State and National Employment and Unemployment

Unemployment

The unemployment rate held at 4.4% in Minnesota in June, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

In Minnesota, the number of unemployed decreased to 136,525 workers and the number of employed decreased to 2,994,665 workers. The state's labor force shrunk to 3,131,190 workers, and the labor force participation rate decreased to 67.0%.

In comparison, the U.S. unemployment decreased to 4.2% in June, on a seasonally adjusted basis. The national labor force participation rate decreased to 61.5%.

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Monthly Employment

Minnesota’s monthly job growth was up in June as the state added 13,200 jobs (0.4%).

Five of eleven published supersectors posted positive growth. Manufacturing added 2,300 jobs, Professional and Business Services added 3,500 jobs, Education and Health Services added 7,800 jobs, Leisure and Hospitality added 2,700 jobs and Other Services added 1,300 jobs.

Four supersectors posted decreases. Construction lost 1,100 jobs; Trade, Transportation and Utilities lost 2,000 jobs; Information lost 400 jobs and Government lost 1,400 jobs.

Employment was flat in Mining and Logging and Financial Activities.

In comparison, U.S. total payroll employment was mostly flat in June, adding 57,000 jobs or 0.0%. Private sector employers added 49,000 jobs (0.0%) on a seasonally adjusted basis. Minnesota outperformed the nation in six supersectors and in total nonfarm employment.

Over-the-Month (OTM) Employment Change by Industry, June 2026 - Seasonally Adjusted

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Annual Employment

Minnesota over-the-year (OTY) payroll employment growth stood at 51,132 jobs or 1.7%, higher than May’s 0.7% growth. The private sector added 46,019 jobs, or 1.8% in June, which was higher than May’s 0.6%.

U.S. total nonfarm over-the-year job growth stood at 0.3% in June, better than May’s 0.2%. Private sector employment growth was at 0.5%, better than May’s 0.4%.

Eight of eleven published supersectors in Minnesota added jobs over the year. Mining and Logging added 380 jobs (6%), Construction added 8,474 jobs (5.5%), Manufacturing added 7,115 jobs (2.2%), Professional and Business Services added 5,353 jobs (1.4%), Education and Health Services added 30,512 jobs (5.1%), Leisure and Hospitality added 2,194 jobs (0.8%), Other Services added 2,741 jobs (2.3%), and Government added 5,113 jobs (1.2%).

Trade, Transportation and Utilities lost 3,717 jobs (0.7%); Information lost 1,213 jobs (2.9%) and Financial Activities lost 5,820 jobs (3.1%).

Nine supersectors showed strength over the year in Minnesota compared to the nation, as did Total Nonfarm (up 1.7% versus 0.3% nationally). Mining and Logging was up 6% (versus -1.4% nationally), Construction was up 5.5% (versus 0.7%), Manufacturing was up 2.2% (versus -0.3%), Information was down 2.9% (versus -3.2%), Professional and Business Services was up 1.4% (versus 0.5%), Education and Health Services was up 5.1% (versus 2.4%), Leisure and Hospitality was up 0.8% (versus 0.7%), Other Services was up 2.3% (versus 0.9%) and Government growth was up 1.2% (versus -0.9%).

Over-the-Year (OTY) Employment Change by Industry, June 2026 - Not Seasonally Adjusted

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