Current Employment Statistics

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May 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	3,079,219	0.6%	1.7%	100.0%
	Total Private	2,630,461	0.6%	2.0%	85.4%	32.7	$38.87
	Goods-Producing	482,090	2.5%	4.2%	15.7%	40.3	$41.08
	Service-Providing	2,597,129	0.3%	1.3%	84.3%
	Private Service Providing	2,148,371	0.1%	1.5%	69.8%	31.0	$38.23
	Mining and Logging	6,615	0.2%	5.4%	0.2%
	Mining, Logging, and Construction	163,267	4.9%	11.5%	5.3%
	Construction	156,652	5.1%	11.8%	5.1%	40.6	$44.93
	Construction of Buildings	33,142	2.9%	7.3%	1.1%
	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	25,130	10.8%	25.1%	0.8%
	Specialty Trade Contractors	98,380	4.5%	10.3%	3.2%			0.0	$.00
	Manufacturing	318,823	1.4%	0.8%	10.4%	40.2	$37.92	37.7	$30.80
	Durable Goods Mfg	207,291	2.7%	0.9%	6.7%			37.2	$32.45
	Wood Product Mfg	13,162	3.1%	0.8%	0.4%
	Fabricated Metal Product Mfg	43,891	2.7%	0.8%	1.4%
	Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut,                         and Bolt Mfg	13,465	2.7%	0.5%	0.4%
	Machinery Mfg	35,645	2.3%	1.2%	1.2%
	Computer and Electronic Products Mfg	43,124	1.8%	0.7%	1.4%
	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and                         Control Instruments Mfg	26,310	2.4%	0.6%	0.9%
	Miscellaneous Mfg	28,290	4.4%	0.9%	0.9%
	Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg	18,813	4.4%	0.9%	0.6%
	Non-Durable Goods Mfg	111,532	-1.1%	0.6%	3.6%			38.4	$28.16
	Food Mfg	47,209	-0.1%	-0.4%	1.5%
	Animal Slaughtering and Processing	17,227	-2.4%	-0.3%	0.6%
	Trade, Transportation and Utilities	526,949	-1.1%	1.3%	17.1%	31.4	$30.42
	Wholesale Trade	132,666	-1.2%	2.1%	4.3%			39.2	$35.38
	Merchant Wholesalers - Durable Goods	80,973	-3.1%	1.7%	2.6%
	Merchant Wholesaler - Nondurable Goods	45,503	2.6%	3.0%	1.5%
	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and                      Brokers	6,190	-2.9%	0.4%	0.2%
	Retail Trade	279,192	-0.7%	1.0%	9.1%			27.1	$20.90
	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	35,368	-2.5%	0.3%	1.1%
	Building Material and Garden Equipment and                      Supplies Dealers	27,545	-3.0%	5.8%	0.9%
	Food and Beverage Stores	51,910	-0.2%	0.5%	1.7%
	General merchandise retailers	61,648	-1.9%	-0.3%	2.0%			0.0	$.00
	Department stores	17,268	-2.2%	-0.3%	0.6%			0.0	$.00
	Gasoline stations and fuel dealers	28,321	-0.5%	0.5%	0.9%			0.0	$.00
	Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book,                      and miscellaneous retailers	25,769	-2.1%	1.2%	0.8%			0.0	$.00
	Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities	115,091	-2.1%	1.1%	3.7%
	Utilities	13,506	1.9%	1.7%	0.4%
	Transportation and Warehousing	101,585	-2.6%	1.0%	3.3%			0.0	$.00
	Information	39,611	-4.0%	0.3%	1.3%			0.0	$.00
	Publishing	16,761	-4.6%	0.0%	0.5%			0.0	$.00
	Financial Activities	182,092	-3.1%	-1.0%	5.9%	36.4	$54.86
	Finance and Insurance	147,441	-3.0%	-1.1%	4.8%			0.0	$.00
	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	54,570	-2.4%	-0.8%	1.8%			0.0	$.00
	Depository Credit Intermediation	45,747	-3.2%	-0.7%	1.5%
	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other                      Financial Investments and Related Activities	20,975	-1.8%	-1.4%	0.7%
	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	71,896	-3.8%	-1.3%	2.3%
	Insurance Carriers	40,291	-4.2%	-1.2%	1.3%
	Agencies, Brokerages and Other Insurance                         Related Activities	31,605	-3.4%	-1.3%	1.0%
	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	34,651	-3.5%	-0.8%	1.1%
	Real Estate	27,697	-3.7%	-1.2%	0.9%
	Professional and Business Services	371,109	-0.3%	0.7%	12.1%	36.9	$46.56
	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	163,007	-0.8%	-1.3%	5.3%
	Management of Companies and Enterprises	84,365	0.3%	0.4%	2.7%
	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and             Remediation Services	123,737	0.0%	3.7%	4.0%
	Employment Services	45,432	-2.9%	2.7%	1.5%
	Services to Buildings and Dwellings	38,941	4.3%	7.3%	1.3%
	Education and Health Services	627,040	2.7%	0.5%	20.4%	31.0	$38.17
	Educational Services	79,355	5.0%	0.6%	2.6%
	Elementary and Secondary Schools	29,424	4.5%	1.3%	1.0%
	Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools	28,395	5.2%	-3.2%	0.9%
	Health Care and Social Assistance	547,685	2.4%	0.5%	17.8%
	Ambulatory Health Care Services	173,589	2.0%	1.4%	5.6%			0.0	$.00
	Offices of Physicians	80,720	1.6%	-0.2%	2.6%
	Hospitals	120,034	0.4%	-0.2%	3.9%
	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	123,462	5.1%	-0.3%	4.0%			0.0	$.00
	Nursing Care Facilities	40,913	0.4%	-0.2%	1.3%
	Social Assistance	130,600	2.5%	0.7%	4.2%
	Leisure and Hospitality	282,442	-0.2%	7.3%	9.2%	21.5	$24.26
	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	52,765	-4.3%	15.7%	1.7%
	Accommodation and Food Services	229,677	0.8%	5.6%	7.5%
	Accommodation	26,728	-1.4%	8.4%	0.9%
	Food Services and Drinking Places	202,949	1.1%	5.2%	6.6%			0.0	$.00
	Restaurants and Other Eating Places	177,015	0.9%	5.6%	5.7%
	Full-Service Restaurants	90,109	0.4%	7.9%	2.9%			0.0	$.00
	Limited-Service Restaurants	86,906	1.4%	3.3%	2.8%			0.0	$.00
	Other Services	119,128	1.1%	1.2%	3.9%	29.0	$35.12
	Repair and Maintenance	24,018	0.8%	1.2%	0.8%
	Personal and Laundry Services	27,503	-0.4%	0.8%	0.9%
	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and                      Similar Organizations	67,607	1.8%	1.4%	2.2%
	Government	448,758	1.1%	0.4%	14.6%
	Federal Government	31,362	-4.5%	0.0%	1.0%
	US Postal Service	11,674	2.5%	0.6%	0.4%
	State Government	111,506	0.9%	-3.4%	3.6%
	State Government Education	64,615	0.6%	-6.1%	2.1%
	State Government excluding Education	46,891	1.4%	0.7%	1.5%
	Local Government	305,890	1.8%	1.9%	9.9%
	Local Government Education	152,714	2.0%	0.8%	5.0%
	Local Government excluding Education	153,176	1.6%	3.0%	5.0%