Current Employment Statistics

Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment, Hours and Earnings

May 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 Nonfarm3,079,2190.6%1.7%100.0%    
Total Private2,630,4610.6%2.0%85.4%32.7$38.87  
   Goods-Producing482,0902.5%4.2%15.7%40.3$41.08  
   Service-Providing2,597,1290.3%1.3%84.3%    
      Private Service Providing2,148,3710.1%1.5%69.8%31.0$38.23  
         Mining and Logging6,6150.2%5.4%0.2%    
         Mining, Logging, and Construction163,2674.9%11.5%5.3%    
         Construction156,6525.1%11.8%5.1%40.6$44.93  
                     Construction of Buildings33,1422.9%7.3%1.1%    
                     Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction25,13010.8%25.1%0.8%    
                     Specialty Trade Contractors98,3804.5%10.3%3.2%  0.0$.00
         Manufacturing318,8231.4%0.8%10.4%40.2$37.9237.7$30.80
            Durable Goods Mfg207,2912.7%0.9%6.7%  37.2$32.45
                     Wood Product Mfg13,1623.1%0.8%0.4%    
                     Fabricated Metal Product Mfg43,8912.7%0.8%1.4%    
                        Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut,
                        and Bolt Mfg
13,4652.7%0.5%0.4%    
                     Machinery Mfg35,6452.3%1.2%1.2%    
                     Computer and Electronic Products Mfg43,1241.8%0.7%1.4%    
                        Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and
                        Control Instruments Mfg
26,3102.4%0.6%0.9%    
                     Miscellaneous Mfg28,2904.4%0.9%0.9%    
                        Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg18,8134.4%0.9%0.6%    
            Non-Durable Goods Mfg111,532-1.1%0.6%3.6%  38.4$28.16
                     Food Mfg47,209-0.1%-0.4%1.5%    
                        Animal Slaughtering and Processing17,227-2.4%-0.3%0.6%    
         Trade, Transportation and Utilities526,949-1.1%1.3%17.1%31.4$30.42  
            Wholesale Trade132,666-1.2%2.1%4.3%  39.2$35.38
                     Merchant Wholesalers - Durable Goods80,973-3.1%1.7%2.6%    
                     Merchant Wholesaler - Nondurable Goods45,5032.6%3.0%1.5%    
                     Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and
                     Brokers
6,190-2.9%0.4%0.2%    
            Retail Trade279,192-0.7%1.0%9.1%  27.1$20.90
                     Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers35,368-2.5%0.3%1.1%    
                     Building Material and Garden Equipment and
                     Supplies Dealers
27,545-3.0%5.8%0.9%    
                     Food and Beverage Stores51,910-0.2%0.5%1.7%    
                     General merchandise retailers61,648-1.9%-0.3%2.0%  0.0$.00
                        Department stores17,268-2.2%-0.3%0.6%  0.0$.00
                     Gasoline stations and fuel dealers28,321-0.5%0.5%0.9%  0.0$.00
                     Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book,
                     and miscellaneous retailers
25,769-2.1%1.2%0.8%  0.0$.00
            Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities115,091-2.1%1.1%3.7%    
               Utilities13,5061.9%1.7%0.4%    
               Transportation and Warehousing101,585-2.6%1.0%3.3%  0.0$.00
         Information39,611-4.0%0.3%1.3%  0.0$.00
                     Publishing16,761-4.6%0.0%0.5%  0.0$.00
         Financial Activities182,092-3.1%-1.0%5.9%36.4$54.86  
            Finance and Insurance147,441-3.0%-1.1%4.8%  0.0$.00
                     Credit Intermediation and Related Activities54,570-2.4%-0.8%1.8%  0.0$.00
                        Depository Credit Intermediation45,747-3.2%-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 Activities71,896-3.8%-1.3%2.3%    
                        Insurance Carriers40,291-4.2%-1.2%1.3%    
                        Agencies, Brokerages and Other Insurance
                        Related Activities
31,605-3.4%-1.3%1.0%    
            Real Estate and Rental and Leasing34,651-3.5%-0.8%1.1%    
                     Real Estate27,697-3.7%-1.2%0.9%    
         Professional and Business Services371,109-0.3%0.7%12.1%36.9$46.56  
            Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services163,007-0.8%-1.3%5.3%    
            Management of Companies and Enterprises84,3650.3%0.4%2.7%    
            Administrative and Support and Waste Management and
            Remediation Services
123,7370.0%3.7%4.0%    
                        Employment Services45,432-2.9%2.7%1.5%    
                        Services to Buildings and Dwellings38,9414.3%7.3%1.3%    
         Education and Health Services627,0402.7%0.5%20.4%31.0$38.17  
            Educational Services79,3555.0%0.6%2.6%    
                        Elementary and Secondary Schools29,4244.5%1.3%1.0%    
                        Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools28,3955.2%-3.2%0.9%    
            Health Care and Social Assistance547,6852.4%0.5%17.8%    
                     Ambulatory Health Care Services173,5892.0%1.4%5.6%  0.0$.00
                        Offices of Physicians80,7201.6%-0.2%2.6%    
                     Hospitals120,0340.4%-0.2%3.9%    
                     Nursing and Residential Care Facilities123,4625.1%-0.3%4.0%  0.0$.00
                        Nursing Care Facilities40,9130.4%-0.2%1.3%    
                     Social Assistance130,6002.5%0.7%4.2%    
         Leisure and Hospitality282,442-0.2%7.3%9.2%21.5$24.26  
            Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation52,765-4.3%15.7%1.7%    
            Accommodation and Food Services229,6770.8%5.6%7.5%    
                     Accommodation26,728-1.4%8.4%0.9%    
                     Food Services and Drinking Places202,9491.1%5.2%6.6%  0.0$.00
                        Restaurants and Other Eating Places177,0150.9%5.6%5.7%    
                           Full-Service Restaurants90,1090.4%7.9%2.9%  0.0$.00
                           Limited-Service Restaurants86,9061.4%3.3%2.8%  0.0$.00
         Other Services119,1281.1%1.2%3.9%29.0$35.12  
                     Repair and Maintenance24,0180.8%1.2%0.8%    
                     Personal and Laundry Services27,503-0.4%0.8%0.9%    
                     Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and
                     Similar Organizations
67,6071.8%1.4%2.2%    
         Government448,7581.1%0.4%14.6%    
            Federal Government31,362-4.5%0.0%1.0%    
                     US Postal Service11,6742.5%0.6%0.4%    
            State Government111,5060.9%-3.4%3.6%    
                     State Government Education64,6150.6%-6.1%2.1%    
                     State Government excluding Education46,8911.4%0.7%1.5%    
            Local Government305,8901.8%1.9%9.9%    
                     Local Government Education152,7142.0%0.8%5.0%    
                     Local Government excluding Education153,1761.6%3.0%5.0%