April 2025 - Minnesota Employment Review
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
The unemployment rate ticked up to 3.1% in Minnesota in March on a seasonally adjusted basis.
March 2025: Alternative Measures of Unemployment
Minnesota's official unemployment rate is a useful indicator of the health of the state's economy, but it does not tell the whole story.
Regional Analysis
An analysis of the current month’s employment picture broken out by Metropolitan Statistical Area.
JOLTS Update February 2025 Data
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) Survey conducted by the BLS shows that in February the number of job openings fell slightly to 179,000 over the month in Minnesota on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, after rising 0.4 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.