404	0.9%	-1.3%	0.9%			0.0	$.00
	Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities	112,211	-4.1%	-2.5%	3.8%
	Utilities	13,047	-0.6%	-0.3%	0.4%
	Transportation and Warehousing	99,164	-4.5%	-2.7%	3.3%			0.0	$.00
	Information	39,806	-4.9%	0.4%	1.3%			0.0	$.00
	Publishing	16,728	-6.2%	0.0%	0.6%			0.0	$.00
	Financial Activities	183,539	-2.0%	-0.1%	6.2%	37.1	$56.78
	Finance and Insurance	148,748	-2.6%	-0.1%	5.0%			0.0	$.00
	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	54,545	-2.5%	-0.2%	1.8%			0.0	$.00
	Depository Credit Intermediation	45,917	-2.0%	-0.1%	1.5%
	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other                      Financial Investments and Related Activities	21,172	-0.9%	0.2%	0.7%
	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	73,031	-3.1%	-0.2%	2.4%
	Insurance Carriers	40,977	-4.2%	-0.3%	1.4%
	Agencies, Brokerages and Other Insurance                         Related Activities	32,054	-1.8%	-0.1%	1.1%
	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	34,791	0.8%	0.1%	1.2%
	Real Estate	27,947	-1.2%	0.1%	0.9%
	Professional and Business Services	360,264	-1.3%	0.4%	12.1%	38.0	$47.57
	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	165,963	0.1%	1.6%	5.6%
	Management of Companies and Enterprises	83,751	-0.5%	-1.6%	2.8%
	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and             Remediation Services	110,550	-3.9%	0.2%	3.7%
	Employment Services	41,607	-8.8%	1.2%	1.4%
	Services to Buildings and Dwellings	32,037	2.3%	0.6%	1.1%
	Education and Health Services	626,095	3.4%	1.4%	21.0%	30.9	$39.34
	Educational Services	79,632	0.4%	7.9%	2.7%
	Elementary and Secondary Schools	29,536	2.2%	5.2%	1.0%
	Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools	29,851	-0.8%	14.3%	1.0%
	Health Care and Social Assistance	546,463	3.8%	0.6%	18.3%
	Ambulatory Health Care Services	172,342	2.2%	0.4%	5.8%			0.0	$.00
	Offices of Physicians	81,014	2.2%	0.5%	2.7%
	Hospitals	120,751	1.7%	0.6%	4.1%
	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	122,315	6.1%	0.8%	4.1%			0.0	$.00
	Nursing Care Facilities	41,156	3.4%	0.5%	1.4%
	Social Assistance	131,055	5.8%	0.5%	4.4%
	Leisure and Hospitality	251,002	-2.1%	-1.3%	8.4%	22.1	$24.33
	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	41,184	-8.0%	-1.3%	1.4%
	Accommodation and Food Services	209,818	-0.8%	-1.2%	7.0%
	Accommodation	23,786	1.9%	-1.1%	0.8%
	Food Services and Drinking Places	186,032	-1.2%	-1.3%	6.2%			0.0	$.00
	Restaurants and Other Eating Places	161,895	-1.4%	-0.8%	5.4%
	Full-Service Restaurants	81,960	-3.2%	-1.9%	2.7%			0.0	$.00
	Limited-Service Restaurants	79,935	0.5%	0.2%	2.7%			0.0	$.00
	Other Services	117,711	2.2%	-0.6%	3.9%	30.4	$33.52
	Repair and Maintenance	23,895	1.7%	-1.4%	0.8%
	Personal and Laundry Services	27,343	2.4%	-0.8%	0.9%
	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and                      Similar Organizations	66,473	2.3%	-0.3%	2.2%
	Government	442,514	0.3%	0.8%	14.8%
	Federal Government	31,482	-5.3%	0.3%	1.1%
	US Postal Service	11,572	0.4%	0.5%	0.4%
	State Government	110,853	1.0%	2.5%	3.7%
	State Government Education	64,635	0.7%	4.1%	2.2%
	State Government excluding Education	46,218	1.4%	0.4%	1.6%
	Local Government	300,179	0.7%	0.2%	10.1%
	Local Government Education	152,601	0.3%	0.7%	5.1%
	Local Government excluding Education	147,578	1.0%	-0.2%	4.9%