Current Employment Statistics

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July 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	3,083,439	1.5%	-1.0%	100.0%
	Total Private	2,668,287	1.5%	0.0%	86.5%	32.7	$39.47
	Goods-Producing	495,636	3.0%	0.2%	16.1%	39.9	$41.50
	Service-Providing	2,587,803	1.2%	-1.2%	83.9%
	Private Service Providing	2,172,651	1.1%	0.0%	70.5%	31.0	$38.87
	Mining and Logging	6,686	5.7%	-0.4%	0.2%
	Mining, Logging, and Construction	170,232	4.4%	0.2%	5.5%
	Construction	163,546	4.4%	0.3%	5.3%	39.5	$45.12
	Construction of Buildings	33,793	0.0%	-0.6%	1.1%
	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	26,349	9.5%	-0.2%	0.9%
	Specialty Trade Contractors	103,404	4.6%	0.6%	3.4%			0.0	$.00
	Manufacturing	325,404	2.3%	0.2%	10.6%	40.1	$38.44	38.7	$30.42
	Durable Goods Mfg	211,214	3.7%	0.2%	6.8%			38.9	$32.06
	Wood Product Mfg	13,518	3.2%	0.5%	0.4%
	Fabricated Metal Product Mfg	44,900	4.9%	0.3%	1.5%
	Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut,                         and Bolt Mfg	13,740	3.9%	0.0%	0.4%
	Machinery Mfg	36,416	4.4%	0.1%	1.2%
	Computer and Electronic Products Mfg	43,780	1.4%	-0.1%	1.4%
	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and                         Control Instruments Mfg	26,821	1.5%	0.1%	0.9%
	Miscellaneous Mfg	28,910	5.1%	0.2%	0.9%
	Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg	19,296	5.3%	0.4%	0.6%
	Non-Durable Goods Mfg	114,190	-0.2%	0.3%	3.7%			38.4	$27.74
	Food Mfg	48,276	-0.3%	0.4%	1.6%
	Animal Slaughtering and Processing	17,299	-0.1%	-0.3%	0.6%
	Trade, Transportation and Utilities	527,046	-0.2%	-0.3%	17.1%	31.9	$30.57
	Wholesale Trade	135,089	0.8%	0.9%	4.4%			39.8	$35.60
	Merchant Wholesalers - Durable Goods	82,066	-2.2%	1.3%	2.7%
	Merchant Wholesaler - Nondurable Goods	46,760	6.9%	0.3%	1.5%
	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and                      Brokers	6,263	-2.9%	0.9%	0.2%
	Retail Trade	278,926	-1.0%	-0.9%	9.0%			28.1	$20.45
	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	35,340	-1.9%	-0.8%	1.1%
	Building Material and Garden Equipment and                      Supplies Dealers	26,915	-3.0%	-2.6%	0.9%
	Food and Beverage Stores	51,842	-2.2%	-1.0%	1.7%
	General merchandise retailers	61,276	-2.4%	-1.5%	2.0%			0.0	$.00
	Department stores	17,306	-1.7%	-1.2%	0.6%			0.0	$.00
	Gasoline stations and fuel dealers	28,371	-1.6%	-1.4%	0.9%			0.0	$.00
	Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book,                      and miscellaneous retailers	25,778	-1.1%	-0.1%	0.8%			0.0	$.00
	Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities	113,031	0.8%	-0.3%	3.7%
	Utilities	13,569	0.6%	0.1%	0.4%
	Transportation and Warehousing	99,462	0.8%	-0.4%	3.2%			0.0	$.00
	Information	39,779	-3.9%	-1.0%	1.3%			0.0	$.00
	Publishing	16,472	-6.2%	-1.2%	0.5%			0.0	$.00
	Financial Activities	183,351	-3.7%	-0.3%	5.9%	35.6	$53.68
	Finance and Insurance	148,384	-3.4%	-0.4%	4.8%			0.0	$.00
	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	55,021	-2.1%	-0.4%	1.8%			0.0	$.00
	Depository Credit Intermediation	46,133	-2.9%	-0.3%	1.5%
	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other                      Financial Investments and Related Activities	21,296	-2.8%	-0.1%	0.7%
	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	72,067	-4.6%	-0.4%	2.3%
	Insurance Carriers	40,270	-5.1%	-0.4%	1.3%
	Agencies, Brokerages and Other Insurance                         Related Activities	31,797	-4.0%	-0.5%	1.0%
	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	34,967	-4.9%	-0.2%	1.1%
	Real Estate	27,783	-4.6%	-0.5%	0.9%
	Professional and Business Services	378,961	1.4%	0.8%	12.3%	36.6	$47.79
	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	166,898	-0.3%	1.3%	5.4%
	Management of Companies and Enterprises	85,116	0.0%	-0.1%	2.8%
	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and             Remediation Services	126,947	4.8%	0.7%	4.1%
	Employment Services	46,055	8.3%	0.2%	1.5%
	Services to Buildings and Dwellings	40,951	5.1%	1.7%	1.3%
	Education and Health Services	626,050	3.6%	-0.6%	20.3%	30.5	$38.79
	Educational Services	70,414	12.1%	-6.9%	2.3%
	Elementary and Secondary Schools	25,323	11.0%	-10.1%	0.8%
	Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools	22,858	13.1%	-7.2%	0.7%
	Health Care and Social Assistance	555,636	2.6%	0.2%	18.0%
	Ambulatory Health Care Services	174,096	1.2%	-0.7%	5.6%			0.0	$.00
	Offices of Physicians	81,509	1.5%	0.1%	2.6%
	Hospitals	121,106	0.5%	-0.1%	3.9%
	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	126,037	5.5%	1.2%	4.1%			0.0	$.00
	Nursing Care Facilities	41,523	0.3%	0.4%	1.3%
	Social Assistance	134,397	3.7%	0.8%	4.4%
	Leisure and Hospitality	295,727	1.2%	0.6%	9.6%	22.7	$22.96
	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	61,892	6.8%	3.4%	2.0%
	Accommodation and Food Services	233,835	-0.2%	-0.2%	7.6%
	Accommodation	29,587	-2.4%	2.5%	1.0%
	Food Services and Drinking Places	204,248	0.1%	-0.5%	6.6%			0.0	$.00
	Restaurants and Other Eating Places	180,373	0.5%	1.0%	5.8%
	Full-Service Restaurants	94,170	2.3%	0.7%	3.1%			0.0	$.00
	Limited-Service Restaurants	86,203	-1.5%	1.3%	2.8%			0.0	$.00
	Other Services	121,737	2.1%	1.1%	3.9%	28.1	$36.79
	Repair and Maintenance	24,467	1.8%	1.7%	0.8%
	Personal and Laundry Services	28,221	1.2%	1.8%	0.9%
	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and                      Similar Organizations	69,049	2.6%	0.6%	2.2%
	Government	415,152	1.4%	-6.9%	13.5%
	Federal Government	31,455	-4.4%	0.0%	1.0%
	US Postal Service	11,674	1.1%	0.2%	0.4%
	State Government	99,258	1.1%	-4.3%	3.2%
	State Government Education	51,866	0.6%	-8.1%	1.7%
	State Government excluding Education	47,392	1.7%	0.1%	1.5%
	Local Government	284,439	2.2%	-8.5%	9.2%
	Local Government Education	121,620	1.8%	-18.4%	3.9%
	Local Government excluding Education	162,819	2.5%	0.7%	5.3%