August 2025 - Minnesota Employment Review
In this issue: Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Alternative Measures of Unemployment; Industrial Analysis; Regional Analysis; JOLTS Update and U.S. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers.
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)
The unemployment rate rose to 3.5% in Minnesota in July on a seasonally adjusted basis.
July 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 May 2025 Data
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) Survey conducted by the BLS shows that in June the number of job openings dropped to 157,000 over the month in Minnesota on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in July, after rising 0.3 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.