Current Employment Statistics

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September 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	3,075,166	1.2%	-0.3%	100.0%
	Total Private	2,640,148	1.3%	-1.3%	85.9%	32.3	$39.78
	Goods-Producing	495,242	4.4%	-0.8%	16.1%	38.5	$41.57
	Service-Providing	2,579,924	0.6%	-0.2%	83.9%
	Private Service Providing	2,144,906	0.6%	-1.4%	69.7%	30.9	$39.26
	Mining and Logging	6,637	5.5%	-0.2%	0.2%
	Mining, Logging, and Construction	167,759	5.2%	-2.0%	5.5%
	Construction	161,122	5.2%	-2.1%	5.2%	37.7	$45.73
	Construction of Buildings	33,432	1.8%	-1.6%	1.1%
	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	26,474	9.4%	0.1%	0.9%
	Specialty Trade Contractors	101,216	5.4%	-2.8%	3.3%			0.0	$.00
	Manufacturing	327,483	3.9%	-0.1%	10.6%	39.0	$38.55	39.4	$30.17
	Durable Goods Mfg	211,386	4.9%	0.1%	6.9%			38.2	$32.32
	Wood Product Mfg	13,533	4.4%	-0.3%	0.4%
	Fabricated Metal Product Mfg	44,833	5.7%	-0.4%	1.5%
	Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut,                         and Bolt Mfg	13,682	3.9%	-0.7%	0.4%
	Machinery Mfg	36,309	5.1%	-0.5%	1.2%
	Computer and Electronic Products Mfg	43,566	2.7%	-0.8%	1.4%
	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and                         Control Instruments Mfg	26,650	2.9%	-0.8%	0.9%
	Miscellaneous Mfg	28,723	5.4%	-0.7%	0.9%
	Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg	19,148	5.8%	-0.8%	0.6%
	Non-Durable Goods Mfg	116,097	2.2%	-0.5%	3.8%			41.3	$27.04
	Food Mfg	49,348	1.0%	0.0%	1.6%
	Animal Slaughtering and Processing	17,403	0.4%	-0.1%	0.6%
	Trade, Transportation and Utilities	522,597	-0.8%	-0.5%	17.0%	31.9	$30.60
	Wholesale Trade	130,528	-1.1%	-2.6%	4.2%			39.4	$35.77
	Merchant Wholesalers - Durable Goods	81,016	-2.1%	-0.9%	2.6%
	Merchant Wholesaler - Nondurable Goods	43,363	1.1%	-5.8%	1.4%
	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and                      Brokers	6,149	-2.7%	-1.9%	0.2%
	Retail Trade	276,173	-0.4%	-1.2%	9.0%			27.6	$21.03
	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	34,991	-2.2%	-0.9%	1.1%
	Building Material and Garden Equipment and                      Supplies Dealers	25,902	-2.0%	-2.2%	0.8%
	Food and Beverage Stores	50,851	-2.3%	-2.0%	1.7%
	General merchandise retailers	61,502	-1.1%	-0.9%	2.0%			0.0	$.00
	Department stores	17,607	0.7%	-0.3%	0.6%			0.0	$.00
	Gasoline stations and fuel dealers	28,227	-0.8%	-0.7%	0.9%			0.0	$.00
	Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book,                      and miscellaneous retailers	25,601	-1.4%	-1.3%	0.8%			0.0	$.00
	Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities	115,896	-1.2%	4.0%	3.8%
	Utilities	13,493	0.2%	-0.8%	0.4%
	Transportation and Warehousing	102,403	-1.4%	4.7%	3.3%			0.0	$.00
	Information	38,939	-3.8%	-1.2%	1.3%			0.0	$.00
	Publishing	16,084	-7.0%	-1.6%	0.5%			0.0	$.00
	Financial Activities	181,878	-2.8%	-0.6%	5.9%	35.8	$53.31
	Finance and Insurance	147,164	-2.8%	-0.5%	4.8%			0.0	$.00
	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	54,242	-2.2%	-0.8%	1.8%			0.0	$.00
	Depository Credit Intermediation	45,539	-3.0%	-0.8%	1.5%
	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other                      Financial Investments and Related Activities	21,082	-1.4%	-0.9%	0.7%
	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	71,840	-3.6%	-0.2%	2.3%
	Insurance Carriers	40,102	-4.4%	-0.3%	1.3%
	Agencies, Brokerages and Other Insurance                         Related Activities	31,738	-2.6%	-0.2%	1.0%
	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	34,714	-2.5%	-0.7%	1.1%
	Real Estate	27,638	-2.9%	-0.6%	0.9%
	Professional and Business Services	374,489	1.2%	-2.0%	12.2%	35.7	$48.63
	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	162,607	-0.5%	-2.5%	5.3%
	Management of Companies and Enterprises	84,651	0.7%	-1.6%	2.8%
	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and             Remediation Services	127,231	3.7%	-1.7%	4.1%
	Employment Services	47,070	0.9%	-1.0%	1.5%
	Services to Buildings and Dwellings	39,587	7.8%	-3.1%	1.3%
	Education and Health Services	623,679	1.7%	-0.6%	20.3%	31.0	$38.60
	Educational Services	75,859	2.3%	4.1%	2.5%
	Elementary and Secondary Schools	27,150	-1.5%	2.3%	0.9%
	Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools	27,563	-0.9%	15.6%	0.9%
	Health Care and Social Assistance	547,820	1.6%	-1.2%	17.8%
	Ambulatory Health Care Services	173,264	1.0%	-0.7%	5.6%			0.0	$.00
	Offices of Physicians	81,437	1.8%	-0.8%	2.6%
	Hospitals	120,684	0.8%	-0.8%	3.9%
	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	124,119	5.0%	-1.1%	4.0%			0.0	$.00
	Nursing Care Facilities	40,922	1.0%	-1.8%	1.3%
	Social Assistance	129,753	0.0%	-2.4%	4.2%
	Leisure and Hospitality	283,962	1.9%	-4.1%	9.2%	21.6	$23.65
	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	55,151	5.1%	-9.5%	1.8%
	Accommodation and Food Services	228,811	1.2%	-2.7%	7.4%
	Accommodation	28,076	2.4%	-6.2%	0.9%
	Food Services and Drinking Places	200,735	1.0%	-2.2%	6.5%			0.0	$.00
	Restaurants and Other Eating Places	174,169	1.4%	-2.6%	5.7%
	Full-Service Restaurants	90,371	3.0%	-3.8%	2.9%			0.0	$.00
	Limited-Service Restaurants	83,798	-0.2%	-1.4%	2.7%			0.0	$.00
	Other Services	119,362	2.4%	-2.3%	3.9%	28.4	$37.72
	Repair and Maintenance	24,076	0.4%	-1.9%	0.8%
	Personal and Laundry Services	27,367	0.3%	-3.1%	0.9%
	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and                      Similar Organizations	67,919	3.9%	-2.2%	2.2%
	Government	435,018	0.5%	6.0%	14.1%
	Federal Government	31,372	-4.5%	0.1%	1.0%
	US Postal Service	11,604	1.2%	0.1%	0.4%
	State Government	108,500	0.5%	11.1%	3.5%
	State Government Education	61,539	0.6%	22.4%	2.0%
	State Government excluding Education	46,961	0.4%	-0.9%	1.5%
	Local Government	295,146	1.1%	4.8%	9.6%
	Local Government Education	139,145	-1.0%	16.5%	4.5%
	Local Government excluding Education	156,001	3.1%	-3.8%	5.1%