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<results><page>0</page><page>20</page><page>123</page><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area has a diverse workforce and it is diversifying even more with time.</Description><Audience/><Title>The Metro Area&apos;s Diversifying Workforce</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Metro Area&apos;s Diversifying Workforce</Title><title>2025-08-26 Workforce ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-703374&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-08-27T16:49:31Z</Date><ShortDescription>According to the Census Bureau&apos;s Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) program, the Metro Area had over 1.8 million jobs in 2024.</ShortDescription><Subtitle>The Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area has a diverse workforce and it is diversifying even more with time.</Subtitle><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/lmi-help/area-maps/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area&lt;/a&gt; has a diverse workforce and it is diversifying even more with time. According to the Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt; (QWI) program, the Metro Area had over 1.8 million jobs in 2024. Of these total jobs, more than one-fifth (21.6%) were held by persons reporting as a race other than white. Additionally, 6.6% of the region&apos;s total jobs were held by persons reporting Hispanic or Latino origins. Comparatively, 16.9% of Minnesota&apos;s total jobs were held by persons reporting as a race other than white while 6.3% were held by persons reporting Hispanic or Latino origins. Zooming in, 10.1% of the Metro Area&apos;s jobs were held by Black or African Americans, 8.2% were held by Asian or other Pacific Islanders, 2.6% were held by persons reporting Two or More Races, and 0.8% were held by American Indian or Alaska Natives (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082625_TC_figure1_tcm1045-703260.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Share of Jobs Held by Race&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Share of Jobs Held by Race&quot; style=&quot;width: 80%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082625_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recent trends reveal that the Metro Area&apos;s workforce is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Over the past five years, between 2019 and 2024, the total number of jobs held by persons reporting as a race other than white increased by 11.6%. This was equivalent to approximately 40,750 jobs. Zooming in once more reveals the most rapid growth for those reporting Two or More Races (+18.2%; +7,218 jobs). The most significant growth was for those reporting as Black or African American (+19,121 jobs; +11.7%). Growth during this period was also significant for those reporting Hispanic or Latino origin (+24.0%; +23,101 jobs). Meanwhile, the number of jobs held by those reporting as white decreased by 2.3% between 2019 and 2024. This was equivalent to approximately 33,377 less jobs (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; summary=&quot;Metro Area Employment by Race &amp;amp; Ethnicity&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Employment by Race &amp;amp; Ethnicity, 2019-2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2024 Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2019 – 2024 Employment Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Numeric&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,812,879&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+7,373&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+0.4%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;White&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,421,848&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-33,377&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Black or African American&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;182,316&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+19,121&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;American Indian or Alaska Native&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14,036&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,405&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Asian or other Pacific Islander&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;147,883&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+13,005&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Two or More Races&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;46,795&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7,218&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+18.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hispanic or Latino (of any race)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;119,389&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+23,101&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+24.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Source: Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data from the Census Bureau&apos;s QWI also allows us to analyze employment data by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;industry sectors&lt;/a&gt;. Reviewing this data can provide for a greater understanding of how the Metro Area&apos;s labor market is shifting. In this case, which industries have higher shares of workers reporting as a race other than white? Which industries have higher shares of workers reporting Hispanic or Latino origins? And which industries are becoming more diverse by race and ethnicity with time?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of 2024, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance had the Metro Area&apos;s highest share of jobs held by persons reporting as a race other than white (36.5%). Manufacturing (25.6%) and Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing (25.5%) also had high shares of their respective jobs held by workers reporting as a race other than white. Industries with lower shares of employment held by a race other than white included Construction (8.2%); Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing &amp;amp; Hunting (9.8%); and Wholesale Trade (12.6%). Meanwhile, Industries with higher shares of Hispanic or Latino employment included Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing &amp;amp; Hunting (16.5%); Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (13.5%); and Administrative &amp;amp; Support Services (12.8%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082625_TC_figure2_tcm1045-703261.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Industry Employment by Race and Ethnicity&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Industry Employment by Race and Ethnicity&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082625_TC_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 2 reveals that nearly all industries are becoming more racially and ethnically diverse with time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; summary=&quot;Metro Area Industry Employment Change by Race &amp;amp; Ethnicity&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 2. Metro Area Industry Employment Change by Race &amp;amp; Ethnicity, 2019-2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;White&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Race other than White&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Hispanic or Latino (of any race)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7,373 (0.4%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-33,377 (-2.3%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;40,750 (11.6%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;23,101 (24.0%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25,146 (9.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,674 (1.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22,472 (25.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,056 (34.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-4,578 (-2.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9,266 (-6.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,688 (11.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,056 (29.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-4,128 (-2.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-6,671 (-5.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,543 (9.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,961 (32.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2,782 (-1.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-6,133 (-4.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,351 (14.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,759 (30.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional, Sci., &amp;amp; Technical Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,043 (6.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,995 (6.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,048 (5.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,478 (38.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-7,152 (-5.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5,019 (-4.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2,133 (-6.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,368 (8.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Finance &amp;amp; Insurance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9,354 (-8.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9,694 (-9.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;340 (2.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;166 (4.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative &amp;amp; Support Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-11,555 (-11.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5,813 (-7.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5,742 (-20.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;661 (5.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,987 (8.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,376 (6.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,611 (27.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,750 (40.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,541 (2.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;296 (0.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,245 (24.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,198 (34.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management of Companies&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9,674 (-10.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-10,499 (-13.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;825 (6.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;459 (14.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,812 (11.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,554 (8.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,258 (33.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;981 (45.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;378 (0.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1,254 (-2.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,632 (15.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;842 (25.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,633 (9.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,576 (4.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,057 (29.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;314 (0.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-224 (-0.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;538 (10.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;422 (20.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-701 (-2.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1,049 (-3.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;348 (7.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;230 (22.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Real Estate &amp;amp; Rental &amp;amp; Leasing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1,049 (-3.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1,480 (-6.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;431 (11.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;403 (28.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing &amp;amp; Hunting&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;723 (22.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;665 (23.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58 (17.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Source: Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To discover more about shifting employment in the Metro Area,&lt;/strong&gt; contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Timothy.ONeill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Timothy.ONeill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>703374</id><pubdate>2025-08-27T17:49:10Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Imagine that you’re looking for a comprehensive report on your local county.</Description><Audience/><Title>A Quick Study of the Metro Area’s Counties</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Quick Study of the Metro Area’s Counties</Title><title>2025-07-22 profiles ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-699255&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-07-23T16:49:31Z</Date><ShortDescription>In this scenario, you’d like data on everything from population trends and projections to educational attainment and labor force statistics to occupations in demand and wage data.</ShortDescription><Subtitle>Imagine that you’re looking for a comprehensive report on your local county.</Subtitle><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Imagine that you’re looking for a comprehensive report on your local county. In this scenario, you’d like data on everything from population trends and projections to educational attainment and labor force statistics to occupations in demand and wage data. All these individual pieces of data are available online, but you’re in a crunch for time. Luckily, DEED’s Labor Market Information Office has convenient &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/county-profiles/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;County Profiles&lt;/a&gt; with all this information ready to go!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Here are those profiles for the seven counties in the Twin Cities Metro Area:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/052725_anoka_tcm1045-407438.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anoka County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/052725_carver_tcm1045-407439.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carver County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/052725_dakota_tcm1045-407440.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dakota County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/052725_hennepin_tcm1045-407441.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hennepin County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/052725_ramsey_tcm1045-407443.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ramsey County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/052725_scott_tcm1045-407444.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Scott County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/052725_washington_tcm1045-407445.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Washington County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While there is certainly more detailed data that can be found from &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED’s labor market data tools&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/admin/demography/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota State Demographic Center&lt;/a&gt; and other sources included in the county profiles, the profiles offer up an excellent overview of data on population, education, labor force, commuting, income, cost of living, industry employment and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Let’s use &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/052725_anoka_tcm1045-407438.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anoka County’s profile&lt;/a&gt; as an example. From page 1, we can see that Anoka County had a population of 376,840 people in 2024, making it Minnesota’s 4th most-populated county. Between 2000 and 2024, Anoka County’s population grew by 26.4% (+78,756 people), faster than both statewide population growth during that time (+17.8%) and the Metro Area’s growth (+21.1%). Like the state and Metro Area, Anoka County’s most significant growth during this time was for those older age cohorts. For example, the county’s population between 65 and 74 years of age grew by 176.0% (+22,211 people) between 2000 and 2024 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/072225_TC_figure1_tcm1045-699253.png&quot; title=&quot;Anoka County Population Pyramid&quot; alt=&quot;Anoka County Population Pyramid&quot; style=&quot;width: 606px; height: 367px;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;072225_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Page two of Anoka County’s profile highlights educational attainment. As of 2023, the overwhelming majority of the county’s population 18 years of age and older (93.4%) had at least a high school diploma or equivalent. About three in every ten (29.7%) had a bachelor’s degree or more (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/072225_TC_figure2_tcm1045-699254.png&quot; title=&quot;Anoka County Educational Attainment&quot; alt=&quot;Anoka County Educational Attainment&quot; style=&quot;width: 442px; height: 289px;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;072225_TC_figure2&quot; /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While the share of Anoka County’s population with a bachelor’s degree or more was less than Minnesota’s overall (36.1%), the last page of the county’s profile reveals that this isn’t necessarily a concern. With nearly 22,700 jobs, Manufacturing is Anoka County’s largest-employing industry sector. Occupations in this sector typically do not require four-year degrees and with an average annual wage of $91,412 in 2024, Manufacturing workers in Anoka County typically earn more than workers overall in the county ($65,222). Page five further reveals that the median household income in Anoka County, at $98,764, was higher than Minnesota’s overall, at $87,556, in 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Jumping around between just a few pages of Anoka County’s profile, we got a quick understanding of the county’s population and aging trends, educational attainment, industry employment and income. In the months ahead, we’ll keep digging into what makes the Metro Area’s seven counties unique. In the meantime, keep checking out &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/county-profiles/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota’s 87 county profiles&lt;/a&gt; for quick and comprehensive data on your local area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To discover more about your county in the Metro Area, contact Tim O’Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>699255</id><pubdate>2025-07-23T13:34:17Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>This month let&apos;s zoom into this industry&apos;s in-depth sectors and what they include.</Description><Audience/><Title>A Closer Look at Health Care &amp; Social Assistance in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Closer Look at Health Care &amp; Social Assistance in the Metro Area</Title><title>2025-06-20 Healthcare ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-696199&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-07-03T16:49:31Z</Date><ShortDescription>This month let&apos;s zoom into this industry&apos;s in-depth sectors and what they include.</ShortDescription><Subtitle>Last month, we took a local look at the Metro Area&apos;s largest-employing industry sector: Health Care &amp; Social Assistance</Subtitle><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Last month, we took a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/684835&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;local look at the Metro Area&apos;s largest-employing industry&lt;/a&gt; sector: Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance. This month let&apos;s zoom into this industry&apos;s in-depth sectors and what they include.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance industry is broken down into four main sectors: Ambulatory Health Care Services, Hospitals, Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities and Social Assistance. Each of these sectors can be detailed even more. For example, Social Assistance is broken down into Individual &amp;amp; Family Services; Community Food &amp;amp; Housing, &amp;amp; Emergency &amp;amp; Other Relief Services; Vocational Rehabilitation Services; and Child Day Care Services. Zooming into these in-depth sectors allows for a greater understanding of what makes Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance unique in the Metro Area (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; title=&quot;Table 1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance Industry Employment, 2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;NAICS Code&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Industry Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Share of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Number of Firms&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Avg. Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Job Change&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;2019 – 2024&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Numeric&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,763,350&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;94,804&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$81,068&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-13,089&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;62&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;304,298&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;17.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;14,721&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$66,196&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+25,351&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;621&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ambulatory Health Care Services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;94,677&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;31.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5,117&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$86,060&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+6,803&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6211&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Offices of Physicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;34,917&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,163&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$121,316&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1,634&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6212&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Offices of Dentists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,092&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,129&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$81,328&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+780&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6213&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Offices of Other Health Practitioners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,620&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,659&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$56,420&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,246&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+19.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6214&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Outpatient Care Centers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,223&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;311&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$103,532&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-5&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6215&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Medical &amp;amp; Diagnostic Laboratories&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,143&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$72,852&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+593&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+38.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6216&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Home Health Care Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19,676&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;645&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40,560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1,300&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6219&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Ambulatory Health Care Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,005&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;147&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$87,360&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+255&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;622&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hospitals&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;67,886&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;22.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;123&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$91,624&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-366&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6221&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;General Medical &amp;amp; Surgical Hospitals&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;65,085&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;95.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$91,312&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-172&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6222&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Psychiatric &amp;amp; Substance Abuse Hospitals&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,276&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$98,072&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6223&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Specialty (except Psychiatric &amp;amp; Substance Abuse) Hospitals&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,524&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$100,308&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;623&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;57,673&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;19.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,961&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$45,552&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5,399&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;10.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6231&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17,998&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;252&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$50,336&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-825&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6232&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Residential Intellectual &amp;amp; Developmental Disability, Mental Health &amp;amp; Substance Abuse Facilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,325&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;28.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;764&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$47,996&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1,126&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6233&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Continuing Care Retirement Communities &amp;amp; Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,646&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;28.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;492&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,988&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,985&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+21.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6239&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Residential Care Facilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,703&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;454&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40,560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,112&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+46.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;624&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Social Assistance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;84,062&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;27.6%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7,521&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$37,492&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+13,516&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+19.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6241&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Individual and Family Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63,841&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;75.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,381&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36,296&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+14,615&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+29.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6242&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Community Food &amp;amp; Housing, &amp;amp; Emergency &amp;amp; Other Relief Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,134&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;194&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$57,876&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+570&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+22.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6243&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Vocational Rehabilitation Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,037&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;142&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$48,776&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2,589&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-39.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6244&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Child Day Care Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,050&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;805&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35,048&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+920&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; Wages&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Let&apos;s take Individual &amp;amp; Family Services as an example. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=62&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=6241&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;North American Industry Classification System&lt;/a&gt; (NAICS), this industry &quot;comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential social assistance to children and youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities and all other individuals and families.&quot; This sector not only makes up the lion&apos;s share (75.9%) of the Metro Area&apos;s total employment in Social Assistance, but it also happened to be the region&apos;s largest-growing in-depth Health Care sector between 2019 and 2024. During that five-year period, the sector gained over 14,600 jobs, growing by 29.7%. The next largest-growing subsector was Continuing Care Retirement Communities &amp;amp; Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly, which gained about 3,000 jobs between 2019 and 2024. Those occupations that are highly concentrated in Individual &amp;amp; Family Services can also give a clue to what this sector comprises. Near the top those occupations include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Home%20Health%20Aides&amp;amp;onetcode=31-1121.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Home Health&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Personal%20Care%20Aides&amp;amp;onetcode=31112200&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&amp;amp;lang=en&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Personal Care Aides&lt;/a&gt; ($17.58 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Social%20and%20Human%20Service%20Assistants&amp;amp;onetcode=21-1093.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Social &amp;amp; Human Service Assistants&lt;/a&gt; ($23.84)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Child,%20Family,%20and%20School%20Social%20Workers&amp;amp;onetcode=21-1021.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Child, Family, &amp;amp; School Social Workers&lt;/a&gt; ($31.79)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Substance%20Abuse%20and%20Behavioral%20Disorder%20Counselors&amp;amp;onetcode=21-1011.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, &amp;amp; Mental Health Counselors&lt;/a&gt; ($29.35)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Social%20and%20Community%20Service%20Managers&amp;amp;onetcode=11-9151.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Social &amp;amp; Community Service Managers&lt;/a&gt; ($41.17)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Nursing%20Assistants&amp;amp;onetcode=31113100&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&amp;amp;lang=en&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/a&gt; ($22.97)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In one more example, Offices of Physicians accounts for well over one-third (36.7%) of the total employment in Ambulatory Health Care Services. The average annual wage for those 34,900 jobs found in this sector is considerably higher ($121,316) than the average annual wage for all Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance jobs located in the Metro Area ($66,196). While Offices of Physicians, of course, includes Physicians, other occupations highly concentrated in this sector include &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Medical%20Assistants&amp;amp;onetcode=31-9092.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Medical Assistants&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Medical%20Secretaries%20and%20Administrative%20Assistants&amp;amp;onetcode=43-6013.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Medical Secretaries &amp;amp; Administrative Assistants&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Registered%20Nurses&amp;amp;onetcode=29-1141.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Nurse%20Practitioners&amp;amp;onetcode=29-1171.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nurse Practitioners&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Receptionists%20and%20Information%20Clerks&amp;amp;onetcode=43-4171.00&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Receptionists and Information Clerks&lt;/a&gt;. While employment in Offices of Physicians grew at a faster rate (+4.9%) than total employment in the Metro Area between 2019 and 2024 (-0.7%), it was slightly behind the growth rate for Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance as a whole (+9.1%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To discover more about Healthcare in the Twin Cities Metro Area, contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Timothy.ONeill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>696199</id><pubdate>2025-07-03T18:28:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Health Care &amp; Social Assistance is the Metro Area&apos;s largest-employing industry sector. According to DEED&apos;s Quarterly Census of Employment &amp; Wages (QCEW), this industry had 14,721 establishments in 2024 supplying nearly 304,300 covered jobs.</Description><Audience/><Title>The Metro Area&apos;s Largest-Employing Industry Keeps Growing</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Metro Area&apos;s Largest-Employing Industry Keeps Growing</Title><title>2025-05-08 Healthcare ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-684835&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-05-20T16:49:31Z</Date><ShortDescription>According to DEED&apos;s Quarterly Census of Employment &amp; Wages (QCEW), this industry had 14,721 establishments in 2024 supplying nearly 304,300 covered jobs</ShortDescription><Subtitle>Health Care &amp; Social Assistance is the Metro Area&apos;s largest-employing industry sector.</Subtitle><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance is the Metro Area&apos;s largest-employing industry sector. According to DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/current-econ-highlights/qcew-econ-highlights.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW), this industry had 14,721 establishments in 2024 supplying nearly 304,300 covered jobs. As such, over one-in-six jobs in the Metro Area are in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance. The next largest-employing industry, Manufacturing, has 131,500 less jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Additionally, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance has been the Metro Area&apos;s largest-growing industry. Between 2010 and 2024, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance gained over 87,800 net new jobs. This equated to a growth rate of 40.6%, which was about three times faster than the growth across the total of all industries during that period. More recently, between 2019 and 2024, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance gained over 25,300 jobs. Of the eight major industry sectors to gain jobs during this period, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance was at the top. In fact, it accounted for more employment growth than the remaining seven industries combined. During this period, all industries were down about 13,100 jobs, still looking to recover the jobs lost due to the COVID pandemic in 2020 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052025_TC_figure1_tcm1045-684837.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance Employment Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance Employment Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052025_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the recent and historic growth in healthcare employment in the Metro Area, it follows that this industry has the most job vacancies of any industry. In 2024, DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS) reveals that there were just over 17,300 job vacancies in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance in the Twin Cities. This accounted for fully one-quarter (26.1%) of the region&apos;s total job vacancies, which was just over 66,400 in 2024.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Along with industry sectors, DEED&apos;s JVS allows users to explore job vacancies by occupational groups and specific occupations. Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance has a wide variety of occupations, including managerial occupations and office and administrative support, food preparation and serving occupations, information technology and more. If we zoom in on those occupations more specific to healthcare, we get Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical Occupations as well as Healthcare Support Occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In 2024, the Metro Area had 12,600 job vacancies between Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical Occupations and Healthcare Support Occupations (Table 1). Occupations in the Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical Occupations group typically require postsecondary education, require prior work experience and generally have higher median wage offers. Meanwhile, occupations in the Healthcare Support Occupations group do not typically require postsecondary education, do not require as much work experience and are more likely to be part-time. Median wage offers are, typically, going to be lower in this occupational group.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 1. Healthcare Occupational Vacancies in the Metro Area, 2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupational Group&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share Part-Time&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Requires Postsecondary Education&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Requires Work Experience&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66,411&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;27%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;41%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;52%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical Occupations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,696&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.69&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;90%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Support Occupations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,904&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.91&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;37%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Between these two occupational groups, there are countless ways to enter the healthcare field and advance along career pathways. See the listing below for those healthcare occupations with the most job vacancies in the Metro Area. Metro Area Healthcare occupations with the most current job vacancies:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-1131.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/a&gt;: 1,680 job vacancies ($19.93 median wage offer)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-1141.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/a&gt;: 1,641 ($39.41)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/es/explore/careers/311122&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Personal Care Aides&lt;/a&gt;: 1,520 ($18.38)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2061.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/a&gt;: 910 ($27.64)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-1121.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Home Health Aides&lt;/a&gt;: 561 ($18.48)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/291131&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterinarians&lt;/a&gt;: 434 ($67.22)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2053.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Psychiatric Technicians&lt;/a&gt;: 433 ($20.49)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2034.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Radiologic Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/a&gt;: 418 ($27.50)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-9092.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Medical Assistants&lt;/a&gt;: 412 ($21.29)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-1292.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dental Hygienists&lt;/a&gt;: 321 ($41.41)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-9091.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dental Assistants&lt;/a&gt;: 317 ($23.61)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2056&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterinary Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/a&gt;: 277 ($24.92)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you’d like to find out more about Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance career opportunities in Minnesota or if you are an employer looking to hire workers, contact staff at a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce location&lt;/a&gt; near you.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>684835</id><pubdate>2025-05-21T14:40:40Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>This month let’s take a closer look at population numbers in the Metro Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, the Seven-County Metro Area had a total population of 3,156,517 people in 2023.</Description><Audience/><Title>Recent Population Growth in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Recent Population Growth in the Metro Area</Title><title>2025-04-11 Population ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-680261&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-04-23T16:49:31Z</Date><ShortDescription>This month let’s take a closer look at population numbers in the Metro Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, the Seven-County Metro Area had a total population of 3,156,517 people in 2023.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042125_TC_Figure1_tcm1045-680271.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Age Distribution&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Age Distribution&quot; style=&quot;width: 60%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042125_TC_Figure1&quot; /&gt;This month let&apos;s take a closer look at population numbers in the Metro Area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS) 5-year estimates, the Seven-County Metro Area had a total population of 3,156,517 people in 2023. As such, the Metro Area accounts for over half (55.2%) of Minnesota&apos;s total population of 5,713,716 people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hennepin County, with a population of 1,268,903 people, is the Metro Area and the state&apos;s most populated county. Alone, just over two-fifths of the region&apos;s population call Hennepin County home. In addition, nearly one-fifth, or 544,438 people, call Ramsey County home. Together, well over half (57.4%) of the Metro Area&apos;s total population reside within Hennepin and Ramsey counties (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Population Statistics, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;0 to 14 Years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;15 to 24 Years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25 to 54 Years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;55 to 64 Years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;65+ Years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;16+ Years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hennepin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,268,903&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;230,356
&lt;br /&gt;
(18.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;152,376
&lt;br /&gt;
(12.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;537,821
&lt;br /&gt;
(42.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;156,538
&lt;br /&gt;
(12.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;191,812
&lt;br /&gt;
(15.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,023,400
&lt;br /&gt;
(80.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ramsey County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;544,438&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;105,837
&lt;br /&gt;
(19.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;71,676
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;219,263
&lt;br /&gt;
(40.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63,941
&lt;br /&gt;
(11.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;83,721
&lt;br /&gt;
(15.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;431,875
&lt;br /&gt;
(79.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dakota County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;442,204&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;87,869
&lt;br /&gt;
(19.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53,206
&lt;br /&gt;
(12.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;174,339
&lt;br /&gt;
(39.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58,875
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67,915
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;347,168
&lt;br /&gt;
(78.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Anoka County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;367,095&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;71,763
&lt;br /&gt;
(19.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43,758
&lt;br /&gt;
(11.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;145,788
&lt;br /&gt;
(39.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50,785
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55,001
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;290,202
&lt;br /&gt;
(79.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Washington County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;272,298&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53,616
&lt;br /&gt;
(19.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33,297
&lt;br /&gt;
(12.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;103,972
&lt;br /&gt;
(38.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;37,434
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43,979
&lt;br /&gt;
(16.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;214,557
&lt;br /&gt;
(78.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Scott County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;152,957&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;32,807
&lt;br /&gt;
(21.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19,970
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;62,171
&lt;br /&gt;
(40.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19,202
&lt;br /&gt;
(12.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18,807
&lt;br /&gt;
(12.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;117,738
&lt;br /&gt;
(77.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carver County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;108,622&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22,885
&lt;br /&gt;
(21.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,559
&lt;br /&gt;
(12.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;42,485
&lt;br /&gt;
(39.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14,703
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14,990
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;84,086
&lt;br /&gt;
(77.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3,156,517&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;605,133&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(19.2%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;387,842&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(12.3%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,285,839&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(40.7%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;401,478&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(12.7%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;476,225&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(15.1%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2,509,026&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(79.5%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,713,716&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,086,274
&lt;br /&gt;
(19.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;729,852
&lt;br /&gt;
(12.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,184,904
&lt;br /&gt;
(38.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;750,543
&lt;br /&gt;
(13.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;962,143
&lt;br /&gt;
(16.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,549,661
&lt;br /&gt;
(79.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Between the ACS&apos;s 2018 and 2023 5-year estimates, an additional 116,809 people now live in the Metro Area. This growth rate of 3.8% slightly outpaced the statewide growth rate of 3.4% during that period, with Greater Minnesota&apos;s growth rate at 2.8%. Put another way, the Metro Area accounted for 62.7% of Minnesota&apos;s population growth between 2018 and 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Once again, Hennepin County makes the top of the list, adding the most people during this period (+33,425; +2.7%). Following this growth are three other Metro Area counties: Dakota County (+24,003; +5.7%); Anoka County (+19,664; +5.7%); and Washington County (+18,981; +7.5%). Following Wright County (+12,525; +9.4%) and Olmsted County (+10,360; +6.8%) are two more Metro Area counties: Scott County (+9,585; +6.7%) and Carver County (+8,206; +8.2%). Of Minnesota&apos;s top ten growing counties between 2018 and 2023, six are in the Metro Area. Ramsey County (+2,945; +0.5%) grew much slower than its regional neighbors, but still managed to place 13th for largest population growth in the state. Overall, 62 of Minnesota&apos;s 87 counties grew in population between 2018 and 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In terms of population growth rates, Wright County led Minnesota&apos;s 87 counties with a growth rate of 9.4% between 2018 and 2023&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Carver County, with a growth rate of 8.2% wasn&apos;t far off that mark, with Isanti County (+7.6%), Washington County (+7.5%), Olmsted County (+6.8%), Scott County (+6.7%), Sherburne County (+6.4%), Cook County (+6.1%), and Douglas County (+5.8%) rounding out the top nine spots. Cass County, Dakota County, and Anoka County tied for the tenth spot, each achieving population growth rates of 5.7% between 2018 and 2023. See Figure 2 for population growth in the Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042125_TC_Figure2_tcm1045-680272.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Population Change&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Population Change&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042125_TC_Figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In addition to total population size in 2023, Table 1 breaks down Minnesota&apos;s, the Metro Area&apos;s, and each county&apos;s population by age cohorts. You can see, for example, that the prime-working age cohort (those between 25 and 54 years of age) constitutes two-fifths of the Metro Area&apos;s total population. This population is the cohort that typically has the highest labor force participation rates. Table 2 reveals that this population cohort is growing slightly slower than the total population in the region (+1.8% versus +3.8%) between 2018 and 2023. At the same time, the region&apos;s population being 65 years of age and older grew at a rate five times faster than the total population. Employers, economic developers, educators, and others should continue to keep an eye on population trends to best prepare for the future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;7&quot;&gt;Table 2. Metro Area Population Change by Age, 2018 – 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;0 to 14 years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;15 to 24 years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25 to 54 years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;55 to 64 years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;65 years and over&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Anoka County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+19,664
&lt;br /&gt;
(+5.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,641
&lt;br /&gt;
(+3.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,395
&lt;br /&gt;
(+3.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,434
&lt;br /&gt;
(+1.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3,443
&lt;br /&gt;
(+7.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9,751
&lt;br /&gt;
(+21.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carver County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8,206
&lt;br /&gt;
(+8.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+388
&lt;br /&gt;
(+1.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+623
&lt;br /&gt;
(+4.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,323
&lt;br /&gt;
(+3.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,844
&lt;br /&gt;
(+14.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4,028
&lt;br /&gt;
(+36.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dakota County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+24,003
&lt;br /&gt;
(+5.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,310
&lt;br /&gt;
(+2.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,991
&lt;br /&gt;
(+3.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3,752
&lt;br /&gt;
(+2.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,881
&lt;br /&gt;
(+5.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+13,069
&lt;br /&gt;
(+23.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hennepin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+33,425
&lt;br /&gt;
(+2.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-372
&lt;br /&gt;
(-0.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,304
&lt;br /&gt;
(+1.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3,634
&lt;br /&gt;
(+0.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+207
&lt;br /&gt;
(+0.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+27,652
&lt;br /&gt;
(+16.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ramsey County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,945
&lt;br /&gt;
(+0.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1,125
&lt;br /&gt;
(-1.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3,272
&lt;br /&gt;
(-4.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+622
&lt;br /&gt;
(+0.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2,753
&lt;br /&gt;
(-4.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9,473
&lt;br /&gt;
(+12.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Scott County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9,585
&lt;br /&gt;
(+6.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-689
&lt;br /&gt;
(-2.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,026
&lt;br /&gt;
(+11.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+967
&lt;br /&gt;
(+1.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,780
&lt;br /&gt;
(+16.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4,501
&lt;br /&gt;
(+31.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Washington County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+18,981
&lt;br /&gt;
(+7.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,080
&lt;br /&gt;
(+4.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,629
&lt;br /&gt;
(+5.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3,795
&lt;br /&gt;
(+3.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,481
&lt;br /&gt;
(+7.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8,996
&lt;br /&gt;
(+25.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+116,809&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(+3.8%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+5,233&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(+0.9%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+6,696&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(+1.8%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+16,527&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(+1.3%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+10,883&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(+2.8%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+77,470&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;(+19.4%)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+186,358
&lt;br /&gt;
(+3.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9,110
&lt;br /&gt;
(+0.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11,420
&lt;br /&gt;
(+1.6%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+20,678
&lt;br /&gt;
(+1.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+13,119
&lt;br /&gt;
(+1.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+132,031
&lt;br /&gt;
(+15.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot;&gt;Source: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>680261</id><pubdate>2025-04-23T14:25:24Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>March is Explore Construction Employment Month, where throughout the month career seekers can explore resources related to employment in Construction through CareerForce.</Description><Audience/><Title>Exploring Construction Jobs in the Metro</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Exploring Construction Jobs in the Metro</Title><title>2025-03-31 Construction ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-675867&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-03-31T16:49:31Z</Date><ShortDescription>March is Explore Construction Employment Month, where throughout the month career seekers can explore resources related to employment in Construction through CareerForce.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;March is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/explore-construction-employment-month&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Explore Construction Employment Month&lt;/a&gt;, where throughout the month career seekers can explore resources related to employment in Construction through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce&lt;/a&gt;. Among these resources include information on upcoming job fairs and hiring events, career exploration opportunities and other training events. While these resources, fairs, events and training opportunities are highlighted during the month of March, they continue to be available throughout the calendar year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Spring is the perfect time to begin exploring opportunities in Construction. Revisiting a past &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/newsletters/local-look.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Local Look Blog&lt;/a&gt;, we discovered that the Construction industry sector typically witnesses a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/621555&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;15% seasonal bump in employment&lt;/a&gt; between the first and second quarters of the year. That&apos;s a lot of jobs, especially considering the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Metro Area had about 85,500 Construction jobs&lt;/a&gt; during its peak in 2024. And these jobs range from Carpenters, Electricians and Plumbers, to Cost Estimators, Secretaries and Heavy &amp;amp; Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/033125_TC_table1_tcm1045-675868.png&quot; title=&quot;Table 1: Construction Occupational Employment in the Metro Area, 2024&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1: Construction Occupational Employment in the Metro Area, 2024&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;033125_TC_table1&quot; /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Strictly looking at Construction &amp;amp; Extraction Occupations, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Metro Area had nearly 60,000 such jobs in 2024&lt;/a&gt;. Construction Laborers, with nearly 12,000 jobs, is the region&apos;s top employing construction occupation. The starting hourly wage for this occupation was around $23.62, with the median wage at $29.70. Employment in this occupation is anticipated to increase by 8.6% in the Metro Area between 2022 and 2032, with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;projected number of net new and replacement openings&lt;/a&gt; at 7,360. For reference, total employment in Construction &amp;amp; Extraction Occupations is anticipated to grow by 6.5% between 2022 and 2032. This is faster than the anticipated growth for all occupations in the region, at 4.9% (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other top-employing construction occupations in the Metro Area include Carpenters; First-Line Supervisors of Construction &amp;amp; Extraction Workers; Electricians; and Plumbers, Pipefitters &amp;amp; Steamfitters. Median wages were highest among these top-employing construction occupations for First-Line Supervisors of Construction &amp;amp; Extraction Workers; Plumbers, Pipefitters &amp;amp; Steamfitters; Operating Engineers &amp;amp; Other Construction Equipment Operators; and Electricians. Projected growth rates are highest for Electricians; Highway Maintenance Workers; Operating Engineers &amp;amp; Other Construction Equipment Operators; and Construction Laborers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1 also reveals many of those occupations that, while not strictly construction trades occupations, are vital to the Construction industry sector. Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s labor market information tools and resources&lt;/a&gt;, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/industry/construction&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce resources&lt;/a&gt;, to learn more about the opportunities in this dynamic sector.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To discover more about Construction employment in the Twin Cities Metro Area,&lt;/strong&gt; contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>675867</id><pubdate>2025-03-31T17:10:00Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>As the primary population center in Minnesota, the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area is home to a lot of people and a lot of jobs.</Description><Audience/><Title>Commuting Patterns in the Metro</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Commuting Patterns in the Metro</Title><title>2025-02-19 Commuting ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-669851&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-02-19T19:56:47Z</Date><ShortDescription>As the primary population center in Minnesota, the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area is home to a lot of people and a lot of jobs.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As the primary population center in Minnesota, the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area is home to a lot of people and a lot of jobs. That means a lot of commuting – people driving to and from for work. To get a sense of all this commuting, we can turn to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s OnTheMap&lt;/a&gt;, a web-based mapping and reporting application that shows where workers are employed and where they live. Using this tool, we can analyze commuting patterns by age, earnings, industry sector, race, ethnicity, sex and educational attainment. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://lehd.ces.census.gov/applications/help/onthemap.html#!data_sources&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;data is derived from several sources&lt;/a&gt;, including Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Records, the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) and other Census data.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Inflow/Outflow Job Counts, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Category&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Count&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Employed in the Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,747,560&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Employed in the Metro Area but Living Outside&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;278,930&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Employed and Living in the Metro Area&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,468,630&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;84.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Living in the Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,572,782&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Living in the Metro Area but Employed Outside&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;104,152&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Living and Employed in the Metro Area&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,468,630&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, OnTheMap&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to OnTheMap&apos;s most recent estimates, there were nearly 1,750,000 jobs filled in the seven-county metro area. Of those, nearly 1.5 million of these jobs were held by people who both lived and worked in the region. But in addition, nearly 279,000 people living outside of the Metro Area commute into the region for work each day, coming from surrounding counties like Chisago, Isanti, McLeod, Rice, Sherburne, Wright and more. Clearly, the Metro Area is a net importer of labor (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 2. Metro Area Outflow (Top Workplace Destinations), 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;By Place&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;By County&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Place&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Count&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Share&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;County&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Count&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Share&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All Places&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,572,782&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All Counties&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,572,782&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minneapolis&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;304,073&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hennepin&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;792,505&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;St. Paul&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;158,925&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ramsey&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;277,760&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bloomington&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;73,040&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dakota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;150,507&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Eden Prairie&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58,538&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Anoka&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;106,374&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minnetonka&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43,712&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Washington&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70,516&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Plymouth&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;42,534&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Scott&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40,231&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Eagan&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40,600&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carver&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30,737&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Edina&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39,950&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wright&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,066&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;St. Louis Park&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36,802&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;St. Louis&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,032&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maple Grove&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30,084&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Olmsted&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,213&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;All Other Places&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;744,524&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;47.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;All Other Counties&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;79,481&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, OnTheMap&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the same time, over 104,000 Metro Area residents commute out of the region for work. So where are Metro Area residents driving to for work? By place, nearly one-in-five (19.3%) Metro Area commuters are driving to Minneapolis for work. Another one-in-ten (10.1%) commuters are heading to its twin city, St. Paul. Just about half of the region&apos;s commuters travel to one of ten cities for work each day (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By county, half of the region&apos;s commuters head to Hennepin County. Fully two-thirds head to either Hennepin County or Ramsey County, with Dakota, Anoka and Washington counties rounding out the top five workplace destinations by county. Outside the region, workers commute to jobs at employers in counties including Wright, St. Louis and Olmsted, among many others.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 3. Metro Area Inflow (Top Worker Origins), 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;By Place&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;By County&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Place&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Count&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;County&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Count&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All Places&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,747,560&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All Counties&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,747,560&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minneapolis&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;189,555&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hennepin&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;592,471&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;St. Paul&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;130,535&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ramsey&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;238,536&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bloomington&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;42,417&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dakota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;204,910&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Brooklyn Park&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40,481&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Anoka&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;175,754&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Plymouth&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;37,962&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Washington&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;129,398&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Woodbury&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;37,080&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Scott&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;74,939&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maple Grove&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;35,109&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carver&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;52,622&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Blaine&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;34,327&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wright&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;44,075&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Lakeville&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33,905&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sherburne&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;27,535&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Eagan&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33,870&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;St. Croix, WI&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20,179&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;All Other Places&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,132,319&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;64.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;All Other Counties&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;187,141&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, OnTheMap&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;And where are those who work in the Metro Area coming from? No surprises here, Minneapolis and St. Paul top the list for worker origins in the region. Just over one-third (35.2%) of the Metro Area&apos;s workers commute from one of ten cities (all of which happen to be in the region itself). By county, over three-quarters (76.7%) of the Metro Area&apos;s workers hail from Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka and Washington counties. The county outside of the region that sends in the most workers each day is Wright County, where just over 44,000 people commute into the Metro Area for work daily. About 235,000 workers from other counties also commute to jobs at employers that are located in the Twin Cities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>669851</id><pubdate>2025-02-19T19:23:32Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>It’s time to light up the new year with some fresh energy.</Description><Audience/><Title>Energizing the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Energizing the Metro Area</Title><title>2025-01-30 Energy ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-667456&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-01-30T19:56:47Z</Date><ShortDescription>It’s time to light up the new year with some fresh energy.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It&apos;s time to light up the new year with some fresh energy. Let&apos;s take an up-close look at Electric Power Generation in the Twin Cities Metro Area. According to the Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=22&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=22111&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;North American Industry Classification System&lt;/a&gt; (NAICS), Electric Power Generation comprises establishments primarily engaged in - you guessed it - operating electric power generation facilities. These facilities, and subsequent in-depth NAICS industries, can be broken down by various forms of energy: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=22&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=221111&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;hydroelectric&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=22&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=221112&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;fossil fuels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=22&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=221113&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;nuclear&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=22&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=221114&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;solar electric&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=22&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=221115&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;wind electric&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=22&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=221116&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;geothermal&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=22&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=221117&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;biomass&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=22&amp;amp;chart=2022&amp;amp;details=221118&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;other electric power generation&lt;/a&gt;. Whether by sunlight, the wind, the burning of natural gas or oil, or the splitting of the atom, electric power generation has one major goal: producing electric energy and providing electricity to homes and businesses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In the Twin Cities Metro Area, there were 40 Electric Power Generation establishments supplying just over 1,200 covered jobs in 2023. Total payroll for this industry equaled $146.4 million in 2023, with the average annual wage equal to $120,328. This average wage was considerably higher than the average annual wage for the total of all industries, which was $78,312 (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Electric Power Generation Industry Statistics, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Establishments&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Payroll ($1,000s)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Avg. Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Twin Cities Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;94,017&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,756,720&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$137,543,437&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$78,312&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Electric Power Generation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;40&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,218&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$146,397&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$120,328&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hydroelectric Power Generation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;538&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,575&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$73,580&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;362&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$59,691&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$164,996&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wind Electric Power Generation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;109&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18,932&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$174,564&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;208,074&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,906,616&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$207,847,572&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$71,500&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Electric Power Generation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;159&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4,798&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$626,405&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$130,624&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hydroelectric Power Generation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;616&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$53,015&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$86,008&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,919&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$248,740&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$129,688&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Solar Electric Power Generation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;95&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15,978&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$169,520&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wind Electric Power Generation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;343&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49,646&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$145,340&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Electric Power Generation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;218&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,487&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$135,668&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in, Hydroelectric Power Generation accounted for the most power generation jobs in the Metro Area (538 jobs), followed by Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation (362 jobs). As such, nearly three-quarters (73.9%) of the region&apos;s power generation jobs were within these two sectors. The bulk of remaining power generation jobs were in Biomass Electric Power Generation (140 jobs), Wind Electric Power Generation (109 jobs), and Solar Electric Power Generation (64 jobs).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Interestingly, while Electric Power Generation employment in the Metro Area is up from 2011 (+420 jobs; +52.6%), the number of such jobs is down significantly from levels witnessed at the turn of the millennium. More specifically, the industry is down over 70% (-3,069 jobs) between 2000 and 2023. Much of this loss occurred between 2009 and 2011, when the industry&apos;s employment fell by 74.2% (-2,296 jobs) as major power generating plants shut down. Meanwhile, the number of Electric Power Generation establishments in the region spiked at 70 in 2006 before declining to 26 in 2014. This number slowly but steadily increased to 40 by 2023 as new forms of energy are cultivated (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/013025_TC_figure1_tcm1045-667457.png&quot; title=&quot;Electrical Power Generation Trends in Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Electrical Power Generation Trends in Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 80%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;013025_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite significant losses of Electric Power Generation employment in the Metro Area between 2009 and 2011, the region has witnessed some notable increases of such employment over the past decade. Increases of employment during this period have been especially rapid in Wind Electric Power Generation, Solar Electric Power Generation, and Hydroelectric Power Generation. Biomass Electric Power Generation experienced a slight increase in employment levels over the past decade, while Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation witnessed a slight decline in employment levels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Check out Table 2 to get a sense of what occupations are high employing within select Electric Power Generation industries. One such occupation, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=518013&amp;amp;geog=SCMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Power Plant Operators&lt;/a&gt;, has approximately 160 jobs in the Metro Area. And the median wage is high, at $50.29.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 2. U.S. Electric Power Generation Industry-Occupation Matrix&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Hydroelectric Power Generation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Solar Electric Power Generation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Wind Electric Power Generation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Biomass Electric Power Generation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Power Plant Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Power Plant Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Solar Photovoltaic Installers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wind Turbine Service Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Power Plant Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electricians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;General and Operations Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Industrial Machinery Mechanics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrical Engineers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;General and Operations Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Power Plant Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;General and Operations Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrical Engineers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Project Management Specialists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Industrial Production Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business Operations Specialists, All Other&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Industrial Machinery Mechanics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry-Occupation Matrix Data&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To discover more about industry employment in the Twin Cities Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;, contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/find-job&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForceMN&apos;s Find a Job&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>667456</id><pubdate>2025-02-07T16:19:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Recently, DEED released employment projections for the state of Minnesota and its six planning regions. According to this data, employment in the Seven-County Metro Area is projected to grow by 4.9% between 2022 and 2032.</Description><Audience/><Title>Projecting Industry Growth in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Projecting Industry Growth in the Metro Area</Title><title>2024-12-23 Projections ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-662244&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-12-23T19:56:47Z</Date><ShortDescription>Recently, DEED released employment projections for the state of Minnesota and its six planning regions. According to this data, employment in the Seven-County Metro Area is projected to grow by 4.9% between 2022 and 2032.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&lt;/a&gt; released &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employment projections&lt;/a&gt; for the state of Minnesota and its &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/lmi-help/area-maps/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;six planning regions&lt;/a&gt;. This data is compiled by both occupation and industry, and can be utilized by educational institutions, businesses, employment counselors, career seekers and more to make informed planning decisions. According to this data, employment in the Seven-County Metro Area is projected to grow by 4.9% between 2022 and 2032. This is equivalent to approximately 95,000 net new jobs in the region during that period. Slightly outpacing the statewide growth rate of 4.6%, the Metro Area is anticipated to account for nearly two-thirds (65.6%) of Minnesota&apos;s net new jobs over the next decade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Leading the charge for new employment growth is Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance. Between 2022 and 2032, this major industry is anticipated to gain over 25,300 net new jobs, growing by 9.2%. Zooming in, net new growth in this industry will be led by Social Assistance (+11,600 jobs; +15.4%) and Ambulatory Health Care Services (+8,900 jobs; +9.9%). Employment in Hospitals (+3,500 jobs; +5.8%) is anticipated to grow just above the growth rate for the total of all industries, while employment in Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities (+1,300 jobs; +2.7%) will be slightly slower.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other major industries projected to add a significant number of new jobs over the coming decade in the Metro Area include Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services (+14,500 jobs; +10.3%); Wholesale Trade (+6,900 jobs; +7.8%); Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (+5,700 jobs; +4.6%); Educational Services (+5,500 jobs; +3.9%); Management of Companies (+5,500 jobs; +7.0%); Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing (+5,400 jobs; +7.7%); Finance &amp;amp; Insurance (+5,100 jobs; +4.1%); and Construction (+5,000 jobs; +6.5%) (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/122024_tc_figure1_tcm1045-662249.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1: Metro Area Industry Projections, 2022-2032&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1: Metro Area Industry Projections, 2022-2032&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;122024_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should be noted that the reliability of projections is subject to error due to the assumptions of the methodology used. Many factors can and will affect the economy and employment levels over the 10-year projections period. For example, the Metro Area&apos;s total employment increased by 1.6% (+25,439 jobs) between 2002 and 2012. This period, of course, included the Great Recession, where employment in the region plummeted by more than 85,600 jobs between 2007 and 2010. Fast forwarding, the region&apos;s total employment increased by 8.7% (+139,173 jobs) between 2012 and 2022. This period included the COVID-19 pandemic, where total employment would whiplash down and then back up by more than 110,000 jobs over the course of four years (Figure 2). To account for such unanticipated changes, DEED&apos;s Employment Outlook tool is updated every other year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/122024_tc_figure2_tcm1045-662254.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 2: Metro Area Employment Trends, 2000-2023&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 2: Metro Area Employment Trends, 2000-2023&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;122024_tc_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As previously mentioned, Social Assistance and Ambulatory Health Care Services are anticipated to grow significantly over the coming decade. Along with those major &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?58967?yearbck=2022&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;industries at the 2-digit NAICS level&lt;/a&gt;, DEED&apos;s Employment Outlook tool allows users to view those industries at the 3-digit and 4-digit NAICS levels. This level of analysis can provide for a more complete understanding of how the labor market and economy is expected to grow and change over the coming decade. Table 1 includes those 3-digit NAICS industries anticipated to gain 1,000 or more net new jobs between 2022 and 2032. These in-depth industries can be found in everything from Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance and Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services to Construction and Manufacturing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Employment Projections for In-Depth Industries, 2022-2032&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry Sector&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2022 Estimated Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2032 Projected Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;141,207&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;155,760&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+10.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;14,553&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;75,040&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;86,627&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+15.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;11,587&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ambulatory Health Care Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;89,989&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;98,888&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;8,899&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58,071&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;64,614&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+11.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;6,543&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;140,511&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;146,053&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;5,542&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management of Companies&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;78,011&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;83,498&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;5,487&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Services &amp;amp; Drinking Places&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;114,497&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;119,521&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;5,024&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Insurance Carriers &amp;amp; Related Activities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63,443&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67,066&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;3,623&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hospitals&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;60,185&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63,685&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;3,500&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Specialty Trade Contractors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51,543&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;54,558&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;3,015&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Amusement, Gambling &amp;amp; Recreation Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22,410&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24,689&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+10.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,279&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Warehousing and Storage&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14,256&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,271&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+14.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,015&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Miscellaneous Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21,899&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23,870&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,971&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative &amp;amp; Support Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;99,704&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;101,613&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,909&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Performing Arts &amp;amp; Spectator Sports&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10,515&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12,070&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+14.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,555&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal &amp;amp; Laundry Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18,914&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20,395&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,481&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49,015&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50,355&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,340&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Publishing Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,500&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17,824&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,324&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction of Buildings&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18,282&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19,577&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,295&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Couriers and Messengers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,906&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,164&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+10.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,258&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Electronic Product Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;35,017&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36,140&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,123&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;ISPs, Search Portals, &amp;amp; Data Processing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,456&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,464&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+15.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,008&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Employment Projections&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>662244</id><pubdate>2024-12-30T18:11:30Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>This month, we&apos;ll look at data about veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), including a breakdown by age and disability status, and how veterans contribute to the region&apos;s labor market. We&apos;ll also look at resources that veterans can utilize through the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and CareerForce.</Description><Audience/><Title>Veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area</Title><title>2024-11-25 Veterans ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-655219&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-11-25T17:53:02Z</Date><ShortDescription>This month, we&apos;ll look at data about veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), including a breakdown by age and disability status, and how veterans contribute to the region&apos;s labor market. We&apos;ll also look at resources that veterans can utilize through the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and CareerForce.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On Monday, November 11, Veterans Day, we recognize and honor military veterans across the state of Minnesota and the United States. This month, we&apos;ll look at data about veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), including a breakdown by age and disability status, and how veterans contribute to the region&apos;s labor market. We&apos;ll also look at resources that veterans can utilize through the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and CareerForce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112224_tc_figure1_tcm1045-655222.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1: Veteran Population by Age and Disability Status in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA, 2023&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1: Veteran Population by Age and Disability Status in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA, 2023&quot; style=&quot;width: 70%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112224_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;According to the latest 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates, the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA is home to nearly 146,000 veterans, making up 5.1% of the region&apos;s total population 18 years of age and older. In terms of period of service, the largest number of veterans in the region reported serving during the Vietnam Era, with a significant number also reporting serving either during the first or second Gulf Wars. Just under 5% of the region&apos;s veterans were in the oldest age groups and served during the Korean War or World War II.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Between 2013 and 2023, the number of veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA decreased by nearly 45,600 people, but the share of older veterans greatly increased. In 2013, for example, 23.2% of the region&apos;s veterans reported being 75 years of age and older. In 2023, that increased to 33.4%. The share of veterans in the oldest age group is significantly higher than the respective nonveteran population, where just 7.0% of nonveterans were 75 years of age and older. While 55.4% of veterans reported being 65 years of age and older in 2023, 19.0% of nonveterans were of that age. Due to age and/or service, a significantly higher share of veterans in the region report having a disability (31.0%) than the nonveteran population (11.8%) (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Whether serving in WWII or more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan, veterans in the region are highly educated. As of 2023, nearly all veterans (97.0%) 25 years of age and older reported having a high school diploma equivalency or higher. 71.5% of veterans reported having some level of postsecondary education, with 35.0% having a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;And these highly educated veterans are participating in the region&apos;s labor market. In 2023, 83.5% of veterans between the ages of 18 and 64 years reported participating in the labor market; that&apos;s equivalent to approximately 54,450 veterans. Though veterans are highly educated and participating in labor market at a high rate, there were still nearly 2,000 unemployed veterans actively searching for work in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA in 2023. DEED&apos;s CareerForce services are available to assist those unemployed veterans looking for work opportunities in the region and state.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;These resources, which include Veterans Employment Specialists can be found on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/veterans-resources&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Resources page&lt;/a&gt; on CareerForcemn.com.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Veterans can also visit one of the many &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce locations&lt;/a&gt; in Minnesota.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;More resources and assistance are also available through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To discover more about veterans and employment services in the Twin Cities Metro Area,&lt;/strong&gt; contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>655219</id><pubdate>2024-11-25T17:57:41Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a time to celebrate the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy.</Description><Audience/><Title>Disability Employment Awareness in the Metro</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Disability Employment Awareness in the Metro</Title><title>2024-10-18 Disabilities ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-649865&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-10-21T17:48:28Z</Date><ShortDescription>October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a time to celebrate the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America’s workplaces and economy.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;October is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/initiatives/ndeam&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)&lt;/a&gt;, a time to celebrate the value and talent workers with disabilities add to America&apos;s workplaces and economy. This year&apos;s theme, &quot;Access to Good Jobs for All&quot;, was chosen to highlight our commitment to ensuring disabled workers have access to good jobs every month of the year.  Along with the U.S. Department of Labor&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Office of Disability Employment Policy&lt;/a&gt;, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) also recognizes the importance that workers with disabilities bring to the state&apos;s labor market and economy. Through &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/disabilities/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s online resources&lt;/a&gt;, including Vocational Rehabilitation Services, those with disabilities can develop work skills, find suitable jobs and live as independently as possible. DEED also has &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/business/finding-workers/hiring-disabilities/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;resources for employers&lt;/a&gt; looking to hire and retain workers with disabilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101824_TC_figure1_tcm1045-649872.png&quot; title=&quot;Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA Labor Force Statistics by Disability Status&quot; alt=&quot;Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA Labor Force Statistics by Disability Status&quot; style=&quot;width: 75%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101824_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS) 1-year estimates, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was home to nearly 370,000 people with reported disabilities who were 16 years of age and older in 2023. As such, over one-in-ten (12.5%) of the region&apos;s population 16 years of age and older had a reported disability.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Looking closer, just over 144,600 people with disabilities participated in the region&apos;s labor market. More specifically, &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2023.S1811?q=Disability&amp;amp;g=310XX00US33460&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;about 137,100 people with disabilities were employed&lt;/a&gt; in the region while about 7,500 were unemployed. Overall, in 2023, these numbers equated to a labor force participation rate of 39.3% and an unemployment rate of 5.2% for people with any disability in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA. This labor force participation rate was significantly lower than the respective rate for those persons not reporting a disability (76.1%), while the unemployment rate was significantly higher (2.8%) (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Lower labor force participation and higher unemployment are just two statistics that reveal the heightened challenges that those with disabilities face in the labor market. Data from the 2023 ACS 1-year estimates reveals two other obstacles that persist for many with disabilities: lower earnings and higher poverty rates. In 2023, those with reported disabilities had median earnings of $36,117 and a poverty rate of 17.8%. This compares to median earnings of $55,914 and a poverty rate of 6.3% for those with no reported disabilities. While facing heightened challenges, the data does show improvement over time for those with disabilities. For example, between 2022 and 2023, the median earnings for those with disabilities increased by 11.0%, or nearly $3,600. Meanwhile, the poverty rate declined from 18.8% in 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other labor market data from the ACS shows which industries in the MSA employ greater shares of people with disabilties. At the top, employing nearly one-quarter of people with reported disabilities, is Education &amp;amp; Health Services. This is followed by Retail Trade, Manufacturing, Professional &amp;amp; Business Services, and Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality. Altogether, these five major industries employ nearly three-quarters of persons with reported disabilties. About two-thirds of persons with no reported disabilties are employed in these five industries (see Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data can reveal a lot about labor market conditions for people with disabilities. Labor force participation, unemployment, median earnings, poverty and industry employment are just a few examples. One can also dig into worker class, occupational employment, commuting characteristics, educational attainment, housing statistics and more. Of course, the data is just the beginning. Be sure to check out DEED resources online or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;in-person that assist those with disabilities&lt;/a&gt; to find work, start up a business, or assist employers with hiring and retaining workers with disabilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101824_TC_figure2_tcm1045-649873.png&quot; title=&quot;Disability Employment in the Minneapolis-St Paul MSA by Industry&quot; alt=&quot;Disability Employment in the Minneapolis-St Paul MSA by Industry&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101824_TC_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>649865</id><pubdate>2024-10-21T17:07:10Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The Minnesota Department of Employment &amp; Economic Development (DEED) recently released updated job vacancy data, covering the state of Minnesota and its regions.</Description><Audience/><Title>Manufacturing Demand in the Metro</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Manufacturing Demand in the Metro</Title><title>2024-09-17 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-644906&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-09-18T17:48:28Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Minnesota Department of Employment &amp; Economic Development (DEED) recently released updated job vacancy data, covering the state of Minnesota and its regions.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Minnesota &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment &amp;amp; Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) recently released updated job vacancy data, covering the state of Minnesota and its regions. This data, housed in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS) online tool, reveals hiring demand for specific industries and occupations. With &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/industry/manufacturing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Manufacturing Month&lt;/a&gt; just around the corner, let&apos;s look at how hiring demand is trending in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/TwinCities-2024_tcm1045-288722.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Metro Area&apos;s Manufacturing sector&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to DEED&apos;s JVS data, employers in the Metro Area reported just over 6,800 Manufacturing job vacancies in 2023. This represents a 24.9% decrease in the number of such vacancies over-the-year, equivalent to about 2,300 vacancies; but is still the third highest number ever recorded. This trend mirrors the wider labor market, where the region witnessed a decrease in total job vacancies for all industries of 20.3% between 2022 and 2023. It should be noted that this analysis compares annual 2023 data with second quarter 2022 data (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091724_TC_figure1_tcm1045-644911.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Manufacturing Job Vacancies&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Manufacturing Job Vacancies&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091724_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While Manufacturing witnessed decreased job vacancies between 2022 and 2023, the 6,816 vacancies in this industry in 2023 still represents the third highest average annual number of such vacancies since the JVS started in 2001. Much of this demand is due to the need to replace workers who have left through retirement or for other reasons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data from the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt; (QWI), shows the share of older workers in Manufacturing increasing significantly over the past two decades. For example, between 2000 and 2023, the share of workers 55 years of age and older in Manufacturing increased from 11.6% to 27.2% in the Metro Area. Where the total number of Manufacturing jobs in the Metro Area decreased by 21.9% between 2000 and 2023, the number of Manufacturing jobs held by workers 55 years of age and older increased by 83.8%. The share of workers 65 years of age and older in Manufacturing increased from 1.5% to 5.7% during this period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The need to fill replacement openings in Manufacturing is high in the Metro Area. This is also reflected in statewide trends looking forward. According to DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Employment Outlook&lt;/a&gt;, Production Occupations are anticipated to grow by 0.5% between 2022 and 2032. This is equivalent to approximately 1,062 net new jobs. More importantly, it&apos;s anticipated there will be over 92,000 labor market exit openings in Production Occupations during that period. These are openings largely due to current workers leaving their job, mainly through retirement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The demand for production workers, and the demand for workers in the broader Manufacturing industry, remains strong in the Metro Area and Minnesota. In the region, those specific production occupations with the most job openings include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/51-2023.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Electrical, Electronic, &amp;amp; Electromechanical Assemblers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/51-2092.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Miscellaneous Assemblers &amp;amp; Fabricators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/51-4041.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Machinists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/51-9111.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Packaging &amp;amp; Filling Machine Operators &amp;amp; Tenders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/51-3092.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Food Batchmakers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/51-5112.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Printing Press Operators&lt;/a&gt;; and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/51-4121.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Welders&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>644906</id><pubdate>2024-09-18T13:31:17Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Last month, we investigated the Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s labor force trends. To recap, the region&apos;s labor force size and makeup is shifting dramatically.</Description><Audience/><Title>Using Labor Market Information to Inform Workforce Development</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Using Labor Market Information to Inform Workforce Development</Title><title>2024-08-08 LMI ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-641693&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-08-20T17:48:28Z</Date><ShortDescription>Last month, we investigated the Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s labor force trends. To recap, the region&apos;s labor force size and makeup is shifting dramatically.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Last month, we investigated the Twin Cities &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/632150&quot;&gt;Metro Area&apos;s labor force trends&lt;/a&gt;. To recap, the region&apos;s labor force size and makeup is shifting dramatically. With changing labor force trends, resulting in increasingly tight labor market conditions, the case for analyzing all demographic shifts has become ever more important. How quickly are populations of color growing in the region? Is the labor force still aging? How is labor force participation trending for teenagers? How about for young adults? Are those with disabilities witnessing improved employment opportunities? Are employers hiring those who have criminal backgrounds and are looking for a chance to get back to work and make a new living? How are job requirements changing in relation to educational attainment and skill sets?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;And these questions are just scratching the surface of those related to how the labor market is doing, and how workforce development is shaped to assist all of those living and working in Minnesota in general and the Twin Cities Metro Area in particular.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Let&apos;s take just one of these questions as an example: how is labor force participation trending for teenagers? According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s American Community Survey (ACS), there were nearly 80,000 teenagers aged 16-19 years in the Metro Area&apos;s labor force in 2022. At the time, this group had a labor force participation rate of 50.3% and an unemployment rate of 11.8%. This compares to a labor force participation rate of 71.0% and an unemployment rate of 4.0% for the region&apos;s total labor force. Lower labor force participation for teenagers isn&apos;t a new trend, and their unemployment rates are historically higher as well. However, with improvements to those indicators for teenagers over time, that will help to alleviate tight labor market conditions in the region, and assist teenagers with work experience today and career pathways down the road.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Table 1. Labor Force Conditions for Teenagers in the Metro Area, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Status&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Labor Force, 16 to 19 Years&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;In Labor Force&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;79,234&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,778,729&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Labor Force Participation Rate&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;71.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unemployment Rate&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Share of Total Labor Force&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Analyzing &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/review/april-2024/teen.jsp&quot;&gt;labor force and employment trends for teenagers&lt;/a&gt; isn&apos;t new. For example, recent analysis highlights how teenage employment jumps during the summer months as many teenagers move into full employment after finishing their education or look for temporary work for the season. This analysis also highlights how teenagers have higher shares of employment in Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services; Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation; and Retail Trade, industries that typically don&apos;t require higher levels of postsecondary education or years of experience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Workforce development aimed towards teenagers and young adults isn&apos;t new either. Staff at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot;&gt;CareerForce locations&lt;/a&gt; are able to assist teenagers and young adults with everything from career exploration to job search skills to determining eligibility for employment and training programs just for young people. One such program is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/find-a-job/targeted-services/youth-employment/mn-youth-program.jsp&quot;&gt;Minnesota Youth Program&lt;/a&gt;, which provides short-term employment and training services to low income and at-risk youth.. School districts have staff to help students find work while they are in school and gain work experience that can help them find a career path. For example, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dli.mn.gov/yst&quot;&gt;Youth Skills Training Program&lt;/a&gt; promotes greater collaboration between schools, employers, and community organizations to help teenagers build work experience and to help employers fill workforce gaps.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/local-workforce-development-boards&quot;&gt;Workforce Development Boards&lt;/a&gt; in the Twin Cities Metro, which are part of the statewide &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/&quot;&gt;CareerForce&lt;/a&gt; system, include: the Anoka County Workforce Board, Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board, Hennepin-Carver Workforce Development Board, Minneapolis Workforce Development Board, Ramsey County Workforce Development Board and the Washington County Workforce Board. As part of the statewide CareerForce system, staff from these workforce development organizations, along with staff from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and community partners serve tens of thousands of job seekers and employers every year across the Twin Cities.
&lt;br /&gt;
DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/find-your-workforce-strategy-consultant&quot;&gt;Workforce Strategy Consultants&lt;/a&gt; assist employers with creating strategies and policies for hiring and retaining a younger workforce. And, of course, there&apos;s plenty of data and labor market tools to assist teenagers with learning more about work opportunities out there and how to improve their chances in securing that work, such as:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/youth-resources&quot;&gt;CareerForce Minnesota Youth Resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/lmi-job-seekers/&quot;&gt;Data for Job Seekers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/GetMyFuture/default.aspx&quot;&gt;Get My Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/GetMyFuture/Toolkit/find-youth-programs.aspx?frd=true&quot;&gt;Youth Program Finder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the labor market shifting in the Metro Area and Minnesota, it&apos;s important to understand how these changes are impacting all populations, and how all stakeholders, including career seekers, employers, schools and educators, local and state governments, economic development agencies, nonprofits and more can be a part of workforce development to make it as efficient and equitable as possible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>641693</id><pubdate>2024-08-20T13:37:56Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Each month, the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) releases labor force statistics that detail movement in  the labor force.</Description><Audience/><Title>Labor Force Conditions in the Twin Cities Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Labor Force Conditions in the Twin Cities Metro Area</Title><title>2024-07-16 Labor Force ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-632150&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-07-16T17:48:28Z</Date><ShortDescription>Each month, the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) releases labor force statistics that detail movement in  the labor force.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Each month, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment and Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) releases labor force statistics that detail movement in  the labor force. Available through DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/laus/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Local Area Unemployment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (LAUS) tool, this data is available for Minnesota, its regions, its counties, and its larger cities. This data allows users to analyze current conditions, as well as how unemployment, employment and labor force numbers have fared over time. Let&apos;s look at how the Metro Area&apos;s labor force is doing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of May 2024, the Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s labor force hit 1,720,261 people. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/lmi-help/glossary-lmi/#L&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;labor force is comprised of both employed and unemployed persons&lt;/a&gt;, specifically those actively searching for work. Being a separate survey, this estimate differs from the Census Bureau&apos;s American Community Survey (ACS) estimates, which showed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/604474&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Metro Area&apos;s labor force at 1,778,728 people in 2022&lt;/a&gt;. While the ACS 5-year estimates cannot be directly compared with DEED&apos;s LAUS estimates, the larger labor force size reported by the ACS in 2022 does reveal a major trend: the Metro Area&apos;s labor force size is down from previous years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Between February 2020 and May 2024, the region&apos;s labor force is down by nearly 35,000 people (-2.0%). Much of this is due to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/march-2024/labor-force.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;aging labor force and changing labor force participation rates&lt;/a&gt;. Over-the-year, between May 2023 and May 2024, the Metro Area&apos;s labor force was down by nearly 17,700 people (-1.0%). More encouragingly, the region&apos;s labor force has recovered some from lows witnessed in 2021. More specifically, between January 2021 and May 2024, the region&apos;s labor force expanded by over 39,100 people (+2.3%) (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/071624_tc_figure1_tcm1045-632166.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Labor Force Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Labor Force Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;071624_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in upon the labor force data reveals very low unemployment across the Metro Area. As of May 2024, the unemployment rate in the region was 2.5%. This was slightly below Minnesota&apos;s 2.7% and more than a full percentage point below the national rate of 3.7%. The Metro Area&apos;s rate of 2.5% represents approximately 42,400 unemployed persons (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Labor Force Conditions in the Twin Cities Metro Area, May 2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Unemployment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Unemployment Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,720,361&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,677,970&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;42,391&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.5%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Hennepin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;704,740&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;687,779&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,961&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Ramsey County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;285,316&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;278,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,316&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Dakota County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;242,417&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;236,554&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,863&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Anoka County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;198,786&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;193,541&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,245&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Washington County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;145,048&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;141,569&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,479&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Scott County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;84,562&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;82,480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,082&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Carver County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;59,492&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58,047&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,445&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,085,864&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,002,684&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;83,180&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Local Area Unemployment Statistics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This low rate of unemployment in the Metro Area has been persistent. After spiking to 12.1% during the COVID-19 recession in May 2020, the unemployment rate in the region steadily declined to 2.3% over the next 18 months. Over the past two and a half years, the unemployment rate has averaged 2.5% each month, varying from as low as 1.8% to a high of 3.2%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Like the labor force size, the number of unemployed persons in the Metro Area is down from pre-COVID levels. Between February 2020 and May 2024, the number of unemployed persons in the Metro Area is down by nearly 9,400. So, what does this all mean? Essentially, the labor market continues to remain very tight in the region. While job postings have cooled off somewhat over the past two years, the Metro Area still has 0.6 unemployed persons per job vacancy. With the pool of unemployed persons lower, along with a recovering labor force size, there will need to be increased emphasis on workforce connections to assist employers and career seekers alike. CareerForce offers no fee assistance to job seekers and employers in locations across the metro area and throughout Minnesota. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Find contact info for a CareerForce location near you&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>632150</id><pubdate>2024-07-16T14:46:29Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Recent data from the Job Vacancy Survey showcases hiring demand across Minnesota and its regions in 2023, reveals high hiring demand in Health Care &amp; Social Assistance. </Description><Audience/><Title>Health Care Hiring in the Twin Cities Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Health Care Hiring in the Twin Cities Metro Area</Title><title>2024-06-17 Health Care Hiring ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-627803&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-06-17T17:48:28Z</Date><ShortDescription>Recent data from the Job Vacancy Survey showcases hiring demand across Minnesota and its regions in 2023, reveals high hiring demand in Health Care &amp; Social Assistance. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment and Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) recently released brand new data from its &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS). This data, which showcases hiring demand across Minnesota and its regions in 2023, reveals high hiring demand in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance. If you&apos;ve followed past Local Look blogs, this high hiring demand from all &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;regions of the state&lt;/a&gt; will come as no surprise. Health Care is huge in Minnesota. It&apos;s the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;largest-employing industry sector&lt;/a&gt;, and the demand for health care services continue to track high as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/admin/demography/data-by-topic/aging/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;state&apos;s population continues to age&lt;/a&gt;. The month, we&apos;ll take a close look at the latest hiring data for Health Care in the Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Getting right to the numbers, DEED&apos;s JVS shows Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance had nearly 20,500 job vacancies in the Metro Area in 2023. This was, far and away, the most job vacancies for any industry in the region. Where Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance accounted for 16.6% of the Metro Area&apos;s total covered employment in 2023, the industry accounted for 26.1% of the region&apos;s total job vacancies (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/061724_TC_figure1_tcm1045-627804.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1: Metro Area Job Vacancies by Industry, 2023&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1: Metro Area Job Vacancies by Industry, 2023&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;061724_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For those 20,500 Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance job vacancies, just over half (56%) required some level of postsecondary education. More specifically, 19% did not require any formal education, 25% required a high school diploma or equivalent, 9% required vocational training, 25% required an associate degree, and 22% required a bachelor&apos;s degree or more. The median hourly wage offer for all job vacancies in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, $21.92, was just a bit higher than the median hourly wage offer for the total of all job vacancies across all industries, $20.47.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of course, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance accounts for a wide variety of occupational groups and specific occupations. The two occupational groups with the most demand in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance include Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical occupations, such as doctors and nurses, and Healthcare Support occupations, like Personal Care Aides and Nursing Assistants.
&lt;br /&gt;
In 2023, the Metro Area had over 14,800 job vacancies between these two occupational groups. Zooming in on these occupational groups, the specific occupations with the most job vacancies included Personal Care Aides, Registered Nurses and Nursing Assistants. Together these three occupations accounted for over 6,500 job vacancies. Other specific occupations with high numbers of job vacancies included Medical Assistants, Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses, Dental Hygienists and Psychiatric Technicians.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1 reveals specific job vacancy characteristics for these occupations, including the share of job vacancies requiring postsecondary education, the share requiring at least one year of work experience, and median wage offers. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; tool to learn more about health care demand in the Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Healthcare Occupations with the Most Job Vacancies, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Job Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share Part Time&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share Req. Postsecondary Education&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share Req. 1+ Years of Work Experience&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;78,325&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;27%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;39%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;50%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$20.47&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8,747&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;30%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;92%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;67%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$34.12&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Healthcare Support Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6,088&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;37%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;27%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;28%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$17.84&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal Care Aides&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,592&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,488&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;41%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;98%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;64%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36.11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,432&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Medical Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;815&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;98%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;45%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.93&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dental Hygienists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;523&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;44%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;84%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Psychiatric Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;478&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.80&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pharmacists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;391&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42.33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Home Health Aides&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;360&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;348&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;38%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Clinical Laboratory Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;330&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;76%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;72%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Radiologic Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;286&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;59%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;97%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To discover more about health care employment in the Metro Area,&lt;/strong&gt; Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>627803</id><pubdate>2024-06-17T21:37:55Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>DEED recently released new data within its Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) tool.</Description><Audience/><Title>Occupational Employment and Wages in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Occupational Employment and Wages in the Metro Area</Title><title>2024-05-13 OEWS ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-625640&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-05-28T18:19:18Z</Date><ShortDescription>DEED recently released new data within its Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) tool.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Minnesota &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment and Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) recently released new data within its &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OEWS) tool. This tool shows employment and typical wages by occupation and region in Minnesota. Updated annually, this data reveals estimated employment and wages in the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area, as well as multiple other economic development regions and other geographic areas of the state.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to new OEWS data, the Metro Area had an estimated 1,743,500 jobs during the first quarter of 2024. Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support occupations had the most employment out of 22 major occupational groups, accounting for 12.4% of the Metro Area&apos;s jobs. Business &amp;amp; Financial Operations, Sales &amp;amp; Related, Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving, Management, and Transportation &amp;amp; Material Moving occupations all held between 7.5% and 8.5% of the region&apos;s total jobs. Altogether, these top six-employing occupational groups accounted for over half (51.9%) of the Metro Area&apos;s total jobs (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052424_TC_Figure1_tcm1045-625647.png&quot; title=&quot;Occupational Group Share of Total Jobs&quot; alt=&quot;Occupational Group Share of Total Jobs&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052424_TC_Figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, the Metro Area&apos;s 1.7 million jobs account for approximately three-fifths (60.5%) of Minnesota&apos;s total jobs. Zooming in, however, reveals that certain occupational groups are much more concentrated in the Metro Area. For example, Legal, Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical, Business &amp;amp; Financial Operations, and Architecture &amp;amp; Engineering occupations all have more than 70% of their respective statewide employment located just in the Metro Area. Other occupational groups with more than 60.5% of statewide employment in the Metro Area include Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports &amp;amp; Media; Life, Physical &amp;amp; Social Science; Management; Personal Care &amp;amp; Service; Healthcare Support; and Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Those occupational groups with significantly or moderately lower statewide shares of employment in the Metro Area include Farming, Fishing, &amp;amp; Forestry; Production; Construction &amp;amp; Extraction; Installation, Maintenance &amp;amp; Repair; and Healthcare Practitioners.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052424_TC_Figure2_tcm1045-625648.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Share of MN Employment by Occupational Gropu&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Share of MN Employment by Occupational Gropu&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052424_TC_Figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of course, we can also dig into the wage data by occupational group and specific occupation with DEED&apos;s OEWS tool. Table 1 highlights 25th percentile hourly wages and median (50th percentile) hourly wages for the 22 major occupational groups in the Metro Area. According to the new first quarter 2024 data, the occupational groups with the highest median hourly wages in the region include Management ($63.50), Legal ($55.72), Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical ($52.09), Architecture &amp;amp; Engineering ($46.98), and Healthcare Practitioners ($46.47). The median hourly wage for the total of all occupations is $27.78 (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should be noted that the OEWS wage is straight-time gross pay, including base pay, incentive pay, cost-of-living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, on-call pay, and tips. Excluded from the wage definition are overtime pay, shift differentials, non-production bonuses, holiday pay, meal and lodging payments, draw, severance pay, back pay, jury duty pay, and tuition reimbursements. Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/oes&quot;&gt;the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics website&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Qtr. 1 2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;SOC Code&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupational Group&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25th Percentile Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,743,500&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$19.13&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$27.78&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;430000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;215,890&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;130000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business &amp;amp; Financial Operations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;148,630&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.75&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40.39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;410000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sales &amp;amp; Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;141,920&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;350000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;136,270&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.65&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;110000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;132,050&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$63.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;530000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation &amp;amp; Material Moving&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;129,950&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;310000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;104,830&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;510000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Production&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;104,740&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;290000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Practitioners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100,690&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46.47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;250000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Instruction &amp;amp; Library&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93,160&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.03&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.07&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;150000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;76,680&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39.71&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52.09&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;470000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction &amp;amp; Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58,530&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37.81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;490000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation, Maintenance &amp;amp; Repair&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55,220&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;370000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building &amp;amp; Grounds Cleaning &amp;amp; Maintenance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;45,450&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.52&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;170000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Architecture &amp;amp; Engineering&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;41,270&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46.98&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;390000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal Care &amp;amp; Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;37,880&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;210000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Community &amp;amp; Social Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33,430&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.88&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;330000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Protective Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26,960&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.48&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;270000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports &amp;amp; Media&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24,370&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30.84&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;190000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Life, Physical &amp;amp; Social Science&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19,390&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42.20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;230000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Legal&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15,120&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.82&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$55.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;450000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Farming, Fishing &amp;amp; Forestry Occupations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,050&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.98&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>625640</id><pubdate>2024-05-28T14:34:08Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>We’ve officially entered the second quarter of the calendar year, which brings along drastic seasonal changes in Minnesota.</Description><Audience/><Title>Construction Reemergence in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Construction Reemergence in the Metro Area</Title><title>2024-04-23 Construction ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-621555&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-04-23T18:19:18Z</Date><ShortDescription>We’ve officially entered the second quarter of the calendar year, which brings along drastic seasonal changes in Minnesota.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;We&apos;ve officially entered the second quarter of the calendar year, which brings along drastic seasonal changes in Minnesota. This is true not only for warming temperatures, blooming flowers and trees, and the reemergence of birds and bugs, but also changes in the state&apos;s industry employment. This is especially so for an industry like Construction.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In the Metro Area, the Construction industry sector has &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;averaged a 14.7% bump in employment&lt;/a&gt; between the first and second quarter every year going back to 2000 (excluding those losses witnessed in 2020 due to COVID). This is equivalent to about 8,800 additional jobs during second quarter over first quarter each year. This seasonal bump in second quarter employment far outpaces the 2.4% average increase in jobs for the total of all industries between first and second quarter each year. Only Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, &amp;amp; Hunting; Mining; and Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation witness larger respective seasonal employment increases between the first and second quarters of each year. All other major industry sectors have much less variation in employment levels between Q1 and Q2 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041824_TC_figure1_tcm1045-621562.png&quot; title=&quot;Average Q1 to Q2 Employment Change by Industry&quot; alt=&quot;Average Q1 to Q2 Employment Change by Industry&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041824_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should be noted that Construction employment reaches its typical employment heights each year during the third quarter. While the average employment gain between the second and third quarter isn&apos;t as significant as the gains between first and second quarter, Construction employment has expanded by an average of 7.2% between the second and third quarter each year since 2000 in the Metro Area. This is equivalent to approximately 5,000 jobs added each year during the third quarter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;So, let&apos;s look at the latest third quarter 2023 data for Construction in the Metro Area. As of that time, the region had over 7,000 Construction establishments supplying nearly 86,000 covered jobs. This made Construction the Metro Area&apos;s ninth largest-employing industry sector, accounting for about 5% of the region&apos;s total employment. Nearly two-thirds of these jobs (63.6%) are categorized in Specialty Trade Contractors, 21.8% are categorized in Construction of Buildings, and 14.6% are categorized in Heavy &amp;amp; Civil Engineering Construction. The average annual wage among all Construction jobs in the Metro Area, at $88,764, was nearly $13,600 higher than the average annual wage for the total of all jobs in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While the Metro Area witnesses the reemergence of Construction employment every year in the second and third quarters, it has witnessed the reemergence of such employment at a higher level, too. Between the third quarters of 2019 and 2023, Construction employment in the Metro Area expanded by 4.1%. This was equivalent to nearly 3,400 jobs. This is during a period when total employment in the region is still aiming to recover fully from the impacts of the COVID-19 recession. Zooming in, employment expansion in Construction has been especially strong in Other Heavy &amp;amp; Civil Engineering Construction; Residential Building Construction; Utility System Construction; and Highway, Street, &amp;amp; Bridge Construction (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041824_TC_table1_tcm1045-621563.png&quot; title=&quot;Construction Industry Statistics in the Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Construction Industry Statistics in the Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041824_TC_table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For those looking to take advantage of seasonal and annual growth trends in Construction, check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForceMN.com&lt;/a&gt; for more information on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/jobfairs&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;hiring events, job fairs&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/training-programs/construction-training&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;training programs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>621555</id><pubdate>2024-04-23T20:44:36Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>March is Women’s History Month, where the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history is commemorated and encouraged.</Description><Audience/><Title>Female Industry Employment in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Female Industry Employment in the Metro Area</Title><title>2024-03-14 Female ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-615403&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-03-26T18:19:18Z</Date><ShortDescription>March is Women’s History Month, where the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history is commemorated and encouraged.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;March is &lt;a href=&quot;https://womenshistorymonth.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Women&apos;s History Month&lt;/a&gt;, where the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history is commemorated and encouraged. To a similar end, this month we&apos;ll study, observe and celebrate the vital role of women in the Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment and Economic Development&apos;s&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Employment Demographics&lt;/a&gt; (QED) tool, we can analyze job distribution statistics, median hourly wages and median hours worked by gender. This data can be broken down further by geography and industry. Using this data reveals that jobs in the Metro Area are held by a near-even split of females and males, with females taking the slight edge (51.2%) to males (48.8%). A quick look at the major industry sectors, however, reveals several stark distribution swings. Those industries with higher shares of female-held jobs include Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (76.7%), Educational Services (68.4%), Other Services (57.5%), Finance &amp;amp; Insurance (54.4%), Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (53.6%), Management of Companies (51.3%) and Arts, Entertainment &amp;amp; Recreation (51.3%). Meanwhile, those industries with significantly lower shares of female-held jobs include Mining (13.6%), Construction (15.6%), Utilities (22.7%), Manufacturing (30.8%), Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing (31.2%) and Wholesale Trade (32.1%) (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Industry Employment Demographics, Qtr. 1 2023
&lt;br /&gt;
Sorted by Female Share of Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Employment Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Median Hourly Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Female&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Male&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Female&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Male&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;51.2%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;48.8%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$25.90&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$30.88&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;76.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.06&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.67&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;57.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;42.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Finance &amp;amp; Insurance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;54.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;45.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43.79&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$61.87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;46.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.56&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management of Companies&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$50.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.93&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Real Estate &amp;amp; Rental &amp;amp; Leasing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.90&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.43&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing &amp;amp; Hunting&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;47.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;52.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$50.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Admin. Support &amp;amp; Waste Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;45.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;54.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;60.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$47.87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;32.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.41&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;69.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.82&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;84.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;86.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.54&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.48&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;DEED Quarterly Employment Demographics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s QED tool also reveals stark gender differences in earnings. Across all industries, the female median hourly wage of $25.90 was 83.9% of the male median hourly wage of $30.88. The female share of male earnings was lowest in Finance &amp;amp; Insurance (70.8%), Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services (74.5%), Construction (75.7%), Mining (80.9%), Other Services (82.0%) and Management of Companies (82.1%). Female median earnings were higher or more equal in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (106.1%), Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (101.8%), Educational Services (101.6%), Administrative Support &amp;amp; Waste Management Services (99.1%) and Arts, Entertainment &amp;amp; Recreation (95.8%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Similar to DEED&apos;s QED tool, the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt; (QWI) provides detailed information on industry employment and earnings by gender. For both data tools, users can filter by geography and year to analyze female employment trends at the statewide, regional and local level.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>615403</id><pubdate>2024-03-26T18:52:39Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The Metro Area&apos;s foreign-born population, which includes anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth, makes up a vitally important part of the region&apos;s total population.</Description><Audience/><Title>The Metro Area&apos;s Foreign-Born Population to the Rescue</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Metro Area&apos;s Foreign-Born Population to the Rescue</Title><title>2022-02-22 Population ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-610375&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-02-22T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Metro Area&apos;s foreign-born population, which includes anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth, makes up a vitally important part of the region&apos;s total population.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Metro Area&apos;s foreign-born population, which &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/topics/population/foreign-born.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;includes anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth&lt;/a&gt;, makes up a vitally important part of the region&apos;s total population. This is especially so as the region&apos;s total population and labor force continue to age, and as its labor market conditions remain tight. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS) 5-year estimates, the Metro Area had a total foreign-born population of 377,728 people in 2022. As such, this population accounted for well over one-tenth (12.0%) of the region&apos;s total population. Where the Metro Area accounts for a little over half (55.1%) of Minnesota&apos;s total population, it accounts for over three-quarters (78.4%) of Minnesota&apos;s total foreign-born population.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;And this population is growing fast. Between 2010 and 2022, the Metro Area&apos;s foreign-born population expanded by 29.3%. This was equivalent to over 85,600 people. For reference, the region&apos;s total population expanded by 10.5% during this period. Growth for foreign-born populations in the Metro Area between 2010 and 2022 were especially rapid for those persons reporting origins from central Africa (+185.9%), western Africa (+86.1%), eastern Africa (+81.9%), south central Asia (+64.8%), southern Africa (+58.8%), and western Asia (+57.0%). As of 2022, 39.1% of foreign-born persons in the region reported origins in Asia, 28.8% reported origins in Africa, 22.7% reported origins in the Americas, 9.1% reported origins in Europe, and 0.3% reported origins in Oceania (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Place of Birth for the Metro Area&apos;s Foreign-Born Population, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Place of Birth&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2022 Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Change from&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;2010-2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Number&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, Foreign-born Population&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;377,728&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+85,641&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+29.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Europe:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;34,297&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+657&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northern Europe&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,310&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+301&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Western Europe&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,074&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+59&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+0.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southern Europe&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,917&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+345&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+21.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Eastern Europe&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18,924&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-95&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asia:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;147,665&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;39.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+33,538&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+29.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Eastern Asia&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;27,653&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3,653&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+15.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;South Central Asia&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40,384&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;27.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+15,883&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+64.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;South Eastern Asia&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;72,560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+11,423&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+18.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Western Asia&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,649&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,415&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+57.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Africa:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;108,930&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;28.8%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+47,577&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+77.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Eastern Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;69,356&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+31,226&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+81.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Middle Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,456&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,247&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+185.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northern Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,062&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+488&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+13.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southern Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,048&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+388&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+58.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Western Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;29,333&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+13,571&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+86.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oceania:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,210&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;0.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+477&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+65.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Americas:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;85,626&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;22.7%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3,392&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Latin America&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77,754&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;90.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3,301&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northern America&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,872&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+91&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Source: 2018-2022 American Community Survey&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As previously mentioned, foreign-born populations in the Metro Area are helping with tight labor market conditions in the region. This is largely due to the younger age profile for foreign-born persons. In 2022, over three-fifths (61.9%) of the region&apos;s foreign-born population reported being between the ages of 25 and 54 years. This age cohort is typically labeled &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/labor-force-participation-rate-for-people-ages-25-to-54-in-may-2023-highest-since-january-2007.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;prime-working age&lt;/a&gt;,&quot; as persons between 25 and 54 years have the highest labor force participation rates. For reference, only about two-fifths (40.9%) of the region&apos;s total population reported being between 25 and 54 years of age. For foreign-born persons moving into and residing in the Metro Area, they are ready, willing, and able to work. Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/lmi-reports/importance-immigration/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Importance of Immigration&lt;/a&gt; reports to learn more about foreign-born populations in the regions and in the state.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/022124_tc_figure1_tcm1045-610376.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Population by Age Group&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Population by Age Group&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;022124_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Office of New Americans was recently established to help connect immigrants, refugees and evacuees with employment, among other goals. In addition &lt;a href=&quot;https://CareerForceMN.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce&lt;/a&gt; assists foreign-born persons with securing work in the region and state. More information about refugee resettlement can be found with the Minnesota Department of Human Services&apos; (DHS) &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/dhs/partners-and-providers/program-overviews/refugee-resettlement/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Refugee Resettlement Programs Office&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>610375</id><pubdate>2024-02-22T18:02:02Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>At the very end of 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau released updated estimates through the American Community Survey (ACS).</Description><Audience/><Title>Educational Attainment in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Educational Attainment in the Metro Area</Title><title>202-01-23 Educational Attainment in the Metro Area ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-607900&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-01-26T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>At the very end of 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau released updated estimates through the American Community Survey (ACS).</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the very end of 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau released updated estimates through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS). These new 2022 5-year estimates are available for all geographies down to the census tract and block group levels. Additionally, the ACS data covers a wide array of vital information, including employment, income and poverty, housing, disability status, veteran status and more. Last month, we looked at &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/604474&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;labor force statistics and trends&lt;/a&gt; in the region. This month let&apos;s take a closer look at the Metro Area&apos;s educational attainment, zooming in upon educational attainment by location as well as by race and ethnicity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the new 2022 5-year estimates, the 7-County Metro Area had a total population of 2,422,397 people who were 18 years of age and older. Of this population, more than nine out of every ten (93.3%) had a high school diploma/equivalent or more. This was compared to 93.0% for Minnesota and 89.0% for the United States. Nearly three-quarters (73.3%) of the Metro Area&apos;s population 18 years of age and older had some level of postsecondary education. This was compared to 68.5% for Minnesota and 61.8% for the United States. Finally, 43.6% of the Metro Area&apos;s population 18 years of age and older had a bachelor&apos;s degree or more. This was compared to 35.5% for Minnesota and 31.7% for the United States (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Educational Attainment in the Metro Area, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Metro Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Minnesota&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Estimate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Estimate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Population 18 Years &amp;amp; Over&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2,422,397&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4,388,208&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Less than High School&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;162,283&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;305,981&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High School Graduate (includes equivalency)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;483,634&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,076,325&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Some College or Associate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;719,778&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;29.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,449,908&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree or More&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,056,702&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,555,994&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;35.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Educational attainment in the Metro Area does vary a bit by county. For example, the share of persons 18 years of age and older with a bachelor&apos;s degree or more ranged from 29.4% in Anoka County to 49.4% in Hennepin County. It should be noted here that Anoka County&apos;s industry distribution leans more towards Manufacturing and Construction. These industries, while not requiring extensive levels of postsecondary education, have occupations with high wages and paths for career advancement. Meanwhile, Hennepin County&apos;s industry distribution leans more towards Professional &amp;amp; Business Services and Financial Activities. Occupations in these industries typically require bachelor&apos;s degrees or more (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Table 2. Metro Area Educational Attainment by County, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Population 18 Years &amp;amp; Over&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share High School Grad or More&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share Bachelor&apos;s Degree or More&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Anoka County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;277,906&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;29.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carver County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;79,516&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;95.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;46.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dakota County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;333,650&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;94.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;41.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hennepin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;995,622&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ramsey County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;420,702&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;90.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;41.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Scott County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;111,192&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Washington County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;203,809&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;95.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;44.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2,422,397&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;93.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;43.6%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4,388,208&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;93.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;35.5%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Educational attainment in the Metro Area also varies widely by race and ethnicity. For example, when analyzing the region&apos;s total population 25 years of age and older, the share of people obtaining at least a high school diploma or equivalent ranges from 68.6% for those reporting as Some Other Race to 97.1% for those reporting as white. Meanwhile, the share of people obtaining a bachelor&apos;s degree or more ranges from 20.5% for those reporting as Some Other Race to 50.4% for those reporting as white (Figure 1). Understanding educational attainment, along with disparities by race and ethnicity, is vital to understanding longer-term population and labor force statistics and trends.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/012324_tc_figure1_tcm1045-607897.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Educational Attainment by Race and Ethnicity for the Population 25 years and older&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Educational Attainment by Race and Ethnicity for the Population 25 years and older&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;012324_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For example, there is a strong relationship between higher levels of postsecondary education and income, along with lower levels of poverty and unemployment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>607900</id><pubdate>2024-01-26T17:21:24Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>This past month the U.S. Census Bureau released updated estimates through the American Community Survey (ACS). These new 5-year estimates covering 2018 to 2022 are available for all geographies down to the census tract and block group levels.</Description><Audience/><Title>The Metro Area&apos;s Changing Labor Force</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Metro Area&apos;s Changing Labor Force</Title><title>2023-12-14 Labor Force ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-604474&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-12-19T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>This past month the U.S. Census Bureau released updated estimates through the American Community Survey (ACS). These new 5-year estimates covering 2018 to 2022 are available for all geographies down to the census tract and block group levels.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This past month the U.S. Census Bureau released updated estimates through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs&quot;&gt;American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS). These new 5-year estimates covering 2018 to 2022 are available for all geographies down to the census tract and block group levels. Additionally, the ACS data covers a wide array of vital information, including employment, educational attainment, income and poverty, housing, disability status, veteran status, and more. This month let&apos;s take a closer look at the Metro Area&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/lmi-help/glossary-lmi/#L&quot;&gt;labor force&lt;/a&gt; characteristics by age, and how the region&apos;s labor force has changed in recent years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2022.S2301?q=S2301&amp;amp;g=040XX00US27_050XX00US27003,27019,27037,27053,27123,27139,27163&quot;&gt;2022 5-year estimates&lt;/a&gt;, the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area had a labor force size of 1,778,729 people. It should be noted that the labor force includes all persons, 16 years of age and older, who are either employed or unemployed. Overall, the Metro Area had a labor force participation rate of 71.0% in 2022, with the highest labor force participation rates for those between the ages of 25 and 54 years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Between the 2017 and 2022 5-year estimates, the Metro Area&apos;s labor force expanded by 3.6%. This was equivalent to over 61,600 additional people. For reference, Minnesota&apos;s labor force size rose by 2.6% during that period, meaning the Twin Cities accounted for a majority of the state&apos;s labor force growth. The most significant growth in the Metro Area&apos;s labor force was for those persons between the ages of 35 and 44 years, with those between the ages of 60 and 74 years also adding a significant number to the region&apos;s labor force. The most rapid growth was for those persons 65 to 74 years, as well as those persons 75 years and over. Declines were witnessed for those persons between the ages of 45 and 54 years, as well as those persons between 20 and 29 years (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Labor Force Characteristics by Age, 2022 5-Year Estimates&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Age Cohort&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Labor Force Participation Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Labor Force Change 2017-2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Numeric&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Population 16 years &amp;amp; over&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2,503,656&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,778,729&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;71.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;61,656&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;16 to 19 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;157,642&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;79,234&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4,519&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+6.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;20 to 24 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;193,205&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;160,616&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;83.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-799&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;25 to 29 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;225,314&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;202,412&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;89.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-468&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;30 to 34 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;234,004&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;210,814&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;90.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5,973&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;35 to 44 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;439,630&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;391,054&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;89.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+42,167&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+12.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;45 to 54 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;385,986&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;341,099&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;88.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-25,103&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-6.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;55 to 59 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;209,166&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;171,351&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;81.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1,117&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+0.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;60 to 64 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;195,151&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;128,601&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;65.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+16,361&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+14.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;65 to 74 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;278,540&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;81,184&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;29.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+16,299&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+25.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;75 years &amp;amp; over&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;185,018&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12,622&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,573&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+25.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in, Hennepin County added the most to the Metro Area&apos;s labor force between 2017 and 2022 (+26,769 persons). However, Scott County witnessed the most rapid growth in its labor force during that period, growing by 8.6%. Carver County (+5.7%) and Washington County (+5.4%) also witnessed faster labor force growth between 2017 and 2022 (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 2. Metro Area Labor Force Statistics by County
&lt;br /&gt;
2022 5-Year Estimates&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Labor Force Size&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Labor Force Participation Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Labor Force Change, 2017-2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Numeric&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Anoka County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;202,932&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+6,549&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carver County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;60,394&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;73.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3,250&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dakota County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;249,078&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;72.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8,228&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hennepin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;735,236&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;71.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+26,769&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ramsey County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;297,326&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,465&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+0.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Scott County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;87,460&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;75.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+6,934&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Washington County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;146,303&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;69.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7,459&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,778,729&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;71.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+61,656&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3,117,089&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;68.7%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+78,247&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>604474</id><pubdate>2023-12-19T14:56:32Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>With winter fast approaching, and the holiday season along with it, so too comes seasonal hiring. Much of this hiring will come within the Metro Area’s third largest-employing industry sector: Retail Trade.</Description><Audience/><Title>Retail Trade Jobs in the Metro</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Retail Trade Jobs in the Metro</Title><title>2023-11-15 Retail ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-601572&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-11-27T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>With winter fast approaching, and the holiday season along with it, so too comes seasonal hiring. Much of this hiring will come within the Metro Area’s third largest-employing industry sector: Retail Trade.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With winter fast approaching, and the holiday season along with it, so too comes seasonal hiring. Much of this hiring will come within the Metro Area&apos;s third largest-employing industry sector: Retail Trade. As of the second quarter of 2023, this industry was comprised of nearly &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;8,200 establishments supplying over 154,400 jobs in the region&lt;/a&gt;. And these jobs are dispersed among a variety of areas, from department stores and supercenters, to grocery and liquor stores, to furniture and electronics retailers, to clothing stores, jewelry retailers, sporting goods stores and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With such a variety of subsectors, the Retail Trade industry has a wide variety of entry points and career pathways. The occupations with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/occupational-staffing/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;highest concentrations of employment&lt;/a&gt; in this sector include Retail Salespersons; Cashiers; Stockers &amp;amp; Order Fillers; First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers; Customer Service Representatives; Automotive Service Technicians &amp;amp; Mechanics; Pharmacy Technicians; Laborers &amp;amp; Freight, Stock &amp;amp; Material Movers; Food Preparation Workers; Fast Food &amp;amp; Counter Workers; Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers; and Parts Salespersons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Many of these &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Retail Trade occupations are large&lt;/a&gt; and employ thousands of workers. Retail Salespersons, for example, is the Metro Area&apos;s second largest-employing occupation, out of more than 800 specific occupations. Customer Service Representatives is the region&apos;s third largest-employing occupation. Laborers &amp;amp; Freight, Stock &amp;amp; Material Movers; Fast Food &amp;amp; Counter Workers; and Cashiers are also in the region&apos;s top ten largest-employing occupations. With such high employment in the Metro Area, many of these occupations have equally &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;large numbers of job vacancies&lt;/a&gt;. In fact, the top ten occupations with the highest concentration of jobs in Retail Trade account for one-sixth of the Metro Area&apos;s total job vacancies. These are clearly jobs that are in high demand (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Occupations with High Employment Concentration in Retail Trade&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Occupation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Hourly Wage Percentiles&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2022 Job Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2020 – 2030
&lt;br /&gt;
Employment Outlook&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25th&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;75th&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Growth Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Projected Openings&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,718,290&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$18.46&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$25.67&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$40.42&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;98,330&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+6.2%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;886,608&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Salespersons&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40,140&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.52&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,205&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25,241&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cashiers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;28,180&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.86&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,263&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26,296&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Stockers &amp;amp; Order Fillers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24,130&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.68&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.77&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,316&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15,865&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,640&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.85&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.53&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,152&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-6.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,750&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Customer Service Representatives&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39,680&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.90&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,686&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19,515&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Automotive Service Technicians &amp;amp; Mechanics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,160&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.45&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;414&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,978&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,520&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,060&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,406&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Laborers &amp;amp; Freight, Stock &amp;amp; Material Movers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;32,790&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.41&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;735&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,224&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Preparation Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,310&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.98&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,077&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,980&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fast Food and Counter Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;32,040&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.43&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.80&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,481&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+12.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;47,038&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Light Truck Drivers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12,160&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.83&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.26&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;399&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,056&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Parts Salespersons&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,190&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;814&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics, Occupational Staffing Patterns, Job Vacancy Survey, Employment Outlook&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the nature of being such large occupations, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Employment Outlook&lt;/a&gt; data also reveals that many retail occupations will have a very large number of projected openings through 2030. As Table 1 reveals, this is mainly due to replacement openings. For example, while total employment for Retail Salespersons is anticipated to decline by 3.0% between 2020 and 2030 in the Metro Area, it is still projected to have over 25,200 projected openings. This is solely due to replacement openings – existing jobs that become available because the current worker retires or switches careers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>601572</id><pubdate>2023-11-27T21:07:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The Metro Area Local Look recently highlighted the importance of Manufacturing to the region’s labor market and economy, timed along with the celebration of Manufacturing Month in October.</Description><Audience/><Title>Manufacturing Becoming More Diverse in the Metro</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Manufacturing Becoming More Diverse in the Metro</Title><title>2023-10-13 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-597649&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-10-27T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Metro Area Local Look recently highlighted the importance of Manufacturing to the region’s labor market and economy, timed along with the celebration of Manufacturing Month in October.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Metro Area Local Look&lt;/a&gt; recently highlighted the importance of Manufacturing to the region&apos;s labor market and economy, timed along with the celebration of &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/manufacturing-month-proclamation_tcm1045-497660.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Manufacturing Month in October&lt;/a&gt;. As the Metro Area&apos;s second largest-employing industry sector, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;with about 175,000 jobs&lt;/a&gt;, Manufacturing deserves the spotlight once more. This time around the light will shine on Manufacturing demographics and how the industry is becoming more diverse with time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt; (QWI), the Metro Area had 173,815 Manufacturing jobs in 2022. Just over three-quarters (76.0%) of these jobs were held by workers reporting as white, with the remaining quarter (24.0%) held by workers reporting as a race other than white. Comparatively, about one-fifth (20.4%) of jobs across all industries in the Metro Area were held by workers reporting as a race other than white.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over time, Manufacturing employment in the Metro Area has become more racially diverse. Less than 9% of Manufacturing jobs were held by workers reporting as a race other than white in 1995, which nearly doubled through 2010 to 16.0%. Over the past decade of available data, between 2012 and 2022, total Manufacturing employment in the Metro Area increased by 5.4% (+8,835 jobs). But where the number of Manufacturing jobs held by white workers decreased by -3.8% (-5,216 jobs), the share of jobs held by workers reporting a race other than white increased by 50.7% (+14,051 jobs). At the same time, the number of Manufacturing jobs held by workers reporting Hispanic or Latino origin increased by 54.4% (+4,151 jobs) (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101323_TC_figure1_tcm1045-597677.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Manufacturing Employment Share by Race and Ethnicity&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Manufacturing Employment Share by Race and Ethnicity&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101323_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in on race, 14.7% of the Metro Area&apos;s Manufacturing jobs in 2022 were held by Asian or Other Pacific Islanders (25,512 jobs), 7.0% were held by Black or African Americans (12,093 jobs), 1.8% were held by workers reporting Two or More Races (3,088 jobs), and 0.6% were held by American Indian or Alaska Natives (1,063 jobs). Between 2012 and 2022, Manufacturing jobs held by Asian or Other Pacific Islanders increased the most (+7,585 jobs; +42.3%), while jobs held by Black or African Americans increased the fastest during that period (+5,012 jobs; +70.8%). Manufacturing jobs held by workers reporting Two or More Races increased by 66.0% (+1,228 jobs) between 2012 and 2022, and jobs held by American Indian and Alaska Natives increased by 27.5% (+229 jobs).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The QWI data also allows for a finer level of analysis with specific industry sectors. While data for the Metro Area is only available for nine specific Manufacturing sectors at this level of analysis, we can see how each of these sectors has become more diverse over the past decade. For example, about one-third (33.2%) of Food Manufacturing jobs in the Metro Area are held by workers reporting as a race other than white. This was up from 26.3% in 2012. Meanwhile, the share of Wood Product Manufacturing jobs held by workers reporting as a race other than white increased from 7.4% in 2012 to 22.7% in 2022. The nine specific Manufacturing sectors highlighted in Figure 2 represented 80.8% of the region&apos;s total Manufacturing employment in 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101323_TC_figure2_tcm1045-597678.png&quot; title=&quot;Increasing Diversity for Select Manufacturing Sectors in the Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Increasing Diversity for Select Manufacturing Sectors in the Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101323_TC_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data from the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s QWI tool also allows users to analyze industry employment by age, gender, and educational attainment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>597649</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:55Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The presence and importance of Manufacturing to the Seven-County Metro Area&apos;s labor market and economy cannot be understated.</Description><Audience/><Title>Manufacturing Employment in the Metro Expands Beyond Pre-COVID Levels</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Manufacturing Employment in the Metro Expands Beyond Pre-COVID Levels</Title><title>2023-09-13 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-592126&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-09-15T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The presence and importance of manufacturing to the Seven-County Metro Area&apos;s labor market and economy cannot be understated.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The presence and importance of manufacturing to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/metro-lmi.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Seven-County Metro Area&apos;s labor market&lt;/a&gt; and economy cannot be understated. In 2022, the Metro Area had over 4,000 Manufacturing establishments supplying nearly 175,000 covered jobs. As such, Manufacturing was the region&apos;s second largest-employing industry sector, accounting for one-in-ten jobs. Manufacturing employment in the Metro Area accounts for over half (53.9%) of Minnesota&apos;s total Manufacturing employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing is also a high-paying industry. Across the Metro Area, the average annual wage for jobs in Manufacturing was just under $87,000. This was 13.1% higher than the average annual wage for the total of all industries. In other words, the typical manufacturing worker in the Metro Area earned about $10,100 more per year than the typical worker across all industries. Altogether, the total payroll for Manufacturing in the Metro Area was $15.2 billion in 2022. This accounted for 11.4% of the region&apos;s total payroll (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Manufacturing Industry Statistics, Annual 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Firms&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share of Area Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Payroll ($1,000s)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Avg. Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8,548&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;323,730&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$24,910,538&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$76,908&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4,054&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;174,558&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$15,191,233&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$86,996&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hennepin Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,763&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;76,304&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$6,767,484&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$88,660&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ramsey Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;656&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;28,254&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$2,688,014&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$95,108&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Anoka Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;591&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;23,413&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;18.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$1,989,990&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$84,968&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dakota Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;474&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;19,320&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$1,538,339&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$79,612&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Washington Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;230&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11,164&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;12.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$853,907&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$76,440&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carver Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;161&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;9,833&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;24.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$823,401&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$83,720&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Scott Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;180&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;6,268&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$530,098&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$84,552&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As both a large-employing and high-paying industry, it&apos;s also important to note that Manufacturing employment in the Metro Area now exceeds pre-pandemic levels. Between 2019 and 2020, Manufacturing employment in the region declined by 4.0% (-6,889 jobs). Between 2020 and 2022, the industry expanded by 5.0% (+8,386 jobs). As such, Manufacturing in the region in 2022 was about 1,500 jobs above its 2019 level. For reference, total employment across all industries in the region was still down by about 47,700 jobs between 2019 and 2022 on an annual average basis (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091323_tc_figure1_tcm1045-592139.png&quot; title=&quot;Manufacturing Employment Trends in the Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Manufacturing Employment Trends in the Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091323_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With just over 76,300 Manufacturing jobs, Hennepin County accounts for 43.7% of the region&apos;s total Manufacturing employment. Ramsey County, with over 28,200 Manufacturing jobs, accounts for another 16.2% of the region&apos;s total Manufacturing employment. Together, three-in-five Metro Area Manufacturing jobs are located right in Hennepin and Ramsey counties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing, however, is much more highly concentrated in Carver and Anoka counties. With over 23,400 jobs, Manufacturing makes up nearly one-fifth (18.1%) of Anoka County&apos;s total employment. Likewise, with more than 9,800 jobs, this industry makes up nearly one-fourth (24.3%) of Carver County&apos;s total employment. Manufacturing is also slightly more concentrated in Washington County than the state, where it makes up 12.2% of the county&apos;s total employment (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Continuing to analyze industry data from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment and Economic Development&apos;s&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW), here are the top-employing Manufacturing subsectors for each county in the Metro Area:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hennepin County&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Electronic Product Manufacturing (13,614 jobs in 2022; 17.8% of the county&apos;s total Manufacturing employment)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Miscellaneous Manufacturing (13,485 jobs; 17.7%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Machinery Manufacturing (10,413 jobs; 13.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ramsey County&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Electronic Product Manufacturing (8,647 jobs; 30.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Miscellaneous Manufacturing (3,295 jobs; 11.7%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Printing &amp;amp; Related Support Activities (2,821 jobs; 10.0%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anoka County&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (8,702 jobs; 37.2%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Electronic Product Manufacturing (5,386 jobs; 23.0%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Machinery Manufacturing (1,704 jobs; 7.3%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dakota County&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Food Manufacturing (3,272 jobs; 16.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3,005 jobs; 15.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Electronic Product Manufacturing (2,977 jobs; 15.4%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Washington County&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wood Product Manufacturing (4,523 jobs; 40.5%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Chemical Manufacturing (1,136 jobs; 10.2%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Machinery Manufacturing (838 jobs; 7.5%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carver County&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Electronic Product Manufacturing (2,640 jobs; 26.8%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Chemical Manufacturing (1,723 jobs; 17.5%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Miscellaneous Manufacturing (1,220 jobs; 12.4%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scott County&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Electronic Product Manufacturing (1,253 jobs; 20.0%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Printing &amp;amp; Related Support Activities (1,124 jobs; 17.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Apparel Manufacturing (617 jobs; 9.8%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>592126</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:55Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Recently, the Minnesota Department of Employment &amp; Economic Development (DEED) released 1st quarter 2023 employment data through the Quarterly Census of Employment &amp; Wages (QCEW).</Description><Audience/><Title>A Region in Recovery</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Region in Recovery</Title><title>2023-08-14 QCEW ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-587900&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-08-22T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Recently, the Minnesota Department of Employment &amp; Economic Development (DEED) released 1st quarter 2023 employment data through the Quarterly Census of Employment &amp; Wages (QCEW).</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently, the Minnesota &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment &amp;amp; Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) released 1st quarter 2023 employment data through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW). QCEW data provides industry employment and wage information at the state, regional, and county level, including all establishments covered under the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program. As such, we can get a look at how the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/metro-lmi.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Seven-County Metro Area&apos;s&lt;/a&gt; employment is trending in recent years. This is especially insightful as the region continues to recover from the COVID-19 recession in 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to DEED&apos;s QCEW data, the Metro Area had 94,300 establishments supplying 1,718,974 covered jobs during 1st quarter 2023. As Figure 1 shows, the region was up 26,779 jobs (+1.6%) from 1st quarter 2022 and up 87,239 jobs (+5.3%) from 1st quarter 2021. However, the region is still down 38,394 jobs (-2.2%) from 1st quarter 2020. In other words, the Metro Area has regained about 70% of the more than 125,600 jobs it lost between the first quarters of 2020 and 2021, and still has some distance to go to get back to pre-pandemic employment levels (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/081423_tc_figure1_tcm1045-587905.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Job Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Job Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;081423_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In all, the Metro Area has about 38,400 jobs to gain to match the pre-COVID levels of employment it had during 1st quarter 2020. The bulk of the region&apos;s employment losses have been felt in Hennepin and Ramsey counties. Hennepin County must regain over 32,100 jobs to reach 1st quarter 2020 levels of employment while Ramsey County must gain 11,600 jobs. Dakota County must recover nearly 4,900 jobs to reach pre-COVID levels of employment. Meanwhile, Scott County, Washington County, Anoka County, and Carver County are all now above their respective 1st quarter 2020 levels of employment. In fact, at just over 4,300 jobs above its pre-COVID level of employment, Scott County has gained the most jobs of any county in Minnesota between the first quarters of 2020 and 2023 (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Job Change by County, Q1 2020 – Q1 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Number of Establishments&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Q1 2020 – Q1 2023 Job Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Numeric&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;207,623&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2,835,269&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-20,797&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;94,300&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,718,974&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-38,394&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Hennepin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;44,777&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;898,953&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-32,151&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-3.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Ramsey County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15,461&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;318,874&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-11,600&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-3.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Dakota County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,740&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;182,913&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4,873&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Anoka County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,676&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;129,501&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,137&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Washington County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,840&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;90,876&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,974&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Scott County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,938&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;57,599&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4,302&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Carver County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,868&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40,256&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+817&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At an industry level, Finance &amp;amp; Insurance (-11,036 jobs), Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (-8,725 jobs), and Retail Trade (-8,098 jobs) are the three industries with the most employment loss between the 1st quarters of 2020 and 2023. Educational Services (-5,686 jobs) and Administrative Support &amp;amp; Waste Management Services (-5,419 jobs) are also significantly below their respective pre-COVID levels of employment. Meanwhile, Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing (+2,730 jobs), Manufacturing (+2,730 jobs), and Construction (+1,801 jobs) have experienced the most employment growth since 1st quarter 2020. Overall, nine major industries in the Metro Area are above their respective pre-COVID levels of employment, while 11 are still below (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/081423_tc_figure2_tcm1045-587906.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Industry Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Industry Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;081423_tc_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>587900</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:53Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>With thousands of current vacancies and projected future openings, Home Health &amp; Personal Care Aides have recently been ranked as the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area’s most in-demand occupation.</Description><Audience/><Title>Metro Area Occupations in Demand</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Metro Area Occupations in Demand</Title><title>2023-07-12 OID ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-584960&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-07-19T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>With thousands of current vacancies and projected future openings, Home Health &amp; Personal Care Aides have recently been ranked as the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area’s most in-demand occupation.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With thousands of current vacancies and projected future openings, Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides have recently been ranked as the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s most in-demand occupation. This is according to DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand (OID) tool&lt;/a&gt;. Other occupations at the top include Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, Cashiers, and Customer Service Representatives. In all, DEED&apos;s OID tool reveals 300 specific occupations with high or very high demand in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s OID tool lists current career opportunities in a region as determined by regularly updated local labor market data. These lists, which are available for the State of Minnesota and six planning regions, are calculated based on the following data sources:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Unemployment Insurance Claims&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Along with a relative demand ranking, the OID lists also reveal job characteristics, including wages, employment outlook, educational requirements, and on-the-job training requirements. Table 1 highlights some of this data for the top 15 occupations in demand in the Metro Area. For example, Home Health and Personal Care Aides typically require a high school diploma or equivalent for entry, have a median annual wage of $33,154, and are projected to grow by 26.5% through 2030. This growth rate is equivalent to approximately 67,700 net new and replacement openings in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Top Occupations in Demand, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25th Percentile Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2020-2030 Growth Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2020-2030 Projected Openings&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Education Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Home Health and Personal Care Aides&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30,764&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33,154&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+26.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67,733&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$84,022&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$91,157&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12,644&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Salespersons&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30,201&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33,769&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25,241&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cashiers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28,822&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30,580&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26,296&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Customer Service Representatives&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38,177&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$47,638&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19,515&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38,057&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41,302&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+18.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,041&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Software Developers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$102,173&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$117,626&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+23.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14,840&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,924&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43,351&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,253&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Postsecondary non-degree award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42,078&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49,618&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-6.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,750&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38,676&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$44,689&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,224&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Stockers and Order Fillers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32,629&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36,894&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15,856&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51,037&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$61,872&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,605&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fast Food and Counter Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30,018&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31,619&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+12.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;47,038&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Waiters and Waitresses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23,936&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24,621&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+17.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17,230&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Janitors and Cleaners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31,803&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37,572&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18,669&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Occupations in Demand&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Out of 22 major occupational groups, Business &amp;amp; Financial Operations had the most occupations within the Metro Area&apos;s top 100 occupations in demand. Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related occupations and Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support occupations tie with the second most occupations in demand in the top 100. Other occupational groups with many occupations at the top include Transportation &amp;amp; Material Moving, Sales &amp;amp; Related, Management, and Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By educational attainment requirements, occupations requiring a high school diploma or less make up the largest share of in demand occupations in the Metro Area. In fact, those occupations requiring a high school diploma or less account for about half (49.0%) of the region&apos;s 300 in demand occupations. Just over one-third (37.0%) of the region&apos;s in demand occupations require a bachelor&apos;s degree or more to start. The remaining 14% of occupations in demand require either postsecondary non-degree awards or an Associate Degree.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By wage, about nine out of every 10 of the Metro Area&apos;s occupations in demand had median hourly wages that met or exceeded the region&apos;s basic needs &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cost of Living&lt;/a&gt; for an individual with no children, which equaled $18.05 in 2022. About three-in-four of the Metro Area&apos;s occupations in demand had median hourly wages that met or exceeded the region&apos;s basic needs cost of living for a typical family of three, which was $21.70 in 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>584960</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:53Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>If you’re looking for work in a high-demand field, look no further than healthcare.</Description><Audience/><Title>Healthcare Hiring Demand in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Healthcare Hiring Demand in the Metro Area</Title><title>2023-06-12 Healthcare ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-580738&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-06-14T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>If you’re looking for work in a high-demand field, look no further than healthcare.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you&apos;re looking for work in a high-demand field, look no further than healthcare. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Job Vacancy Survey (JVS)&lt;/a&gt;, employers in the Twin Cities metro area reported over 25,400 job vacancies in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance in 2022. This accounted for over one-quarter (25.9%) of the region&apos;s total job vacancies at that time. While slightly down from its peak number of job vacancies in 2021, the number of job vacancies in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance is up by more than 75% from 2017, showing extreme demand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should be noted that Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance includes a wide variety of occupations. Of course, there is high demand for Personal Care Aides, Registered Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other healthcare occupations. But there is also high demand for Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support, Community &amp;amp; Social Service, Management, Personal Care &amp;amp; Service, Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving occupations, and more. The entry points into Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, as well as the educational and career pathways available, are countless.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beyond industries, which are comprised of a variety of different types of occupations, DEED&apos;s JVS data also allows users to view specific occupations. Healthcare occupations are broken down into two distinct occupational groups: &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=290000&amp;amp;geog=SCMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical occupations&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=310000&amp;amp;geog=SCMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Healthcare Support occupations&lt;/a&gt;. Together, these two occupational groups accounted for just over 20,000 job vacancies in the Metro Area in 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Though both involved in healthcare, these two groups are comprised of very different occupations. For example, 84% of Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical occupation job vacancies require post-secondary education, with an overall median wage offer of $29.63. In comparison, just 47% of Healthcare Support occupations require postsecondary education, with an overall median wage offer of $16.00 (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;7&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Healthcare Job Vacancies, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupational Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Job Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Job Vacancy Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Part Time Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Req. Post-Secondary Education&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Req. Work Experience&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;98,330&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$19.96&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;36%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;38%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;16%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11,408&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10.9&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$29.63&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;60%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;84%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;68%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Healthcare Support&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8,641&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.8&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$16.00&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;47%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;19%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;20%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal Care Aides&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,744&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.98&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;46%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,444&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.69&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;99%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;76%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,594&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22.8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Vocational Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,553&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23.1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,060&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25.9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;35%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Home Health Aides&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;715&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.75&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Medical Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;678&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.32&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;60%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pharmacists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;509&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38.41&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;64%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;83%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Veterinary Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;473&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21.5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;85%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Clinical Laboratory Technologists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;432&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;61%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;87%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: DEED Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As previously mentioned, those healthcare occupations with the most job vacancies in the Metro Area include &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-1122&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Personal Care Aides&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-1141&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-1131&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/a&gt;. Altogether, these three occupations accounted for nearly 9,800 job vacancies in 2022, or nearly half of all the job vacancies between Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical and Healthcare Support occupations. Other occupations with a lot of job vacancies in these two groups include: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2061&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2052.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-1121&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Home Health Aides&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-9092&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Medical Assistants&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-1051&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pharmacists&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2056&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterinary Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2011&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Clinical Laboratory Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Analyzing JVS data, it&apos;s easy to only look at the number of job vacancies reported. The job vacancy rate, however, reveals a more complete picture of hiring demand. Essentially, the job vacancy rate is the percent of job vacancies relative to all filled jobs in the occupation. A high vacancy rate indicates a relatively strong demand for a particular occupation. A job vacancy rate is considered high if it&apos;s above the job vacancy rate for all occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In the Metro Area in 2022, the job vacancy rate for all occupations was 6.0%. Those healthcare occupations with very high job vacancy rates includes: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-9095&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pharmacy Aides&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-1224&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Radiologists&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-1217&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Neurologists&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2051&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dietetic Technicians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-9011&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Massage Therapists&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2052.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2061&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/31-1131&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/a&gt;, Ophthalmologists, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2056&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterinary Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2042&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Emergency Medical Technicians&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/29-2035&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists&lt;/a&gt;. Each of these occupations had a job vacancy rate of over 20%. In sum, there were nearly 50 healthcare occupations with a high job vacancy rate of over 6.0%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In the end, the data from DEED&apos;s JVS is clear – the demand for workers in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance is high. This is also true for those specific occupations within Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical occupations and Healthcare Support occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Caring Careers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;June is the kick off for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/CaringCareer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Follow Your Heart to a Caring Career campaign&lt;/a&gt;, including a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn-careerforce-prod-files.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/2023-06/follow-heart-caring-career-proclamation.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;proclamation from the Governor&lt;/a&gt; explaining the benefits of working in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance. DEED&apos;s Regional Analysts put together a series of blogs focused on Health Care employment and opportunities in all 6 planning regions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/central/central-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/580737&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Central&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/580739&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Northeast&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northwest/northwest-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/580740&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Northwest&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/southeast/southeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/580741&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Southeast&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/southwest/southwest-blog.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Southwest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As detailed in previous articles, the Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance industry has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/december-2021/critical.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;under stress since the pandemic&lt;/a&gt;, but remains a great long-term career opportunity as it is projected to be the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/march-2022/job-outlook.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;largest growing industry&lt;/a&gt; over the next decade. The goal of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/CaringCareer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Caring Careers campaign&lt;/a&gt; is to help jobseekers find their fit in health care employment that makes a real difference in the lives of others. Jobseekers that are interested can begin an in-demand career path with great growth potential and no training beyond high school required to start in many positions. Employers even pay for initial training in many cases – and they may also pay for future training to help workers grow their career and earn more money. Many employers also welcome employees who are learning English.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>580738</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:53Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>May is Tech Month across Minnesota, which highlights the importance of the state’s Information Technology (IT) workforce.</Description><Audience/><Title>Information Technology Hiring Demand in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Information Technology Hiring Demand in the Metro Area</Title><title>2023-05-10 Tech ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-577320&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-05-10T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>May is Tech Month across Minnesota, which highlights the importance of the state’s Information Technology (IT) workforce.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;May is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/may-tech-month#:~:text=Technology%20Workforce%20Month%20%2D%20Tech%20Month,key%20role%20in%20Minnesota&apos;s%20economy.&quot;&gt;Tech Month across Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, which highlights the importance of the state&apos;s Information Technology (IT) workforce. This is especially so in the Twin Cities Metro Area, where a high share of Minnesota&apos;s IT jobs are located. For the purposes of this post, we&apos;ll be looking strictly at Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical Occupations, which are those specific occupations most associated with IT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey (JVS)&lt;/a&gt;, employers across the Metro Area reported just over 3,800 Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical job openings in 2022. While down from nearly 5,800 such job vacancies in 2021, the 3,800 IT job vacancies are the second highest reported in the region over the past decade (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/tc-5-10-2023-picture1_tcm1045-577326.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Computer and Mathematical Job Vacancy Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Computer and Mathematical Job Vacancy Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;tc-5-10-2023-picture1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As previously mentioned, the Metro Area accounts for a high share of Minnesota&apos;s IT jobs. While the region&apos;s employers reported just over half (53.3%) of the state&apos;s total job vacancies in 2022, it held six-out-of-seven (86.0%) Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical job vacancies (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;7&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Computer and Mathematical Occupations Job Vacancies, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupational Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Job Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Job Vacancy Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Part Time Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Req. Post-Secondary Education&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Req. Related Work Experience&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;98,330&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$19.96&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;36&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;38&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;16&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3,821&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.6&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$42.59&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;16&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;74&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;64&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Software Developers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,894&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43.42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer User Support Specialists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;435&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Systems Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;291&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.54&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;82&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Information Systems Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;208&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Network &amp;amp; Computer Systems Administrators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;205&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43.53&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Web &amp;amp; Digital Interface Designers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;159&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12.3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49.16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information Security Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;158&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Operations Research Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;111&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;84&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Data Scientists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;91&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;64&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Software Quality Assurance Analysts &amp;amp; Testers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45.69&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;85&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Information Research Scientists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66.9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Database Architects&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;64&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;75&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;82&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Occupations, All Other&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43.81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;85&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Actuaries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;52&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11.0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$48.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;91&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;56&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Network Architects&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;56&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Web Developers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Programmers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Database Administrators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.54&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Statisticians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Network Support Specialists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While revealing the high demand for IT jobs in the Metro Area, DEED&apos;s JVS also reveals the characteristics of that demand. For example, the median wage offer of $42.59 for Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupations in the Metro Area was more than twice the median wage offer for the total of all occupations, $19.96. IT jobs are more often full-time positions requiring more postsecondary education. IT job vacancies also typically require related work experience (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Those IT occupations with the most vacancies in the Metro Area include &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/15-1252.00&quot;&gt;Software Developers&lt;/a&gt; (1,894 job vacancies), &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/15-1232.00&quot;&gt;Computer User Support Specialists&lt;/a&gt; (435 job vacancies), &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/15-1211.00&quot;&gt;Computer Systems Analysts&lt;/a&gt; (291 job vacancies), &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/11-3021.00&quot;&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Information Systems Managers&lt;/a&gt; (208 job vacancies), and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/15-1244.00&quot;&gt;Network &amp;amp; Computer Systems Administrators&lt;/a&gt; (205 job vacancies).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>577320</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:53Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>March is Women&apos;s History Month, where the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history is commemorated and encouraged.</Description><Audience/><Title>Female Employment in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Hiring Demand in the Metro Area</Title><title>2023-04-14 Demand ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-574582&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-04-24T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>According to newly released data from DEED&apos;s Job Vacancy Survey (JVS), employers in the Twin Cities Metro Area had 98,330 job vacancies in 2022.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to newly released data from DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS), employers in the Twin Cities Metro Area had 98,330 job vacancies in 2022. This represents the third highest number of job vacancies in the region since the JVS data was first collected in 2001, only behind the record number of vacancies reported in the second and fourth quarters of 2021 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041423_TC_figure1_tcm1045-574584.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Job Vacancy Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Job Vacancy Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041423_TC_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Combining JVS data with unemployment data from DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/laus/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Local Area Unemployment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (LAUS) program reveals how tight the Metro Area&apos;s labor market is. While unemployment spiked during the COVID-19 recession in 2020, it has since dropped to historic lows. Together, DEED&apos;s JVS and LAUS data showed there were 0.3 unemployed persons per job vacancy in 2021. With the number of job vacancies dropping in 2022, along with slightly higher unemployment, these data showed there were 0.4 unemployed persons per job vacancy in 2022. So, while the Metro Area&apos;s labor market is showing signs of loosening, it is still very much a tight labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;So how do these 98,330 job vacancies break down? By industry sector, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance had the most job vacancies, and by a wide margin. With over 25,400 job vacancies in 2022, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance accounted for over one-quarter (25.9%) of the Metro Area&apos;s total job vacancies. This was nearly twice as many job vacancies as the industries reporting the second and third most during that period: Retail Trade with over 12,900 job vacancies and Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services with nearly 12,800 job vacancies. Rounding out the top five industries were Manufacturing, with nearly 9,100 job vacancies, and Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services, with over 6,600 job vacancies (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Job Vacancies by Industry, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share of Total Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Job Vacancy Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Requires Postsecondary Education&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;98,330&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$19.96&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;38%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25,433&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.06&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;54%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12,944&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.03&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12,771&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11.6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,077&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.61&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,640&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;74%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,713&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.82&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;75%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Finance &amp;amp; Insurance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,885&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,129&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.85&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;59%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative &amp;amp; Waste Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,222&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,808&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,425&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.06&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Real Estate &amp;amp; Rental &amp;amp; Leasing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,892&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.90&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management of Companies&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,703&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37.51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;74%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,500&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,319&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.41&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.0&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;661&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;61%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;71&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing &amp;amp; Hunting&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;32&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The occupations with the most job vacancies in the Metro Area include Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Workers, Fast Food &amp;amp; Counter Workers, Maids &amp;amp; Housekeeping Cleaners, Cashiers, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Customer Service Representatives, Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses, and Stockers &amp;amp; Order Fillers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s JVS data also shows how job vacancies in the Metro Area break down by various characteristics. This includes job vacancy rates, median wage offers, share of job vacancies being for part-time work or for temporary or seasonal work, and share of job vacancies requiring post-secondary education, experience, and certifications or licenses. For example, 38% of the Metro Area&apos;s 98,330 job vacancies in 2022 required post-secondary education. The median wage offer for all job vacancies was $19.96.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>574582</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:51Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>March is Women&apos;s History Month, where the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history is commemorated and encouraged.</Description><Audience/><Title>Female Employment in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Female Employment in the Metro Area</Title><title>2023-03-14 Female ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-570197&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-03-20T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>March is Women&apos;s History Month, where the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history is commemorated and encouraged.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;March is &lt;a href=&quot;https://womenshistorymonth.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Women&apos;s History Month&lt;/a&gt;, where the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history is commemorated and encouraged. To a similar end, this month we&apos;ll study, observe, and celebrate the vital role of women in the Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt; (QWI) program, we can get an idea of how total employment has shifted from pre-COVID-19 levels by analyzing the change between the second quarters of 2019 and 2022. During that period, total jobs held by female workers in the Metro Area declined by 3.4%, compared to a 3.9% drop for men. This is equivalent to approximately 30,940 jobs lost for females. In other words, total female employment during the second quarter of 2022 was at 96.6% of its respective total employment during the second quarter of 2019, compared to 96.1% for males.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/031423_tc_figure1_tcm1045-570198.png&quot; title=&quot;Female Employment in the Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Female Employment in the Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 80%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;031423_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Between the second quarters of 2010 and 2019, total jobs held by female workers increased in the Metro Area by 16.4% (+128,490 jobs). Such employment then fell by 7.3% (-66,230 jobs) between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020. Female-held jobs then increased by 4.2% (+35,290 jobs) between the second quarters of 2020 and 2022 (Figure 1). Overall, female employment loss between 2019 and 2020 was more severe than male employment loss (-7.3% versus -5.7%) but has rebounded more rapidly between 2020 and 2022 (+4.2% versus +2.0%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Exploring these trends by industry provides a more complete picture of the Metro Area&apos;s changing labor market by gender. The industries with the most significant losses in female-held jobs between the second quarters of 2019 and 2022 include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation: -3,080 jobs (-15.1%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Management of Companies: -4,800 jobs (-10.7%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services: -7,320 jobs (-10.4%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Educational Services: -10,940 jobs (-10.2%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Finance &amp;amp; Insurance: -5,390 jobs (-8.5%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other Services: -2,730 jobs (-7.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Retail Trade: -5,140 jobs (-6.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing: -820 jobs (-5.7%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, the industries with the most significant increases in female-held jobs between the second quarters of 2019 and 2022 include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Agriculture: +250 jobs (+19.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Construction: +2,100 jobs (+17.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Professional, Scientific, &amp;amp; Technical Services: +4,400 jobs (+6.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wholesale Trade: +1,290 jobs (+4.7%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Information: +390 jobs (+2.8%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Public Administration: +270 jobs (+0.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance: +1,530 jobs (+0.7%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/031423_tc_figure2_tcm1045-570199.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Change in Female Held Jobs&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Change in Female Held Jobs&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;031423_tc_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Last year, we looked at &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/521270&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;female employment in the Metro Area&lt;/a&gt; using DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Employment Demographics&lt;/a&gt; (QED) tool. This data revealed those industries with higher shares of female employment in the Metro Area, including Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, Educational Services, Other Services, Finance &amp;amp; Insurance, and Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services. The industries with lower shares of female employment include Construction, Mining, Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing, Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, Information, and Administrative &amp;amp; Support Services.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>570197</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:51Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the 7-county Twin Cities Metro Area’s population declined over the past year.</Description><Audience/><Title>Population Change in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Population Change in the Metro Area</Title><title>2023-02-13 Population ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-565216&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-02-14T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the 7-county Twin Cities Metro Area’s population declined over the past year</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, the 7-county Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s population declined over the past year. This was quite a reversal, after the metro added an average of more than 31,000 net new residents each year from 2010 to 2020. To understand the shift, let&apos;s take a look at the components of population change for the Metro Area and its counties (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;Table 1. Twin Cities Metro Area Components of Population Change, 2020-2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;-&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Total Population Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Natural Increase&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Vital Events&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Net Migration&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Births&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Deaths&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;International&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Domestic&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Twin Cities Metro Area&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9,225&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+12,410&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;45,203&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;32,793&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-21,638&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,917&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-24,555&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;State of Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+896&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+12,512&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;79,493&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66,981&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-11,734&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4,213&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-15,947&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Each year, the Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/popest-popproj.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Population Estimates Program&lt;/a&gt; uses current data on births, deaths, and migration to calculate population change since the most recent decennial census. According to these estimates, the Metro Area&apos;s total population declined by 9,225 people between April 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021. The region grew due to a natural increase of 12,410 people, with more births than deaths during that period. However, the region witnessed a net migration loss of 21,638 people. In other words, more people are moving out of the Metro Area than in. This loss in net migration was entirely due to domestic migration patterns, which overcame the region&apos;s increase of 2,917 international immigrants between 2020 and 2021 (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021323_tc_figure1_tcm1045-565210.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Total Population Change&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Total Population Change&quot; style=&quot;width: 70%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021323_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;The Metro Area&apos;s total population loss was due to losses in Hennepin County and Ramsey County. Like the region, both Hennepin and Ramsey counties witnessed natural increases to their respective populations, as well as growth from international immigration. Overall population losses were due to domestic migration patterns. Hennepin County lost 20,397 people to domestic out-migration between 2020 and 2021, while Ramsey County lost 11,942 more people than it brought in.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;All other counties in the Metro Area witnessed net population growth between 2020 and 2021. This growth was led by Washington County, which saw its population increase by a total of 4,688 people during that period, and Anoka County, which saw its population increase by 3,131 people (Figure 1). Where every county in the Metro Area witnessed population growth from international immigration, only four counties witnessed positive domestic migration flows: Washington County, Anoka County, Scott County, and Carver County.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;So, what&apos;s the story with domestic migration patterns in the Metro Area? One tool that can begin to shed light on this question is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://migrationpatterns.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s Migration Patterns&lt;/a&gt; tool. This tool specifically looks at the migration patterns of young adults in the United States. For example, between the ages of 16 and 26 years, many young adults from the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region moved to Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver, and New York.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>565216</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:50Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>To start off 2023, let’s look at the Metro Area’s newest labor force data. </Description><Audience/><Title>Labor Force Characteristics in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Labor Force Characteristics in the Metro Area</Title><title>2023-01-04 Labor Force ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-559323&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2023-01-11T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>To start off 2023, let’s look at the Metro Area’s newest labor force data. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To start off 2023, let&apos;s look at the Metro Area&apos;s newest labor force data. Specifically, the demographics of the region&apos;s labor force. To do this, we turn to the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. Released in December 2022, ACS estimates can provide for an in-depth analysis of labor force statistics by age, race and ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, educational attainment, and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to ACS estimates, the Metro Area had a labor force size of just over 1,777,000 people in 2021, with a labor force participation rate of 71.6%. Labor force participation rates were highest for those in the prime working age cohorts, between the ages of 25 and 54 years. These rates decline significantly for people between the ages of 65 and 74 years, and especially so for those 75 years of age and older as many of these people retire from working. Labor force participation rates are also typically lower for individuals with reported disabilities, as well as those with less educational attainment (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Labor Force Characteristics, 2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;-&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Twin Cities Metro Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Minnesota Unemployment Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;In Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Labor Force Participation Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Unemployment Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total Labor Force&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,777,042&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;71.6%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; 16 to 19 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;77,028&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;49.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;12.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;10.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; 20 to 24 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;156,784&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;83.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;6.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; 25 to 44 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;801,364&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;89.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; 45 to 54 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;346,192&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;88.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; 55 to 64 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;304,048&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;74.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; 65 to 74 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;79,755&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;29.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; 75 years &amp;amp; over&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;11,986&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Employment Characteristics by Race &amp;amp; Hispanic Origin&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;White alone&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,359,311&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;71.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Black or African American&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;158,508&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;73.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;American Indian &amp;amp; Alaska Native&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7,508&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;59.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;12.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Asian or Other Pac. Islanders&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;133,630&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;73.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Some Other Race&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;45,109&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;77.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;6.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;6.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Two or More Races&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;73,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;76.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hispanic or Latino&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;108,544&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;78.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;6.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;6.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Employment Characteristics by Veteran Status&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Veterans, 18 to 64 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;51,020&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;83.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Employment Characteristics by Disability&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;With Any Disability, 20 to 64 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;85,732&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;55.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;10.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;9.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Employment Characteristics by Educational Attainment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Population, 25 to 64 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,451,321&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;85.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; Less than H.S. Diploma&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;67,144&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;67.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; H.S. Diploma or Equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;225,235&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;77.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; Some College or Assoc. Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;417,748&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;85.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt; Bachelor&apos;s Degree or Higher&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;741,791&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;90.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over time, unemployment rates in the Metro Area and Minnesota are significantly higher for teenagers, as well as younger adults between the ages of 20 and 24 years. Disparities are also present when analyzing unemployment by race and ethnicity. For example, those reporting as American Indian and Alaska Native and Black or African American have unemployment rates above 8.0%, which was nearly two and a half times the white unemployment rate in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Keeping a close eye on labor force statistics can help to understand where disparities and challenges exist in the labor market. Such statistics can be tracked over time, too, to see if such disparities and challenges are improving or becoming more significant.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>559323</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:51Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>With the month of December and the holiday season upon us, let’s take a closer look into the Metro Area’s Retail Trade employment. </Description><Audience/><Title>Retail Trade in the Metro Area </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Retail Trade in the Metro Area </Title><title>2022-12-14 Retail Trade ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-551983&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-12-14T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>With the month of December and the holiday season upon us, let’s take a closer look into the Metro Area’s Retail Trade employment. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the month of December and the holiday season upon us, let&apos;s take a closer look into the Metro Area&apos;s Retail Trade employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; title=&quot;Retail Trade Industry Statistics&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Table 1. Retail Trade Industry Statistics in the Metro Area, Qtr. 2 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Number of Establishments&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Share of Total Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Avg. Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;91,366&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,727,561&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$73,424&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8,197&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;154,221&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.9%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$39,312&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;General Merchandise Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;498&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;34,312&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;22.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;$32,708&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food &amp;amp; Beverage Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,160&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;29,904&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;19.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;$29,484&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Motor Vehicle &amp;amp; Parts Dealers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;794&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;17,426&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;11.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;$68,016&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book &amp;amp; Misc. Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,569&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;16,205&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;10.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;$35,828&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building Material &amp;amp; Garden Equipment &amp;amp; Supplies Dealers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;481&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;15,076&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;9.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;$40,092&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, &amp;amp; Jewelry Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,084&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;11,524&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;$31,408&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,052&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;11,276&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;$49,972&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, &amp;amp; Appliance Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;790&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;9,763&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;6.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;$51,168&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Gasoline Stations &amp;amp; Fuel Dealers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;769&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8,733&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;$30,576&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With nearly 8,200 establishments supplying over 154,200 jobs, Retail Trade is the Metro Area&apos;s third largest-employing industry sector. Almost one in every ten jobs in the region are in this industry. When it comes to holiday shopping, many of us will undoubtedly think of Department Stores, as well as Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters, which include stores like Walmart, Target, Sam&apos;s Club, Costco, and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment within these sectors, under General Merchandise Retailers, accounts for over 34,300 jobs, or over one-fifth of Retail Trade&apos;s total employment. As such it makes sense that these sectors come to mind first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121222_tc_figure1_tcm1045-551984.png&quot; title=&quot;Retail Trade Job Trends in the Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Retail Trade Job Trends in the Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121222_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, nearly all sectors of Retail Trade will be buzzing this holiday season and beyond. Many of us will turn to Food &amp;amp; Beverage Stores; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument &amp;amp; Book Retailers; Clothing &amp;amp; Clothing Accessories Retailers; and Furniture and Electronics and Appliance Retailers for gifts, personal wants, and household necessities. Sectors such as Motor Vehicle &amp;amp; Parts Dealers and Gasoline Stations will also be there in the mix for any traveling we may do this winter and beyond (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Like most industries, Retail Trade was greatly impacted by COVID-19. Between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020, this industry&apos;s total employment declined by 17.0%. This was equivalent to losing approximately 27,800 jobs across the Metro. For reference, the Metro Area&apos;s total employment across all industries declined by 13.1% during that period. However, Retail Trade rebounded by 13.1% between the second quarters of 2020 and 2021, a recovery of nearly 17,900 jobs, and has so far held flat through 2022 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Here&apos;s a quick look at those occupations that are in high demand within Retail Trade, along with the median hourly wage for those jobs in the Metro Area:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Retail Salespersons ($14.76)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cashiers ($14.60)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stockers and Order Fillers ($17.69)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales workers ($23.82)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Customer Service Representatives ($23.15)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics ($25.04)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pharmacy Technicians ($23.06)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers ($14.90)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;General and Operations Managers ($49.18)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand ($19.05)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Office Clerks, General ($20.47)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers ($24.29)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>551983</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>On Friday, November 11, we recognize and honor military veterans across the state of Minnesota and the United States.</Description><Audience/><Title>Veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA</Title><title>2022-11-4 Veterans ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-546850&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-11-08T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>On Friday, November 11, we recognize and honor military veterans across the state of Minnesota and the United States.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On Friday, November 11, we recognize and honor military veterans across the state of Minnesota and the United States. This month, we&apos;ll look at veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), including a breakdown of veterans by period of service, and how veterans contribute to the region&apos;s labor market. We&apos;ll also look at resources that veterans can utilize through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/veterans-resources&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) and CareerForce&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/110422_tc_figure1_tcm1045-546849.png&quot; title=&quot;Veterans by Period of Service in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA&quot; alt=&quot;Veterans by Period of Service in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;110422_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=veteran&amp;amp;g=0400000US27_310XX00US33460&amp;amp;tid=ACSST1Y2021.S2101&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates&lt;/a&gt;, the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA has an estimated 154,125 veterans. As such, veterans make up approximately 5.5% of the region&apos;s total population 18 years of age and older. When reporting period of service, most veterans in the region report serving during the Vietnam Era, with a significant number also reporting serving either during the first or second Gulf Wars (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over the past decade, between 2011 and 2021, the number of veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA decreased by nearly 47,900 people. The share of older veterans has greatly declined over this period, with World War II veterans passing on. For example, WWII veterans represent about 1.5% of the region&apos;s total veterans today, where they accounted for about 8.5% in 2011. Korean War veterans represent about 6.2% of the region&apos;s total veterans today, where they accounted for about 11.8% in 2011. And while the share of Vietnam Era veterans has remained similar over the past decade, the 55,344 such veterans in 2021 is over 20,200 less than in 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Whether serving in WWII or more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan or serving in the military without deployment in a conflict, veterans in the region are highly educated. As of 2021, nearly all veterans (96.2%) 25 years of age and older reported having a high school diploma/GED or higher. Over two-thirds (69.8%) reported having some level of postsecondary education, with nearly one-third (31.6%) having a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These highly educated veterans are participating in the region&apos;s labor market. In 2021, 83.9% of veterans between the ages of 18 and 64 years reported participating in the labor market. That&apos;s equivalent to approximately 60,240 veterans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While veterans are highly educated and participating in labor market at a high rate, the number of unemployed veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA did increase from about 1,660 in 2019 to 2,190 in 2021. DEED&apos;s CareerForce services are available to assist those unemployed veterans looking for work opportunities in the region and state.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;These resources, which include &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/veterans-resources&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Employment Specialists&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Veterans can also visit one of the many &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce locations in Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;More resources and assistance are available through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>546850</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Metro Area Manufacturing Occupations in Demand</Description><Audience/><Title>Metro Area Manufacturing Occupations in Demand</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Metro Area Manufacturing Occupations in Demand</Title><title>2022-9-16 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-541304&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-09-22T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>October is Manufacturing Month in Minnesota.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;October is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/industry/manufacturing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Manufacturing Month in Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;. All month long, DEED will celebrate Manufacturing&apos;s vital place in the state&apos;s economy and labor force. Employers, career seekers, teachers, and students can learn all about the resources, data, and events for Manufacturing Month through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/industry/manufacturing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/2022ManufacturingMonthEvents&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;These events&lt;/a&gt; include hiring events and job fairs for career seekers, career exploration for students, training grant overviews for businesses, and introductions to apprenticeships and youth skills training.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OEWS) data, the Twin Cities Metro Area has over 102,000 workers employed in production occupations. By &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/soc/2018/major_groups.htm#51-0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Standard Occupational Classification&lt;/a&gt; (SOC), there are just over 100 unique production occupations. Some of the largest-employing production occupations in the Metro Area include First-Line Supervisors of Production &amp;amp; Operating Workers; Machinists; Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers &amp;amp; Weighers; Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers; Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers; and Printing Press Operators.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To see which of these occupations are in demand in today&apos;s labor market, we can turn to DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt; (OID) tool. The OID tool combines local employment and job vacancy data to create a list of occupations from the most in-demand to the least in-demand. Table 1 highlights those top 15 production occupations in demand in the Metro Area, while also revealing the median annual wages, long-term employment projections, and typical education requirements for entry (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Production Occupations in Demand&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Job Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2020 – 2030 Projected Growth Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2020 – 2030 Projected Openings*&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Education Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Miscellaneous Assemblers &amp;amp; Fabricators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,145&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-6.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+6,800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Machinists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52,543&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,700&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Postsecondary vocational award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Packaging &amp;amp; Filling Machine Operators &amp;amp; Tenders&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,474&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+6.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, &amp;amp; Weighers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49,418&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-13.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,200&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Production &amp;amp; Operating Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$66,223&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrical, electronic, &amp;amp; electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, &amp;amp; finishers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,281&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Helpers--Production Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30,922&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,300&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Welders, Cutters, Solderers, &amp;amp; Brazers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$50,924&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$50,643&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cutting, Punching, &amp;amp; Press Machine Setters, Operators, &amp;amp; Tenders, Metal &amp;amp; Plastic&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40,090&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+900&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Coating, Painting, &amp;amp; Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, &amp;amp; Tenders&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$48,739&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+700&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Printing Press Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$44,460&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-10.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,300&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Molding, Coremaking, &amp;amp; Casting Machine Setters, Operators, &amp;amp; Tenders, Metal &amp;amp; Plastic&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38,982&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+600&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bakers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38,423&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Batchmakers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31,234&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+6.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Occupations in Demand
&lt;br /&gt;
*Includes net new openings and labor market exit openings&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of course, Manufacturing includes occupations beyond strictly production occupations. Using DEED&apos;s Staffing Patterns data along with OID, Table 2 reveals those top ten additional occupations with high demand in the Metro Area that have high employment concentrations within Manufacturing. Clearly, there is a lot of opportunity for those interested in Manufacturing in the Metro Area, whether that&apos;s with production-type occupations, transportation and material moving, engineering, sales and marketing, information technology, or other areas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 2. Metro Area Non-Production Occupations in Demand&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Job Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2020 – 2030 Projected Growth Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2020 – 2030 Projected Openings*&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Education Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Customer Service Representatives&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$48,147&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+19,500&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Laborers &amp;amp; Freight, Stock &amp;amp; Material Movers, Hand&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,624&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+13,200&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maintenance &amp;amp; Repair Workers, General&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49,734&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5,100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sales Representatives, Wholesale &amp;amp; Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$66,903&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7,300&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;General &amp;amp; Operations Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$102,302&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7,800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Industrial Engineers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$103,541&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,600&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Shipping, Receiving, &amp;amp; Inventory Clerks&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40,342&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-6.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,900&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equiv.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Industrial Production Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$121,962&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mechanical Engineers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$86,405&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,200&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Industrial Machinery Mechanics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$64,678&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+19.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Postsecondary vocational award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Occupations in Demand
&lt;br /&gt;
*Includes net new openings and labor market exit openings&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/industry/manufacturing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Learn more about Manufacturing Month in Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>541304</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:48Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s Long-Term Employment Projections</Description><Audience/><Title>The Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s Long-Term Employment Projections</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s Long-Term Employment Projections</Title><title>2022-8-29 Projections ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-540071&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-09-08T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Freshly updated employment projections showcase anticipated growth in the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082922_tc_figure1_tcm1045-540074.png&quot; title=&quot;Regional Employment Projections&quot; alt=&quot;Regional Employment Projections&quot; style=&quot;width: 60%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082922_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;Freshly updated employment projections showcase anticipated growth in the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area. More specifically, the Metro Area&apos;s total employment is projected to increase by 6.2% between 2020 and 2030, leading all other regional planning areas in Minnesota for growth (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Due to the severe job losses suffered during the pandemic recession, some of this growth is still related to recovery, but the region is still expected to see rapid employment growth in the future. This 6.2% growth is equivalent to nearly 113,300 net new jobs, as the region will increase from 1,817,300 estimated jobs in 2020 to 1,930,600 projected jobs in 2030. The Metro Area&apos;s projected net employment growth represents fully two-thirds of the state&apos;s total projected employment growth through 2030.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082922_tc_figure2_tcm1045-540075.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Employment Projections by Occupational Group&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Employment Projections by Occupational Group&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082922_tc_figure2&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in, those occupational groups anticipated to witness the most rapid growth in the Metro Area include Healthcare Support (+21.8%), Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related (+17.5%), Personal Care &amp;amp; Service (+16.6%), Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical (+13.0%), and Community &amp;amp; Social Service occupations (+11.7%). Out of 22 major occupational groups, these five rapidly growing groups will account for over half (57.6%) of the region&apos;s net new jobs. The Healthcare Support occupational group is projected to have over 21,000 net new jobs alone, with Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related projected to have nearly 20,000 net new jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beyond net employment growth, DEED&apos;s Employment Outlook data also reveals labor force exit openings. These openings represent the projected number of workers leaving an occupation and exiting the labor market entirely, with most such exits related to workers retiring. Between 2020 and 2030, DEED projects over 773,000 labor force exit openings in the Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While most occupational groups won&apos;t witness the significant net new growth that Healthcare Support and Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related occupations will, nearly every occupational group will witness significant labor force exit openings. Even those occupational groups anticipated to decline in net employment size through 2030 (Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support, Sales &amp;amp; Related, and Production) will witness significant labor force exit openings. This will translate to a high demand for workers in nearly every occupational group through 2030.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in even further, those specific occupations projected to have the most net new jobs through 2030 in the Metro Area include Software Developers &amp;amp; Software Quality Assurance Analysts (+7,100 jobs); Restaurant Cooks (+5,700 jobs); Fast Food &amp;amp; Counter Workers (+5,000 jobs); Waiters &amp;amp; Waitresses (+3,100 jobs); Market Research Analysts &amp;amp; Marketing Specialists (+2,700 jobs); Registered Nurses (+2,600 jobs); Passenger Vehicle Drivers (+2,300 jobs); General &amp;amp; Operations Managers (+2,000 jobs); Bartenders (+2,000 jobs); and Management Analysts (+2,000 jobs).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s 10-year employment forecasts are updated every other year and can be found online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/eo&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://mn.gov/deed/eo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>540071</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:48Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Job Vacancy Characteristics in the Metro Area</Description><Audience/><Title>Job Vacancy Characteristics in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Job Vacancy Characteristics in the Metro Area</Title><title>2022-7-25 JVS ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-535987&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-07-28T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Last month, the Metro Area Local Look blog highlighted the tight labor market conditions in the Seven County Twin Cities Metro Area.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Last month, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/533227&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Metro Area Local Look blog&lt;/a&gt; highlighted the tight labor market conditions in the Seven County Twin Cities Metro Area. Specifically, we looked at the record number of job vacancies reported in the region, which topped out at nearly 127,000 during the fourth quarter of 2021. This month, we&apos;ll look at some of the characteristics of those 127,000 vacancies. This data comes from DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/072522_tc_figure1_tcm1045-535990.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Job Vacancies by Educational Requirements&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Job Vacancies by Educational Requirements&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;072522_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By educational attainment requirements, 38% of the Metro Area&apos;s 127,000 job vacancies required some level of postsecondary education or training beyond a high school diploma. This included 20% that required a bachelor&apos;s degree or advanced degree. In other words, nearly two-thirds of the Metro Area&apos;s job vacancies required no education beyond a high school diploma or equivalent. And this share of vacancies requiring a high school diploma or equivalent or no formal education has increased for both the region and state in recent years. This is likely due to the tight labor market, as employers look to expand their candidate pool by reducing educational requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of course, certain occupational groups and specific occupations  require higher levels of postsecondary education. During the fourth quarter of 2021, those major occupational groups with the highest share of job vacancies requiring some level of postsecondary education included Life, Physical, &amp;amp; Social Science; Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical; Legal; Architecture &amp;amp; Engineering; Management; Business &amp;amp; Financial Operations; and Educational Instruction &amp;amp; Library occupations. Each of these occupational groups had at least two-thirds of their respective job vacancies requiring some level of postsecondary education. Those occupational groups with the smallest shares of job vacancies requiring post-secondary education included Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related, Transportation &amp;amp; Material Moving, and Building &amp;amp; Grounds Cleaning &amp;amp; Maintenance occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in on another major work characteristic, just over one-quarter (27%) of the Metro Area&apos;s job vacancies were for part-time work. In this case, part-time is defined as fewer than 35 hours per week. Like the share of job vacancies requiring postsecondary education, the share of job vacancies in the region being for part-time work has declined in recent years. For example, about 40% of total job vacancies were for part-time work in 2016 and 2017. This decline of part-time work is likely due to employers aiming to better utilize their workforces.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Lastly, one can look up characteristics of job vacancies in the Metro Area by firm size as well. For example, of the Metro Area&apos;s nearly 127,000 job vacancies, about 17% were at firms with 1-9 employees, 39% were at firms with 10-49 employees, 22% were at firms with 50-249 employees, and the remaining 21% were at firms with 250 employees or more. Job vacancy rates, which estimate the percent of job vacancies relative to all filled jobs, were highest for smaller firms. This reveals that demand for workers is higher for smaller firms in the region currently. One can also analyze the share of job vacancies by firm size for part-time work and for requiring post-secondary education (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Job Vacancy Characteristics by Firm Size in the Metro Area, Qtr. 4 2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Firm Size&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Job Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Job Vacancy Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Part-Time&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Requiring Post-Secondary Education&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Size Classes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;126,916&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7.9%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;27%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;38%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1-9 Employees&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22,089&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10-49 Employees&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50,127&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;35%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50-249 Employees&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;28,337&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;250 Employees or More&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26,362&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;56%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Check out DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/jvs&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey online&lt;/a&gt; to learn more about job vacancies in Minnesota and its regions by industry, occupation, characteristics, and trends over time.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>535987</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:46Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>New Americans: Foreign-Born Population Essential in Metro Economy</Description><Audience/><Title>New Americans: Foreign-Born Population Essential in Metro Economy</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Rising Job Demand in the Metro Area</Title><title>2022-6-22 Projections ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-533227&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-07-07T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Recently the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) released updated job vacancy data with its Job Vacancy Survey (JVS) data tool.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently the Minnesota &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment and Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) released updated job vacancy data with its &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS) data tool. According to this data, job openings across the state climbed to a record high in the fourth quarter 2021 - nearly 214,100 job vacancies. Similarly, the Seven-County Metro Area hit a new record high of over 126,900 job vacancies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There were 6.2% more job vacancies in the Metro Area during the fourth quarter of 2021 than the previous record, set during the second quarter of 2021. This was equivalent to about 7,400 additional job vacancies. More eye-opening is the growth in demand over-the-year. Between the fourth quarters of 2020 and 2021, job vacancies in the Metro Area spiked by 67.6%. This was equivalent to about 51,200 additional job vacancies. Clearly, there is a growing demand for workers in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While job vacancies climb to record highs, unemployment in the Metro Area continues to sink to record lows. Over the course of 2021, the Metro Area&apos;s unemployment rate dropped from 4.6% to 2.3%. This rate has continued to drop through the spring months of 2022, hitting 1.4% in April 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;During the fourth quarter of 2021, when the number of job vacancies in the Metro Area topped out at nearly 127,000, the number of unemployed persons equaled about 40,100. Comparing these two figures, there were approximately 0.3 unemployed persons per job vacancy in the region during the fourth quarter of 2021 (Figure 1). With such a low ratio of unemployed persons to job vacancies, employers across the region will need to come up with new and creative solutions for filling worker demand. Among other options, this includes targeting populations in the region with higher employment barriers and disparities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/tc-picture1_tcm1045-533228.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Job Vacancy Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Job Vacancy Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;tc-picture1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, the Seven-County Metro Area accounted for three-in-five (59.3%) of Minnesota&apos;s total job vacancies during the fourth quarter of 2021. Zooming in upon the 20 major industry sectors, the Metro Area accounted for nearly nine-in-ten statewide job vacancies in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (89.9%); Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing (89.7%); and Management of Companies (85.8%). The region also accounted for a high share of the state&apos;s total job vacancies in Administrative and Support Services (78.4%), Finance &amp;amp; Insurance (75.2%), Other Services (72.8%), Information (67.8%), and Accommodation and Food Services (63.7%). The region had smaller shares of the state&apos;s total job vacancies in Agriculture (4.2%); Public Administration (28.4%); Construction (37.3%); Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (41.9%); and Transportation and Warehousing (45.9%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Those specific occupations in the Metro Area with the most job vacancies include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fast Food and Counter Workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cashiers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Retail Salespersons&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Secretaries and Administrative Assistants&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Customer Service Representatives&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Janitors and Cleaners&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Waiters and Waitresses&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Light Truck Drivers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fast Food Cooks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Job Vacancy Survey online&lt;/a&gt; to learn more about job vacancies in Minnesota and its regions by industry, occupation, characteristics, and trends over time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>533227</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:46Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>New Americans: Foreign-Born Population Essential in Metro Economy</Description><Audience/><Title>New Americans: Foreign-Born Population Essential in Metro Economy</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>New Americans: Foreign-Born Population Essential in Metro Economy</Title><title>2022-5-11 Foreign-Born ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-528256&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-05-17T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Let’s celebrate the significant and growing contributions of immigrants, temporary migrants, refugees and asylees, and other foreign-born migrants to the Metro Area’s labor force and economy as a whole.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Let&apos;s celebrate the significant and growing contributions of immigrants, temporary migrants, refugees and asylees, and other foreign-born migrants to the Metro Area&apos;s labor force and economy as a whole. This blog post takes a look at the foreign-born population in the wider Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s 2016-2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Significant and Rapid Growth&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the foreign-born population &quot;refers to anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth…this includes naturalized U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (immigrants), temporary migrants (such as foreign students), humanitarian migrants (such as refugees and asylees), and unauthorized migrants.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The 2020 ACS 5-year estimates put the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA&apos;s foreign-born population at nearly 383,200 people. As such, over one-in-ten residents of the MSA (10.6%) were foreign-born persons. And this population has grown rapidly in recent years. Between the 2015 and 2020 5-year estimates, the MSA&apos;s foreign-born population expanded by 11.6%, equivalent to about 39,700 additional people. Comparatively, the region&apos;s total population expanded by 4.2%, which was equivalent to about 146,700 people. In other words, the foreign-born population accounted for 27.1% of the MSA&apos;s total population expansion between the 2015 and 2020 5-year estimates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The foreign-born population has become especially significant within the MSA&apos;s labor force. More specifically, the foreign-born population accounted for 12.8% of the MSA&apos;s population 16 years of age and older participating in the labor force in 2020. This is equivalent to over 260,700 people. Between the 2015 and 2020 5-year ACS estimates, the foreign-born population participating in the labor force expanded by 14.2%, or nearly 32,400 people. That means this population accounted for 41.2% of the region&apos;s total labor force growth during that period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/051122_tc_figure1_tcm1045-528249.png&quot; title=&quot;Minneapolis-St.Paul MSA Population by Age&quot; alt=&quot;Minneapolis-St.Paul MSA Population by Age&quot; style=&quot;width: 60%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;051122_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;The more rapid growth of the MSA&apos;s foreign-born population participating in the labor force is partly due to this population&apos;s age distribution. When compared with the total population, a much higher share of foreign-born persons in the MSA are between the ages of 25 and 54 years. This age cohort is often labeled the &quot;prime working age&quot; population, as persons between 25 and 54 years have the highest labor force participation rates. As of 2020, 62.5% of the MSA&apos;s foreign-born population was between 25 and 54 years of age. This compares to just 41.0% for the total population (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Place of Birth&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA&apos;s 383,193 foreign-born residents, nearly two-in-five (149,272 people) were born in Asia. Those Asian counties contributing the most to this population include India (28,546 people), Laos (22,397 people), China (17,590 people), Thailand (16,875 people), and Vietnam (14,820 people).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over one-in-four of the MSA&apos;s foreign-born residents were born in Africa (103,498 people). Those African countries contributing the most to this population include Somalia (28,389 people), Ethiopia (20,935 people), Kenya (11,866 people), and Liberia (11,211 people).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/051122_tc_figure2_tcm1045-528250.png&quot; title=&quot;Place of Birth for the Minneapolis-St.Paul MSA Foreign-Born Population&quot; alt=&quot;Place of Birth for the Minneapolis-St.Paul MSA Foreign-Born Population&quot; style=&quot;width: 50%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;051122_tc_figure2&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;Nearly one-in-four additional foreign-born residents of the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA hail from the Americas. Nearly half of these residents have moved to the region from Mexico (42,790 people). Large numbers of residents have also moved to the region from Canada (8,057 people), El Salvador (6,198 people), and Ecuador (5,851 people).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;About one-in-ten foreign-born residents in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA were born in Europe. Those countries in Europe contributing the most to the MSA&apos;s foreign-born population include Russia (5,691 people), Germany (4,979 people), the United Kingdom (4,596 people), and Ukraine (3,968 people).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While a smaller population, 1,124 foreign-born residents in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA were born in Oceania. Most of these persons (948 people) were born in Australia or New Zealand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Place of Birth for the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA Foreign-Born Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2020 Estimate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2010 Estimate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2010 – 2020 Population Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Numeric&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total Population&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3,605,450&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3,229,181&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+376,269&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+11.7%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Total Foreign-Born Population&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;383,193&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;301,441&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+81,752&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+27.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;149,272&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;116,837&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+32,435&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+27.8%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;South Eastern Asia&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;72,619&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;62,564&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+10,055&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+16.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;South Central Asia&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39,475&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24,939&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+14,536&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+58.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Eastern Asia&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30,670&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24,805&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5,865&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+23.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Western Asia&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,225&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,274&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,951&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+45.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Africa&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;103,498&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;61,891&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+41,607&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+67.2%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Eastern Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67,885&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;38,344&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+29,541&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+77.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Western Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24,471&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15,973&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8,498&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+53.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northern Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,215&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,584&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,631&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+45.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Middle Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,105&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,242&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,863&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+150.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southern Africa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,282&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;717&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+565&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+78.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Americas&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;91,515&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;85,988&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+5,527&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+6.4%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Latin America&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;83,398&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77,559&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5,839&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northern America&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,117&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,429&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-312&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Europe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;37,784&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;35,881&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+1,903&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+5.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Eastern Europe&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20,903&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20,095&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+808&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Western Europe&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,870&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,617&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+253&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northern Europe&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,720&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,524&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+196&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southern Europe&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,224&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,620&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+604&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+37.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oceania&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,124&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;844&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+280&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+33.2%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Australia and New Zealand&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;948&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;669&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+279&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+41.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2010 and 2020 5-Year Estimates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming out, the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA&apos;s foreign-born population expanded by 27.1% between the 2010 and 2020 ACS 5-year estimates. This was over twice the growth rate for the total population in the region (+11.7%). The region&apos;s foreign-born population from Africa witnessed both the largest and fastest growth between the 2010 and 2020 ACS estimates (+67.2%; +41,607 people). The region&apos;s foreign-born population from Asia also experienced significant growth during this period (+27.8%; +32,435 people) (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>528256</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:46Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Celebrating Women in the Labor Market</Description><Audience/><Title>Celebrating Women in the Labor Market</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Information Technology in the Metro</Title><title>2022-4-6 IT ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-525018&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-04-13T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>In Minnesota, tech workers are concentrated in the metro – with almost half of them based in Hennepin County.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In Minnesota, tech workers are concentrated in the metro – with almost half of them based in Hennepin County. Computer and mathematical jobs on the whole pay much more than the average wages across all occupations. Women currently hold about a quarter of all tech jobs in Minnesota. Read on for more details about tech employment – which isn&apos;t a sector on its own, but a set of occupations working across all industry sectors – and an increasingly important part of the state&apos;s economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With labor market data, Information Technology (IT) is most closely associated with Computer and Mathematical occupations. This major occupational group accounts for approximately 85,000 jobs in the Seven-County Metro Area, which represents over 85% of Minnesota&apos;s total employment in this group. For reference, the Metro Area accounts for about 63% of the state&apos;s total employment across all occupational groups. Where Computer and Mathematical occupations account for 3.6% of Minnesota&apos;s total employment, they account for 4.9% of the Metro Area&apos;s total employment. In other words, Computer and Mathematical occupations are highly concentrated within the Metro Area. It should be noted that these occupations are employed across all industry sectors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1 reveals specific employment and wage data for Computer occupations within the Metro Area. As can be seen, not only are they in high demand, they also offer higher wages. The largest-employing IT occupation, Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, has a median hourly wage of $52.74. Working full-time and year-round, this equates to $109,699. This is more than twice the respective median annual income for a full-time and year-round worker across all industries, which is $51,854.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Computer Occupations Employment Statistics
&lt;br /&gt;
Sorted by Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;SOC Code&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Occupational Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Hourly Wage Percentiles&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25th&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;75th&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,697,060&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$16.73&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$24.93&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$38.95&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;150000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Computer and Mathematical Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;83,760&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$34.48&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$46.25&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$58.90&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151256&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;28,720&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$63.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151211&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Systems Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,280&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37.92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$48.14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$59.93&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151232&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer User Support Specialists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151244&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Network and Computer Systems Administrators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,930&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.64&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$44.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51.93&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151231&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Network Support Specialists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,860&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.54&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151299&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Occupations, All Other&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,820&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$44.70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$58.26&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151251&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Programmers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,490&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36.08&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45.58&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52.06&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151245&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Database Administrators and Architects&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,430&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40.69&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52.68&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$64.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151257&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Web Developers and Digital Interface Designers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,320&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.82&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39.27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52.36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151241&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Network Architects&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,290&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49.39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$60.10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$70.60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151212&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information Security Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,130&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49.92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$61.70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151221&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer and Information Research Scientists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;210&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$56.21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$66.87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$78.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Women in Computer and Mathematical Occupations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates, the Seven-County Metro Area had approximately 85,600 workers in Computer and Mathematical occupations during the 2016-2020 period, of which just over one-quarter (25.2%) were female. This equates to an estimated 21,600 female workers. While significant, the share of female workers in Computer and Mathematical occupations is significantly lower than the female share of total employment in the region, 48.4%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should also be noted that female workers in Computer and Mathematical occupations earned, on average, $36,626 more than female workers across all occupations in the Metro Area. Even so, female workers in Computer and Mathematical occupations in the Metro earned about 85% of what their male counterparts earned. For the total of all occupations, female workers in the Metro earned about 72% of what their male counterparts earned.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 2. Metro Area Civilian Employed Population 16+ in Computer and Mathematical Occupations, 2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Total
&lt;br /&gt;
Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Female
&lt;br /&gt;
Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Female Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Female Median Annual Earnings&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Computer and Mathematical&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Anoka County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,067&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,039&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;28.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,139&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$73,384&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carver County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,566&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;712&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;27.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42,907&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$81,667&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dakota County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12,985&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,128&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41,661&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$73,005&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hennepin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;41,089&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,892&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43,122&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$75,241&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Ramsey County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12,683&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37,143&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$70,550&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Scott County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,764&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,095&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;29.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42,336&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$93,675&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Washington County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,432&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,341&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$44,204&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$79,375&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;85,586&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;21,607&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;25.2%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$41,502&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$78,128&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: 2016-2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>525018</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:46Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Celebrating Women in the Labor Market</Description><Audience/><Title>Celebrating Women in the Labor Market</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Celebrating Women in the Labor Market</Title><title>2022-3-11 Women ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-521270&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-03-11T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>March is Women’s History Month, where the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history is commemorated and encouraged.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;March is &lt;a href=&quot;https://womenshistorymonth.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Women&apos;s History Month&lt;/a&gt;, where the study, observance, and celebration of the vital role of women in American history is commemorated and encouraged. To a similar end, this month we&apos;ll study, observe, and celebrate the vital role of women in the Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Employment Demographics&lt;/a&gt; (QED) tool, we can analyze job distribution statistics, median hourly wages, and median hours worked by gender (and by age). This data can be broken down further by geography and industry. This data reveals a near-even split of female and male jobholders in the Twin Cities metro area. A quick look at the major industry sectors, however, reveals several stark differences in gender distribution. Those industries with much higher shares of female-held jobs include Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, Educational Services, Other Services, Finance &amp;amp; Insurance, and Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services. Meanwhile, those industries with much high shares of male jobholders include Construction, Mining, Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing, Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, Information, Administrative Support &amp;amp; Waste Management Services, and Agriculture (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1. Twin Cities Metro Area Industry Employment Demographics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Q2 2021 Employment Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Annual 2020 Median Hourly Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Female&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Male&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Female&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Male&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;50.8%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;49.2%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$22.94&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$27.15&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Agriculture&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;45.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;54.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;83.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;86.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.79&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;69.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.84&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;29.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;38.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;61.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.77&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Finance &amp;amp; Insurance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;45.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Real Estate &amp;amp; Rental &amp;amp; Leasing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;47.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;52.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management of Companies&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42.16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative &amp;amp; Waste Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;44.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.07&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;32.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.62&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.06&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts &amp;amp; Entertainment&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;46.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;41.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;DEED Quarterly Employment Demographics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in using the QED tool, specific industries with higher shares of female-held jobs include Private Households (86.4% female share of total jobs), Ambulatory Health Care Services (79.3%), Hospitals (78.9%), Personal &amp;amp; Laundry Services (78.2%), Clothing &amp;amp; Clothing Accessories Stores (76.9%), Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities (75.5%), Social Assistance (74.1%), Administration of Human Resource Programs (72.2%), Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Stores (71.8%), Apparel Manufacturing (68.6%), Educational Services (67.9%), and Miscellaneous Store Retailers (62.1%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, those industries where less than one-fifth of total jobs are held by women include Petroleum &amp;amp; Coal Products Manufacturing (8.1% female share of total jobs), Primary Metal Manufacturing (10.9%), Specialty Trade Contractors (11.9%), Heavy &amp;amp; Civil Engineering Construction (12.9%), Leather &amp;amp; Allied Product Manufacturing (13.1%), Truck Transportation (15.0%), Waste Management &amp;amp; Remediation Services (15.6%), Repair &amp;amp; Maintenance (16.1%), Mining (16.4%), Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (16.9%), Motor Vehicle &amp;amp; Parts Dealers (18.2%), Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (18.9%), and Paper Manufacturing (19.7%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As shown in Table 1, median hourly wages for female workers were approximately 84.5% of what male workers earned across the total of all industries during 2020. Most notably, female workers had higher median hourly wages than their male counterparts in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, the industry with the highest share of female workers. In addition, there were eight industries where median hourly wages for female workers were between 90% and 100% of male median wages, including Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing, Educational Services, Public Administration, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services, Administrative Support &amp;amp; Waste Management Services, and Arts &amp;amp; Entertainment. (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/030722_tc_figure1_tcm1045-521278.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Female Share of Male Median Hourly Wage by Industry 2020&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Female Share of Male Median Hourly Wage by Industry 2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;030722_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>521270</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>High Demand Occupations in the Metro Area</Description><Audience/><Title>High Demand Occupations in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>High Demand Occupations in the Metro Area</Title><title>2022-2-9 OID ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-518628&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2022-02-14T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>DEED released updated lists within its Occupations in Demand (OID) tool in January of 2022</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) released updated lists within its &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand (OID) tool&lt;/a&gt; in January of 2022. This tool shows what jobs are in highest demand in the state of Minnesota and its regions. Beyond occupational demand, these lists also include wage information, projected growth rates and openings, educational requirements, and on-the-job training requirements. Let&apos;s look at those high demand occupations in the Twin Cities Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the latest OID update, Registered Nurses ranks as the Metro Area&apos;s most in-demand occupation. This is backed up by recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey (JVS) results&lt;/a&gt;, where employers in the region reported over 2,700 job vacancies for Registered Nurses, a record high. This is also bolstered by DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) data&lt;/a&gt;, which shows there are an estimated 38,340 Registered Nurses employed in the Metro Area. As the JVS and OEWS datasets are the two main inputs into creating DEED&apos;s OID lists, it makes sense to see Registered Nurses top the list. It also makes sense because hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare establishments continue to call for nurses as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. The median annual wage for Registered Nurses in the Metro Area is $88,275 (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Top Ten Occupations in Demand in the Metro Area, 2021&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;SOC Code&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25th Percentile Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2018-2028 Projected Growth*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Educational Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;291141&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$74,426&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$88,275&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+11.9%
&lt;br /&gt;
(+15,659 jobs)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;412031&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Salespersons&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25,747&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,563&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4.9%
&lt;br /&gt;
(+30,316 jobs)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;353023&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fast Food and Counter Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24,361&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27,050&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;N/A&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;311120&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Home Health and Personal Care Aides&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27,539&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30,550&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;N/A&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;434051&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Customer Service Representatives&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35,978&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43,930&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2.3%
&lt;br /&gt;
(+20,835 jobs)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;412011&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cashiers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25,353&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28,148&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4.8%
&lt;br /&gt;
(+30,316 jobs)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;411011&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40,412&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$50,220&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1.0%
&lt;br /&gt;
(+4,458 jobs)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;372011&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Janitors and Cleaners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28,686&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33,643&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+6.2%
&lt;br /&gt;
(+20,731 jobs)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;351012&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35,315&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42,227&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+6.7%
&lt;br /&gt;
(+5,351 jobs)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;533032&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46,501&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$53,619&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4.9%
&lt;br /&gt;
(+8,244 jobs)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Occupations in Demand
&lt;br /&gt;
*Projected Growth openings include net new jobs plus labor market exit openings&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other occupations making the top-ten in-demand list come from a mix of Sales and Related Occupations; Food Preparation and Serving Occupations; Healthcare Support Occupations; Office and Administrative Support Occupations; Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations; and Transportation and Material Moving Occupations. This represents a robust variety of occupations offering countless career opportunities just within the top 10 (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Expanding out to the top 100 in-demand occupations offers even more opportunities for career seekers, with nearly every major occupational group represented. Those occupational groups with the most specific occupations in the top 100 include Food Preparation and Serving; Management; Office and Administrative Support; Business and Financial Operations; Sales and Related; and Transportation and Material Moving. Beyond those occupations listed in Table 1, other in-demand occupations include Software Developers; Stockers and Order Fillers; Nursing Assistants; Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers; Waiters and Waitresses; Maintenance and Repair Workers; Secretaries and Administrative Assistants; Sales Representatives; Cooks; and Light Truck Drivers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/020922_tc_figure1_tcm1045-518591.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Top 100 Occupations in Demand by Educational Requirements&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Top 100 Occupations in Demand by Educational Requirements&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;020922_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Educational requirements also varied within the Metro Area&apos;s top 100 in-demand occupations. Just over half (56%) require a high school diploma or equivalent, just over one-quarter (28%) require a bachelor&apos;s degree, nearly one-tenth (9%) require a post-secondary non-degree award, and the remaining occupations require a doctoral or professional degree (5%) or an associate degree (2%) (Figure 1). Among the top 10 occupations in-demand list, only Registered Nurses require post-secondary education. The remaining occupations can be started with a high school diploma or equivalent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To learn more about Minnesota&apos;s Occupations in Demand, visit DEED&apos;s OID tool at &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/oid&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://mn.gov/deed/oid&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>518628</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Health Care and Social Assistance in the Metro Area</Description><Audience/><Title>Health Care and Social Assistance in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Health Care and Social Assistance in the Metro Area</Title><title>2021-12-27 Health Care ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-513813&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-12-27T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>January is Health Care Month in the State of Minnesota.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;January is Health Care Month in the State of Minnesota. Highlighting the importance of this industry this month is even more appropriate as we mark two full years since COVID-19 cases were first reported in the United States. During these past two years health care workers have been there to help treat and care for those stricken with the coronavirus, as well as all other ailments and injuries. This post will reveal the extreme need for health care workers, including support staff, to fill the record-high number of vacancies in this industry – vacancies that have greatly increased during the pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/122321_tc_figure1_tcm1045-513820.png&quot; title=&quot;Health care &amp;amp; Social Assistance Job Vacancies in the Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Health care &amp;amp; Social Assistance Job Vacancies in the Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 60%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;122321_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;According to the Department of Employment and Economic Development&apos;s (DEED) &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS), employers in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance reported more than 23,000 job vacancies in the Metro Area during the second quarter of 2021. There has never been a greater need for such workers in the region. In fact, the number of vacancies jumped by more than 35% (6,000 vacancies) between the previous record high in 2020 (Figure 1). Meanwhile, the job vacancy rate for this industry spiked recently to 8.7%. Essentially, this means that there are about nine job vacancies in Health Care and Social Assistance for every 100 filled jobs. Overall, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance accounted for about one-fifth (19.3%) of the Metro Area&apos;s total 119,505 job vacancies during the second quarter of 2021.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With nearly 5,000 job vacancies, Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides had the most job vacancies of any health care occupation. Other specific health care occupations with high demand include Nursing Assistants, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Medical Assistants, Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, Psychiatrists, Physicians, Medical and Health Services Managers, Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists, Dental Assistants, and Radiologic Technologists and Technicians. Table 1 highlights a variety of in-demand health care occupations, along with related information on education requirements and typical wages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1. Select Health Care and Social Assistance Occupations in Demand, Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Q2 2021 Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25th Percentile Hourly Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Hourly Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Typical Education Required&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;38,340&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,712&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;65,160&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,980&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.69&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High School or Less&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,110&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,023&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Vocational Training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Licensed Practical Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,790&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,021&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.66&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Vocational Training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Medical Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,080&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;649&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Vocational Training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,990&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;239&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High School or Less&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Clinical Laboratory Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,220&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;380&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Physician Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;98&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$54.48&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$60.70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pharmacists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,900&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;235&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$57.16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$66.27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dental Hygienists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,720&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;165&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38.12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dental Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,280&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;206&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Vocational Training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Physicians, All Other&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,690&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;306&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$86.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;$100.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nurse Practitioners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,420&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;174&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$54.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$59.81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Massage Therapists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,070&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.84&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.95&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Vocational Training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Radiologic Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,250&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;201&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.45&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$34.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Job Vacancy Survey, DEED Occupational Employment Statistics, DEED Educational Requirements for Occupations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Health Care and Social Assistance industry has other vital occupations in high demand, too, including Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Receptionists and Information Clerks, Childcare Workers, Janitors and Cleaners, and Food Servers. With so many occupations in demand, the entry points and pathways of advancement in this industry are nearly endless. Visit DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer&lt;/a&gt; (CEE) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerOneStop&lt;/a&gt; to discover more, with both resources including links to job applications.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Health Care Month: January 2022&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To learn more about Health Care Month in Minnesota, visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/HealthCare&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;careerforcemn.com/HealthCare&lt;/a&gt;. This page includes resources for job seekers, students and educators and employers. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/HealthCareMonthEvents&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;numerous hiring events and career fairs&lt;/a&gt; are happening throughout the month of January for those looking for work in the health care industry. Employers can also find additional resources for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/employers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;attracting, developing, and retaining talent online here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>513813</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:42Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Retail Trade in the Metro Area</Description><Audience/><Title>Retail Trade in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Retail Trade in the Metro Area</Title><title>2021-12-06 Retail ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-511907&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-12-06T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than to analyze trends in Retail Trade?</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than to analyze trends in Retail Trade? Whether it&apos;s topping off the car at the gas station, shopping for gifts at department stores or specialty shops, getting groceries or wine and beer, or just getting flowers to decorate, most of us rely on Retail Trade services during the holidays – and throughout the rest of the year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;And the importance of Retail Trade is reflected in the numbers. According to DEED&apos;s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, Retail Trade is the Metro Area&apos;s third largest-employing industry sector falling only behind Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance and Manufacturing. As of the second quarter of 2021, the region had nearly 8,600 Retail Trade establishments supplying over 154,000 jobs. As such, nearly one-in-ten Metro Area jobs are Retail Trade jobs (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in, about 40% of Retail Trade employment is within General Merchandise Stores and Food and Beverage Stores, with each of these subsectors accounting for over 30,000 jobs. Other large employing retail subsectors in the region include Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers, Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers, Health and Personal Care Stores, and Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, the Metro Area accounts for approximately 55% of Minnesota&apos;s total Retail Trade employment, making it slightly less concentrated in the region than in other parts of the state. The Metro Area does, however, have high concentrations of the state&apos;s total employment in Clothing &amp;amp; Clothing Accessories Stores, Furniture &amp;amp; Home Furnishings Stores, Electronics &amp;amp; Appliance Stores, and Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Stores.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Average wages in Retail Trade are typically lower than wages in other industry sectors. The average annual industry wage for Retail Trade in the Metro Area, $37,908, was about half the average annual wage across all industries in the region, $71,552. Average annual wages in Retail Trade are higher in Nonstore Retailers ($73,216) and Motor Vehicle &amp;amp; Parts Dealers ($68,120) and lower in Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, &amp;amp; Music Stores ($25,532), Clothing &amp;amp; Clothing Accessories Stores ($26,052), Gasoline Stations ($27,196), and Food &amp;amp; Beverage Stores ($27,300).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Retail Trade Employment in the Metro Area, Q2 2021&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Firms&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share of Statewide Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Avg. Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;90,576&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,677,205&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;60.4%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$71,552&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8,574&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;154,168&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;54.7%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$37,908&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;General Merchandise Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;464&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31,379&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,796&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food and Beverage Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,131&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30,130&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;54.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27,300&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;786&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,992&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$68,120&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;451&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15,529&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;52.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36,036&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health and Personal Care Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,013&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10,826&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;65.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45,448&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,088&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10,559&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26,052&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Gasoline Stations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;759&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,422&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;32.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27,196&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Miscellaneous Store Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,080&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,430&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;59.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32,032&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;481&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,792&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;62.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25,532&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nonstore Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;568&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,645&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$73,216&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;424&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,481&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;69.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49,036&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electronics and Appliance Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;329&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,979&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;65.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52,624&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 recession significantly affected Retail Trade employment in the Metro Area. Between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020, the industry lost 27,841 jobs (-17.0%). Employment losses were most significant in Clothing &amp;amp; Clothing Accessories Stores, Motor Vehicle &amp;amp; Parts Dealers, and Miscellaneous Store Retailers (Figure 1). Over the past year, however, Retail Trade employment has started to recover. Between the second quarters of 2020 and 2021, the industry gained 17,867 jobs (+13.1%). Growth during this time was led by Clothing &amp;amp; Clothing Accessories Stores; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, &amp;amp; Music Stores; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; and General Merchandise Stores.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/120121_tc_figure1_tcm1045-511922.png&quot; title=&quot;Retail Trade Employment Trends in the Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Retail Trade Employment Trends in the Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;120121_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As the Retail Trade industry continues its recovery from the COVID-19 recession, the demand for workers has spiked to new records. According to DEED&apos;s Job Vacancy Survey (JVS), Metro Area Retail Trade employers reported over 18,600 job vacancies during the second quarter of 2021. This is up nearly 6,100 vacancies, or 48.4%, from one year previous. The job vacancy rate, which is the percent of job vacancies relative to all filled jobs, has also climbed to record highs for Retail Trade. The 12.2% job vacancy rate during the second quarter of 2021 essentially reveals there are about 12 open positions for every 100 filled jobs in the industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Specific sales occupations with the most vacancies reported in the Metro Area include Retail Salespersons, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Cashiers, Counter &amp;amp; Rental Clerks, and Sales Representatives.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/120121_tc_figure2_tcm1045-511923.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Retail Trade Job Vacancy Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Retail Trade Job Vacancy Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;120121_tc_figure2&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>511907</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:41Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Pandemic&apos;s Effect on Veteran Employment</Description><Audience/><Title>Pandemic&apos;s Effect on Veteran Employment</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Pandemic&apos;s Effect on Veteran Employment</Title><title>2021-11-08 Vets ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-507950&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-11-08T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released national level data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) revealing the impact the COVID-19 recession had on veterans in the labor market.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released national level data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) revealing the impact the COVID-19 recession had on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;veterans in the labor market&lt;/a&gt;. Highlights from the annual 2020 data include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unemployment rates for both male and female veterans increased in 2020, with the male unemployment rate at 6.5% and the female unemployment rate at 6.7%. Such rates were 3.0% for male veterans and 3.7% for female veterans in 2019.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The unemployment rate for veterans who served on active duty at any time since September 2001 – or Gulf War-era veterans – was higher at 7.3%. Zooming in, the unemployment rate for younger veterans (18 to 24 years) was significantly higher at 14.6%.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The unemployment rate for veterans varied across the country, ranging from 2.7% in Nebraska to 11.3% in Michigan.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In Minnesota, the unemployment rate for veterans rose from 4.9% in 2019 to 8.3% in 2020. This represented an increase in the number of unemployed veterans from approximately 7,000 to 12,000.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Of the 581,000 unemployed veterans across the country in 2020, over half (54%) were between the ages of 25 and 54.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Just over one-quarter (26%) of veterans nationally had a service-connected disability in 2020.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As the data from the CPS reveals, the unemployment rate for veterans was higher in Minnesota during annual 2020 (8.5%) than it was at the national level (6.5%). The data also reveals that the unemployment rate for veterans in Minnesota was higher than it was for nonveterans (5.6%) in the state in 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Figure 1 highlights the industries that veterans and nonveterans worked in during 2020. This also reveals the share of veterans and nonveterans who were self-employed during the year. As Figure 1 shows, over one-in-five veterans (22.9%) worked in government. Not surprisingly, this is a much higher share than the 13.6% of nonveterans who worked in government at that time. Other industries that employed significantly higher shares of the respective veteran workforce to the nonveteran workforce included Manufacturing and Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing. On the other hand, industries that employed significantly lower shares of veterans to their nonveteran counterparts included Education &amp;amp; Health Services, Retail Trade, Financial Activities, Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality, and Other Services (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/102721_tc_Figure1_tcm1045-507973.png&quot; title=&quot;National Employment Share by Industry&quot; alt=&quot;National Employment Share by Industry&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;102721_tc_Figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you&apos;re a veteran in Minnesota looking to find work in Government, Manufacturing, Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing, or any other industry sector, the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has the resources to help with your career search on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/veterans-resources&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce Veterans Employment resources page&lt;/a&gt;. Veterans should also keep an eye out for career fairs and hiring events on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/attend-career-fairnetworking-event&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>507950</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:41Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>High-Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the Metro Area</Description><Audience/><Title>High-Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>High-Paying Manufacturing Jobs in the Metro Area</Title><title>2021-09-27 Mfg ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-500656&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-09-27T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>It’s Manufacturing Month in the State of Minnesota, and a vitally important share of the state’s manufacturing employment is located right within the Seven-County Metro Area.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It&apos;s Manufacturing Month in the State of Minnesota, and a vitally important share of the state&apos;s manufacturing employment is located right within the Seven-County Metro Area. In fact, with 4,060 establishments supplying nearly 166,172 covered jobs, the Metro Area accounts for more than half (53.8%) of the state&apos;s total manufacturing employment. Manufacturing also happens to be the Metro Area&apos;s 2nd largest-employing industry sector, behind only Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing jobs are high paying in the Metro Area. During 2020, the average annual industry wage for jobs in Manufacturing was $80,968. This was 13.1% higher than the average annual wage across all industries in the region, at $71,630. In other words, the typical manufacturing worker in the Metro Area makes about $9,360 more per year than the typical worker across all industries. And the pay is even higher in certain sectors. Those in-depth sectors with the highest average annual industry wages include Computer &amp;amp; Electronic Product Manufacturing ($106,132), Chemical Manufacturing ($100,256), and Machinery Manufacturing ($82,264).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the Department of Employment and Economic Development&apos;s (DEED) &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OEWS) tool, one can also find out earnings for specific manufacturing occupations that have the highest employment in the Metro region(Table 1). Let&apos;s take Machinists, the largest-employing production occupation in the Metro Area, as an example. According to the latest OEWS data, Machinists have a median hourly wage of $27.06. As such, Machinists working in the region typically earn 8.5% more than the typical worker overall.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2021&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Occupation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Estimated Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Hourly Wage Percentiles&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25th&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;75th&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Machinists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,350&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.06&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.90&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,150&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.67&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40.86&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,070&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.05&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,600&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Printing Press Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,730&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.83&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Production Workers, All Other&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,700&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,650&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.06&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.08&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,540&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.95&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,830&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.07&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Helpers--Production Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.93&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,510&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.08&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Batchmakers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,190&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.84&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.45&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Median hourly wages are highest for production occupations like Power Plant Operators ($48.06), First-Line Supervisors of Production &amp;amp; Operating Workers ($33.67), Stationary Engineers &amp;amp; Boiler Operators ($32.99), CNC Tool Programmers ($32.94), Water &amp;amp; Wastewater Treatment Plant &amp;amp; System Operators ($31.72), and Tool &amp;amp; Die Makers ($29.38). Other occupations found in the manufacturing industry sector with high median hourly wages include General &amp;amp; Operations Managers ($56.74), Industrial Production Managers ($47.81), Industrial Engineers ($43.27), Mechanical Engineers ($40.62), and Wholesale &amp;amp; Manufacturing Sales Representatives ($34.26).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While manufacturing occupations in the Metro Area are high paying, jobseekers typically don&apos;t need extensive levels of postsecondary education to be qualified for these jobs. Of the more than 6,500 manufacturing vacancies in the Metro Area during the fourth quarter of 2020, more than half (53%) required a high school diploma, GED, or less. Of the other 47% of openings, 27% of such vacancies required vocational training, 3% required an associate degree, and 17% required a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing Month event information and resources for employers, educators, students and job seekers:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/industry/manufacturing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForceMN.com/Manufacturing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>500656</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:40Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Labor Force Trends in the Metro Area: A Closer Look</Description><Audience/><Title>Labor Force Trends in the Metro Area: A Closer Look</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Labor Force Trends in the Metro Area: A Closer Look</Title><title>2021-09-01 Trends ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-496185&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-09-01T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>With recently released data for July 2021, we can now see how the region has fared in the 15 months after COVID-19’s initial impact upon the labor market.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;We last took an in-depth look at the Metro Area&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/437312&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;labor force trends back in June 2020&lt;/a&gt;, where the data reflected how the region was doing through April 2020. With recently released data for July 2021, we can now see how the region has fared in the 15 months after COVID-19&apos;s initial impact upon the labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Figure 1 presents us with a high-level view of labor force, employment, and unemployment rate trends in the Metro Area between 2019 and 2021. In that span of time, the pandemic caused massive swings to employment and unemployment in the region, beginning in April 2020. For example, between March and April 2020, the Metro Area&apos;s total employment dropped by over 125,200 people (7.5%). Unemployment during that time spiked upwards by over 102,500 people (205.0%). The situation continued to worsen through May 2020, where the unemployment rate topped out at 10.1% (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In July 2021, the Metro Area&apos;s unemployment rate dropped back down to 3.6%. While this rate is nearly as low as pre-pandemic levels, it does mask continued shifts in the region&apos;s labor force due to COVID. The labor force in July 2021, for example, is still down by over 24,300 people (-1.4%) from March 2020. Broken down, employment during that time is down by over 34,700 people (-2.1%) and unemployment is up by nearly 10,400 people (+20.8%). It is encouraging to see positive labor force trends in the Metro Area over the past year, especially since January 2021, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/june-2021/workers.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;but challenges persist&lt;/a&gt; in the region that affect both career-seekers and employers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/083121_tc_figure1_tcm1045-496186.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Labor Force Trends 2019-2021&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Labor Force Trends 2019-2021&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;083121_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1 presents a quick look at labor force statistics for the seven counties of the Metro Area. As of July 2021, unemployment rates ranged from 2.7% in Carver County to 4.1% in Ramsey County.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Labor Force Statistics, July 2021&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Unemployment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Unemployment Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;July 2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;May 2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;February 2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,701,539&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,641,120&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;60,419&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.9%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.8%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Anoka County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;195,132&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;188,343&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,789&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Carver County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;57,963&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;56,402&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,561&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Dakota County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;238,177&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;230,552&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,625&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Hennepin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;700,247&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;674,219&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26,028&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Ramsey County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;285,945&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;274,201&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,744&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Scott County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;82,571&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;80,067&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,504&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;   Washington County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;141,504&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;137,336&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,168&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3,050,714&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2,946,645&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;104,069&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.4%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.6%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;United States&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;162,817,000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;153,596,000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9,221,000&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.7%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;13.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.8%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Source: DEED Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beyond general labor force, employment, and unemployment trends, one should also realize &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;what is actually being measured&lt;/a&gt;. For example, the July 2021 unemployment rate of 3.6% in the Metro Area represents the official, or U-3, level of unemployment. There are three additional measurements of unemployment: U-4, U-5, and U-6. These alternative rates of unemployment consider &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#discouraged&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;discouraged workers&lt;/a&gt;, people who are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#marginallyattached&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;marginally attached to the labor force&lt;/a&gt;, and those people that are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#pter&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;working part time for economic reasons&lt;/a&gt;, respectively. While alternative measures of unemployment are not available at the local level, such statistics are available at the national and state levels. In Minnesota, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/current-econ-highlights/alternative-unemployment.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;12-month moving averages&lt;/a&gt; for July 2021 were: 4.6% (U-3), 4.8% (U-4), 5.5% (U-5), and 8.0% (U-6). These measurements present a more complete picture of how the state labor market is doing, which can also provide for a greater understanding of the challenges present in regional labor markets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>496185</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:40Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Tracking Metro Employment into 2021</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Tracking Metro Employment into 2021</Title><title>2021-08-06 Tracking ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-493336&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-08-09T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Last month we looked at how employment has trended in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/488777&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Last month&lt;/a&gt; we looked at how employment has trended in the Minneapolis-St. Paul &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/assets/lmi/areamap/msa.shtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Metropolitan Statistical Area&lt;/a&gt; (MSA). The monthly employment data used for that analysis came from the Department of Employment and Economic Development&apos;s (DEED) &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/current-employment-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Current Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (CES) tool. While data from CES&apos;s survey of businesses does get updated monthly, it only filters down to MSAs, and has limited industry-level detail. New data from DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW) allows us to see how employment is trending for smaller geographies, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/assets/lmi/areamap/plan.shtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;planning areas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/assets/lmi/areamap/edr.shtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;economic development regions&lt;/a&gt;, counties, and cities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Before we get into the latest QCEW data, one should know one more major difference between the monthly-released CES data and the quarterly QCEW data. As previously hinted at, the CES data is survey-based. The Minnesota sample each month consists of approximately 2,400 businesses covering roughly 9,000 worksites. Meanwhile, QCEW includes all establishments covered under the Unemployment Insurance Program. For more on the differences between these data sources, check out this article titled &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/sept-2018/ces-qcew.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Variations in Employment in the CES and QCEW Programs&lt;/a&gt;. Now let&apos;s see how employment is trending in the Seven-County Metro Area through the first quarter of 2021.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/080621_tc_figure1_tcm1045-493337.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Quarterly Employment Trends 2016-2021&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Quarterly Employment Trends 2016-2021&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;080621_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to DEED&apos;s QCEW data, the Seven-County Metro Area had 89,336 establishments supplying 1,629,010 covered jobs during the first quarter of 2021. This was down 164,568 jobs (9.2%) from the region&apos;s peak employment before COVID-19 in the fourth quarter of 2019, but is up 79,340 jobs (5.1%) from the nadir of pandemic-induced employment losses during the second quarter of 2020 (Figure 1). The 1.6 million jobs during the first quarter of 2021 represents the lowest first-quarter employment level in the Metro Area since 2014.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Figure 1 shows that the Metro Area did lose jobs between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. While this does represent a snag in employment recovery from the losses caused by COVID-19, it should be noted that the region typically loses jobs during this period. This is largely due to seasonal losses in industries like Administrative and Support Services, Construction, Retail Trade, and Wholesale Trade. Over the past 15 years, the Metro Area has shed an average of 36,000 jobs between quarter four and quarter one. This equates to an average employment loss of -2.2%. Between the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, however, the region lost just over 23,800 jobs (-1.4%). So, while the region still experienced seasonal employment loss during this time, it was not as severe as the historical average. Typical seasonal losses in 2021 were offset by employment growth in Accommodation and Food Services; Manufacturing; Arts, Entertainment and Recreation; Wholesale Trade; and Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/080621_tc_figure2_tcm1045-493338.png&quot; title=&quot;Select Metro Area Annual Industry Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Select Metro Area Annual Industry Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;080621_tc_figure2&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To provide a fairer analysis of employment trends, let&apos;s look at annual changes. Figure 2 highlights three select annual trends: between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020, between the fourth quarters of 2019 and 2020, and between the first quarters of 2020 and 2021. Our first trend, between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020, reveals the steepest annual employment losses during the pandemic. Over that time, the Metro Area&apos;s total employment dropped by 233,777 jobs (-13.1%). Steepest losses were experienced in Accommodation and Food Services (-67,446 jobs; -47.4%); Retail Trade (-27,857 jobs; -17.0%); Health Care and Social Assistance (-21,893 jobs; -7.9%); Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (-21,826 jobs; -57.9%); Administrative and Support Services (-20,315 jobs; -20.7%); and Other Services (-19,987 jobs; -34.6%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By the fourth quarter of 2020, the employment situation in the Metro Area had improved significantly. Between the second and fourth quarters of 2020, the Metro Area regained 103,154 jobs (+6.7%). Over the year, between the fourth quarters of 2019 and 2020, the region was still down 140,754 jobs. This 7.8% decline over-the-year, however, was markedly improved from 13.1% loss between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020. At this time, annual employment losses were steepest for Accommodation and Food Services (-45,374 jobs); Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (-15,259 jobs); Educational Services (-11,307 jobs); and Administrative and Support Services (-10,519 jobs).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;We once again return to the most recent annual employment trends in the Metro Area. Already noting typical seasonal losses during this quarter, the region still managed to improve upon previous annual trends. To summarize, the Metro Area experienced the following annual employment trends during the COVID-19 pandemic:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Quarter 2 2019 to Quarter 2 2020: -233,777 jobs (-13.1%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Quarter 3 2019 to Quarter 3 2020: -162,500 jobs (-9.1%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Quarter 4 2019 to Quarter 4 2020: -140,754 jobs (-7.8%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Quarter 1 2020 to Quarter 1 2021: -128,408 jobs (-7.3%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Continue to check back with DEED&apos;s QCEW data tool to see how the Metro Area&apos;s industry employment continues to recover from COVID-19.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>493336</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:39Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Job Vacancies Rebound in the Metro Area </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Employment Recovery in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA</Title><title>2021-07-07 Recovery ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-488777&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-07-07T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) is rebounding from pandemic-induced job losses that were particularly devastating for some industries.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) is rebounding from pandemic-induced job losses that were particularly devastating for some industries. The Twin Cities has already regained 158,300 jobs since last year, but that also means that as of May 2021, the greater Twin Cities area still has significant ground to regain to reach pre-pandemic employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA peaked at 2,048,000 jobs in February 2020, then the region lost 295,700 jobs through April 2020. This 14.4% loss of employment was slightly more severe than Minnesota&apos;s total loss of 13.9% during that time. More than one-third (36.2%) of the MSA&apos;s total employment losses were within Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality, which lost 107,000 jobs between February and April 2020. About two-thirds of the region&apos;s total employment losses (65.9%) were within Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality; Trade, Transportation, &amp;amp; Utilities; and Education &amp;amp; Health Services during that time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/current-employment-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Current Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (CES) data tool shows monthly nonfarm employment, wages, and hours worked by industry for the United States, Minnesota, and the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA. Essentially, we can see how employment is coming back to the region after severe losses were experienced in early 2020. While this tool does not allow for employment analysis of just the Seven-County Metro Area, looking at the wider Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA provides us with an excellent look at how employment is trending in the region through the spring of 2021. The Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA includes the following counties in Minnesota: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Le Sueur, Mille Lacs, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Washington, and Wright. The MSA also includes Pierce and St. Croix counties in Wisconsin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Fortunately, the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA has witnessed overall employment recovery in the year since April 2020. This recovery has come in two stages. First, between April and October 2020, the region regained 130,000 jobs (+7.4%). With COVID cases rising in the winter of 2020, and new safety restrictions put in place, employment in the MSA declined by 34,200 jobs (-1.8%) between October and December 2020. In the more recent second stage of recovery, between December 2020 and May 2021, the MSA has added 62,500 jobs (+3.4%) (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062421_tc_figure1_tcm1045-488778.png&quot; title=&quot;Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA Employment Trends 2016-2021&quot; alt=&quot;Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA Employment Trends 2016-2021&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062421_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Summing up all employment gains and losses in the year following April 2020, the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA has added 158,300 jobs (+9.0%). Through May 2021, the region has regained more than half (53.5%) of the jobs lost at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is slightly behind the state of Minnesota, which as of May 2021 has gained back 60.0% of jobs lost at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over the month of May 2021, the industries witnessing the largest percentage employment increases in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA were:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Personal and Laundry Services (+6.3%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Specialty Trade Contractors (+6.2%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Food Services and Drinking Places (+6.0%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Repair and Maintenance (+4.1%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Construction of Buildings (+3.3%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ambulatory Health Care Services (+3.2%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Real Estate (+2.7%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Couriers and Messengers (+2.4%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (+2.4%); and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (+2.2%).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>488777</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:38Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Job Vacancies Rebound in the Metro Area </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Job Vacancies Rebound in the Metro Area </Title><title>2021-06-08 Rebound ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-484449&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-06-08T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Twice per year DEED surveys employers throughout the state to estimate hiring demand and job vacancy characteristics by industry and occupation.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Twice per year DEED surveys employers throughout the state to estimate hiring demand and job vacancy characteristics by industry and occupation. Recently released data from the fourth quarter of 2020 shows that employers in the Metro Area reported 75,729 job vacancies, which is the fourth-highest number of job vacancies reported in the region since the job vacancy survey began in 2001.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This comes at a time where the region and state are still recovering from the impacts of COVID-19 on the economy and labor market. Job vacancies did fall to 65,879 in the region during the second quarter of 2020, a drop of 23.4% from the previous year. However, vacancies quickly rebounded through the fourth quarter of 2020 virtually matching the fourth quarter of 2019 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052721_tc_figure1_tcm1045-484450.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Total Job Vacancies 2005-2020&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Total Job Vacancies 2005-2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052721_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When broken down by major occupational group, Sales and Related led with 11,634 job vacancies during the fourth quarter of 2020. This was followed by Healthcare Practitioners (7,503 vacancies), Food Preparation and Serving (7,217 vacancies), Healthcare Support (6,413 vacancies), Office and Administrative Support (6,245 vacancies), and Transportation and Material Moving (5,373 vacancies).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Those specific occupations with the most vacancies included Retail Salespersons, Registered Nurses, Cashiers, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Stockers and Order Fillers, General Maintenance and Repair Workers, Customer Service Representatives, Fast Food and Counter Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, and Light Truck Drivers. These ten occupations accounted for over one-quarter (28.2%) of the region&apos;s total vacancies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While total job vacancies in the Metro Area returned to pre-pandemic levels during the fourth quarter of 2020, there were significant changes amongst the major occupational groups. Most notably, Personal Care and Service Occupations as well as Food Preparation and Serving Occupations witnessed severe vacancy drops over that period. At the same time the Healthcare Support, Healthcare Practitioners, Sales and Related, and Transportation and Material Moving occupational groups witnessed large increases in vacancies over the year. Those occupational groups that experienced steep job vacancy losses during the second quarter of 2020 followed by equally steep increases during the fourth quarter of 2020 include Computer and Mathematical; Sales and Related; Office and Administrative Support; Installation, Maintenance, and Repair; and Production (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052721_tc_figure2_tcm1045-484451.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Job Vacancy Trends by Occupational Group 2019-2020&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Job Vacancy Trends by Occupational Group 2019-2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052721_tc_figure2&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There is no doubt that COVID-19 greatly impacted the Metro Area&apos;s labor market, resulting in reduced job vacancies during the second quarter of 2020. This was paired with spikes in the region&apos;s unemployment rate, as well as increased claims for Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits. While job vacancies have returned to normal levels, along with reduced unemployment and claims for UI, there has been a significant shift in the distribution of job vacancies among the Metro Area&apos;s major occupational groups over the past year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Visit DEED&apos;s Job Vacancy Survey tool online to learn more about the region&apos;s shifting labor market and in-depth job vacancy characteristics at &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;mn.gov/deed/jvs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>484449</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:38Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Accommodation &amp; Food Services in 2020</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Accommodation &amp; Food Services in 2020</Title><title>2021-04-29 Accommodation &amp; Food Services in 2020 ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-479712&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-04-29T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Newly released data from the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) provides the entirety of employment trends for 2020.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Newly released data from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment and Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) provides the entirety of employment trends for 2020. Using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW) we can research how different industry sectors fared with the impacts of COVID-19 and the resulting recession. In terms of total employment lost, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services was hit the hardest over the course of 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Entering 2020, the Seven-County Metro Area had 6,188 establishments in Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services supplying nearly 141,100 covered jobs. Over three-fourths (77.8%) of these jobs were within Restaurants. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services lost over 67,400 jobs in the region. This loss of employment was far more than any other major industry sector. In fact, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services accounted for more than one-in-four jobs lost in the region during that period. Zooming in, Accommodation lost nearly 10,700 jobs (-62.3%), and Food Services and Drinking Places lost about 56,700 jobs (-45.4%), the vast majority of which were within Restaurants.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Through the fourth quarter of 2020, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services in the Metro Area had regained nearly 20,000 jobs, or 29.4% of total jobs lost between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020. It should be noted that fourth quarter employment for Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services dipped again from the third quarter due to COVID-19 restrictions put in place during November and December.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By county, losses in Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020 were most pronounced within Hennepin County (-53.1%), Scott County (-48.2%), and Ramsey County (-46.2%). A special note should be made for Scott County, where Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services accounted for half (50.2%) of the county&apos;s total jobs lost between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020. Fortunately, Scott County witnessed the most robust recovery of such employment lost through the fourth quarter of 2020 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042621_tc_figure1_tcm1045-479723.png&quot; title=&quot;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services Employment Loss&quot; alt=&quot;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services Employment Loss&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042621_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services employment in the Metro Area has higher shares of younger workers, female workers, workers of color, and workers with less educational attainment than employment across all industries in the region (Table 1). Knowing that Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services was especially hard-hit during 2020, reveals to an extent why COVID-19&apos;s impact upon the Metro Area&apos;s labor market has disproportionately been among populations of color, women, younger workers, and those with less educational attainment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services Employment Demographics, 2019&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Seven County Metro Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Total Employment&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;137,916&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;1,803,173&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Average Annual Earnings&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$24,528&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$68,388&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Age&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;14-24 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;45,480 (33.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;225,091 (12.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;25-34 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;33,041 (24.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;415,163 (23.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;35-44 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;23,684 (17.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;401,953 (22.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;45-54 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;16,434 (11.9%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;356,301 (19.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;55-64 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;12,122 (8.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;307,231 (17.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;65 years and over&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;7,154 (5.2%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;97,431 (5.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Gender&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Male&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;66,236 (48.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;896,410 (49.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Female&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;71,679 (52.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;906,763 (50.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Race and Ethnicity&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;White&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;104,505 (75.8%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;1,454,988 (80.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Black or African American&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;15,207 (11.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;162,361 (9.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;American Indian or Alaska Native&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;1,958 (1.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;12,490 (0.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Asian or Pacific Islander&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;10,551 (7.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;134,627 (7.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Two or More Races&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;5,692 (4.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;38,707 (2.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Hispanic or Latino (of any race)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;16,751 (12.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;95,768 (5.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Educational Attainment (25+)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Less than High School&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;15,761 (17.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;149,022 (9.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;High School Diploma or Equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;27,751 (30.0%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;380,379 (24.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Some College or Associate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;29,138 (31.5%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;510,360 (32.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree or More&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;19,785 (21.4%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;538,320 (34.1%)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Source: Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>479712</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:38Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Information Technology in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Information Technology in the Metro Area</Title><title>2021-03-31 IT ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-474007&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-03-31T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Enjoy working with computers and computer databases, software, cybersecurity, or coding? If so, working in the Information Technology field may be your calling.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Enjoy working with computers and computer databases, software, cybersecurity, or coding? If so, working in the Information Technology field may be your calling. And, for those interested in this field, Information Technology is in high demand in the Twin Cities Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt; (OID) tool, there are 11 distinct computer occupations with high demand in the Metro Area. It&apos;s these types of occupations that are most associated with Information Technology, which spans nearly every industry sector in the labor market. Zooming out, these types of occupations typically require higher levels of post-secondary education, ranging from associate degrees to bachelor&apos;s and advanced degrees. With higher education requirements &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;comes higher typical wages&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, which is the occupation with the largest employment of these Information Technology occupations, has a median hourly wage of $50.71 in the Metro Area. Working full-time and year-round, such a worker would earn over twice as much as the typical worker across all industries in the Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the national level, Computer and Information Technology Occupations are projected to grow by 11.0% between 2019 and 2029, much faster than the average for all occupations. As explained by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/home.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (BLS), this increase is largely due to increased emphasis on cloud computing, the collection and storage of big data, and information security.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This robust growth is expected closer to home as well. According to DEED&apos;s 2018 to 2028 &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employment projections&lt;/a&gt;, Computer and Mathematical Occupations are projected to grow by 11.3% in the Metro Area. Total employment across all occupations is projected to grow by 5.3% - meaning Information Technology jobs are projected to grow more than twice as fast. The fastest growth will be among Information Security Analysts and Computer and Information Research Scientists, while the largest projected growth will be among Software Developers and Computer Systems Analysts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Information Technology Occupations in Demand&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Soc Code&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Job Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;25th Percentile Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2018 – 2028 Employment Projections&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Education Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Growth&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Openings*&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151256&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$82,796&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$105,470&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+17.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7,700&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Bachelor&apos;s&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151212&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information Security Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$82,078&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$103,978&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+29.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,168&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Bachelor&apos;s&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151231&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Network Support Specialists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$54,702&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$65,304&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+781&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Associate&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151241&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Network Architects&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$94,863&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$116,165&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+511&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Bachelor&apos;s&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151211&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Systems Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$75,391&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$95,240&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4,910&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Bachelor&apos;s&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151232&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer User Support Specialists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46,571&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$57,312&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,802&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Vocational training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151257&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Web Developers and Digital Interface Designers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$61,085&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$82,193&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+666&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Associate&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151221&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer and Information Research Scientists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$106,361&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$129,273&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+25.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+102&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Graduate or Professional&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151245&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Database Administrators and Architects&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$75,785&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$101,050&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+552&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Bachelor&apos;s&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151251&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Programmers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$66,240&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$88,605&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-8.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+600&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Bachelor&apos;s&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;151244&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Network and Computer Systems Administrators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$72,497&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$88,909&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,355&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;Bachelor&apos;s&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupations in Demand
&lt;br /&gt;
*Includes net new openings and labor market exit openings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should be noted that the Twin Cities Metro Area accounts for the largest share of Minnesota&apos;s Information Technology jobs. More specifically, where the region accounts for about 62.7% of the state&apos;s total employment, it accounts for 85.3% of the state&apos;s Information Technology jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should also be noted that industries where Information Technology jobs are highly concentrated have been more resilient to the impacts of COVID-19 on the economy. For example, the Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s total employment declined by 9.3% between the third quarters of 2019 and 2020. Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, the industry with the highest concentration of Information Technology jobs, declined by just 5.6% during that time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To discover more about Information Technology occupations in the Metro Area, visit DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer Tool&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;April 2021 is Tech Month in Minnesota. Learn more at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/TechMonth&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForceMN.com/TechMonth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>474007</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:36Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Career Pathways in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Career Pathways in the Metro Area</Title><title>2021-02-24 Pathways ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-469311&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-02-24T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>It can be challenging entering the job market, advancing from one position to the next, transferring into a new industry, and finding the career that’s just right for you.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It can be challenging entering the job market, advancing from one position to the next, transferring into a new industry, and finding the career that&apos;s just right for you. This is especially true today, as the labor market reels from the effects of COVID-19 and the resulting economic recession. To assist career seekers, high school and college graduates, certificate completers, and current students, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Employment and Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; (DEED) and our partners in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce&lt;/a&gt; have the resources and tools to help with that next step in your educational or career pathway.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For current students and those considering postsecondary education, DEED has several tools that reveal educational requirements for specific occupations, as well as typical outcomes for award levels and areas of study. For discovering what type of education is needed for specific occupations, one can turn to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-pathways-tool/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career Pathways tool&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt; (OID) or the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer&lt;/a&gt;. One look at current occupations in demand for the Metro Area, even during this current recession, displays the many educational pathways that students, graduates, and career-seekers can take. The OID tool also highlights that even without a bachelor&apos;s degree or advanced degree, there are occupations with high demand and high wages. Heavy and tractor trailer truck drivers, sales representatives, machinists, HVAC technicians, computer user support specialists, and electricians are just a sample of such occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Metro Area Occupations in Demand, 2020&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;High School or Equivalent&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Postsecondary Non-Degree Award&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Associate Degree&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree or Higher&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides ($28,922)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses ($51,540)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Registered Nurses ($85,602)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Software Developers &amp;amp; Software Quality Assurance Analysts ($105,470)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Heavy &amp;amp; Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers ($52,337)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Machinists ($54,777)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Computer Network Support Specialists ($65,304)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Market Research Analysts &amp;amp; Marketing Specialists ($74,094)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Landscaping &amp;amp; Groundskeeping Workers ($36,686)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Medical Assistants ($43,012)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists ($82,199)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Construction Managers ($96,646)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Customer Service Representatives ($41,374)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Heating, Air Conditioning, &amp;amp; Refrigeration Mechanics ($62,385)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Web Developers and Digital Interface Designers ($82,193)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Information Security Analysts ($103,978)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Sales Representatives, Wholesale &amp;amp; Mfg. ($73,225)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Computer User Support Specialists ($57,312)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Surgical Technologists ($62,542)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Substitute Teachers, Short-Term ($38,513)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers ($45,504)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Medical Dosimetrists &amp;amp; Medical Records Specialists ($53,709)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians ($54,660)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Substance Abuse &amp;amp; Mental Health Counselors ($50,762)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Pharmacy Technicians ($40,284)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Automotive Service Technicians &amp;amp; Mechanics ($46,772)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians ($54,934)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Civil Engineers ($93,662)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Social &amp;amp; Human Service Assistants ($36,081)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Electricians ($76,713)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Radiologic Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians ($69,362)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Accountants &amp;amp; Auditors ($70,916)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupations in Demand (OID)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For those seeking higher levels of postsecondary education, DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/graduate-employment-outcomes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Graduate Employment Outcomes&lt;/a&gt; (GEO) tool can reveal typical employment and wage outcomes by educational award level and degree area. For example, recent two-year completers found the highest wages in areas such as Registered Nursing, Plumbing, Industrial Production Technologies, Precision Metal Working, and in HVAC Technology. Combining this type of data and knowledge with DEED&apos;s Occupations in Demand tool and the Career and Education Explorer can provide more clarity as individuals plan out their future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hand-in-hand with labor market information, career-seekers or those in transition can also get 1:1 help over the phone or attend virtual workshops through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce&lt;/a&gt; to create and update their resumes, brush up on their interviewing skills, bolster their networking, and search for and apply forcurrent job openings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>469311</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:36Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Health Care Employment Demand in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Health Care Employment Demand in the Metro Area</Title><title>2021-01-28 Health Care Employment ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-464072&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-01-28T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Demand for health care jobs in the region remains high.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Last month the metro area local look blog highlighted the profound importance and presence of Health Care and Social Assistance employment in the Seven-County Metro Area was highlighted, as well as the severe impacts COVID-19 has had upon the industry. Despite that impact, demand for health care jobs in the region remains high.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS), there were nearly 15,000 Metro Area job vacancies in Health Care and Social Assistance during the second quarter of 2020. This represented a slight 2% decline in total vacancies for the industry from last year. For reference, total vacancies in the region dropped by 23% during that same period, meaning Health Care saw a much smaller decline. Broken down by specific occupation, employers reported the most vacancies for Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Pharmacy Technicians and Registered Nurses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Along with job vacancy data, DEED recently updated its &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt; (OID) data to better reflect hiring demand during COVID-19. This data combines job vacancy data with &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OES) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Unemployment Insurance (UI) Statistics&lt;/a&gt; to create a list of current career opportunities based on the most current labor market information. This information can be used by job seekers and employment counselors for job search and career planning. Table 1 below highlights those top 15 health care occupations in demand in the Metro Area. Just a glance at these occupations shows that there is a wide range of opportunities available, with numerous pathways for entering and advancing in health care.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table title=&quot;Metro Area Health Care Occupations in Demand&quot; summary=&quot;Metro Area Health Care Occupations in Demand&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
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&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;SOC Codes&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Job Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Estimated Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Median Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Projected Growth Rate, 2018-2028&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Education Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
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&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;291141&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;38,970&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$85,602&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+11.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;311120&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;66,580&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$28,922&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+34.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;292061&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Vocat. Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;7,230&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$51,540&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+14.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Postsecondary non-degree award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;311131&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;13,150&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$38,066&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+4.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Postsecondary non-degree award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;292052&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;4,410&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$40,284&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+7.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;291171&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Nurse Practitioners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;2,470&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$120,092&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+22.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;291248&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Surgeons, Except Ophthalmologists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;690&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;$208,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+4.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;291216&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;General Internal Medicine Physicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;990&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;$208,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+8.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;319092&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Medical Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;6,280&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$43,012&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+20.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Postsecondary non-degree award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;291151&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Nurse Anesthetists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;1,320&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$181,392&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+20.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;291215&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Family Medicine Physicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;1,440&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;$208,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+12.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;319097&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Phlebotomists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;980&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$39,357&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+32.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;291221&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Pediatricians, General&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$204,943&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+4.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;292057&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Ophthalmic Medical Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;780&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$53,661&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+11.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;291218&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Obstetricians and Gynecologists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;500&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&amp;gt;$208,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;+5.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; class=&quot;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupations in Demand (OID), Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Knowing that demand in health care in the Metro Area remains high, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/industry/health-care&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce resources found online&lt;/a&gt; can provide that next step for discovering entry points into the industry and the wide variety of careers available. In fact, there is still plenty of time to catch &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/virtual-events-health-care-month&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;hiring events and career exploration events&lt;/a&gt; focused just on health care careers. Such events will, undoubtedly, continue throughout the year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>464072</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:36Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Health Care and Social Assistance in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Health Care and Social Assistance in the Metro Area</Title><title>2021-01-07 Health Care ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-462009&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-01-07T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Health Care and Social Assistance is, far and away, the Seven-County Metro Area’s largest-employing industry sector.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance is, far and away, the Seven-County Metro Area’s largest-employing industry sector. As seen in the infographic, the industry had nearly 280,000 jobs in the region in 2019, accounting for more than one in every seven jobs in the region. In fact, it had over 100,000 more jobs than the region’s second largest-employing industry, Manufacturing. Between 2010 and 2019, Health Care and Social Assistance employment grew at a rate twice that of the whole economy, adding nearly 63,000 jobs. This accounted for over one-quarter of total jobs added in the Metro Area over that period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Like every other industry sector, however, Health Care and Social Assistance experienced employment losses in 2020. Between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020 Health Care and Social Assistance employment in the Metro Area dropped by 8.3%, equivalent to just over 23,000 jobs (Table 1). Employment losses during that period were most pronounced in:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Offices of Physicians: -4,342 jobs (-13.1%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Offices of Dentists: -3,626 jobs (-35.5%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Child Day Care Services: -3,364 jobs (-27.4%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vocational Rehabilitation Services: -3,001 jobs (-45.2%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;General Medical and Surgical Hospitals: -2,834 jobs (-4.3%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Offices of Other Health Practitioners: -1,995 jobs (-17.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities): -1,311 jobs (-6.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1: Health Care and Social Assistance Employment in the Seven-County Metro Area, Q2-2020&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table title=&quot;Table 1. Health Care and Social Assistance Employment in the Seven-County Metro Area, Q2 2020&quot; summary=&quot;Health Care and Social Assistance Employment in the Seven-County Metro Area, Q2 2020&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Industry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Number of Establishments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; rowspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;gt;Avg. Annual Wage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q2 2019 – Q2 2020 Job Change&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Numeric&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Percent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;87,574&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,547,548&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$69,264&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-236,862&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-13.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11,620&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;255,781&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$53,248&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-23,023&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-8.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Ambulatory Health Care Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;4,586&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;76,236&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$66,820&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;-11,526&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;-13.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Hospitals&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;90&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;65,090&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$71,604&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;-3,091&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;-4.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;5,479&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;63,990&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$30,576&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;-6,442&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;-9.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Nursing and Residential Care Facilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;1,465&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;50,464&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;$37,752&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;-1,964&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;-3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot; colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/current-employment-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Current Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (CES) monthly data, Health Care and Social Assistance employment in the 16-county Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) did rebound through November. More specifically, the industry added 19,827 jobs (+7.6%) between April and November in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area which covers more counties than those in the seven-county metro area. That means the larger metropolitan area regained about two-thirds of the 29,497 Health Care and Social Assistance jobs lost between February and April. This rebounding of Health Care and Social Assistance employment in the Seven-County Metro Area will likely be reflected in third quarter data when released.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should also be noted that &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;continued claims for Unemployment Insurance&lt;/a&gt; (UI) by Metro Area Health Care and Social Assistance workers spiked at 36,674 in May. This was 2,810% higher than such claims made one year previous. Continued UI claims for such workers dropped to 6,602 during the week of December 5th. While down significantly from May, this was still up about 450% from one year previous.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/metro-health-care-2020_tcm1045-462205.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Minnesota Health Care Highlights&quot; alt=&quot;Minnesota Health Care Highlights&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;metro-health-care-2020&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To find out more the health care industry, including current employment opportunities&lt;/strong&gt;, visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/industry/health-care&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.careerforcemn.com/industry/health-care&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>462009</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:36Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>COVID-19&apos;s Impact on Employment in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>COVID-19&apos;s Impact on Employment in the Metro Area</Title><title>2020-12-04 COVID ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-457360&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-12-04T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Twin Cities Metro Area employment dropped by 13.3% – or 236,862 jobs – between the second quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2020, according to data from the Department of Employment and Economic Development&apos;s (DEED) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Twin Cities Metro Area employment dropped by 13.3% – or 236,862 jobs – between the second quarter of 2019 and the second quarter of 2020, according to data from the Department of Employment and Economic Development&apos;s (DEED) &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)&lt;/a&gt;. For more perspective from historic QCEW data, the Metro Area lost 84,209 jobs during the Great Recession, a decline of 5.2%. With a decline of 13.3% in 2020, the region lost nearly three times as many jobs due to COVID-19 as it did during the Great Recession!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Twin Cities Metro Area had 87,574 establishments supplying 1,547,548 covered jobs during the second quarter of 2020. One year previous, during the second quarter of 2019, the region had 1,784,410 covered jobs. That loss of 236,862 jobs year over year in the second quarter is almost exactly the number of jobs the region gained in the nine years of employment expansion since the end of the Great Recession (+236,611 jobs) (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112520_tc_figure1_tcm1045-457359.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Employment Trends Q2 2005 - 2020&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Employment Trends Q2 2005 - 2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112520_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While job loss during COVID-19 was more dramatic than that of the Great Recession, job rebound has been more dramatic in 2020 as well. Recent employment data from &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/current-employment-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Current Employment Statistics (CES)&lt;/a&gt; shows employment rebounding in the State of Minnesota and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)– with 173,573 of 230,376 jobs lost from March to April gained back by October 2020. This employment bounce in the Twin Cities Metro Area will most likely be reflected in third quarter QCEW data when released early next year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data from QCEW also allows us to analyze which industry sectors have been hit the hardest in the Twin Cities Metro Area due to COVID-19. It is hard to believe, but six major industry sectors lost more than 20,000 jobs between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020, including:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Accommodation and Food Services: -67,322 jobs (-47.3%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Retail Trade: -27,735 jobs (-16.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance: -23,023 jobs (-8.3%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: -21,864 jobs (-58.1%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other Services: -20,325 jobs (-35.1%); and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Administrative and Support Services: -20,206 jobs (-20.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in, those more-specific industry sectors which lost the most jobs between the second quarters of 2019 and 2020 include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Restaurants: -47,549 jobs (-42.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Employment Services: -13,007 jobs (-29.3%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other Amusement and Recreation Industries: -12,387 jobs (-58.5%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Travel Accommodation: -10,637 jobs (-63.4%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Personal Care Services: -7,719 jobs (-63.0%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clothing Stores: -6,419 jobs (-63.1%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Special Food Services: -6,071 jobs (-60.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Civic and Social Organizations: -5,689 jobs (-65.8%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Management of Companies and Enterprises: -4,868 jobs (-6.1%); and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Offices of Physicians: -4,342 jobs (-13.1%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In terms of percentage employment loss, other decimated industries include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Amusement Parks and Arcades (-84.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events (-75.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (-71.4%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (-69.2%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Motion Picture and Video Industries (-68.1%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Taxi and Limousine Services (-61.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Book, Periodical, and Music Stores (-59.7%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Used Merchandise Stores (-55.5%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance (-53.6%); and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Spectators Sports (-52.3%).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While some of these industries – such as those in retail trade, health care, and employment services – have already started to recover, others are struggling to return to normal, both in customer confidence and employment levels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>457360</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:29Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA</Title><title>2020-11-05 Veterans ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-452576&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-11-05T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Most veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA are older veterans.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Most veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA are older veterans. In 2019, over 57.5% or 89,600 veterans out of the region&apos;s 156,000 veterans were 65 years of age and older (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101520_tc_figure1_tcm1045-452582.png&quot; title=&quot;Veteran Population by Age Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA 2019&quot; alt=&quot;Veteran Population by Age Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA 2019&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101520_tc_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In these numbers, those counted as veterans include only those who have served but are no longer serving, in active duty in any of the branches of the military and only including National Guard members who were called to active duty. CareerForce Veterans Employment Services serves all current and former U.S. military members, including National Guard members and other military reservists. The veteran population overall has aged over time. While the share of veterans in the region between the ages of 55 and 64 years decreased from 26.1% to 14.7% between 2010 and 2019, the share of veterans between the ages of 65 and 74 years increased from 19.5% to 29.2%. The share of veterans 75 years of age and older increased from 22.6% in 2010 to 28.3% in 2019.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans in the Twin Cities and across the state of Minnesota have shown they are ready, willing, and able to work in every industry sector and in every occupation. However, data shows that veterans are more likely than nonveterans to be employed in: installation, maintenance and repair; transportation and material moving; production; and construction occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mnme.us/resources/mn-helmets-to-hardhats/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Helmets to Hardhats&lt;/a&gt; is an example of a nonprofit organization that helps veterans find employment within the state&apos;s construction industry. This is part of a larger &lt;a href=&quot;https://helmetstohardhats.org/about-us/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;national effort to help veterans find apprenticeships&lt;/a&gt; with building trades unions. Helmets to Hardhats includes services to connect disabled veterans with employment opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans and employers looking to hire veterans can utilize CareerForce resources. Veterans, can see how their military experience translates to civilian occupations, work on their resumes, and find other &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/veterans-resources&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce resources specifically for veterans&lt;/a&gt;. Employers, for example, can &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/find-your-veterans-employment-representative&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;learn how to connect with and hire veterans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans, active duty military service members, and their spouses are also invited to participate in this year&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/minnesota-veterans-virtual-career-fair&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Virtual Veterans Career Fair taking place on November 19&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>452576</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:30Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Unprecedented UI Trends in the Twin Cities Metro </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Changing Face of Manufacturing in the Twin Cities</Title><title>2020-10-07 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-449397&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-10-07T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The new face of manufacturing is much different than what most expect it to look like. Long gone are the days of manufacturing being negatively associated with the three D’s: dark, dirty and dangerous.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The new face of manufacturing is much different than what most expect it to look like. Long gone are the days of manufacturing being negatively associated with the three D&apos;s: dark, dirty and dangerous. Parents who once discouraged their children from seeking a career in manufacturing are starting to sing another tune. A Brookings Institute report on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/03/04/the-future-of-global-manufacturing/#:~:text=Today&apos;s%20rapidly%20evolving%20manufacturing%20technologies,traditional%20role%20of%20manufacturing%20in&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Future of Manufacturing&lt;/a&gt; mentioned artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and the &quot;Internet of Things&quot; – often referred to as &quot;Industry 4.0&quot; technologies – which are poised to reshape the global manufacturing landscape. These developments will have important consequences for the traditional role of manufacturing in an economy&apos;s structural transformation, growth and job creation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;What will the future of manufacturing look like in the Twin Cities metro area? What is the workforce development community doing to prepare for this change? How will changing demographics in the Twin Cities metro area affect how manufacturers recruit and retain workers? How does advanced manufacturing fit into this equation?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Changing Demographics = Changing Strategy&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/092420-tc-figure1_tcm1045-449396.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Manufacturing Growth by Race and Ethnicity&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Manufacturing Growth by Race and Ethnicity&quot; style=&quot;width: 65%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;092420-tc-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;Simply put, the metro area&apos;s population is becoming more racially diverse. So, too, is Manufacturing in the region. Between 2010 and 2019, Manufacturing employment in the region expanded by 13.1% (20,500 jobs). Where the number of Manufacturing jobs held by those reporting as white increased by 4.6% during that time, jobs held by Black or African Americans increased by 76.3%. Likewise, Manufacturing jobs held by those reporting as two or more races increased by 72.1%. Meanwhile, Manufacturing jobs held by those reporting as Asian or Other Pacific Islander saw the largest numeric increase between 2010 and 2019, gaining more than 8,500 jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, nearly three-quarters of the 20,500 additional Manufacturing jobs in 2019 – compared to 2010 – were held by those reporting as a race other than white. Additionally, nearly one-in-six were held by those reporting Hispanic or Latino origins (see Figure 1). In 2010, about one-in-six manufacturing workers in the Twin Cities metro area reported as a race other than white. Today, that&apos;s nearly one-in-four manufacturing workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With changing demographics and increased diversity in manufacturing, how might recruiting and retention change? Having a strong workforce is a two-phase approach: recruiting – creating opportunities for those interested to enter the workforce – and retention – you got them, now how do you keep them? Maintaining a diverse workforce reflective of the region means introducing policies and practices beneficial to all workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One way employers are doing this is by tackling unconscious biases head-on. Unconscious biases are learned, deeply ingrained and universal stereotypes that influence our behaviors and judgments in ways we aren&apos;t even aware of. They&apos;re automatic and outside of conscious thought, and they can make their way into the workplace undetected. Refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/hidden-bias-workplace-retention-strategies&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hidden Bias in the Workplace: Retention Strategies&lt;/a&gt; on CareerForceMN.com for more information on strategies for retaining a diverse workforce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Advanced Manufacturing&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With over 173,000 jobs, Manufacturing is vital to the Metro Area. In fact, Manufacturing is the region&apos;s second largest-employing industry sector and accounts for over half of the state&apos;s total Manufacturing jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Advanced Manufacturing is about using innovative technology to improve products or processes. Advantages include increased project quality, decreased production times, and the opportunity for employers to be more innovative.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing sectors are evolving with new technologies and innovations. For example, Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing – with over 36,000 jobs in the Twin Cities area – is the Manufacturing sector with the largest employment in the region. Top-employing occupations in this sector include Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers; Software Developers; Industrial Engineers; Electrical Engineers, and Mechanical Engineers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Looking forward, the needs of advanced manufacturing will require employers to be more precise about what skill sets they want workers to have. Similarly, educators and training institutions must remain a step ahead, developing curriculum that aligns with employers&apos; needs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/2020-metro_tcm1045-449270.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Metro Minnesota Manufacturing Highlights&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Minnesota Manufacturing Highlights&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;2020-metro&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>449397</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:28Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Unprecedented UI Trends in the Twin Cities Metro </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Unprecedented UI Trends in the Twin Cities Metro </Title><title>2020-09-09 Trends ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-445910&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-09-09T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>With the spread of COVID-19, and subsequent pandemic health and safety measures, the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area has witnessed an unprecedented spike in Unemployment Insurance (UI) applicants.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the spread of COVID-19, and subsequent pandemic health and safety measures, the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area has witnessed an unprecedented spike in Unemployment Insurance (UI) applicants. Between March 16th and August 12th, there were 526,222 UI applicants in the Metro, accounting for three-fifths of the state&apos;s total UI applicants during that time. This reflects the enormous strain that both businesses and workers in the region have felt since COVID-19 first made its appearance in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;UI Statistics tool&lt;/a&gt;, we can begin to understand how COVID-19 has affected the Metro Area&apos;s labor market over time. For example, over the past five years, the region averaged 7,300 initial UI claims per month. Initial UI claims include total new and reactivated applications for UI benefits. With 6,793 initial claims for UI in February 2020, the region was still under the five-year average. In March, however, initial claims skyrocketed to 168,704. April increased even further to 190,483. These numbers show how mandatory and voluntary health and safety measures have impacted employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082620-tc-uiclaims_tcm1045-445909.png&quot; title=&quot;082620-tc-uiclaims&quot; alt=&quot;082620-tc-uiclaims&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082620-tc-uiclaims&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;After hitting record highs in March and April, initial UI claims fell significantly in May and June (see Figure 1). This likely reflects the re-opening of many businesses in the region. Even so, the 58,841 initial UI claims in June were 962% higher than they were one year previous. Additionally, there were nearly 205,000 continuing UI claims in June for the Metro Area, a 1,400% increase from one year previous.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In addition to tracking the overall number of &lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/UI_Claims/Story1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;UI applicants and continuing claims&lt;/a&gt;, we can also analyze the industries, occupations, and demographics of workers receiving unemployment benefits. For example, in March 2020, initial UI claims were overwhelmingly within Accommodation and Food Services, Health Care and Social Assistance, Retail Trade, and Other Services. As of June, the share of UI claims dropped significantly for Accommodation and Food Services, while increasing in Manufacturing and Educational Services. These trends can highlight the ripple effects COVID-19 is making across different parts of the region&apos;s labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Similarly, when analyzing UI claims by demographics, we can get a better understanding of how different populations are affected. For example, UI claims in the Metro have disproportionately been among those with less educational attainment, those between the ages of 20 and 34 years, and Black, Indigenous and People of Color.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/090420_tc_figure_education_tcm1045-445917.png&quot; title=&quot;090420_tc_figure_education&quot; alt=&quot;090420_tc_figure_education&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;090420_tc_figure_education&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/090420_tc_figure_age_tcm1045-445916.png&quot; title=&quot;090420_tc_figure_age&quot; alt=&quot;090420_tc_figure_age&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;090420_tc_figure_age&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/090420_tc_figure_race_tcm1045-445918.png&quot; title=&quot;090420_tc_figure_race&quot; alt=&quot;090420_tc_figure_race&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;090420_tc_figure_race&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>445910</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:28Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Pandemic Impacts on Small Businesses in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Pandemic Impacts on Small Businesses in the Metro Area</Title><title>2020-08-03 Impacts ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-442575&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-08-03T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The impacts of COVID-19 have thoroughly spread throughout national, state, and regional labor markets. In the most recent employment numbers available, for June 2020, the unemployment rate for the Seven-County Metro Area hit 9.3%.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The impacts of COVID-19 have thoroughly spread throughout national, state, and regional labor markets. In the most recent employment numbers available, for June 2020, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/laus/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;unemployment rate for the Seven-County Metro Area hit 9.3%&lt;/a&gt;. This represented approximately 164,100 unemployed persons. Meanwhile, between the months of March and June, nearly &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;500,000 claims for Unemployment Insurance&lt;/a&gt; (UI) were filed in the region, accounting for 58% of the state&apos;s total claims during that time. For reference, the Metro Area unemployment rate was at 2.9% in February, which represented approximately 48,600 unemployed persons. UI claims filed during that month were just under 6,800.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The increases in unemployment and UI claims within the Metro can be attributed to the furloughs and layoffs businesses implemented to adhere with pandemic safety measures, as well as change in demand and other  economic stresses caused by COVID-19. Most of the businesses within the region are small businesses. In fact, as of 2018, over nine-in-ten Metro Area businesses had less than 50 employees. Over four-in-five businesses had less than 20 employees. Just over half of the region&apos;s businesses had fewer than five employees (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;5&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Table 1. Employers by Size Class in the Seven-County Metro Area, 2018&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Minnesota Percent of Firms, 2018&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Employees&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Firms&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent of Firms&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Change in Number of Firms, 2008-2018&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1-4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;45,269&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1,259&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;53.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5-9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,687&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+152&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10-19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,011&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+44&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+0.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;20-49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,789&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+908&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+11.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50-99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,294&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+256&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;100-249&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,949&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+105&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;250-499&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+98&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+21.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;500 or more&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;186&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+13&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+13.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total Firms&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;84,867&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,835&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: U.S. Census, County Business Patterns&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 2 reveals the number and share of small businesses (in this case, less than 20 employees) by industry sector for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As an example, about 91% of businesses within the Other Services sector have fewer than 20 employees. Other Services includes &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/industry-profiles.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Personal Care Services&lt;/a&gt;, an industry that has been hit especially hard by COVID-19.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Table 2. Small Businesses by Industry Sector in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), 2018&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Industry Sector&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Number of Employees&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Share of Total Firms with Fewer than 20 Employees&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Firms&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;1-4&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;5-9&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;10-19&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;97,449&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;52,561&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;15,936&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12,520&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;83.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Agriculture&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;132&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;97.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;78.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;148&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;54&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,998&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,281&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,216&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;718&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;92.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,538&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,611&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;741&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;656&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,387&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,769&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;880&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;716&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;81.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10,374&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,857&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,340&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,151&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;80.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,511&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;292&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;266&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;80.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,842&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;958&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;315&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;236&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;81.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Finance &amp;amp; Insurance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,052&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,737&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,037&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;603&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;88.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Real Estate, Rental, &amp;amp; Leasing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,513&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,355&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;585&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;302&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;95.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional, Scientific, &amp;amp; Technical Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,358&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,946&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,401&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;928&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;91.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management of Companies&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;986&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;298&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;139&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;135&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative &amp;amp; Support Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,467&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,358&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;759&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;491&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;84.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,515&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;658&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;226&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;243&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;74.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10,990&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,122&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,460&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,997&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;78.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts &amp;amp; Entertainment&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,877&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,024&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;293&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;207&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;81.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,232&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,686&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,071&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,625&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;60.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,320&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,116&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,121&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,208&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;90.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: U.S. Census, County Business Patterns&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has numerous resources to assist small businesses. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/business/help/sbao/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Small Business Assistance Office&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/business/help/sbdc/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Small Business Development Centers&lt;/a&gt; provide consulting services, guidebooks, licensing information, and training opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;General &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/business/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;information and resources available to businesses&lt;/a&gt; can be found on the DEED website, as well as information on how businesses can navigate through COVID-19.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>442575</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:27Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Resources for Job Seekers during Challenging Times</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Resources for Job Seekers during Challenging Times</Title><title>2020-07-07 Resources ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-439318&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-07-07T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>As of May 2020, the unemployment rate in Minnesota stood at 9.9%, which represented approximately 302,741 unemployed persons.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of May 2020, the unemployment rate in Minnesota stood at 9.9%, which represented approximately 302,741 unemployed persons. This is the highest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate recorded in Minnesota. Since February, the number of employed persons in the state has dropped by nearly 260,000 people, while the number of unemployed persons has risen by over 206,600 workers. For reference, the unemployment rate in February 2020 was 3.1%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While May&apos;s employment numbers did show some signs of stabilization, for the record number of people currently unemployed, this is a very difficult situation. For many people their financial situation may become more challenging when the additional $600 a week in benefits goes away at the end of July. Congress has not approved an extension of those temporary additional payments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Luckily, DEED and its workforce development partners offer many resources for people looking for work right now.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Virtual Resources for Job Seekers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For those job seekers living in the Seven-County Metro Area, and around Minnesota, many of the numerous options for workers seeking to find employment or transition into a new job can be found online at &lt;a href=&quot;https://CareerForceMN.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForceMN.com&lt;/a&gt;. On the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/virtual-interactive-services-career-seekers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Virtual &amp;amp; Interactive Services for Career Seekers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page on that website jobseekers can find new and upcoming online job clubs, interview skills workshops, resume writing workshops, virtual career fairs, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/coursera&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;online Coursera classes&lt;/a&gt;, LinkedIn workshops, and more. On the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/online-tools&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Online Tools&lt;/a&gt; page on CareerForceMN.com, career seekers can link to interest and skills assessments, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/jobs-demand-during-covid-19&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;listing of top jobs hiring now in Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, plus wage, educational requirements and other pertinent info for those top jobs. And jobseekers can search thousands of open positions in Minnesota using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/job-search&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Search&lt;/a&gt; tool on CareerForceMN.com.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce locations&lt;/a&gt; throughout the Metro Area and Minnesota offer individual assistance sessions by appointment – either virtually or in person. For example, the CareerForce Career Lab in West St. Paul opened for limited services on June 18th. These services include access to computers, phone, and fax for job search related activities, with appointments available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30am-10:30am and 11:00am-1:00pm. Call or email staff a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce location near you&lt;/a&gt; to find out more about the services available and how to access them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Job seekers can utilize &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s labor market information&lt;/a&gt; at any time online. To explore careers and prepare for your job search, check out the following resources:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/match-jobs-experience/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Match Jobs to Experience&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One can also reach out to DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/business/help/lmi/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;labor market analysts for assistance&lt;/a&gt; at any time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>439318</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:27Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Labor Force Swings in the Metro Area</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Labor Force Swings in the Metro Area</Title><title>2020-06-22 Labor Force ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-437312&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-06-22T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>With the release of April statewide and regional labor force statistics, the impact of COVID-19 on the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area is starting to come into focus. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the release of April statewide and regional labor force statistics, the impact of COVID-19 on the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area is starting to come into focus. Table 1 below highlights two interesting trends: 1) that the unemployment rate increased significantly, and 2) the size of the labor force decreased over-the-year throughout the Metro Area and Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In April 2020, all seven counties in the Metro Area experienced sharp increases in unemployment over-the-month and over-the-year. In April 2019, the Metro Area&apos;s unemployment rate of 2.7% represented approximately 47,000 unemployed persons. Through March 2020, this had increased slightly to approximately 50,000 unemployed persons, and a 2.9% rate. As of April, with an unemployment rate of 8.9%, the number of unemployed had tripled to over 150,000 persons. For reference, unemployment in the Metro Area peaked at 8.1% during the Great Recession in 2009, which represented approximately 130,000 workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in, unemployment rates were at or above 9% in Ramsey (9.2%), Anoka (9.1%), Scott (9.1%), and Dakota County (9.0%) for April 2020. Unemployment was lowest in the region in Carver County (7.3%), although this rate was still near levels not witnessed since the Great Recession. In addition to sharp increases in unemployment, the Metro Area and Minnesota also witnessed decreasing labor force sizes. Between the Aprils of 2019 and 2020, the Metro Area&apos;s labor force size decreased by 0.7%. This was equivalent to approximately 12,700 people. Statewide, the labor force decreased by 1.1%, or approximately 32,900 people. This reflects more people who are neither employed nor actively seeking work. Interestingly, where Carver County had the lowest unemployment rate for April 2020, it also had the largest decrease in labor force size over-the-year (-1.6%) (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;April Labor Force Size&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Annual Labor Force Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;April Unemployment Rate – &lt;em&gt;Not Seasonally-Adjusted&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;2009&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;2019&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;United States&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;155,830,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;-3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;8.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;3.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;14.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3,052,783&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-1.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7.8%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.6%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Twin Cities Metro Area&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1,701,275&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-0.7%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7.2%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.7%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.9%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;     Anoka County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;195,521&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;-0.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;8.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;3.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;9.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;     Carver County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;57,111&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;-1.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;7.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;2.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;     Dakota County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;239,425&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;-0.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;7.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;9.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;     Hennepin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;698,640&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;-0.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;6.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;2.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;8.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;     Ramsey County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;286,768&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;-0.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;7.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;9.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;     Scott County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;82,924&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;-0.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;7.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;2.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;9.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;     Washington County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;140,886&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;-1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;7.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;8.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: MN DEED Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While these are unprecedented highs, they are low in comparison to the national unemployment rate, which hit 14.7% in April 2020. This may be partly due to how local people responded to the survey. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/laus/about-laus.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Local Area Unemployment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (LAUS) program provides a very specific definition of unemployed, which might be holding our rate down. According to DEED&apos;s LAUS program, &quot;Unemployed persons refers to those not employed but available for work and actively looking during the last four weeks, those waiting to be called back to a job from which they were laid off, or people waiting to report to a new job.&quot; As noted, this data is collected by a monthly household survey through the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and reflects the labor force status every mid-month. May 2020 labor force statistics will be released for the state on June 18th, with regional level data being released on June 23rd.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;, Labor Market Analyst.&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>437312</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:26Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Where Things Once Stood: Metro Area Employment Situation Pre-COVID-19</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Where Things Once Stood: Metro Area Employment Situation Pre-COVID-19</Title><title>2020-05-04 Pre-COVID ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-430829&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-05-05T20:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic. As cases of COVID-19 spread to Minnesota, Governor Tim Walz signed Executive Order 20-01 on March 13, declaring a peacetime emergency. Subsequent executive orders would require the temporary closure of bars, restaurants, and “other places of public accommodation,” and “directed Minnesotans to stay at home except for certain exempted activities and critical sector work.” These drastic steps were taken to ensure that Minnesota could slow the rate of COVID-19’s spread enough to acquire needed medical equipment, prepare medical staff and facilities and avoid overwhelming the health care system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/where-things-once-stood-metro-area-employment-situation-pre-covid-19&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Continue reading Where Things Once Stood: Metro Area Employment Situation Pre-COVID-19&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>430829</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:26Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Thank a Veteran</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Protective Service Occupations in the Metro</Title><title>2020-02-28 Protective ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-421681&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-02-28T21:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Fittingly firefighters, police officers, correctional officers, security guards, detectives and investigators are all found within the protective services occupational group.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Fittingly firefighters, police officers, correctional officers, security guards, detectives and investigators are all found within the protective services occupational group. According to DEED’s Employment Outlook tool, occupations within protective services are anticipated to grow by 5.8% between 2016 and 2026 in the Twin Cities metro region. While that is equivalent to more than 1,600 net new jobs, additionally there will also be nearly 15,000 labor market exit openings in protective services during this time, as current workers retire or otherwise leave their current positions. The Metro Area is going to need people interested in working in protective services occupations both today and in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/protective-service-occupations-metro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Continue reading Protective Service Occupations in the Metro&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>421681</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:26Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Thank a Veteran</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Agriculture in Minnesota and the Metro Area</Title><title>2020-01-30 Agriculture ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-418161&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-01-30T21:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>According to newly released data from the 2017 Census of Agriculture, Minnesota ranks 6th in the United States in agricultural production, with $18.4 billion in the total value of agricultural products sold.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to newly released data from the 2017 Census of Agriculture, Minnesota ranks 6th in the United States in agricultural production, with $18.4 billion in the total value of agricultural products sold. In total, the state had over 68,800 farms covering more than 25.5 million acres of land. Clearly, agriculture is a major pillar of Minnesota’s economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/agriculture-minnesota-and-metro-area&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Continue reading Agriculture in Minnesota and the Metro Area&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>418161</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:26Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Veterans Day 2019</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>An Aging Workforce – Challenges and Opportunities</Title><title>2019-12-16 Aging ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-415439&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-12-16T19:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The data is clear, and the trend is eye-opening: the Twin Cities Metro Area’s population is getting older. Since the turn of the century, the Metro Area has gained about 457,000 people, growing by 17.3 percent.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The data is clear, and the trend is eye-opening: the Twin Cities Metro Area’s population is getting older. Since the turn of the century, the Metro Area has gained about 457,000 people, growing by 17.3 percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/aging-workforce-challenges-and-opportunities&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Continue reading An Aging Workforce – Challenges and Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>415439</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:22Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Veterans Day 2019</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans Day 2019</Title><title>2019-11-13 Veterans Day 2019 ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-410214&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-11-13T19:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The veteran community is much older, and veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area are much more likely to have a disability than the non-veteran population.  </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On Monday, November 11, Veterans Day will be observed throughout the United States to celebrate the service of all U.S. military veterans. As an appreciation to those who have served or are currently serving, this month’s blogpost will focus on veterans in the Twin Cities region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans in the Metro Area&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of 2018 there were about 2,771,285 people 18 years of age and older living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). An estimated 6.0 percent of that population, or 166,768 people, were veterans (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/110819-tc-table1_tcm1045-410216.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Veteran Population Statistics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Veteran Population Statistics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;110819-tc-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recent data from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=310M100US33460&amp;amp;table=S2101&amp;amp;tid=ACSST1Y2018.S2101&amp;amp;t=Veterans&amp;amp;hidePreview=false&amp;amp;vintage=2018&amp;amp;cid=DP02_0001E&amp;amp;layer=state&amp;amp;lastDisplayedRow=30&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2018 American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS) continues to show stark differences for veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA when compared to the non-veteran population. One, the veteran community is much older. As of 2018, over half (53.5 percent) of veterans reported being 65 years of age and older. Of the nonveteran population over the age of 18, only 16.0 percent reported being 65 years of age and older.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Two, ACS data reveals that veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA are much more likely to have a disability than the non-veteran population. As of 2018, over one-in-four veterans in the region reported having any disability, compared with about one-in-10 for the nonveteran population. Along with reported disabilities, many veterans may also live with mental and behavioral health challenges, have difficulty finding employment, have financial hurdles, or other issues. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/resources/familyassistance/minnesotaservicecore.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Service CORE&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs&lt;/a&gt; (MDVA) continue their unique partnership with the goal of helping veterans with the challenges above.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Population Survey&lt;/a&gt; (CPS), veterans at the national level are employed in the following occupational groups:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Professional and related occupations: 20.6% of employed veterans&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Management, business, and financial operations occupations: 18.6%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Service occupations: 14.2%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Transportation and material moving occupations: 9.8%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sales and related occupations: 8.4%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Office and Administrative support occupations: 8.1%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations: 7.2%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Production occupations: 6.5%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Construction occupations: 6.1%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations: 0.4%&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While this data is not available at the Metropolitan level, it highlights the fact that veterans find employment within every occupational area once they enter the civilian labor force. More than 20 percent, however, find work within professional and related occupations (i.e., information technology, engineering, architecture), with nearly another 20 percent finding work in management, business, and financial operations occupations. This points to the fact that veterans have a wealth of skill sets that employers across every industry sector can benefit from. This is especially important as the Twin Cities’ labor market remains tight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hiring Veterans in the Twin Cities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED has employment services specifically targeted at veterans, with the aim of connecting employers searching for quality candidates and veterans searching for life-sustaining career opportunities.  Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/hire-a-veteran/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;more resources online here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment Resources for Veterans&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Whether you’re an older or a younger veteran, have a high school diploma or higher education, or have a disability, there is a place in Minnesota’s labor market for you. Check out the many resources for assisting veterans with finding the right career online:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:veterans.careerForce@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Contact a Veterans Employment Representative&lt;/a&gt;: while working with employers, these representatives also work one-on-one with veterans to provide custom-tailored services.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explore career options with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mynextmove.org/vets/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My Next Move for Veterans&lt;/a&gt; or with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Veterans/default.aspx?frd=true&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerOneStop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post your resume on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks.net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Check out the numerous &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/career-events/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;career events taking place for veterans&lt;/a&gt; throughout the state.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>410214</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:22Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>A Year in the Twin Cities Metro</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Year in the Twin Cities Metro</Title><title>2019-10-17 A Year in the Twin Cities Metro ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-407204&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-10-17T16:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Metro Area accounts for nearly 3.1 million people, over 55 percent of Minnesota’s total population – and is becoming more diverse.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data, data, and more data. Population statistics, demographic trends, educational attainment, labor force numbers, commuting patterns, household income, cost of living, occupational employment, industry projections, and the list goes on. Each year, DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;regional labor market analysts&lt;/a&gt; provide an annual update on their respective regions. This year’s comprehensive &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/rp_twincities_2019_tcm1045-133250.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2019 Regional Profile&lt;/a&gt; for the Twin Cities Metro Area comprises an in-depth look at how the region has changed in recent years, the current state of affairs, and where it might be headed to next.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Here are the highlights: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Population&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Seven-County Metro Area now accounts for nearly 3.1 million people, making up over 55 percent of Minnesota’s total population.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Since the turn of the century, the Metro Area has added nearly 700,000 people, growing by over 17 percent. Scott County (growing by about 65 percent) and Carver County (growing by about 48 percent) were the region’s fastest-growing counties. Hennepin County was the largest-growing, adding more than 143,000 people between 2000 and 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Metro Area is becoming more diverse. For example, between 2010 and 2018, over 100,000 immigrants moved into the region, most notably from southeastern Asia, south central Asia, eastern Africa, and Latin America.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Metro Area’s population is highly educated. In 2017, almost three-quarters of the region’s population 25 years of age and older had achieved some level of post-secondary education. Over two-in-five residents of the region had a bachelor’s degree or more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Labor Force&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Similar to the state, the Metro Area’s labor force growth is slowing down. For example, the region averaged 22,000 new workers per year in the 1990s. This slowed down to an average of 15,000 new workers per year in the 2010s. The region is projected to add an average of 11,000 new workers per year in the 2020s.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unemployment remains low across the region. As of annual 2018, the unemployment rate dipped down to 2.6 percent. This represented about 44,000 unemployed persons, or the lowest unemployment has been in the Metro Area since 2000.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Metro Area had over 76,500 job vacancies during the fourth quarter of 2018, and over 86,000 job vacancies during the second quarter of 2019. As such, there is less than one unemployed person for every job vacancy.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Industry Employment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;As of 2018, the Seven-County Metro Area had 83,451 establishments supplying 1,761,988 jobs. Employment increased by 22,432 jobs (1.3 percent) between 2017 and 2018, and by 141,376 jobs (8.7 percent) between 2013 and 2018.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hennepin County, adding 11,365 jobs, witnessed the most employment growth over-the-year. Carver County, growing by 3.7 percent, witnessed the fastest employment growth, with Washington County (+2.9 percent) and Anoka County (+2.6 percent) also witnessing rapid growth.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance has added the most jobs over-the-year, followed by Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Finance and Insurance; and Construction. Overall, 17 of 20 major industry sectors witnessed employment growth in the region over the past year.
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For More Information
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>407204</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:21Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>2019 Manufacturing Highlights </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>2019 Manufacturing Highlights </Title><title>2019-09-13 2019 Manufacturing Highlights ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-402663&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-09-13T19:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Manufacturing employers recently reported about 6,000 job vacancies in the Metro – the second-most vacancies ever reported since the Job Vacancy Survey began in 2001. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)&lt;/a&gt;, the manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the “mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products.” With so many different materials, substances, and components, Manufacturing is broken down into 21 distinct subsectors. These sectors range from Food Manufacturing to Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing to Printing and Related Support Activities. In fact, Manufacturing has the most subsectors of any major industry sector (Retail Trade has the second most subsectors with 12). These 21 manufacturing subsectors in the Metro Area are broken down in Table 1.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091219_tc_table1_tcm1045-402664.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Manufacturing in the Twin Cities Metro Area, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Manufacturing in the Twin Cities Metro Area, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091219_tc_table1.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With nearly 36,000 jobs, Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing is the Metro Area’s top-employing manufacturing subsector. In fact, where the Metro Area accounts for 53.2 percent of Minnesota’s total manufacturing employment, it accounts for 79.1 percent of the state’s Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing employment. Establishments in this subsector manufacture computers, communications equipment, audio and video equipment, semiconductors, navigational and control instrumentation, and optical and magnetic media, among other specialized electronic products. With such advanced manufacturing processes and products, the average annual wage in this subsector is high, being $105,300 in 2018. This was second only to Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing out of the 21 manufacturing subsectors. Occupations highly concentrated within this subsector include electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers; software developers of systems software; assemblers and fabricators; software developers of applications; and industrial engineers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/mn-5c-20manufac_7921260%20%281%29_tcm1045-402114.png&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Manufacturing 2019&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Manufacturing 2019&quot; style=&quot;width: 300px; height: 720px;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;2019-metro&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;With nearly 25,000 jobs, Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing accounts for about one-in-seven manufacturing jobs. When one thinks of general manufacturing employment, they’re probably thinking of jobs within Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing. Establishments in this subsector, according to the NAICS system, “transform metal into intermediate or end products…or treat metals and metal formed products fabricated elsewhere.” As such, common processes within this subsector include forging, stamping, bending, forming, machining, welding, and assembling. If looking to find work in this subsector, you may try becoming a welder; assembler and fabricator; cutting, punching, and press machine operator; CNC operator; or inspector, tester, sorter, sampler, and weigher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Miscellaneous Manufacturing, with about 19,000 jobs, makes up the Metro Area’s third largest-employing manufacturing subsector. Machinery Manufacturing, with just about 17,200 jobs, isn’t far behind. Each of these subsectors accounts for approximately one-in-ten of the region’s total manufacturing jobs. Both subsectors also happen to have average annual wages approaching $80,000. Miscellaneous Manufacturing is a mix of both Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing and Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (which includes jewelry, sporting and athletic goods, toys and games, office supplies, signs, musical instruments, and burial caskets). In the Metro Area, more than three-quarters of its Miscellaneous Manufacturing employment is within Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing. Machinery Manufacturing, for its part, involves multiple metal forming processes and complex assembly operations to produce everything from flour milling machinery to ventilation fans to metal cutting machines.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Occupations within Miscellaneous Manufacturing and Machinery Manufacturing may be similar in name to those occupations found within Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing, Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, and any of the other 17 manufacturing subsectors. Many of these subsectors will call for welders, CNC operators, inspectors and testers, machinists, and assemblers and fabricators. Additionally, these subsectors employ supervisors, sales representatives, general and operations managers, shipping and receiving clerks, and other various occupations not typically associated with manufacturing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of course, the skills, knowledge, and experience required will differ from one manufacturing job to the next, from one company to the next, and from one subsector to the next. For example, an Electrical Controls Engineer at one manufacturing company may require a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, along with CAD experience and proficiency in Microsoft Office. Meanwhile, a TIG Welder at another company may require a high school diploma along with five to eight years of experience in precision welding. Other opportunities to enter manufacturing may come about from career and technical education, apprenticeships, or even on-the-job training. However, nearly every occupation in manufacturing will require essential skills such as excellent time management, attention to detail, good oral and written communication, and the ability to work both in team settings and independently.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In Demand&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Whether it’s an Electrical Controls Engineer in Computer and Electronic Products Manufacturing, or a TIG Welder in Fabricated Metal Products Manufacturing, there are plenty of opportunities for working in manufacturing in the Twin Cities Metro Area. According to DEED’s Job Vacancy Survey, manufacturing employers recently reported about 6,000 job vacancies. This was the second-most vacancies ever reported since the survey began in 2001.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In such a large-employing, diverse, and ever-evolving industry sector, it will be eye-opening to see how manufacturing continues to shape the Twin Cities Metro Area. Whether you’re interested in pursuing a certificate or degree in a specific production field, finding a career in manufacturing, or learning more about this industry in the Metro Area and across Minnesota, check out the following resources:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce&lt;/a&gt;: Create an account to find career opportunities. Also useful for employers to find talent in the region.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apprenticeshipmn.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Apprenticeship Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;: Manufacturing employers are increasingly turning to apprenticeships to find workers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED Labor Market Information&lt;/a&gt;: Resources for discovering more about manufacturing in the Metro Area and Minnesota. Includes the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer&lt;/a&gt;, which can be used to find job openings.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerOneStop&lt;/a&gt;: An excellent resource for self-assessments, career exploration, and job openings.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/ooh/production/home.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook&lt;/a&gt;: Discover more about production occupations at the national level.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/joinusmn/key-industries/advanced-manufacturing/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Thriving in the North&lt;/a&gt;: Learn more about manufacturing and its impact in Minnesota.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>402663</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:21Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Wages in the Twin Cities</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Wages in the Twin Cities</Title><title>2019-08-09 Wages in the Twin Cities ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-398304&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-08-09T20:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Here&apos;s what it takes to meet a basic needs cost-of-living in the Twin Cities Metro.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Ever wonder what it takes to meet a basic needs cost-of-living in the Twin Cities Metro Area? You’re in luck: According to data from DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cost of Living Calculator&lt;/a&gt;, a single individual without children would need to earn an hourly wage of $15.69 (equivalent to an annual budget of $32,640) to meet this threshold. For the typical family of three, which includes one full-time working adult, one part-time working adult, and one child, each working adult would need to earn an hourly wage of $19.51 (equivalent to an annual family budget of $60,864) to meet basic needs in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;What is included in “basic needs”? DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cost of Living Calculator&lt;/a&gt; was designed to measure a simple living that meets basic needs for health and safety. There is no money built in for savings, vacations, entertainment, eating out, tobacco, or alcohol, even though some of these may be considered part of a normal healthy life. Beyond detailing the hourly wage and yearly budget individuals and families would need to meet basic needs in Minnesota, its regions, and its counties, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cost of Living Calculator&lt;/a&gt; also breaks down monthly costs by category. These categories include child care, food, health care, housing, transportation, other necessities, and taxes (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/080919-tc-table1_tcm1045-398306.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Basic Needs Cost of Living Estimates, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Basic Needs Cost of Living Estimates, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;080919-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Meeting a Basic Needs Budget in the Twin Cities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OES) data, the median hourly wage in the Twin Cities was $22.78 in 2019. This certainly meets the basic needs budget for both individuals and families in the region. Zooming out, however, the middle 50 percent of jobs in the region earn between $14.88 per hour and $35.80 per hour, and 25 percent of workers earn less than $14.88 per hour. Clearly, not all jobs result in wages which meet the basic-needs budget for the area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Along with health care practitioners – such as surgeons, doctors, dentists, psychiatrists, and other specialists – occupations with the highest median wages are typically found in management, computer and mathematical, architecture and engineering, and legal occupational groups. These, of course, are occupations which require extensive levels of post-secondary education and training.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the other end of the spectrum, occupations with the lowest median wages are typically found in food preparation and serving related, personal care and service, farming, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance, sales, and health care support occupational groups. Occupations within these groups typically do not require post-secondary education. Also, these six occupational groups account for over 508,000 jobs in the Twin Cities, or over one-in-four jobs. These occupations are vitally important to the region’s economy (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/080719-tc-table2_tcm1045-398308.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 2. Employment and Wages in Selected Occupations in the Twin Cities Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Table 2. Employment and Wages in Selected Occupations in the Twin Cities Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;080719-tc-table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
While occupations in areas such as food preparation and serving, health care support, and building and grounds cleaning and maintenance typically have lower wages, there are countless pathways for advancement to higher earnings. Retail salespersons in the Twin Cities, for example, earn a median hourly wage of $12.52; while becoming a first-line supervisor of retail sales workers bumps the median hourly wage up to $21.29.
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>398304</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:20Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Anoka County Continues to Grow </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Anoka County Continues to Grow </Title><title>2019-07-15 Anoka County Continues to Grow ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-392980&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-07-15T20:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>While Anoka County continues to experience employment growth, its unemployment rate continues to drop. The county&apos;s 2.8 percent unemployment rate (2018) was the lowest in 18 years. And that means the labor market is tight.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With just over 7,500 establishments supplying over 125,500 jobs, Anoka County is Minnesota’s fourth largest-employing county. And it’s growing. Since the end of the Great Recession in 2010, Anoka County has gained 20,190 jobs, growing by 19.2 percent. With that growth, the county has surpassed its 2007 pre-recession peak of employment by over 9,300 jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;More recently, between 2013 and 2018, the county witnessed average annual employment growth of 1.9 percent, which outpaced the state’s average annual growth during that time of 1.4 percent. Within the past year of available data, between 2017 and 2018, Anoka County gained 3,047 jobs, expanding by 2.5 percent. This growth far outpaced statewide employment growth during that time of 1.0 percent (Figure 1). In fact, out of Minnesota’s 87 counties, Anoka County added the second-most jobs between 2017 and 2018, only being surpassed by Hennepin County.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/071219_tc_figure1_tcm1045-392982.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Anoka County Employment Trends, 2000-2018&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Anoka County Employment Trends, 2000-2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;071219-tc-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Where are these jobs being added? Over the past five years, Health Care and Social Assistance has added 2,559 jobs, making it the county’s largest-growing industry sector during that time. Adding 1,846 jobs, Construction was not only the county’s second largest-growing industry sector, but also the fastest-growing. (Construction grew three times faster than Anoka County’s total employment growth over the past five years). Educational Services and Manufacturing each added about 1,140 jobs between 2013 and 2018, virtually tied for third.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A Tight Labor Market&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While Anoka County continues to experience employment growth, its unemployment rate continues to drop. As of 2018, the county had an unemployment rate of 2.8 percent, which was the lowest annual rate in 18 years. With such low unemployment, employers across the county are dealing with the challenges of a tight labor market. In other words, there aren’t enough workers to fill current job vacancies. In Anoka County, those occupations with the most job vacancies include Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Salespersons, Elementary School Teachers, Stock Clerks and Order Fillers, Customer Service Representatives, Nursing Assistants, Social and Human Service Assistants, and Personal Care Aides.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With Anoka County’s high concentrations of employment in Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing, Specialty Trade Contractors, Repair and Maintenance, and Construction of Buildings, there is also high demand for numerous production and construction jobs. Welders, CNC Operators, Machinists, Carpenters, Electricians, Plumbers, Construction Equipment Operators, Construction Managers, Industrial Engineers, Automotive Service Technicians – and the list goes on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Anoka County’s tight labor market and continued employment growth promise students and current job seekers countless educational and career pathways. School districts, teachers, parents, and students should continue to keep an eye on the county’s employment trends and in-demand occupations to make the best, most-informed decisions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>392980</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:20Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Using All Types of Data – Your Work Commute</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Using All Types of Data – Your Work Commute</Title><title>2019-06-21 Using All Types of Data – Your Work Commute ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-389941&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-06-21T16:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Metro has a number of unique commuting characteristics. Among them: More women than men use public transportation to get to work, but more men bicycle.   </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Labor Market Information Office&lt;/a&gt; provides a wealth of data people can use to make the most-informed decisions; and these decisions are being made by numerous stakeholders: job seekers, students, entrepreneurs and businesses, school districts, city councils, legislators and policy makers, and others. The Labor Market Information Office is, of course, focused on employment and unemployment, occupational wages, industry trends, projections, and similar data. This data is vital for understanding local and regional areas, and how they fit within the context of Minnesota’s economy, as well as the national economy.
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED-produced labor market information can be bolstered with external data. A major source of external data is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS). &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Blogposts and articles&lt;/a&gt; written by DEED’s regional analysts often turn to the ACS to build upon labor market analysis. Whether it’s occupational or industry analysis, a look at income or poverty trends, overall population growth, disability statistics, or other topics, the ACS data can provide a more complete understanding of local and regional areas. For example, Table 1 highlights some of the information the ACS provides on commuting characteristics in the Metro Area and Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/061819_tc_table1_tcm1045-389942.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Commuting Charateristics by Sex, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Commuting Charateristics by Sex, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;061819-tc-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
According to the latest 2013-2017 5-year estimates from the ACS, the Twin Cities Metro Area has a number of unique commuting characteristics:
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&lt;li&gt;A higher share of workers (5.4%) use public transportation than the state (3.6%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;More women (5.9%) use public transportation than men (4.9%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;More men bicycle to work (1.3%) than women (0.7%)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Just over 86,300 people reported working from home&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Women are more likely to work in their county of residence than men&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Nearly half of workers report leaving for work between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. (rush hour traffic!)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The mean travel time to work was just under 25 minutes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While DEED labor market information focuses in on areas like industry employment and occupational wages, it is important to consider as much information as possible to make the best possible analysis, which will hopefully lead to making the best possible decisions. In the case of commuting data, job seekers can plan how and when they can get to their workplaces accordingly. Employers can begin to answer those all-important questions concerning available talent in their respective areas, and how that talent might commute to their locations. City councils may take a hard look at public transportation, shuttle services, and ease of bicycling in their communities, especially in light of tight labor market conditions. They can use commuting data and labor market information together, and begin to develop creative solutions to issues like an aging labor force or transportation difficulties among low-income populations and persons with disabilities. Beyond national, statewide, and regional data, the ACS allows users to zoom in on zip codes, counties, cities, and even census tracts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There’s a wealth of information available through the Labor Market Information Office, and even more from sources like the American Community Survey. Keep checking the Metro Local Look blog to discover how this information can be used to discover your local area and region, and adapt to change.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>389941</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:19Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Unique Industries</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Unique Industries</Title><title>2019-05-17 Unique Industries ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-384929&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-05-17T20:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Ratios known as location quotients – LQs – are used to compare the concentration of an industry within a specific area to the concentration of that industry to a base economy. Here are industries highly concentrated in the Metro.   </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you’re a frequent user of labor market information, you’re probably not new to the concept of location quotients. For new users, here’s a definition from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.bls.gov/cew/doc/info/location_quotients.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (BLS):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Location quotients (LQs) compare the concentration of an industry within a specific area to the concentration of that industry to a base economy [typically the nation]. Essentially, LQs are ratios that allow an area’s distribution of employment by industry, ownership, and class size to be compared to a reference area’s distribution.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For this blogpost, we will be comparing the distribution of the Metro Area’s industry employment to that of Minnesota and the United States.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should be noted that if an LQ is equal to 1, then the local industry has the same share of its area employment as it does to the base economy. An LQ greater than 1 indicates an industry with a greater share of the local area employment than is the case for the base economy. Generally, LQs greater than or equal to 1.2 are significant.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Now for the Metro Area LQs:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/050819_tc_table1_tcm1045-384930.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Metro Area Industry Location Quotients, Q2, 2018 Private Sector Employment&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Metro Area Industry Location Quotients, Q2, 2018 Private Sector Employment&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;050819-tc-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From this list of major industry sectors (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?chart=2017&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NAICS 2-digit industries&lt;/a&gt;), we can see that five industries have significant location quotients in the Metro Area when compared to state employment, being Management of Companies; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Finance and Insurance; Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing; and Arts and Recreation. Of these five industries, two have significant location quotients when compared to national employment, those being Management of Companies and Finance and Insurance (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in to NAICS 3-digit industries, those with the highest LQs include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing: 2.7 US LQ; 1.5 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Printing and Related Support Activities: 2.5 US LQ; 1.0 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Management of Companies: 2.5 US LQ; 1.4 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Miscellaneous Manufacturing: 2.5 US LQ; 1.2 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Air Transportation: 2.1 US LQ; 1.5 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries: 1.7 US LQ; 1.4 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Publishing Industries (except Internet): 1.6 US LQ; 1.2 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Insurance Carriers and Related Activities: 1.6 US LQ; 1.3 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Internet Service Providers and Data Processing Services: 1.5 US LQ; 1.4 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments: 1.5 US LQ; 1.4 MN LQ&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Figure 1 highlights those in-depth industries where the share of statewide employment is highly concentrated in the Metro Area. For example, there were 13,365 jobs in Air Transportation in the Metro Area in Q2 2018, making up nearly 95 percent of such jobs in Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/050819_tc_figure1_tcm1045-384931.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Metro Area Industries with the Highest Shares of Minnesota Employment, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Metro Area Industries with the Highest Shares of Minnesota Employment, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;050819-tc-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>384929</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:19Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>GEO Data Revisited</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>GEO Data Revisited</Title><title>2019-04-11 GEO Data Revisited ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-379611&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-04-11T20:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Graduate Employment Outcomes – GEO – tool has been updated to include up through the 2016 graduation cohort. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Metro Area Local Look blog last highlighted the &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/etd/Results.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Graduate Employment Outcomes tool&lt;/a&gt; back in 2017. At that time, GEO data was updated through the 2014 graduation cohort. With recent updates, GEO data now includes up through the 2016 graduation cohort.
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A Quick Refresher&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you missed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/288735&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Graduate Employment Outcomes in the Twin Cities&lt;/a&gt; blogpost, or missed out on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/etd/Results.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;GEO tool&lt;/a&gt; entirely, you’re in for a treat. The GEO tool shows how graduates from educational institutions in Minnesota are doing in the labor market two, three, five, and eight years after completing their respective programs. Users of the tool can filter their search of graduate outcomes by graduation year (2006 through 2016), school location (statewide, Twin Cities Area, and Greater Minnesota), award type (certificates, associate degree, bachelor’s degree, and graduate degree), institution type (both private and public institutions), specific school, and instructional program. Lots of options to choose from!
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Users will be able to analyze the following for completer data:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Total number of graduates&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Graduates with reported wages two years after graduation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Median hourly wage (two, three, five, and eight years after graduation)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Top industry of employment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Top region of employment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Share of graduates working full-time and year-round&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Share of graduates continuing their education in Minnesota&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Share of graduates with unknown outcomes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;That last bullet point brings up an important limitation to the GEO tool: Outcomes represent only the graduates who worked in Minnesota as identified in the state’s Unemployment Insurance wage records. Although about 95 percent of Minnesota’s businesses report wages, people employed by federal agencies, people who are self-employed, or people employed in other states are excluded.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The workforce and education data within the GEO tool are collected through a collaboration of DEED and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE). &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/geo&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Learn more about the tool here&lt;/a&gt;.
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Latest Data&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The 2016 graduation cohort in the Twin Cities Area was 45,562 completers strong. Just over 15 percent of these graduates completed a certificate; over 24 percent completed an associate degree; nearly 38 percent completed a bachelor’s degree; and the remaining 23 percent completed a graduate degree. Two years after completing any type of award, graduates from educational institutions in the Twin Cities were earning a median hourly wage of $20.94. Wages climbed for each higher level of educational attainment, reaching a median hourly wage of $32.75 for graduate degree completers (Table 1).
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While wages did go up with higher levels of educational attainment, programs of study also had a definitive impact upon earnings. For example, obtaining an associate degree in registered nursing resulted in median earnings of $31.43 per hour two years after graduation. Similarly, completing a certificate in plumbing and related water supply services resulted in median earnings of $44.64 per hour. In contrast, graduates with bachelor’s degrees in history were earning a median wage of $15.05 per hour, with the largest number of jobs found in retail trade; and graduates with bachelor’s degrees in radio, television, and digital communication reported a median hourly wage of $14.78.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Clearly, choice of major matters in labor market outcomes. Students, career seekers, and others interested in furthering their education can use the GEO data to make more-informed decisions on their educational pathways. While past graduate outcomes cannot predict the market success of future graduates, and success is measured by more than just wages, users of the GEO tool can get a better sense of perception and reality for numerous educational pathways.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/040419-tc-table1_tcm1045-379612.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Graduate Outcomes in the Twin Cities Area, 2015-2016 Graduation Cohort&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Graduate Outcomes in the Twin Cities Area, 2015-2016 Graduation Cohort&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;040419-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>379611</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:18Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Education on Educational Services </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Education on Educational Services </Title><title>2019-03-13 Education on Educational Services ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-375678&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-03-13T16:30:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Governor Walz&apos;s &apos;Budget for One Minnesota&apos; includes a focus on education. Whether or not you agree with the specifics, one thing is certain: Educational services are vital to our economy and people.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Governor Tim Walz recently released his Budget for One Minnesota, with one of three focus areas being Education. Whether or not you agree with the specifics of the budget proposal, one thing should be clear: educational services are vital to Minnesota’s economy and its people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recent employment and vacancy statistics highlight significant trends within Educational Services in the Twin Cities Metro Area. Way back in the second quarter of 2003, the Metro Area had 2,044 Educational Services establishments supplying 114,562 jobs. Fifteen years later, during the second quarter of 2018, this industry had 2,165 establishments supplying 138,270 jobs. So where the number of establishments increased by just 5.9 percent over the past 15 years, employment increased by 20.7 percent, or more than 23,700 jobs (Figure 1). For reference, total employment across all industries in the region expanded by 11.9 percent during this span of time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/030619-tc-figure1_tcm1045-375679.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Trends in Educational Services Employment in the Metro Area, 2003-2018&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Trends in Educational Services Employment in the Metro Area, 2003-2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;030619-tc-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Educational Services is made up of seven in-depth sectors:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Elementary and Secondary Schools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other Schools and Instruction (includes Fine Arts Schools, Sports and Recreation Instruction, Language Schools, Exam Preparation and Tutoring, and Automobile Driving Schools)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Junior Colleges&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Educational Support Services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Business Schools and Computer and Management Training&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Technical and Trade Schools (includes Cosmetology and Barber Schools, Flight Training, and Apprenticeship Training)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over the past 15 years, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools gained 9,365 jobs in the Metro Area, making it the largest-growing sector within Educational Services during that time. Elementary and Secondary Schools wasn’t far off this mark, gaining 7,796 jobs. Together, these two sectors account for over 85 percent of the region’s total employment in Educational Services. So it makes sense that they’ve witnessed the most growth over the last decade and a half.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other sectors, however, are growing much more rapidly. Gaining 3,687 jobs, Educational Support Services witnessed an incredible 501.0 percent growth between 2003 and 2018. This put it as the region’s second fastest-growing sector out of nearly 250 sectors (NAICS 4-digit) during that time. Growing by 75.4 percent, equivalent to 3,847 jobs, Technical and Trade Schools also witnessed rapid growth between 2003 and 2018.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Along with employment growth in Educational Services, the number of open job vacancies has also risen rapidly over the past 15 years. Such vacancies spiked by 48.3 percent between the second quarters of 2017 and 2018 alone (Figure 1). For reference, total vacancies in the region climbed by 11.1 percent over-the-year. Those Educational Services occupations with the most vacancies (2nd Quarter, 2018) include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Teacher Assistants: 1,174 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Secondary School Teachers: 509 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Elementary School Teachers: 474 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Self-Enrichment Education Teachers: 329 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School: 306 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Preschool Teachers: 272 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Substitute Teachers: 183 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Special Education Teachers, Secondary School: 91 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Health Specialties Teachers, Post-secondary: 89 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Instructional Coordinators: 74 vacancies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>375678</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:17Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Jump Starting Your Career in a Tight Labor Market</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Jump Starting Your Career in a Tight Labor Market</Title><title>2019-02-11 Jump Starting Your Career in a Tight Labor Market ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-371480&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-02-11T21:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Employers, job seekers find new ways to connect at &apos;Jump Start&apos; events.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Twin Cities Metro Area is experiencing very tight labor market conditions. In the second quarter of 2018, Metro Area employers reported more than 82,000 job vacancies, the highest number ever posted. Meanwhile, unemployment has hit record lows across the region, dropping to 2.6 percent in the Metro Area, a rate not seen since late 2000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Due to these tight labor market conditions, employers across all industry sectors are finding it difficult to fill their open positions. At the same time, many unemployed and underemployed persons are finding it challenging to find the right job in light of numerous barriers, which might include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;work experience requirements&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;educational attainment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;wages and the cost-of-living&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;transportation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;child care and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;housing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:aegbert@apmresearchlab.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Andi Egbert&lt;/a&gt;, Senior Research Associate, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.apmresearchlab.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;APM Research Lab&lt;/a&gt;, recently highlighted the challenges for both employers and job seekers in healthcare support occupations across Minnesota. In “&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.apmresearchlab.org/stories/2018/11/02/a-caring-crisis-caregiving-occupations-in-minnesota-see-high-vacancies-low-unemployment&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;A Caring Crisis&lt;/a&gt;,” Egbert highlighted Personal Care Aide (PCA) job vacancies and staffing challenges, and explored how PCAs still grapple with lower wages in a job that is physically and emotionally demanding. With ever-increasing health care demands across the Metro area and state, the number of open PCA positions are skyrocketing. Challenges with experience, wages, transportation, career pathways, and more all revolve around this one occupation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The PCA occupation is just one out of more than 800 defined occupations, each with their unique challenges and opportunities. To help address these and to bring together both employers and job seekers, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/Government/CAC/Workforce/Pages/default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board&lt;/a&gt; hosted its 16th January Jump Start. In light of the tight labor market, this year’s Jump Start event included an employer panel where job seekers asked employers important questions to help with their career searches:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What level of experience are you looking for?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How should I organize my resume?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What if I have a gap in my work history?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What if I was let go from a previous position?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How should I use social media in my career search?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What skill sets are most important to you?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How should I prepare for an interview?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How should I follow up after an interview?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Some panelists happened to be looking for PCAs and home health aides. Others were looking to hire electricians. Cooks were needed, as well as tellers and customer service representatives. One other employer was looking to hire uniformed security officers. The need for workers across a wide array of industries was apparent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;After the employer panel, job seekers could take advantage of a hiring event and network with employers and other job seekers. January Jump Start and similar events remain popular across the Metro Area, as job seekers and employers seek new ways to connect and push forward through the challenges of a tight labor market. To learn about future employer panels, hiring events, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/find-a-job/job-career-fair/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;career fairs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/find-a-job/networking/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;networking clubs&lt;/a&gt;, and creative job search classes, visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;careerforcemn.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>371480</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:17Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Retail Vitality </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Retail Vitality </Title><title>2019-01-9 Retail Vitality ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-364554&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-01-09T21:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Retail Trade&apos;s diverse array of subsectors and occupations is guaranteed to keep Metro Area retailers busy folks.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Retail Trade is vital to the seven-county Twin Cities Metro Area. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;With 8,759 establishments supplying nearly 168,000 jobs&lt;/a&gt;, it is the region’s third largest-employing industry sector (and less than 2,000 jobs from the region’s second largest-employing industry sector, manufacturing). About one in every ten Metro Area jobs is in Retail Trade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?chart_code=44&amp;amp;search=2017%20NAICS%20Search&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Retail Trade is a diverse industry sector&lt;/a&gt; consisting of two main types of retailers: store and non-store. Store retailers operate at fixed point-of-sale locations, typically with much advertisement. Examples of store retailers include clothing stores, gasoline stations, office supply stores, and automotive dealers, among others. Non-store retailers communicate with customers through infomercials, paper and electronic catalogs, door-to-door solicitation, in-home demonstration, portable stalls, and vending machines.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1 highlights the major subsectors within Retail Trade. For example, General Merchandise Stores (Department Stores, Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters) is the largest-employing retail subsector, with over 33,000 jobs. Food and Beverage Stores (Grocery Stores; Specialty Food Stores; and Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores) is the second largest-employing retail subsector, with nearly 31,000 jobs. Food and Beverage Stores added over 5,700 jobs in the Metro Area over the past five years of annual data; General Merchandise Stores lost nearly 1,300 jobs during that same time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/010419-tc-table1_tcm1045-364577.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Retail Trade Employment in the Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Retail Trade Employment in the Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;010419-tc-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, Retail Trade has grown more slowly in the Metro Area than the overall economy. Between 2010 and 2017, for example, Retail Trade added 14,729 jobs, expanding by 9.6 percent. During the same time, all employers added 201,362 jobs, expanding by 13.1 percent. While Retail Trade has experienced moderate growth since the end of the Great Recession, it is still about 1,755 jobs below the pre-recessionary level of employment it hit in 2007 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/010419-tc-figure1_tcm1045-364578.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Retail Trade Employment Trends, 2000-2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Retail Trade Employment Trends, 2000-2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;010419-tc-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/occupational-staffing/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;top-ten employing occupations within Retail Trade&lt;/a&gt; include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Retail Salespersons ($11.73 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cashiers ($10.86 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stock Clerks and Order Fillers ($11.90 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Supervisors of Retail Salespersons ($20.57 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Customer Service Representatives ($18.91 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Automotive Services Technicians and Mechanics ($20.66 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pharmacy Technicians ($18.46 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;General and Operations Managers ($49.54 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers ($10.71 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers ($15.71 median hourly wage)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of the second quarter of 2018, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employers reported over 11,000 job vacancies within sales and related occupations&lt;/a&gt; in the Metro Area. This represents a 21.9 percent increase in the number of vacancies from the previous year, and is the highest number of sales and related vacancies ever reported by employers in the Metro Area in the job vacancy survey’s history. Clearly, retail sales jobs are in high demand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With a diverse array of subsectors and occupations, Retail Trade is guaranteed to remain a vital industry sector.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Timothy.ONeill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>364554</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:17Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>A Year in the Metro </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Year in the Metro </Title><title>2018-12-04 A Year in the Metro ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-361180&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-12-04T17:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Although job growth has cooled (think: tight labor market and slowing labor force growth), the number of employer establishments has increased by over 4,400.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A lot can happen over the course of a year. With 83,763 establishments supplying well over 1.7 million jobs, a lot certainly has happened within the Twin Cities Metro Area’s economy in the past 12 months. DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW) sheds light on how metro industries are shifting over time, in terms of establishments, employment, total payroll, and average weekly wages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Here’s the picture in the Metro Area over the course of a year, using the most recent data available, between the second quarters of 2017 and 2018. During that 12-month period, the Metro Area’s total employment expanded by 0.8 percent, adding over 14,600 jobs. Nearly half of this growth was localized to Hennepin County, which gained over 6,700 jobs. However, Carver County grew the fastest, with employment jumping up by 3.8 percent. Scott County saw the fastest growth in new business establishments, but Hennepin again accounted for nearly half the net gain (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/120318-tc-table1_tcm1045-361182.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Twin Cities Metro Area Employment Statistics, Qtr 2, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Twin Cities Metro Area Employment Statistics, Qtr 2, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;120318-tc-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
At a more detailed industry level, 14 of the 20 major industry sectors gained jobs between the second quarters of 2017 and 2018. Health Care and Social Assistance gained nearly 6,000 net new jobs. Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services came in second, adding over 2,200 jobs. Educational Services, Finance and Insurance, Manufacturing, Public Administration, and Accommodation and Food Services each gained over 1,000 jobs. Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Other Services, Information, Administrative and Support Services, and Agriculture lost jobs over-the-year (Table 2).
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While it’s encouraging to see continued employment increases, this year’s growth was much slower than in recent years. Between 2011 and 2017, the Metro Area averaged annual job growth of 1.7 percent, equivalent to about 28,000 jobs gained each year during that period of time. The cooling period within the past year may be due to a number of factors, including a tight labor market and slowing labor force growth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Although job growth has cooled, the number of employer establishments has spiked upward. Between the second quarters of 2017 and 2018, the number of establishments across the Metro jumped by 4,464. In the last year, the largest number of new establishments were added within Health Care and Social Assistance; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Other Services; Construction; and Accommodation and Food Services (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/120318-tc-table2_tcm1045-361184.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 2. Metro Area Employment Trends, Qtr 2, 2017-Qtr 2, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Table 2. Metro Area Employment Trends, Qtr 2, 2017-Qtr 2, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;120318-tc-table2&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Many of these job gains have come from business expansions within the past year, which can also be found on DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/research/business-expansions/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Publicly Announced Business Expansions&lt;/a&gt; tool. Recent announcements in the Metro include:
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Graco Inc. in Rogers: 436,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Amazon in Brooklyn Park: 383,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Thrivent Financial in Minneapolis: 350,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vomela in St. Paul: 300,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;North Star Sheets in Cottage Grove: 161,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Northland Concrete &amp;amp; Masonry in Shakopee: 90,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Park Nicollet Clinic in Burnsville: 83,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Combining QCEW data with Publicly Announced Business Expansions gives a unique perspective at just how much the Metro Area has changed over-the-year. In addition, the QCEW data also provides Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data, which measures gross job gains and losses at Minnesota establishments and tracks changes in employment at the establishment level, including establishment openings, closings, expansions, and contractions. Stay tuned for a deeper dive into the region’s shifting employment trends.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Timothy.ONeill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>361180</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:15Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>A Year in the Metro</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Year in the Metro</Title><title>2018-12-04 A Year in the Metro ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-361178&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-12-04T17:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Although job growth has cooled (think: tight labor market and slow labor force growth), the number of employer establishments has jumped by over 4,400. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A lot can happen over the course of a year. With 83,763 establishments supplying well over 1.7 million jobs, a lot certainly has happened within the Twin Cities Metro Area’s economy in the past 12 months. DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW) sheds light on how metro industries are shifting over time, in terms of establishments, employment, total payroll, and average weekly wages.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Here’s the picture in the Metro Area over the course of a year, using the most recent data available, between the second quarters of 2017 and 2018. During that 12-month period, the Metro Area’s total employment expanded by 0.8 percent, adding over 14,600 jobs. Nearly half of this growth was localized to Hennepin County, which gained over 6,700 jobs. However, Carver County grew the fastest, with employment jumping up by 3.8 percent. Scott County saw the fastest growth in new business establishments, but Hennepin again accounted for nearly half the net gain (Table 1).
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At a more detailed industry level, 14 of the 20 major industry sectors gained jobs between the second quarters of 2017 and 2018. Health Care and Social Assistance gained nearly 6,000 net new jobs. Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services came in second, adding over 2,200 jobs. Educational Services, Finance and Insurance, Manufacturing, Public Administration, and Accommodation and Food Services each gained over 1,000 jobs. Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Other Services, Information, Administrative and Support Services, and Agriculture lost jobs over-the-year (Table 2).
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While it’s encouraging to see continued employment increases, this year’s growth was much slower than in recent years. Between 2011 and 2017, the Metro Area averaged annual job growth of 1.7 percent, equivalent to about 28,000 jobs gained each year during that period of time. The cooling period within the past year may be due to a number of factors, including a tight labor market and slowing labor force growth.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Although job growth has cooled, the number of employer establishments has spiked upward. Between the second quarters of 2017 and 2018, the number of establishments across the Metro jumped by 4,464. In the last year, the largest number of new establishments were added within Health Care and Social Assistance; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services; Other Services; Construction; and Accommodation and Food Services (Table 2).
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Many of these job gains have come from business expansions within the past year, which can also be found on DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/research/business-expansions/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Publicly Announced Business Expansions&lt;/a&gt; tool. Recent announcements in the Metro include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Graco Inc. in Rogers: 436,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Amazon in Brooklyn Park: 383,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Thrivent Financial in Minneapolis: 350,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Vomela in St. Paul: 300,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;North Star Sheets in Cottage Grove: 161,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Northland Concrete &amp;amp; Masonry in Shakopee: 90,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Park Nicollet Clinic in Burnsville: 83,000 new square feet&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Combining QCEW data with Publicly Announced Business Expansions gives a unique perspective at just how much the Metro Area has changed over-the-year. In addition, the QCEW data also provides Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data, which measures gross job gains and losses at Minnesota establishments and tracks changes in employment at the establishment level, including establishment openings, closings, expansions, and contractions. Stay tuned for a deeper dive into the region’s shifting employment trends.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For More Information&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Timothy.ONeill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>361178</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:04Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Veterans Day 2018</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans Day 2018</Title><title>2018-10-31 Veterans Day 2018 ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-357253&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-10-31T20:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>This Local Look blog post focuses on veterans in the Twin Cities region – and there are more than 171,700 of them – in recognition of Veterans Day.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On Monday, Nov. 12, Veterans Day will be observed by Americans throughout the United States to celebrate the service of all U.S. military veterans. As an appreciation to those who have served or are currently serving, this month’s Local Look blog post will focus on veterans in the Twin Cities region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans in the Metro Area&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of 2017, there were about 2,743,500 Minnesotans 18 years of age and older living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Just over six percent of that population, or 171,700 people, were veterans (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/103118-tc-table1_tcm1045-357342.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Veteran Population Statistics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Veteran Population Statistics in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;103118-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recent data from the American Community Survey (ACS) show a number of stark differences for the veteran community in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA when compared to the nonveteran population. For one, veterans are much more likely to be older. As of 2017, over half (53.7%) of veterans reported being 65 years of age and older. Of the nonveteran population over the age of 18, only 15.3 percent reported being 65 years of age and older.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Another major difference: Veterans are much less likely to have a bachelor’s degree or more than their nonveteran counterparts. More specifically, 31.3 percent of veterans report having a bachelor’s degree or more, compared with 42.5 percent of nonveterans. This data backs up the fact that serving in the military may delay or stop veterans from seeking a four-year degree or more. Interestingly, however, a higher share of veterans in the region have a high school diploma or more (95.9%) than the nonveteran population (93.4%). Here is an &lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/Veterans_Education/Education&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;interactive visualization&lt;/a&gt; of educational attainment for veterans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Lastly, ACS data reveal that veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA are much more likely to have a disability than the nonveteran population. As of 2017, just over 28 percent of veterans reported having any disability, compared with 11 percent of the nonveteran population. Along with reported disabilities, many veterans may also live with mental and behavioral health challenges, have difficulty finding employment, have financial hurdles, or other issues. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/resources/familyassistance/minnesotaservicecore.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Service CORE&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs&lt;/a&gt; (MDVA) just &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/news/pressroom/?id=1066-355403&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;celebrated 10 years of a unique partnership&lt;/a&gt; that is designed to help out veterans with these challenges.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hiring Veterans in the Metro Area&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has specific employment services for veterans, with the goal of connecting employers searching for quality candidates and veterans searching for life-sustaining career opportunities. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/hire-a-veteran/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Check out more resources&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment Resources for Veterans&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Whether you’re a more seasoned or younger veteran, have a high school diploma or higher education, or have a disability, there is a place in Minnesota’s labor market for you. Check out the many resources for assisting veterans with finding the right career online:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contact a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/employment-services/vets-reps.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Employment Representative&lt;/a&gt;. These representatives work with employers as well as one-on-one with veterans to provide custom-tailored services.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explore career options with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mynextmove.org/vets/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My Next Move for Veterans&lt;/a&gt; or with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Veterans/default.aspx?frd=true&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerOneStop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post your resume on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks.net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Check out the numerous &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/career-events/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;career events taking place for veterans&lt;/a&gt; throughout the state.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>357253</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:14Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>2018 Manufacturing Highlights</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>2018 Manufacturing Highlights</Title><title>2018-09-20 2018 Manufacturing Highlights ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-352198&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-09-20T14:22:57Z</Date><ShortDescription>Manufacturing, the region’s second largest-employing industry, provides just about one in every ten jobs – with an average annual wage of over $76,500. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/2018-mn-manufac_24865722_tcm1045-352186.png&quot; title=&quot;2018 Metro Manufacturing&quot; alt=&quot;2018 Metro Manufacturing&quot; style=&quot;width: 40%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;2018-metro&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;With 4,081 establishments supplying 169,598 jobs, manufacturing continues to be a vital industry within the seven-county metro area. Manufacturing provides just about one in every ten jobs, making it the region’s second largest-employing industry, behind health care and social assistance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming out, the metro area accounts for just over half (53.2 percent) of the state’s total manufacturing employment. However, knowing that the metro area accounts for 60.9 percent of the state’s total employment across all industries, manufacturing is actually less concentrated here than it is in other regions of Greater Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Certain manufacturing subsectors are highly specialized in the metro. With 16 establishments supplying 2,162 jobs, virtually all of the state’s petroleum and coal products manufacturing employment is right within the metro area. With 328 establishments supplying 35,756 jobs, about 80 percent of the state’s huge computer and electronic product manufacturing employment is in the Twin Cities. The region also accounts for over three-quarters of the state’s miscellaneous manufacturing jobs – which includes medical equipment and supplies manufacturing. Lastly, the metro area accounts for almost two-thirds of the state’s employment within both chemical manufacturing and printing and related support activities (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091918-tc-fig1_tcm1045-352199.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Twin Cities Metro Area Share of Statewide Employment, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Twin Cities Metro Area Share of Statewide Employment, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091918-tc-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/313253&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2017 Metro Area manufacturing blog post&lt;/a&gt; highlighted long-term growth trends within manufacturing. In sum, manufacturing employment in the region did decline steadily between the turn of the century and 2010. Since 2010, however, employment growth has been slow but steady. Between 2010 and 2017, manufacturing employment grew by 8.3 percent, gaining just over 13,000 jobs. Within the last year, between 2016 and 2017, the industry was largely stable, adding 164 jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Just as with employment concentration, it’s worth the time to analyze industry trends within specific manufacturing sub-sectors. For example, a number of subsectors gained significant employment between 2016 and 2017, including miscellaneous manufacturing; plastics and rubber products manufacturing; beverage and tobacco product manufacturing; textile product mills; chemical manufacturing; fabricated metal product manufacturing; and wood product manufacturing. Subsectors that lost jobs during that time include food manufacturing; machinery manufacturing; computer and electronic product manufacturing; electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing; and printing and related support activities (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091918-tc-fig2_tcm1045-352201.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 2. Twin Cities Metro Area Manufacturing Trends, 2016-2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 2. Twin Cities Metro Area Manufacturing Trends, 2016-2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091918-tc-figure2&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While it is important to analyze annual employment changes for a region there are other considerations, including long-term trends. For example, over-the-year, the computer and electronic product manufacturing subsector lost 275 jobs, but since 2010 it gained 1,334 jobs, which sounds much better for growth. However, this subsector is down 8,077 jobs since 2000, which sounds worse.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Geography is another consideration. At the regional level, printing and related support activities is down 141 jobs. Much of this loss was within Hennepin and Ramsey counties. Meanwhile, Anoka and Scott counties actually gained jobs in this subsector over-the-year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Finally, it is important to keep an eye on the quality of jobs within manufacturing. One measurement of quality is wages. The average annual wage for manufacturing jobs in the Twin Cities Metro Area is $76,544 – 21.7 percent higher than the average annual wage for the total of all jobs in the metro.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing is certainly vital to the Metro Area, and it encompasses many different industries and occupations. You can keep track of manufacturing trends through DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW) data tool, see where job vacancies are with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS), look up wages with &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OES) tool, or even search for and apply for jobs with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Educational Explorer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>352198</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:14Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Getting Professional, Scientific, and Technical in the Twin Cities</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Getting Professional, Scientific, and Technical in the Twin Cities</Title><title>2018-09-11 Getting Professional, Scientific, and Technical in the Twin Cities ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-351468&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-09-11T17:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>A quick read on the Metro&apos;s fastest growing industry over the past five years.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Minnesota Economic Trends recently highlighted the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/june-2018/metro-high-wages-demand.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;importance of Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services in the Twin Cities Metro Area&lt;/a&gt;. Here’s the article, summarized:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services is a highly concentrated industry sector in the Metro Area&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It was the fastest-growing industry in the region over the past five years (2012-2017)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The industry includes a wide range of subsectors, notably:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer Systems Design&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Legal Services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jobs in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services typically require higher education and offer higher wages&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Job Vacancies&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One major set of data Trends did not analyze in-depth was job vacancies. This data set provides insight on current demand for Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services jobs as directly reported by employers (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of the fourth quarter, 2017, Professional and Technical Services employers in the Metro Area reported over 4,000 job vacancies. For one fun fact, these 4,073 vacancies represented about 82 percent of the state’s Professional and Technical Services vacancies. For reference, the Metro Area accounted for about 61 percent of the state’s total job vacancies. So the demand for these jobs are especially concentrated in the Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For another fun fact, employers in the Metro Area reported 1,367 more Professional and Technical Services vacancies during the fourth quarter, 2017, than they did the previous year. This incredible 51 percent increase in the number of such vacancies was much higher than the increase in the total number of vacancies across all industries in the region during that time – a 19 percent increase overall. For one more fun fact, these 4,073 vacancies represent the second-most vacancies ever reported for Professional and Technical Services in the history of DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt;, only falling behind the 4,326 such vacancies reported by employers in 2004 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091018-tc-figure1_tcm1045-351469.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Professional and Technical Services Job Vacancies in the Metro Area, Qtr. 4 2001 – Qtr. 4 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Professional and Technical Services Job Vacancies in the Metro Area, Qtr. 4 2001 – Qtr. 4 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091018-tc-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Professional and Technical Services jobs typically require more post-secondary education, and this is true for current vacancies. Of those 4,073 Professional and Technical vacancies reported in the Metro Area during the fourth quarter, 73 percent required post-secondary education, with 60 percent requiring a bachelor’s degree or more. For reference, just 33 percent of the total vacancies across all industries required post-secondary education. Along with higher education, Professional and Technical Services vacancies had higher wage offers. The median hourly wage offer for Professional and Technical Services vacancies was $27.13 – 81 percent higher than the median wage offer for the total of all vacancies, at $14.95.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Future of the Industry Sector&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Since the Trends article was published, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;new projections data has been released by DEED&lt;/a&gt;. While this data has yet to be released at the regional level, it still highlights the rapid (anticipated) growth within Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. For example, where total state employment is projected to increase by 5.8 percent between 2016 and 2026; Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services employment is projected to increase by 13.9 percent. This is equivalent to about 22,000 net new jobs over the next decade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Stayed tuned for 2016-2026 Metro Area employment projections. And, if interested in looking for a job in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, check out DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Educational Explorer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>351468</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:13Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Understanding Unemployment </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Understanding Unemployment </Title><title>2018-07-26 Understanding Unemployment ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-347298&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-07-26T20:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The unemployment rate is one of the most popular pieces of information released from the LMI Office. We&apos;ll explain what&apos;s behind the current 2.8 percent unemployment rate in the Twin Cities. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The unemployment rate is one of the most popular pieces of information released from DEED’s Labor Market Information Office. You might hear what the unemployment rate is from your local news station, read about it in the newspaper, or see an official release of such data from DEED and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). If you are an employer, you are probably keeping an eye on the unemployment rate in different areas to get a sense of where available workers may be. If you are a job seeker, you may notice more opportunities for work as the unemployment rate drops. Of course, there are a lot of complexities around the unemployment rate and the labor market in general that a simple number will not reveal. This blog post will break down the unemployment rate in the Twin Cities, with more to come in a future &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/review/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Employment Review&lt;/a&gt; – stay tuned for that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of June 2018, the unemployment rate in the seven-county Twin Cities Metro Area was 2.8 percent. What exactly does this mean? First, we need to understand a few other terms, including &lt;em&gt;employment&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;unemployment&lt;/em&gt;, and the &lt;em&gt;labor force&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;According to the BLS, people are considered &lt;strong&gt;employed&lt;/strong&gt; if they did any work at all for pay or profit during the survey reference week. (Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cps/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Current Population Survey&lt;/a&gt;, or CPS, for more information on this survey). This includes all part-time and temporary work, as well as regular full-time, year-round employment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;People are classified as &lt;strong&gt;unemployed&lt;/strong&gt; if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior four weeks from the survey period, and are currently available for work. Workers expecting to be recalled from temporary layoff are also counted as unemployed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Combined, the number of employed and unemployed persons is equal to the &lt;strong&gt;labor force&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;People who are neither employed nor unemployed are &lt;strong&gt;not in the labor force&lt;/strong&gt;. Many people who are not in the labor force are either enrolled in school or are retired.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Now that we understand these concepts of the labor market, we turn to the unemployment rate. At its most simple definition, the unemployment rate reflects the number of unemployed people as a percentage of the labor force. So let’s take a closer look at that 2.8 percent unemployment rate. The estimated number of unemployed persons in the Twin Cities Metro Area was 48,248 in June 2018. At the same time, the region’s total labor force was equal to 1,740,905 people. 48,248 divided by 1,740,905 is equal to 2.8 percent. Voila! The region’s unemployment rate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hovering around 2.7 percent since late 2017, the unemployment rate hasn’t been this low in the Twin Cities Metro Area since December 2000. The total number of unemployed people, at just over 48,000, hasn’t been this low since May 2001.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Unemployment is extremely low across the Metro. At 2.5 percent, Scott County has the lowest unemployment rate of any metro county, which represents approximately 2,100 unemployed persons. At 3.0 percent, Ramsey County has the highest unemployment rate in the metro, representing about 8,800 unemployed persons. However, 3.0 percent is still very low, being significantly lower than the national unemployment rate of 4.2 percent. With about 20,000 unemployed persons, Hennepin County has the highest number of unemployed of any metro county. With just under 715,000 people in its labor force, however, the county also has a very low unemployment rate, at 2.8 percent. Note that all of these unemployment rates are not seasonally-adjusted (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/072518-tc-table1_tcm1045-347299.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Labor Force Statistics in the Twin Cities Metro Area, June 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Labor Force Statistics in the Twin Cities Metro Area, June 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;072518-tc-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>347298</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:12Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Educational Requirements for Job Openings</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Educational Requirements for Job Openings</Title><title>2018-06-27 Educational Requirements for Job Openings ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-343858&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-06-27T22:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Knowing the educational requirements of different occupations can lead to better career outcomes. DEED has many tools to help you keep up.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There is zero doubt that the Twin Cities Metro Area is experiencing very tight labor market conditions. Data from DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot;&gt;fourth quarter 2017 Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; show there were nearly 69,000 job vacancies reported by employers in the region. As of April 2018, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/laus/&quot;&gt;unemployment in the Twin Cities&lt;/a&gt; dipped down to 2.6 percent, which represented approximately 44,300 unemployed persons actively looking for work. Assuming job vacancies are still at similar levels, that means there are just 0.6 unemployed persons for every job vacancy in the Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;So where are these job vacancies, and what education is required for them? Table 1 highlights occupational groups in the Twin Cities Metro Area by number of vacancies and educational requirements listed by employers. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=410000&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sales and Related&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=350000&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Food Preparation and Serving&lt;/a&gt; occupations had the most job vacancies reported by employers, with 10,495 vacancies and 9,721 vacancies, respectively. The vast majority of these openings require a high school diploma or less. In contrast, two-thirds of the 5,564 &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=290000&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Healthcare Practitioners and Technical&lt;/a&gt; vacancies required some level of post-secondary education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062718-tc-table1_tcm1045-343856.jpg&quot; title=&quot;062718-tc-table1&quot; alt=&quot;062718-tc-table1&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062718-tc-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When navigating the labor market in the Twin Cities, it is important for students, job seekers, and others to keep a close eye on the educational requirements of different occupations. This can lead to better educational and career outcomes. For example, 71 percent of &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=150000&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Computer and Mathematical&lt;/a&gt; occupations required a bachelor’s degree or more. So if you’re hoping to become a &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=151132&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;software developer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=151121&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;computer systems analyst&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=151141&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;database administrator&lt;/a&gt;, you should plan on obtaining at least a bachelor’s degree.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Counter to Computer and Mathematical occupations, 69 percent of &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=510000&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Production&lt;/a&gt; occupations required a high school diploma or equivalent or vocational training (Figure 1). Top in-demand occupations here include &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=514041&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;machinists&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=514121&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;welders&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=514011&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CNC operators&lt;/a&gt;. While higher education typically results in higher wages, there are thousands of in-demand and high-wage occupations in the Metro Area that don’t require extensive levels of post-secondary education. With technical and on-the-job training, welders in the Metro Area make a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot;&gt;median hourly wage&lt;/a&gt; of $22.24.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062718-tc-figure1_tcm1045-343857.jpg&quot; title=&quot;062718-tc-figure1&quot; alt=&quot;062718-tc-figure1&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062718-tc-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To learn more about educational requirements for occupations in the Metro Area, visit DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerOneStop&lt;/a&gt;. Also check out DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/march-2018/&quot;&gt;Trends&lt;/a&gt; publication for interesting articles, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/march-2018/college-value.jsp&quot;&gt;College has Value even for Non-Completers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/march-2018/education-gender-gap.jsp&quot;&gt;Education and the Gender Gap&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/march-2018/connecting-careers-education.jsp&quot;&gt;Connecting Careers and Education&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O’Neill at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>343858</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:12Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Foreign Born Trends</Title><title>2018-05-23 Foreign Born ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-340992&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-05-23T15:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>This month’s Metro Area blog highlights the region’s foreign born population.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This month’s Metro Area blog highlights the region’s foreign born population. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the term “foreign born” refers to anyone who is not a U.S. citizen at birth. This includes naturalized U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (immigrants), temporary migrants (such as foreign students), humanitarian migrants (such as refugees), and unauthorized migrants. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/topics/population/foreign-born/about/faq.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Digging into the data&lt;/a&gt;, the Census Bureau does collect information on the characteristics of the foreign born population, including country of birth, year of entry, citizenship status, and the size of the population. More information on immigration can be obtained through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dhs.gov/office-immigration-statistics&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Immigration Statistics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The seven-county Metro Area had a total population of 2,978,822 people in 2016, according to the 2012-2016 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. Of this population, 336,686 people, or 11.3 percent, self-reported as foreign born. Where the Metro Area makes up 54.7 percent of Minnesota’s total population, it makes up 78.9 percent of the state’s foreign born population.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over 162,500 foreign born people live in Hennepin County, accounting for nearly half (48.3 percent) of the Metro Area’s total foreign-born population. Over 80,200 foreign born people live in Ramsey County, accounting for nearly a quarter (23.8 percent) of the region’s foreign born population. Together, nearly 243,000 foreign born people live within Hennepin and Ramsey counties, accounting for 72.1 percent and 56.9 percent of the Metro Area’s and Minnesota’s total foreign born populations, respectively. Within the Metro Area, Ramsey County has the highest share of its total population being foreign born, at 15.1 percent. This is followed by Hennepin County, 13.4 percent and Dakota County, 8.9 percent. (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052318-tc-table1_tcm1045-340993.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Twin Cities Metro Area Foreign Born Population &quot; alt=&quot;Twin Cities Metro Area Foreign Born Population &quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052318-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As Table 1 reveals, the foreign born population in the Metro Area is growing rapidly. Between the 2007-2011 and 2012-2016 5-Year ACS Estimates, the region’s foreign born population increased by 12.3 percent (equivalent to 36,810 people). For reference, the region’s total population increased by 5.1 percent during this period of time. Most foreign born growth was witnessed in Hennepin and Ramsey counties, with rapid growth also witnessed in Dakota County and Washington County.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When analyzing the Metro Area’s foreign born population by age, interesting insights begin to emerge. Most notably, 62.8 percent of the region’s foreign born population is between the ages of 25 and 54. This is compared to 42.4 percent of the total population being between the ages of 25 and 54. It should be noted that this age cohort has the highest labor force participation rate of any age cohort. In other words, a large share of foreign born residents in the Metro Area are ready, willing, and able to work, which is excellent news for employers experiencing very tight labor market conditions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052318-tc-figure1_tcm1045-340995.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Population by Age Group&quot; alt=&quot;Population by Age Group&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052318-tc-figure1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the older end of the age spectrum, 18.0 percent of foreign born persons in the metro are 55 years of age and older, compared to 24.8 percent for the total population. At the younger end of the age spectrum, 19.2 percent of foreign born persons in the metro are less than 25 years of age, as opposed to 32.7 percent for the total population (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When analyzing the Metro Area’s foreign born population by country of origin, most recent trends show large inflows from eastern Africa, south eastern Asia, and south central Asia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>340992</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:11Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Carver County in the Limelight</Title><title>2018-04-16 Carver County ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-336811&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-04-16T15:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>Anchoring the western side of the Seven-County Metro Area, Carver County can be overshadowed by its neighbors to the east: Hennepin County being the largest and largest-growing county in Minnesota, and Scott County being the fastest-growing county in Minnesota.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Anchoring the western side of the Seven-County Metro Area, Carver County can be overshadowed by its neighbors to the east: Hennepin County being the largest and largest-growing county in Minnesota, and Scott County being the fastest-growing county in Minnesota. Carver County, however, has a few surprises of its own to showcase.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/admin/demography/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota State Demographic Center&lt;/a&gt;, Carver County had a population of 110,621 people in 2016, making it Minnesota&apos;s 11th most-populated county. Chaska and Chanhassen were the county&apos;s two largest cities as of 2016, with 26,439 people and 25,448 people, respectively. Altogether, just over 90,100 people live in Carver County&apos;s 11 cities, accounting for 81.5 percent of the county&apos;s total population. Just over 10,500 people reside in the county&apos;s 10 townships, with Laketown Township being the most-populated (2,127 people). So Carver County is more populated than one might guess, being one of only 11 Minnesota counties with more than 100,000 people. This is despite being the state&apos;s second-smallest county by total land area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;And Carver County is growing rapidly. Within the last decade of available data, between annual 2006 and 2016, Carver County&apos;s total population ballooned by 16.7 percent, or about three times faster than total state growth. As such, Carver was Minnesota&apos;s second fastest-growing county, only behind Scott County just to the east. This 16.7 percent growth was equivalent to approximately 14,400 new residents, placing Carver County 9th for the state&apos;s largest-growing county during that period of time. Within the last year of available data, between annual 2015 and 2016, Carver County&apos;s population grew by 1.8 percent, equivalent to just over 1,800 people. This made it the fastest- and sixth largest-growing county in the state during that time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It should be noted that Carver County&apos;s population is aging, a phenomenon occurring across the state and nation (Figure 1). In 2000, 7.5 percent of Carver County&apos;s population was 65 years of age and older. As of 2016, 10.0 percent of the population was 65 years of age and older. Comparatively, 14.3 percent of all Minnesotans are 65 years of age and older. So while its population is aging, Carver County does have a slightly younger population than the state overall.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041618-tc-figure1_tcm1045-336813.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Carver County Population Growth by Age 2000-2016&quot; alt=&quot;Carver County Population Growth by Age 2000-2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041618-tc-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Carver County Industry Statistics&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing is the name of the game in Carver County. As of the third quarter of 2017, Carver County had 2,405 establishments supplying 39,332 total covered jobs. Nearly one-quarter of these jobs were in manufacturing. In comparison, manufacturing makes up about 11 percent of Minnesota&apos;s total employment. The average annual wage for manufacturing jobs in Carver County, at $65,208, was about 29 percent higher than the average annual wage for the total of all jobs in the county, at $50,492 (Table 1). Two-thirds of Carver County&apos;s manufacturing employment was within Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing, Miscellaneous Manufacturing, Chemical Manufacturing, and Food Manufacturing. Clearly, manufacturing is significant and diversified in Carver County, offering jobs with high wages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041618-tc-table1_tcm1045-336815.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Carver County Industry Statistics&quot; alt=&quot;Carver County Industry Statistics&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041618-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While manufacturing employment has witnessed some fluctuation in Carver County since 2000, employment increased by about 20 percent, or just over 1,600 jobs, between the third quarters of 2010 and 2017. Zooming out, total employment in Carver County increased by about 23 percent, equivalent to just over 7,300 net new jobs, during that same period of time (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041618-tc-figure2_tcm1045-336814.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Carver County Industry Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Carver County Industry Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041618-tc-figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While manufacturing has added the most jobs in Carver County since the recessionary low in 2010, many other sectors have also experienced significant growth. Health Care and Social Assistance gained the second most jobs in the county between the third quarters of 2010 and 2017 (+918 jobs), while Accommodation and Food Services, Educational Services, and Construction each gained about 800 jobs or more. Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation both grew by 64 percent during this period. (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>336811</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:10Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Emergence of Social Assistance</Title><title>2018-03-26 Social Assistance ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-333758&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-03-26T15:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>To put it simply: Social Assistance is growing quickly in the Twin Cities Metro Area.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To put it simply: Social Assistance is growing quickly in the Twin Cities Metro Area. Between the third quarters of 2000 and 2017, this industry gained over 37,700 jobs, ballooning by an incredible 130 percent. That pace of growth over the past 17 years is over 16 times that of the total economy. During the Great Recession, when the region lost nearly 100,000 jobs, Social Assistance gained about 5,000 jobs, growing by over 11 percent. Since 2000, there has not been one year where Social Assistance has lost jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/032618-tc-figure1_tcm1045-333759.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Social Assistance Employment Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Social Assistance Employment Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;032618-tc-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When compared with all other industry sectors in the region, Social Assistance was the 2nd largest-growing (only behind Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services) and 5th fastest-growing (only behind Warehousing and Storage, Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing, Water Transportation, and Performing Arts and Spectator Sports) between the third quarters of 2012 and 2017. During that same period of time, Social Assistance accounted for about 43 percent of employment growth within the broader industry sector, Health Care and Social Assistance, far outpacing Ambulatory Health Care Services, Hospitals, and Nursing and Residential Care Facilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Knowing that Social Assistance has been growing so quickly in the Metro Area, it&apos;s good to know what this industry sector includes. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?chart_code=62&amp;amp;search=2017%20NAICS%20Search&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;North American Industry Classification System&lt;/a&gt; (NAICS), Social Assistance is made up of the following subsectors:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Individual and Family Services&lt;/strong&gt;: 45,532 jobs in the Metro Area
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&lt;li&gt;Child and Youth Services: 3,436 jobs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities: 30,824 jobs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other Individual and Family Services: 11,272 jobs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services:&lt;/strong&gt; 2,434 jobs in the Metro Area
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&lt;li&gt;Community Food Services: 547 jobs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Community Housing Services: 1,615 jobs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Emergency and Other Relief Services: 271 jobs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vocational Rehabilitation Services:&lt;/strong&gt; 6,912 jobs in the Metro Area&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Child Day Care Services:&lt;/strong&gt; 11,823 jobs in the Metro Area&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Gaining over 11,500 jobs between the third quarters of 2012 and 2017, Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities was the largest-growing subsector within Social Assistance in the past five years. During that same period of time, Child Day Care Services was the second largest-growing subsector within Social Assistance, added over 3,600 jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With 2,691 establishments supplying over 66,700 jobs in the Metro Area, Social Assistance is a very large industry within the region. Coupled with rapid growth, the demand for workers in this industry is high. Top-employing occupations in Social Assistance include Personal Care Aides; Childcare Workers; Preschool Teachers; Home Health Aides; Social and Human Services Assistants; Teacher Assistants; Child, Family, and School Social Workers; Rehabilitation Counselors; Social and Community Service Managers; and Nursing Assistants. To learn more about these occupations, visit DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/careers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer tool&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>333758</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:10Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Hennepin County: A Cut Above</Title><title>2018-02-21 Hennepin County ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-328291&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-02-21T16:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>Hennepin County is Minnesota&apos;s largest-employing and most-populated county.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hennepin County is Minnesota&apos;s largest-employing and most-populated county. As of 2016, Hennepin County&apos;s population hit 1,237,604 people. It accounted for 40.7 percent of the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s population and 22.4 percent of Minnesota&apos;s population. It has more than twice as many people as the state&apos;s second most-populated county, Ramsey County, which had 540,653 people in 2016. Put another way, Hennepin County is more populated than the state&apos;s 66 least-populated counties combined.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hennepin County also happens to be Minnesota&apos;s largest-growing county. Between 2006 and 2016, Hennepin County grew by 7.4 percent, adding 85,096 people. For reference, Dakota County came in second for population growth during that time, adding 26,819 people. In just the past year, Hennepin County grew by 1.3 percent, adding 15,901 people (Figure 1). As such, Hennepin County accounted for 28.6 percent of the state&apos;s population growth between 2006 and 2016, and 36.6 percent of the state&apos;s growth between 2015 and 2016, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/admin/demography/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota State Demographic Center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/022118-tc-figure1_tcm1045-328292.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Hennepin County Population and Employment Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Hennepin County Population and Employment Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;022118-tc-figure1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In terms of employment, Hennepin County is also at the top. Through 2016, the county had 36,721 establishments supplying 901,145 covered jobs, accounting for over half (52.9 percent) of the Twin Cities Metro Area&apos;s total employment, and nearly one-third (32.0 percent) of Minnesota&apos;s total employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming out, Hennepin County makes a big splash at the national level, too.  Analyzing Q1 2017 private employment data from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (BLS) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, Hennepin County ranks as the nation&apos;s 13th largest-employing county, out of nearly 3,200 counties. This places it just behind Clark County, Nevada, the home of Las Vegas, and just ahead of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metropolitan Statistical Area.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Industry Employment&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance, with over 136,700 jobs, was Hennepin County&apos;s largest-employing industry sector in 2016, making up just over 15 percent of the county&apos;s total employment. Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, with over 92,000 jobs, was the county&apos;s second largest-employing industry sector. This industry is one of the most concentrated within the county. More specifically, where Hennepin County accounts for 32.0 percent of Minnesota&apos;s total employment, it accounts for 57.9 percent of the state&apos;s total employment in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Other highly concentrated industry sectors include Management of Companies (56.9 percent of the state&apos;s total employment in this industry), Finance and Insurance (49.4 percent of the state&apos;s total employment in this industry), and Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing (47.9 percent of the state&apos;s total employment in this industry).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When studying in-depth industry subsectors that make Hennepin County unique, it&apos;s important to consider both total employment and &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.bls.gov/cew/doc/info/location_quotients.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;location quotients&lt;/a&gt;. Significant location quotients, typically above 1.2, indicate that an industry is highly concentrated within a local area. Table 1 lists industry subsectors in Hennepin County with the highest location quotients (in this case, comparing their employment in Hennepin County to the state of Minnesota overall).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To make the list more relevant, only subsectors that employ at least 1.0 percent of Hennepin County&apos;s total employment are included. As such, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?input=5416&amp;amp;search=2017+NAICS+Search&amp;amp;search=2017&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services&lt;/a&gt; makes the top of the list for being Hennepin County&apos;s most highly-concentrated industry subsector. This subsector, along with the rest in Table 1, are those industries that truly make Hennepin County unique within the state of Minnesota. Ten subsectors highlighted in Table 1 account for nearly 200,000 jobs, or more than one-fifth of Hennepin County&apos;s total employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/022118-tc-table1_tcm1045-328293.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Hennepin County Key Industry Subsectors&quot; alt=&quot;Hennepin County Key Industry Subsectors&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;022118-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>328291</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:10Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Wage Growth</Title><title>2018-01-30 Wage Growth ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-325699&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-01-30T16:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>It’s no surprise that the Twin Cities Metro Area is experiencing a tight labor market.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It&apos;s no surprise that the Twin Cities Metro Area is experiencing a tight labor market. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/laus/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;unemployment rate&lt;/a&gt;, at 2.3 percent, is at its lowest point since December of 1999. Job vacancies, at approximately 73,900, are at their highest point since 2001, when DEED began its &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; (JVS). Through the second quarter of 2017, there were an estimated 55,900 unemployed persons in the Metro Area for the 73,900 vacancies. As such, there was less than one unemployed person for every job vacancy. Hence, the tight labor market. Check out DEED&apos;s website for &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/june-2016/tighter-labor-market.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;more on the region&apos;s tight labor market&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/june-2017/employers-get-creative.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;creative solutions for aligning workers and job vacancies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One major consequence of a tight labor market: wage growth. Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/december-2017/wage-growth.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Economic Trends highlighted wage growth&lt;/a&gt; in the state. According to the article, &quot;Average weekly wages as measured by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) has been on a steady upswing for four years, including the first half of 2017.&quot; Further, the article states, &quot;Real (inflation-adjusted) average wages rose 7.2 percent between the second quarters of 2013 and 2017, compared with 2.6 percent over the previous 10 years, which included a period of declining wages during the recession.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently, wages have also been on the rise in the Twin Cities Metro Area. Between the second quarters of 2014 and 2017, average weekly wages rose by 6.2 percent (inflation-adjusted). This was after a decade of little to no growth, with average weekly wages only increasing by 1.5 percent between the second quarters of 2004 and 2014. This included a period between quarter four, 2008, and quarter one, 2010, when wages declined by 3.5 percent (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/013018-tc-figure1_tcm1045-325701.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Average Weekly Wage&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Average Weekly Wage&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;013018-tc-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Which industries experienced the most wage growth over the year? Between the second quarters of 2016 and 2017, wages increased in 17 of the 20 main industry sectors, most notably in wholesale trade, agriculture, administrative support and waste management services, and finance and insurance. For reference, the average weekly wage for the total of all industries increased by about 4 percent over the year. Average weekly wages rose in 19 of 20 industries since the second quarter of 2017, with only educational services seeing a decline. To analyze these industry employment and wage trends in more detail, visit DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/qcew&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;QCEW tool&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/jvs/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey tool&lt;/a&gt; also allows analysis of wage trends over time, for both industries and occupations. When analyzing the change in median hourly wage offers between the second quarters of 2014 and 2017, the occupational groups witnessing the largest growth include Food Preparation and Serving, Legal, Sales and Related, Office and Administrative Support, Computer and Mathematical, and Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For a look at current wages by occupation and occupational group, visit DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/oes&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment Statistics tool&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>325699</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:10Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Winter Employment Change in the Metro</Title><title>2017-12-28 Winter ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-322708&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-12-28T16:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>Winter has arrived to the state of Minnesota.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Winter has arrived to the state of Minnesota. As I write, the current temperature in St. Paul is a balmy 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Of course, many would not consider such a temperature to be balmy, wondering how anybody could care to venture outside. Some Minnesotans, dubbed &quot;snowbirds,&quot; even leave for warmer climates to the south during winter. In a similar fashion, winter in Minnesota affects industry employment across the state, too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One quick way to measure seasonal variation in industry employment is with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/ces/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistic&apos;s Current Employment Statistics (CES) data&lt;/a&gt;. Updated monthly, CES allows for frequent and timely analysis. To look at seasonal changes, we can compare 1st quarter employment (Q1 includes the winter months of January, February, and March) with 3rd quarter employment (Q3 includes the summer months of July, August, and September) to determine how much of an impact winter has on total employment levels in each of the 50 states.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/122817-tc-table1_tcm1045-322710.jpg&quot; title=&quot;States with the Highest Seasonal Employment Change&quot; alt=&quot;States with the Highest Seasonal Employment Change&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;122817-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using this methodology, Minnesota comes in 7th for the impact winter had on total employment variation in 2017. More specifically, the average employment count in Minnesota during Q1 2017 made up 96.5 percent of the total employment in the state during Q3 of that same year (Table 1). While that may not seem like a large seasonal shift at first glance, that represents nearly 104,000 fewer jobs between Q1 and Q3.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the Q1 count of jobs making up 96.2 percent of its Q3 employment, the Twin Cities Metro Area is just a bit more seasonal in nature than Minnesota as a whole. As such, Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA employers shed over 76,200 jobs between the first and third quarters of 2017.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;So which employers are affected by winter the most? Using the same methodology (comparing Q1 employment to Q3 employment), Construction and Mining have the largest seasonal variation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Over the past five years, between 2012 and 2017, Construction and Mining employment in Q1 averaged only 76.3 percent of Q3 employment each year. Other highly seasonal industries include Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; Administrative and Support Services; Accommodation and Food Services; and Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While a host of conditions may lead to employment variation among employers from one quarter to the next, there is no denying that employment levels in Minnesota and the Twin Cities Metro drop along with the temperature for nearly every industry sector (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/122817-tc-table2_tcm1045-322711.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Minneapolis-St Paul MSA Industries with the Highest Seasonal Employment Change&quot; alt=&quot;Minneapolis-St Paul MSA Industries with the Highest Seasonal Employment Change&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;122817-tc-table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>322708</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:06Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>QED: A New Acronym, A New Data Tool</Title><title>2017-11-29 QED ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-319813&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-11-29T16:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has released a new data tool: the Quarterly Employment Demographics (QED).</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has released a new data tool: the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Employment Demographics&lt;/a&gt; (QED). The &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/qed/Region&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;QED data tool&lt;/a&gt; provides job distribution statistics, median hourly wage, and median hours per quarter broken down by gender and age, available by industry and geography.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There are two main types of analysis you can accomplish with QED:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;1. You can study employment, wages, and hours worked by age. For example, are some industry sectors older than others? Are some industries aging faster in recent years? Is the aging more pronounced in certain regions or counties of the state?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/RegionalQED_Age/QEDTool&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Using QED data&lt;/a&gt; to analyze the Accommodation and Food Services and Educational Services provides for a simple, but effective realization of this data. For example, in the Twin Cities Metro Area, workers 24 years and younger made up 41 percent of total employment within Accommodation and Food Services. Such workers only made up 12 percent of total employment within Educational Services. This makes sense, considering the educational requirements for select occupations within these industries, and the time needed to obtain higher education for jobs in Educational Services (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112917-tc-figure1_tcm1045-319818.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Graph of Quarterly Employment Demographics, Twin Cities Metro Area 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Graph of Quarterly Employment Demographics, Twin Cities Metro Area 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112917-tc-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other industries with younger workforces in the Twin Cities include Retail Trade and Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, while other industries with higher percentages of older workers include Transportation and Warehousing, Utilities, Mining, and Public Administration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;2. You can study employment, wages, and hours worked by gender. What industries employ more women? What are the gender differences in earnings and hours worked? In what regions of the state are these difference more acute?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Within the Seven-County Metro Area, over three-quarters of Health Care and Social Assistance’s total employment is women. As such, this industry has the highest share of female employment of the major industry sectors. Construction, with about one-in-eight workers being women, has the lowest share of female employment of the major industry sectors (Figure 2). Overall, QED shows that women comprise just over half of the Metro Area’s total workforce (50.3%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112917-tc-figure2_tcm1045-319819.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Graph - Metro Area Female Percent of Total Employment by Industry 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Graph - Metro Area Female Percent of Total Employment by Industry 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112917-tc-figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Digging into the data a bit more, one could discover that the median number of hours worked per week for women across all industries was 33, while the median number of hours worked per week for men was 40. Finally, in terms of wages, women were earning a median hourly wage of $19.10 across all industries. This was 85 percent of the median hourly wage earned by men across all industries, at $22.48&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;All of this data has become available due to a data-sharing agreement between DEED and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS). This is just a sample of how you can use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/qed/Region&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;QED tool&lt;/a&gt; to understand the labor market in greater detail. To get started on realizing the potential of the QED tool, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qed/research.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;check out these recent research articles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>319813</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:05Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans Day</Title><title>2017-10-30 Veterans ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-317145&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-10-30T15:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>On Saturday, November 11, Veterans Day will be observed by Americans to celebrate the service of all U.S. military veterans.  </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On Saturday, November 11, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Day&lt;/a&gt; will be observed by Americans to celebrate the service of all U.S. military veterans.  As an appreciation to those who have served or are currently serving, this month&apos;s Local Look blog post will focus on veterans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans in the Labor Market&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The labor market has shifted, rolled, and changed dramatically within the past six years. For veterans looking for work, this has meant a lot of challenges and opportunities, which are reflected in the numbers. In 2010, during the nadir of the Great Recession, the unemployment rate for veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) spiked at 10.2 percent. This was higher than the overall unemployment rate for nonveterans during that time, at 8.4 percent. As of 2016, however, the unemployment rate for veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA had plunged to 2.7 percent, whereas the overall unemployment rate for nonveterans was 3.5 percent (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/103017-tc-table1_tcm1045-317146.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Employment Status of Veterans 2010 - 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Employment Status of Veterans 2010 - 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;103017-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While the tight labor market is providing new opportunities for veterans, there are still challenges. Some of these challenges include helping out women vets, Native American vets, and vets coming out of correctional facilities. Efforts are also being made to help out older vets with finding new work. According to Jim Finley, director of the Veterans Employment Programs with the State of Minnesota at DEED, the solution for many of these challenges is training.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&quot;A big focus of ours lately has been apprenticeships and OJTs [on-the-job training] because it&apos;s an opportunity for veterans to not only use that great array of soft skills that they picked up in the military but also to learn new job-specific skills that will get them those family-sustaining wage jobs,&quot; said Finley in &lt;a href=&quot;http://tcbmag.com/news/articles/2017/november/mission-employable-getting-jobs-for-vets&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;a recent article in Twin Cities Business&lt;/a&gt;. It should also be noted that apprenticeships cover a wide range of occupations now, not just the building trades. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/resources/employment/ojtapprenticeship.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs&lt;/a&gt; is leading the charge with apprenticeships for veterans in the state. For more information on veterans finding jobs in Minnesota, check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://tcbmag.com/news/articles/2017/november/veterans-battle-at-home&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans&apos; Battle at Home&lt;/a&gt;, also from Twin Cities Business.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hiring Veterans in the Twin Cities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED has employment services specifically targeted at veterans, with the aim of connecting employers searching for quality candidates and veterans searching for life-sustaining career opportunities. Here are three easy steps employers can follow to successfully hire veterans:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post your job openings on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks.net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contact a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/employment-services/vets-reps.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Employment Representative&lt;/a&gt;, available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;WorkForce Centers&lt;/a&gt; throughout the metro.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Connect with your local Yellow Ribbon network.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Within this tight labor market that the Twin Cities region is experiencing, not only is it beneficial to reach out to veterans looking for work opportunities to fill vacancies, but veterans have the experience, training, and work ethic that employers will appreciate.  Why hire a veteran?  Leadership, teamwork, efficient under pressure, respect for procedures, integrity, and the list goes on. &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/hire-a-veteran&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Find out more about hiring veterans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment Resources for Veterans&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Where employers have three easy steps for discovering and hiring veterans, veterans have three easy steps for discovering and securing work in the Twin Cities:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/employment-services/vets-reps.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Contact a Veterans Employment Representative&lt;/a&gt;:  while working with employers, these representatives also work one-on-one with veterans to provide custom-tailored services.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explore career options with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mynextmove.org/vets/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My Next Move for Veterans&lt;/a&gt; or with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Veterans/default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerOneStop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post your resume on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks.net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beyond these resources, veterans seeking employment should also visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s main page for veterans&apos; employment services&lt;/a&gt;. From this webpage, veterans can find information on upcoming career fairs, select employer hiring events, job club networking, job transition meetings, and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Upcoming Events&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A meet-and-greet for veterans is coming up at the Bloomington WorkForce Center at 9-11 a.m., Tues., Nov. 7. Veterans can learn about getting a job with the federal government. Find out more here.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/career-events/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;other opportunities here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>317145</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:05Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>2017 Manufacturing Highlights</Title><title>2017-10-02 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-313253&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-10-02T15:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>With 169,482 jobs at 3,986 establishments, manufacturing is the second largest employing industry in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area, behind only health care and social assistance.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/mn-manufacturin_24865722_tcm1045-313100.png&quot; title=&quot;Twin Cities Region Manufacturing Highlights&quot; alt=&quot;Twin Cities Region Manufacturing Highlights&quot; style=&quot;width: 40%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;metro&quot; /&gt;With 169,482 jobs at 3,986 establishments, manufacturing is the second largest employing industry in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area planning region, behind only health care and social assistance. Manufacturing accounts for 9.9 percent of total employment in the Twin Cities, about 1.5 percent less concentrated than in the state as a whole, where 11.3 percent of total jobs are in manufacturing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing within the Twin Cities metro area has continued to grow since the end of the Great Recession in 2010. More specifically, between 2010 and 2016, manufacturing in the region grew by 8.2 percent, equivalent to nearly 13,000 new jobs. During the same period of time, the metro area&apos;s total economy grew by 10.9 percent, adding over 167,000 jobs. While manufacturing has grown at a slower clip than the total of all industries since 2010, it&apos;s important to remember that the industry sector was hemorrhaging an average of 6,000 jobs per year in the previous decade. Within the last year of available data, between 2015 and 2016, manufacturing added over 1,000 jobs, a much more welcome trend (see Figure 1 below).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in, the largest-employing manufacturing subsectors include computer and electronic product manufacturing (36,032 jobs), fabricated metal product manufacturing (24,434 jobs), miscellaneous manufacturing (which includes medical devices) (18,055 jobs), machinery manufacturing (17,139 jobs), and printing and related support activities (14,306 jobs). At $74,478 in 2016, the average annual wage for manufacturing was 22.4 percent higher than the average annual wage for the total of all industries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One of the highest paying industries in the region, manufacturing payroll surpassed $12.6 billion in 2016, accounting for 12.2 percent of total payroll in the Twin Cities. Average annual wages in manufacturing were $74,478 in 2016, which was about $13,600 and 22.4 percent higher than average annual wages across the total of all industries. Starting much higher, manufacturing wages increased just 0.4 percent over the past year, compared to a 0.9 percent wage increase across all industries from 2015 to 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Twin Cities Spotlight: Manufacturing in the Metro&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091517-twincities-figure1_tcm1045-313252.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Manufacturing Employment Trends, 2000-2016&quot; alt=&quot;Manufacturing Employment Trends, 2000-2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091517-twincities-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Those cities in the metro area with the most manufacturing employment include Minneapolis (13,499 jobs), Plymouth (9,807 jobs), Fridley (8,585 jobs), Eden Prairie (8,127 jobs), Bloomington (7,526 jobs), St. Paul (7,506 jobs), Brooklyn Park (6,238 jobs), Maple Grove (5,554 jobs), Eagan (5,074 jobs), and Chaska (4,471 jobs).  Altogether, these 10 cities account for 45 percent of the metro area&apos;s total manufacturing employment. In terms of growth, between 2010 and 2016, the cities taking the top spots include Brooklyn Park (+1,405 jobs), Lakeville (+1,259 jobs), Shakopee (+955 jobs), Eden Prairie (+861 jobs), and Burnsville (+838 jobs).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With manufacturing employment on the rise throughout the metro area, what occupations are in-demand? Updated in July of 2017, DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt; tool answers this question. Many of these occupations offer excellent wages, while at the same time not requiring extensive post-secondary education. For example, CNC operators (otherwise known as computer-controlled machine tool operators) earned a median hourly wage of $22.34, and were projected to have 1,230 total openings in the region through 2024. The typical education needed for this occupation is a high school diploma, although more advanced training can be found at career and technical colleges throughout the Twin Cities. Interested jobseekers can use DEED&apos;s new &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer&lt;/a&gt; tool to research any production occupation, and if interested, apply for jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091517-twincities-table1_tcm1045-313251.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Top Production Occupations in Demand in the Twin Cities Metro Area, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Top Production Occupations in Demand in the Twin Cities Metro Area, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091517-twincities-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>313253</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:05Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Metro in Motion</Title><title>2017-08-24 Motion ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-310220&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-08-24T15:09:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>Major developments in the Twin Cities region can be summed up in one word: growth.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With new population and labor force estimates, unemployment rates, wage data, and industry trends, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/metro-lmi.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twin Cities regional profile&lt;/a&gt; has recently been updated for 2017. These comprehensive profiles include a wealth of demographic, labor market, and economic information on the Twin Cities region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the broadest level of analysis, the major developments in the Twin Cities region can be summed up nicely in one word: growth. The region&apos;s population is growing, the labor force is growing, international immigration is growing, wages are growing, industry employment is growing. You get the picture. Accounting for over half of Minnesota&apos;s total population, and over 60 percent of total employment, the Twin Cities metro continues to be the driving force for growth in the state. And the region continues to grow despite an aging population and a tight labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;More People&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Twin Cities metro gained over 27,600 people between 2015 and 2016. This 0.9 percent rate of growth was slightly faster than the state&apos;s rate of growth, at 0.7 percent. As such, the metro area accounted for about 74 percent of Minnesota&apos;s total population growth over the past year. Zooming into the seven metro area counties, Carver (+1,652 people; +1.7%) and Scott County (+2,067 people; +1.5%) witnessed the fastest growth during that period, while Hennepin County (+12,024 people; +1.0%) enjoyed the largest amount of growth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Older People&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Between 2014 and 2016, the number of people 65 years of age and older in the metro increased by 18.2 percent. In addition, those between the ages of 55 and 64 years grew by 10.9 percent, while all younger age groups expanded by less than two percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Labor Force Shifts&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As the Twin Cities metro population ages, labor force growth is being greatly affected. Between 1996 and 2006, the region&apos;s labor force grew by an annual average of 0.7 percent. This was roughly equivalent to 10,200 additional people in the labor force every year. Between 2006 and 2016, this growth rate slowed to an annual average of 0.4 percent, or about 7,000 people every year. Interestingly, however, the region&apos;s labor force added over 18,700 workers between 2015 and 2016, a growth rate of 1.1 percent (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082417-tc-figure1_tcm1045-310225.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chart of Annual Labor Force Estimates&quot; alt=&quot;Chart of Annual Labor Force Estimates&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082417-tc-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment Trends&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Twin Cities metro&apos;s aging population and decreasing labor force growth have already begun to affect the demand for workers. Job Vacancy Survey results have posted record high number of openings for the past two years, leaving only about 1 unemployed job seeker for every job vacancy.  Along with increased vacancies, total employment continues to build as people fill available jobs. In fact, the metro area surpassed 1.7 million jobs for the first time in 2016, with a gain of over 26,500 jobs (1.6% growth) between 2015 and 2016. While Hennepin County continued to lead the metro for employment growth, Scott County became a surprise leader by jumping 6.1 percent between 2015 and 2016, while Washington County continued to be at the top as well, growing by 3.3 percent.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the industry level, Professional and Technical Services pushed by Health Care and Social Assistance as the region&apos;s number-one growing industry sector by adding nearly 11,600 jobs between 2015 and 2016, expanding by 10.3 percent. Health Care and Social Assistance added about 8,000 jobs, growing by 3.2 percent, and is still the largest employing industry overall. Meanwhile, Construction employment stabilized over the past year, growing by just 1.2 percent after seeing much faster growth in recent years, while Finance and Insurance and Real Estate all cooled off quickly, declining by 2.0 percent from 2015 to 2016 (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082417-tc-figure2_tcm1045-310226.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure of Numeric Change in Jobs in the Twin Cities Metro Area 2015-2016&quot; alt=&quot;Figure of Numeric Change in Jobs in the Twin Cities Metro Area 2015-2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082417-tc-figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OES) tool is not set up to be used as a time series, it should be noted that the median hourly wage across all occupations increased from $20.79 in 2016 to $21.55 in 2017. The largest jumps in wages were within Building, Grounds Cleaning, and Maintenance; Farming, Fishing, and Forestry; Healthcare Support; and Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations. Again, these increases are likely due to the region&apos;s low unemployment and record vacancies, as well as rising minimum wage levels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>310220</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:04Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Education &amp; Innovation</Title><title>2017-07-31 Education ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-305146&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-07-31T17:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Eden Prairie is a high-tech hotbed.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Twin Cities Metro Area is an epicenter of discovery and innovation within the State of Minnesota. Much of this can be attributed to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://visit-twincities.com/plan-your-visit/relocating-twin-cities/education/colleges-universities/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;high concentration of post-secondary institutions&lt;/a&gt;, along with a highly-educated population. About 40 percent of the region&apos;s population has a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher, as of 2015 Census estimates. Comparatively, about 34 and 30 percent of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;state&apos;s and nation&apos;s respective populations&lt;/a&gt; have a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With such high levels of post-secondary institutions and educational attainment, knowing the programs in which these graduates studied adds another dimension. With nearly 7,700 metro area completers from the 2014 graduation year, &lt;em&gt;Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Activities&lt;/em&gt; comes in as the region&apos;s second most-popular program area, just behind &lt;em&gt;Health Professions and Related Programs.&lt;/em&gt; Also near the top: &lt;em&gt;Computer and Information Sciences&lt;/em&gt; (about 1,600 completers) and &lt;em&gt;Engineering&lt;/em&gt; (about 1,500 completers).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While these completers may find suitable work outside the metro, it is safe to assume that many are drawn to opportunities within the Twin Cities. For example, while the metro accounts for about 62 percent of the state&apos;s total jobs, it accounts for 74 percent of its architecture and engineering jobs, 79 percent of its business and financial operations jobs, and over 83 percent of its computer and mathematical jobs, according to DEED&apos;s Occupational Employment Statistics.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;What might these graduates be up to? Eden Prairie offers a slice of what is happening within innovative businesses:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2017/04/25/agropur-receives-national-award-for-protein.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Agropur USA&lt;/a&gt; introduced a highly pure dietary supplement to the food market, to make it easier for people with dietary issues to still have a high-protein diet. The company became the first recipient of the Breakthrough Award for Dairy Ingredient Innovation given by the American Dairy Products Institute for their innovation.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In May of this year, tech startup &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2017/05/31/growing-tech-company-moves-to-larger-digs-in-eden.html?emBy=true&amp;amp;provider=portal?surround=etf&amp;amp;u=zdGMmpkrhe7I%2BG%2BHnKx%2BWQ0f323954&amp;amp;t=1496262456&amp;amp;j=78285001&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DealerTeamwork&lt;/a&gt; relocated to Eden Prairie. The company makes software that car dealerships use to create and manage online promotions. The startup anticipates expansion, especially as it begins to pitch its software to new industries.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Also in May, data-backup company &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2017/07/11/tech-company-arcserve-expands-with-buy-hq-move.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Arcserve&lt;/a&gt; moved to a bigger space in Eden Prairie, allowing the company room to double its workforce.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;In July, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.swnewsmedia.com/eden_prairie_news/news/business/briefs/eden-prairie-based-mts-creates-earthquake-test-system/article_378f65f2-e82d-568f-aacc-09c405b87d4c.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MTS Systems Corp.&lt;/a&gt;, a global supplier of high-performance test systems and sensors, announced the completion of a new advanced earthquake testing system at the National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, located in Taiwan.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.americaninno.com/minne/miromatrix-uses-pig-power-to-create-transplantable-organs-for-humans/?mc_cid=e3f5317a1d&amp;amp;mc_eid=87b2ae13b5&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Miromatrix Inc.&lt;/a&gt;, a biotechnology company, is developing a process to convert pig livers, kidneys, hearts and pancreases into fully-functioning human organs. If successful, the process could help over 100,000 people across the nation in need of a transplant.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From the development of new software and high-performance testing systems, to the creation of dietary supplements and organs, Eden Prairie-based companies are pushing innovation in countless areas. And this is happening throughout the metro region. With a healthy supply of highly-educated workers, Twin Cities&apos; companies are primed to innovate well into the future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>305146</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:03Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Wages in a Tight Labor Market</Title><title>2017-06-07 Wages in a Tight ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-299286&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-06-07T17:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>After surpassing three important labor market milestones, it&apos;s a tight job market indeed.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Twin Cities Metro Area has passed a number of key labor market milestones recently. One, the region has now added over 200,000 jobs since the low of the recession. Two, with these gains, the region has surpassed 1.7 million total covered jobs for the first time. Three, total job vacancies have reached their highest levels since 2001. Along with job gains and increasing vacancies, the region’s unemployment rate has dropped to 3.2 percent, while the labor force participation rate has gradually declined.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;What does all of this mean? To put it simply, a tight labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With tight labor market conditions, employers are finding it increasingly difficult to fill open positions. As mentioned, there are a record number of vacancies in the Twin Cities – 57,739 vacancies as of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;most recent job vacancy survey&lt;/a&gt;. As of April 2017, there were only 53,700 unemployed persons. The Twin Cities has a ratio of less than one (0.9) unemployed persons to every one job vacancy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With such a small number of unemployed persons to draw from, compounded by baby boom retirements, employers will have to become increasingly creative to fill open positions. Some creative methods include “reverse job fairs,” increased on-the-job training, new partnerships with K-12 and post-secondary education institutions and reaching out to non-traditional sources of labor market supply.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Raising wages is another time-tested method for finding workers. As Figure 1 shows, wages have been increasing in the Twin Cities Metro. According to wage data from DEED’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) tool, average annual wages within the metro have increased by an average of 3.0 percent since 2001. While wages dipped during the Great Recession in 2009, they have continued to climb through 2016 as the labor market has tightened.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Analyzing median wage offers from the Job Vacancy Survey shows a similar trend. Wage offers climbed significantly during the expansion of the 2000s, faltered during the Great Recession, and trended upward in recent years. Specifically, average annual wage offers climbed by 3.0 percent between 2014 and 2016. Wage offers since 2014 have increased the most in Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing; Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation; Accommodation and Food Services; Finance and Insurance; Retail Trade; Information; Construction; and Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/060717_tc_figure1_tcm1045-299287.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Wage Trends in the Twin Cities Metro&quot; alt=&quot;Wage Trends in the Twin Cities Metro&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;060717_tc_figure1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To Discover More about Wage Trends in the Twin Cities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O’Neill at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>299286</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:02Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Scott County: Fast and Furious</Title><title>2017-05-31 Scott County ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-299274&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-05-31T17:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Minnesota&apos;s second smallest county is a powerhouse in terms of employment and industry growth.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;After taking a closer look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/265800&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anoka&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/255119&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dakota&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/259424&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt; counties, it’s Scott County’s turn for the spotlight. Located in the southwest metro region, Scott County is defined by the Minnesota River to the north and west, Minnesota Highway 19 to the south, and in close proximity to Interstate 35 to the east. Major cities in the county include Shakopee, Prior Lake, Savage, New Prague (partly), Jordan, Belle Plaine and Elko New Market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At 356 square miles, Scott County is Minnesota’s second smallest county by total area (although two of the state’s smallest county, Ramsey County, could fit into Scott County). Despite its small size, Scott County is one of Minnesota’s most unique and fastest-growing counties. When examining population trends, Scott County leads the charge. Scott County’s population grew by 10.1 percent between 2010 and 2016, making it the number one fastest-growing county in the state during that time, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. With an estimated 143,680 people, Scott County is Minnesota’s 9th most-populated county. If current rates maintain, the county may soon pass Olmsted and Stearns counties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/053117-tc-figure1_tcm1045-299277.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Population Change 1950-2016&quot; alt=&quot;Population Change 1950-2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;053117-tc-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In terms of fast-growing, take a look at Scott County’s total employment as well. When examining total employment trends, Scott County’s 3.1 percent average annual growth within the past five years was only surpassed by Le Sueur, Rock, and Wright counties. (While Wright County is somewhat close in size to Scott County, Le Sueur and Rock counties are much smaller, so we can say Scott County wins here.) Gaining over 7,600 jobs since the Great Recession, Scott County recently passed 48,000 annual jobs for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/053117-tc-figure2_tcm1045-299279.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Industry Employment Statistics&quot; alt=&quot;Industry Employment Statistics&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;053117-tc-figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In terms of uniqueness, look at Scott County’s industry employment. An appropriate way of measuring unique industry employment is with location quotients. Location quotients essentially measure the employment concentration of particular industry sectors in local areas. When using this method of analysis, those industry sectors with the most concentration in Scott County include:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Accommodation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Printing and Related Support Activities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Specialty Trade Contractors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Construction of Buildings&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Repair and Maintenance&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Personal and Laundry Services&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beyond Accommodation, all of these industries have grown in recent years, and some are growing very rapidly. For example, where total county employment grew by an annual average of 3.1 percent in the last five years, Specialty Trade Contractors witnessed 8.2 percent average annual growth. Printing and Related Support Activities saw 9.2 percent average annual growth, Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation 16.0 percent, and Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 18.4 percent. Many jobs within these industries offer excellent wages and opportunities for advancement, while not requiring extensive post-secondary education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To Discover More about Scott County&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O’Neill at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>299274</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:03Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Coaching in the Twin Cities</Title><title>2017-04-26 Coaching ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-291215&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-04-26T17:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Spring sports are in full swing. There are about 2,000 coaching-related jobs in the Twin Cities, with a median annual wage of over $36,600.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Spring is in the air! As we move into May, not only are temperatures warming up, but spring sports are in full swing. What’s more, the Twin Cities boasts an extensive park system, with numerous intramural and club sports. For example, Minneapolis offers everything from sand volleyball and softball in the spring, to soccer in the summer, football in the fall, and pond hockey in the winter. Depending on your interests and location, there should be an opportunity for you to play competitive sports in the Twin Cities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With spring sports teeing off, hiring for seasonal and part-time positions is also in full swing. Swimming instructors, lifeguards, coaches, assistant coaches, and other positions are open for job seekers. Seasonal equipment operators, park maintenance workers, shop attendants, and other related positions are also hiring.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Taking a deeper dive into &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=272022&amp;amp;geog=2708R11000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;coaching&lt;/a&gt;, there are approximately 2,000 such jobs in the Twin Cities, with a median annual wage of $36,649. Vacancies for this occupation typically hit around 200 every summer in the Twin Cities region, with 189 coaching vacancies during the fourth quarter of 2016. Of these 189 vacancies, nearly all were for part-time work, the majority did not require extensive education or experience, and the median wage offer was $17.30 (see Table).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042617-tc-table1_tcm1045-291217.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Selected Recreation-related Job Vacancies in the Twin Cities Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Selected Recreation-related Job Vacancies in the Twin Cities Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042617-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If coaching at the college or professional level, a bachelor’s degree is preferred for candidates. While this degree can be in almost anything, most aspiring coaches choose to study exercise and sports science, physiology, kinesiology, nutrition and fitness, physical education, or sports medicine. At the high school level, coaches are typically current teachers or administrators, but qualified coaches may be found from outside of the school. At any level of coaching, whether it’s for a local club, high school, college, or university, candidates must demonstrate excellent communication, interpersonal, leadership, and decision-making skills. One should also consider irregular work schedules when coaching, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. If coaching at the local or high school levels, other part-time work may be needed to cover living expenses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment within &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/Results.aspx?dataset=1&amp;amp;geog=2709TC0000&amp;amp;code=272022&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Coaching and Scouting is projected to grow by 6.0 percent through 2024&lt;/a&gt;. This is equivalent to approximately 175 new positions. Beyond this, however, there will be nearly 1,000 replacement openings, to cover for those who retire or leave the occupation. With rising participation in local, high school, and college sports, considering this occupation should be a must for sports enthusiasts. Check out DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer Tool&lt;/a&gt; for more information and current job postings for coaches and scouts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To discover more on coaching and other recreational employment in the Twin Cities, contact Tim O’Neill at 651-259-7401 or &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>291215</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:00Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Graduate Employment Outcomes in the Twin Cities</Title><title>2017-03-24 Graduate ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-288735&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-03-24T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>The GEO tool reveals how college grads are doing in the state’s labor market after wrapping up their educational programs. Just as important, users can also determine which programs are more in sync with labor market demand.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One of DEED’s most exciting and useful data resources reveals how Minnesota college graduates are doing in the state’s labor market after completing their programs. The Graduate Employment Outcomes – GEO – tool can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/graduate-employment-outcomes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;GEO users will quickly learn how powerful the data is. The tool allows users to choose graduation year, school location, award type (certificates, associate, bachelor’s or graduate-level degrees), institution type (public or private, 2-year or 4-year) or specific school, and instructional program.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For example, there were 44,317 post-secondary graduates from educational institutions in the Twin Cities area in 2014. Three years after graduating, the data show that these completers were earning a median hourly wage of $21.64, over 84 percent stayed within the Twin Cities for work, and over one-in-five were employed within Health Care. Just this overview of graduate outcomes can give users a better understanding of post-secondary alignment with the labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Going a step further, users of the tool can determine which programs are more aligned with labor market demand, in terms of employment rates and wage levels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For example, there were over 1,400 engineering graduates from metro area schools in 2014. Three years after graduating, they were earning an average median hourly wage of $31.41, the highest median wage outcome of the most popular instructional programs for metro area graduates (Table 1). Digging into GEO data, nearly 60 percent of these graduates were working within manufacturing, with an average median hourly wage of $32.69, or professional and technical services, with an average median hourly wage of $29.19. One could also discover that the most popular engineering programs were mechanical engineering; chemical engineering; electrical, electronics and communications engineering; and civil engineering.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/032417-tc-table1_tcm1045-288736.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Most Popular Fields of Study&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Most Popular Fields of Study&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;032417-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To learn more about the strengths of using GEO data, see Alessia Leibert’s article, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/mar-2016/choosing-right-school-major.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Choosing the Right School and Major&lt;/a&gt;. Leibert is the research project manager in DEED’s Labor Market Information Office.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data within the GEO tool comes from both the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE) post-secondary graduation records and wage records from all employers subject to Unemployment Insurance taxes in Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To discover more on graduate employment outcomes in the Twin Cities, contact Tim O’Neill at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>288735</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:00Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>CTE: Career and Technical Education in Minnesota</Title><title>2017-02-07 CTE ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-282379&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-02-07T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>February is Career and Technical Education Month – CTE – in Minnesota. Nearly 50 community and technical colleges in Minnesota offer CTE.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There are many well-known holidays, events, remembrances, and dedications in February including Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, Presidents Day, the Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras and many others. Among the numerous observations and awareness pushes, February also happens to be Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month in Minnesota. You may not have heard of this one yet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnstate.edu/system/cte/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota State website&lt;/a&gt;, CTE Month is a “public awareness national campaign held each February to celebrate CTE and the achievements and accomplishments of CTE programs and students across the country.” Every week in February, the CTE Month Campaign in Minnesota will focus upon a unique theme:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Week of Feb. 1: College and career readiness tools&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Week of Feb. 5: Success stories from students, educators, administrators, business and industry leaders, and the community&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Week of Feb. 12: Partnerships&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Week of Feb. 19: CTE news and resources to help other stay informed&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Week of Feb. 26: Legislation, policy, and advocacy supporting CTE&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://education.state.mn.us/MDE/dse/cte/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Education’s (MDE) website&lt;/a&gt;, CTE programs &quot;offer academic and technical skills, knowledge, and training to succeed in future careers.&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://careerwise.minnstate.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career fields being promoted in Minnesota&lt;/a&gt; include Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources; Arts, Communications, and Information Systems; Engineering, Manufacturing, and Technology; Health Science Technology; Human Services; and Business, Management, and Administration. Each of these career fields can be further broken down into career clusters and pathways.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In 2016, nearly 250,000 Minnesota high school and college students enrolled in CTE courses focusing on these career fields, clusters, and pathways. Overall, there are nearly 50 community and technical colleges in Minnesota offering CTE. Within the metro area, these colleges include &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anokaramsey.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anoka-Ramsey Community College&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.anokatech.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anoka Technical College&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.hennepintech.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hennepin Technical College&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.century.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Century College&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nhcc.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;North Hennepin Community College&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minneapolis.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minneapolis Community and Technical College&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;httsp://www.normandale.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Normandale Community College&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.saintpaul.edu/Pages/default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Saint Paul College&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://inverhills.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Inver Hills Community College&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://dctc.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dakota County Technical College&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beyond resources available through MDE and Minnesota State, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://careerwise.minnstate.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CAREERwise Education&lt;/a&gt;, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has numerous job market tools for students, educators, administrators, and job-seekers interested in or involved in CTE. Some of these tools have been previously noted within the Local Look blog including DEED’s Occupations-in-Demand and Employment Outlook tools. One other tool of note includes DEED’s Graduate Employment Outcomes (GEO) tool, which shows how many Minnesota graduates are finding Minnesota jobs, and at what wages. All of these tools can be found on &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED’s website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using these resources in concert, students, job-seekers, and others can determine the right school programs and career pathways for them. This is especially important for workers looking to get back to work as quickly as possible. Some of these school programs and pathways may include CTE, which considering it is CTE month, should be highly considered.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For more information on careers in the Twin Cities, contact Tim O’Neill at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>282379</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:00Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Distinguishing Industries in the Metro </Title><title>2017-01-13 Distinguishing Industries ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-274016&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-01-13T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Every county has a unique industry legacy. Key insights into regional economies can be revealed by using location quotients. We start with the metro area.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In recent months, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/list/appId/1/filterType//filterValue//page/1/sort//order/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Metro Region Local Look&lt;/a&gt; has zoomed in on &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/255119&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dakota&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/259424&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/265800&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Anoka&lt;/a&gt; counties. To start 2017, we will highlight distinguishing industries throughout the metro region. To determine which industries are more highly concentrated, we will use &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.bls.gov&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;location quotients&lt;/a&gt; (LQ), ratios which compare the share of employment in a particular industry locally to the share that same industry constitutes in the United States. We can see which industries have a stronger presence locally than they do nationwide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As Figure 1 shows, each of the seven metro counties has unique industry concentrations, which reveal a lot about the types of businesses and jobs located in different parts of the Twin Cities. For example, in Scott County Printing and Related Support Activities is highly distinguishing. Employment in this industry is approximately ten times more concentrated than it is nationally (note that any location quotient at or above 1.2 is generally considered to be significant). With 1,425 jobs in the second quarter of 2016, employment within this sector made up nearly one-quarter of the county’s total manufacturing employment. Comparatively, Printing and Related Support Activities makes up just over eight percent of the metro’s total manufacturing employment. Clearly, printing is vital to Scott County’s economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/011317-tc-figure1_tcm1045-274021.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Metro Area Distinguishing Industries by County&quot; alt=&quot;Metro Area Distinguishing Industries by County&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;011317-tc-figure1&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hennepin County is marked by a high concentration of employment in Management of Companies. With a LQ of 4.6, employment in this industry is almost five times more concentrated in the county than in the U.S. overall. With the large number of corporate headquarters and Fortune 500 companies in Hennepin County, this makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While location quotients can be a great tool for local economic analysis, especially for determining distinguishing industry sectors, they do not reveal the complete picture on their own. A closer look at Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing highlights this reality. With the exception of Washington County, Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing is highly concentrated across the whole metro region, ranging from an LQ of 2.3 in Hennepin County to 8.6 in Carver County.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While exceptionally concentrated in Carver County, Hennepin County still makes up the bulk of Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing employment in the Twin Cities, with about 16,350 jobs, compared to just over 2,500 jobs in Carver County. Carver County’s share of employment is nearly four times higher, but Hennepin County has over six times as many jobs. This makes sense, considering the sheer size of Hennepin County’s total labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, location quotients can provide key insights into regional economies that other forms of labor market analysis cannot offer. The information garnered from such analysis can help local governments determine which industries to guide resources toward for regional growth, assist local colleges and schools with program development, help job counselors guide job seekers toward appropriate career pathways, or help legislators understand their jurisdictions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As mentioned, the LQ analysis in this blog post used the national economy as a reference economy for determining distinguishing industries in the metro. &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.bls.gov&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/a&gt; to explore such analysis yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill at 651-259-7401 or email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>274016</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:00Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Anoka County Employment</Title><title>2016-12-06 Anoka County ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-265800&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-12-06T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Anoka County is a manufacturing powerhouse: 581 manufacturing establishments supplied nearly 23,000 jobs (second quarter, 2016). Manufacturing represents about one in five jobs there.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Metro Region Local Look&lt;/a&gt; has zoomed in on &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/255119&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dakota&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/259424&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt; counties. This month, we turn north to Anoka County, one of the state’s fastest- and largest-growing counties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/120616-tc-table1_tcm1045-265804.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Anoka County Employment Statistics&quot; alt=&quot;Anoka County Employment Statistics&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;120616-tc-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With 6,724 establishments supplying 122,281 covered jobs, Anoka County is Minnesota’s fourth largest-employing county, trailing Hennepin, Ramsey, and Dakota counties. Over-the-year, between the second quarters of 2015 and 2016, Anoka County gained 2,280 jobs, growing by 1.9 percent. Comparatively, statewide employment grew by 1.2 percent. Within the metro area, only Scott and Washington counties had faster over-the-year growth. In terms of numeric growth, only Hennepin and Washington counties outpaced Anoka County.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While Health Care and Social Assistance and Retail Trade made up Anoka County’s largest-growing industries over-the-year, pay attention to the county’s manufacturing sector. As of the second quarter of 2016, Anoka County had 581 manufacturing establishments supplying nearly 23,000 jobs. As such, manufacturing provides about one in five jobs in the county. Statewide, manufacturing makes up about one in nine total jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Fast Facts: Manufacturing and Anoka County&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;With 122,281 total jobs, Anoka County accounts for 7.2 percent of the metro region’s total employment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;With 22,959 jobs, Anoka County manufacturing makes up 13.6 percent of the metro’s total manufacturing employment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Jobs in fabricated metal product manufacturing in Anoka County comprise 34.4 percent of the metro’s total fabricated metal product manufacturing employment. In fact, employment in this manufacturing sub-sector is about seven times more concentrated in Anoka County than it is in the United States overall.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other highly concentrated manufacturing subsectors include: computer and electronic product manufacturing, miscellaneous manufacturing (largely medical supplies and equipment manufacturing), printing and related support activities, machinery manufacturing, and plastics and rubber products manufacturing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Over-the-year, manufacturing added 345 jobs, growing by 1.5 percent in Anoka County. This was much faster growth than manufacturing at the state level, which grew 0.2 percent.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;At $76,076, the average annual wage for manufacturing jobs in Anoka County is 53 percent higher than the average annual wage for the total of all jobs across all industries in the county.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill at 651-259-7401 or email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>265800</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:57Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans Day</Title><title>2016-11-07 Veterans Day ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-262578&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-11-07T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>What&apos;s the employment status of Twin Cities veterans? What a dramatic improvement: From 10.2 percent in 2010 (think Great Recession) to 3.4 percent as of 2015.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On Friday, November 11, Veterans Day will be observed by Americans throughout the United States to celebrate the service of all U.S. military veterans. As an appreciation to those who have served or are currently serving, this month’s local look blog post will focus on veterans in the Twin Cities region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans in the Twin Cities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the 2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, there were 166,524 veterans living in the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area, making up nearly half (46.9 percent) of Minnesota’s total veteran population. Over one-third (37.6 percent) of these veterans were living in Hennepin County, making it home to the largest number of veterans of any county in Minnesota. Of those veterans living in the Twin Cities, over one-third (60,631 veterans) reported having served during the Vietnam War. Nearly another quarter of veterans living in the Twin Cities (38,536 veterans), reported serving in one of the two Gulf War eras. Specifically, over 21,500 veterans served from the region during the Gulf War era between August, 1990, and August, 2001, and nearly 17,000 veterans have served from September, 2001, to the present. More than 18,700 veterans living in the Twin Cities reported serving during the Korean War, and more than 14,100 veterans reported serving during World War II (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/110716-tc-table1_tcm1045-262577.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Number of Veterans and Period of Service&quot; alt=&quot;Number of Veterans and Period of Service&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;110716-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With such a large population in the Twin Cities, it is vital that veterans have access to employment opportunities in the regional economy. Fortunately, the employment status of veterans in the Twin Cities has dramatically improved in recent years. In 2010, during the nadir of the Great Recession, the unemployment rate for veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) spiked at 10.2 percent. This was higher than the overall unemployment rate for veterans at the state level during that time, at 9.3 percent. As of 2015, however, the unemployment rate for veterans in the Minneapolis-St. Paul MSA has plunged to 3.4 percent, similar to the state rate (Table 2). This is lower than the total unemployment rate for the region, at 4.1 percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/110716-tc-table2_tcm1045-262576.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Employment Status of Veterans&quot; alt=&quot;Employment Status of Veterans&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;110716-tc-table2&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Hiring Veterans in the Twin Cities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED has employment services specifically targeted at veterans, with the aim of connecting employers searching for quality candidates and veterans searching for life-sustaining career opportunities. For example, here are three easy steps employers can take to successfully hire veterans:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Post your job openings on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks.net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Contact a Veterans Employment Representative, available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twin Cities WorkForce Centers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Connect with your &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beyondtheyellowribbon.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;local Yellow Ribbon network&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Within this tight labor market that the Twin Cities region is experiencing, not only is it beneficial to reach out to veterans looking for work opportunities to fill vacancies, but veterans have the experience, training, and work ethic that employers will appreciate. Why hire a veteran? Leadership, teamwork, efficient under pressure, respect for procedures, integrity, and the list goes on. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/hire-a-veteran/index.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Find out more about hiring veterans here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment Resources for Veterans&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It’s also easy for veterans to discover and secure work in the Twin Cities:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Contact a Veterans Employment Representative: While working with employers, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/employment-services/vets-reps.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;these representatives also work one-on-one with veterans to provide custom-tailored services&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Set a career goal using &lt;a href=&quot;https://mygpslifeplan.custhelp.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MyMilitary GPS LifePlan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post your resume on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks.net&lt;/a&gt;. Beyond these resources, veterans seeking employment should also visit DEED’s main page for &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/index.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;veterans&apos; employment services&lt;/a&gt;. From this site, veterans can find information on upcoming career fairs, select employer hiring events, job club networking, job transition meetings, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact Tim O&apos;Neill at 651-259-7401 or email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>262578</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:56Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Metro Spotlight: Manufacturing Opportunities in the Twin Cities</Title><title>2016-10-13 Metro Spotlight ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-259944&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-10-13T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Manufacturing plays a major role in the Twin Cities&apos; economy.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There&apos;s no denying that manufacturing plays a major role in the Twin Cities&apos; economy. Despite employment losses during the Great Recession, this sector continues to employ thousands of workers with excellent wages. Growth of manufacturing jobs between 2014 and 2015 – with over 3,100 jobs added to the Twin Cities&apos; economy – outpaced 12 other major industry sectors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Certain manufacturing sub-sectors are highly concentrated in the region. At the top is computer and electronic product manufacturing. With nearly 35,900 jobs in the Twin Cities, this sub-sector accounts for over 78 percent of the state’s computer and electronic manufacturing employment. It has also shown signs of renewed strength, gaining nearly 700 jobs between 2014 and 2015. Workers in this sub-sector enjoy average annual wages of over $102,000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other highly concentrated manufacturing sub-sectors in the Twin Cities include fabricated metal product manufacturing, miscellaneous manufacturing, machinery manufacturing, and printing and related support activities. All of these sub-sectors, including computer and electronic product manufacturing, have significantly higher shares of employment in the Twin Cities than they do in the United States overall, making them distinguishing industries for the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With thousands of jobs across multiple sub-sectors, healthy employment growth in recent years, and higher-than-average weekly wages, manufacturing in the Twin Cities deserves a close look by anyone seeking valued work. This is especially true as manufacturing employers face an aging workforce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Just within the past five years, between the third quarters of 2010 and 2015, the number of people working in manufacturing between the ages of 55 and 64 increased by 37 percent. Further, those 65 years of age and older increased by 54 percent. These increases came as those manufacturing workers between the ages of 35 and 54 decreased by 4 percent. With these shifts in the workforce, employers are looking for manufacturing employees today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To find out more about manufacturing jobs that are in high demand, visit the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s (DEED) &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand Tool&lt;/a&gt;. Labor market information and resource links can also be found at DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer Tool&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>259944</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:56Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Washington County in 2015</Title><title>2016-10-03 Washington County ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-259424&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-10-03T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Washington County – 5,200 business establishments, 79,000 jobs and much wood product manufacturing.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The seven-county Metro Area is made up of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties. While they are often lumped together to create the Twin Cities Planning Area, each county has its own distinct identity. Using labor market information, these county identities can be analyzed in terms of industry employment, labor force size, population demographics and more. This month we’ll look at Washington County.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Situated in-between the Twin Cities and Wisconsin, Washington County has proven to be one of Minnesota’s fastest-growing counties, in terms of both jobs and people. Interestingly, while Washington County is the fifth-smallest county in Minnesota by total area, it is the fifth- and eighth-largest county in the state by population and total employment, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of 2015, Washington County was home to over 5,200 business establishments supplying over 79,000 jobs. Well over half of the county’s total employment is in retail trade, health care and social assistance, accommodation and food services, and manufacturing. Combined, these four industries added more than 1,800 jobs between 2014 and 2015, with growth rates all exceeding four percent (Table 1). Between 2010 and 2015, these four industries added more than 5,700 jobs, or 73 percent of total job gains in the county during that time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/100316-tc-table1_tcm1045-259426.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Washington County Employment Statistics, Annual 2015&quot; alt=&quot;Washington County Employment Statistics, Annual 2015&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;100316-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Washington County stands out from the state and the Metro Area for its extremely high concentration of employment in wood product manufacturing. In fact, employment in this sector is nearly 13 times more concentrated in the county than it is in the United States overall. With about 2,800 wood product manufacturing jobs offering average annual wages of $64,300, it is definitely one of Washington County’s distinguishing industries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>259424</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:56Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Dakota County Economic Update: Employment Growth</Title><title>2016-09-02 Employment Growth ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-255119&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-09-02T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Beginning with Dakota County, the Metro Regional blog will explore industry employment statistics in each of the seven metro area counties. Find out more about Dakota County’s employment strengths.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beginning with Dakota County, the Metro Regional blog will explore industry employment statistics in each of the seven counties in the Twin Cities metro area, using recently updated QCEW annual 2015 data. You can find out more about your local economy with each new installment of employment data in DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW) tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When it comes to employment, Dakota County is a significant player in the metro area and in Minnesota. With 9,425 establishments providing nearly 184,000 jobs, Dakota County ranks as the state’s third largest county as far as jobs, behind Hennepin and Ramsey counties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Which Dakota County industry sector has the most jobs? Retail trade does, with just under 23,500 jobs. Health care and social assistance follows retail trade, with 21,870 jobs. Manufacturing rounds out the county’s top three employment sectors with about 19,800 jobs. Together, these three sectors account for well over one-third of the county’s total employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Zooming in, one of the most highly concentrated industries in Dakota County is insurance carriers and related activities. Employment within this sub-sector is over three and a half times as concentrated in Dakota County as it is nationally. With more than 7,700 jobs, average annual wages near $95,000, and a growth rate of 4.5 percent between 2014 and 2015, insurance carriers and related activities is of high importance to Dakota County’s local labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other important sectors to Dakota County’s economy (based on total employment and concentration) include social assistance, general merchandise stores, nursing and residential care facilities, publishing industries, merchant wholesalers of durable and nondurable goods, truck transportation, motor vehicle and parts dealers, computer and electronic product manufacturing, and food manufacturing. From this list, it’s clear that Dakota County has a diverse industry base.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Dakota County added over 3,100 jobs between 2014 and 2015, growing by 1.7 percent. Retail trade and construction both added over 800 jobs during that time, making them the largest-growing industries over the year. Altogether, 15 of 20 industries in the county added jobs between 2014 and 2015, with most of them outpacing the rest of the state in employment growth (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/090216-tc-table1_tcm1045-254749.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Dakota County Employment Statistics, Annual 2015 Sorted by Number of Jobs&quot; alt=&quot;Dakota County Employment Statistics, Annual 2015 Sorted by Number of Jobs&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;090216-tc-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>255119</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:54Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Where IT&apos;s At</Title><title>2016-07-01 IT ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303844&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-07-01T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription> IT higher wages require higher ed.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;More than any other region in the state, the newly released &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt; list for the Twin Cities metro area shows employers are in need of computer-related and other information technology (IT) workers. In fact, 11 of the top 70 occupations in demand in the Twin Cities are computer occupations, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=151132&amp;amp;geog=2708R11000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;software developers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=151122&amp;amp;geog=2708R11000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;information security analysts&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=151141&amp;amp;geog=2708R11000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;database administrators&lt;/a&gt; (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/072516-tc-table1_tcm1045-250760.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Twin Cities Metro Area Computer-related Occupations in Demand 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Twin Cities Metro Area Computer-related Occupations in Demand 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;072516-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Not only are these jobs in high demand, they are also high paying, with median annual wages ranging from just over $50,000 for &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=151151&amp;amp;geog=2708R11000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;computer user support specialists&lt;/a&gt; to more than $130,000 for &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=113021&amp;amp;geog=2708R11000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;computer and information systems managers&lt;/a&gt;. Several of these jobs earn wages that are more than twice the median annual wage across all occupations – another indicator of current demand and the intense value that employers place on these positions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, along with higher wages, these occupations also require higher education. Nine of the top 11 computer-related occupations in demand require a bachelor’s degree, while the other two require some college or an associate degree. In the most recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt;, 84 percent of computer and mathematical vacancies required post-secondary education, compared to 38 percent of all job postings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Job seekers interested in a career in information technology will need to invest time and money in their education, but should be able to enjoy a great return over time. Not only are these jobs in high demand right now, they are expected to continue expanding in the future, as shown by double-digit growth rates projected in DEED’s Employment Outlook tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303844</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:54Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Diversity in the Workforce</Title><title>2016-06-06 Diversity ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303836&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-06-06T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Diversity in metro workforce zooms.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recent blog posts for the Twin Cities Metro Area have looked at how the population is becoming more diverse over time:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;December 2015: &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp?id=1045-303829&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;New Population Stats for Twin Cities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;January 2016: &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp?id=1045-303829&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Growing Diversity – New Population Stats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;February 2016: &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp?id=1045-303838&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Growing, Diversifying, Aging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This month’s post will zoom in on diversity in the workforce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Through 2014, the Twin Cities’ workforce was the most diverse of the six regions in the state. Accounting for both race and Hispanic or Latino origin, about one-in-five metro area jobs (18.0 percent) were held by minorities. That was about twice as racially diverse as any other region. Outside the metro, the percentage of jobs held by minorities ranged from 6.8 percent in Northeast Minnesota, to 9.8 percent in Southeast Minnesota (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 100%&quot; alt=&quot;060216-tc-table1&quot; title=&quot;060216-tc-table1&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/060216-tc-table1_tcm1045-244644.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;060216-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Moving to the latest data available from the U.S. Census Bureau’s &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/static/explore.html#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt; (QWI) program, the Twin Cities had just over 1.7 million jobs during the third quarter of 2015. The distribution of jobs broken down by race and ethnicity are nearly identical to annual 2014 data, but with a continued increase in the number of jobs held by minorities (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 100%&quot; alt=&quot;060216-tc-table2&quot; title=&quot;060216-tc-table2&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/060216-tc-table2_tcm1045-244645.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;060216-tc-table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over the past decade – between the third quarters of 2005 and 2015 – the total number of jobs in the Twin Cities increased by 72,090, or 4.4 percent. During that time, the number of jobs held by white workers increased by 1.1 percent, which was equivalent to nearly 16,000 jobs. All other racial and ethnic groups witnessed much faster growth. For example, the number of jobs held by black or African-American workers increased by 27.4 percent, which was equivalent to just over 27,000 jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The rapid diversification of the Twin Cities’ workforce strongly follows the same patterns for the changes in its overall population. Future blog posts will continue to study these trends across Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303836</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:54Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Leisure and Hospitality</Title><title>2016-05-02 Leisure ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303840&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-05-02T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Travel and Leisure Numbers Kickin&apos; Up.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Well into spring, many Minnesotans are planning their summer vacations and getaways. Fortunately, Minnesota has a lot to offer for both residents and visitors during all seasons of the year. The list is nearly limitless, including museums, restaurants, biking, musical venues, professional sports teams, and of course, recreation on more than 10,000 lakes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While not out exploring these attractions in person, you can explore statistics on the status of the leisure and hospitality industry through &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.exploreminnesota.com/&quot;&gt;Explore Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; (DEED), and the &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.revenue.state.mn.us/index.php/&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Revenue&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For starters, analyzing data from the Department of Revenue shows that leisure and hospitality industries generated $13.6 billion in gross sales in Minnesota in 2014. This is equivalent to more than $35 million every day. Additionally, sales at leisure and hospitality businesses grew 37 percent between 2004 and 2014, with five percent annual growth in 2013 alone. Zooming in, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area generated over $9 billion in gross sales in 2014, or equivalent to more than $24 million every day. As such, the 10-county Minneapolis-St. Paul Area accounts for approximately two-thirds of the state’s gross sales from leisure and hospitality businesses (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; alt=&quot;053116-tc-table1&quot; title=&quot;053116-tc-table1&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/053116-tc-table1_tcm1045-244541.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;053116-tc-table1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Leisure and hospitality employment statistics can be gathered from DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW) tool. Minnesota had 269,420 jobs within the leisure and hospitality industries, according to 2014 annual data. About 60 percent, or 162,151 leisure and hospitality jobs, are located in the seven-county Twin Cities Metro Area. While the bulk of these jobs, 81 percent, are within the Food Services and Drinking Places or Accommodation sectors, nearly 31,000 jobs are within Performing Arts and Spectator Sports; Museums and Historical Sites; and Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment within leisure and hospitality has been rapidly trending upward over time. While the industry did shed 6,500 jobs within the Twin Cities between 2008 and 2010, it regained over 13,600 jobs between 2010 and 2014. In other words, employment within leisure and hospitality is 4.6 percent above its pre-recessionary peak. Comparatively, total employment is just 1.8 percent above its annual pre-recessionary peak.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With sales and employment both up significantly in recent years, things are looking bright for leisure and hospitality in the Twin Cities. While out on your next adventure – whether it’s watching a sporting event, visiting a museum, or staying at a resort – remember how important these pastimes are to the Twin Cities’ and Minnesota’s economies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303840</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:54Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Graduate Employment Outcomes in the Twin Cities</Title><title>2016-03-01 Graduate ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303837&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-03-01T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>How are new grads doing?</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and the Office of Higher Education gather and publish employment data on recent graduates from post-secondary institutions in the state. At its broadest definition, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/graduate-employment-outcomes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Graduate Employment Outcomes tool&lt;/a&gt; (GEO) tracks how Minnesota graduates are doing in the state’s labor market two, three, and four years after completing their programs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Specifically, the tool highlights how graduates are doing in terms of employment, full-time year-round employment, wages, wage growth over time, industries of employment, and regions of employment. Users of the tool can discover these outcomes for multiple indicators, including:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Graduation Year&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;School Location&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Award Type (certificates, associate degree, bachelor&apos;s degree, graduate degree)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Institution Type&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Instructional Program
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of March 2016, the GEO tool has also been enhanced to display employment and earnings of graduates by program at each of the 141 higher education institutions in the state. As &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/press-releases/index.jsp?id=1045-190850&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED Commissioner Katie Clark Sieben recently commented&lt;/a&gt;, “This is a significant enhancement that will help parents and students decide not only what fields of study to pursue, but which schools to attend.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The GEO data is both extensive and powerful. The benefits of the data not only reach out to prospective students considering post-secondary education in Minnesota, as well as their parents; but also to career counselors, education program planners, and policy makers. This is especially important, considering the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;state’s tight labor market conditions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For a snapshot of the data GEO provides, here are some data from the top programs with the largest number of graduates from the 2012-2013 cohort for institutions located in the seven-county Metro Area:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; alt=&quot;033016_tc_table1&quot; title=&quot;033016_tc_table1&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/033016_tc_table1_tcm1045-226432.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;033016_tc_table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The data within GEO will be updated annually with each new graduation class. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/graduate-employment-outcomes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;GEO tool&lt;/a&gt; to learn more about graduate outcomes in Minnesota, and add it to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;wealth of information available on employment&lt;/a&gt; in the state with DEED’s numerous labor market resources.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303837</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:52Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Cost of Living</Title><title>2016-02-29 Cost of Living ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303835&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-02-29T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Where to go for wage stats.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Wages can be a sensitive topic, but it is the crux to where labor supply and demand meet. This is especially true in tight labor market conditions, where employers are looking to capture and retain their workforce needs. When analyzing any labor market area, wages will almost certainly come up. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The go-to resource for wage detail is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/index.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OES) tool. Partnering with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/a&gt;, DEED surveys approximately 6,000 employers twice per year. The resulting data provides employment and wage statistics for over 800 occupations. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Along with average and median wage estimates, the OES tool supplies 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages, which can provide a guideline for setting entry-level or starting wages to top-end salaries. As of the most recent survey, there are an estimated 1.7 million jobs in the seven-county Metro, with an overall median hourly wage of $20.49.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This data can be compared to DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cost of Living Calculator&lt;/a&gt;, which provides an estimate of the basic-needs budget for a typical family of three. In the Twin Cities metro area, with one full-time adult worker and one part-time adult worker in the family, the cost of living is $55,896, which translates to an hourly wage of $17.92 for each worker. As such, the region’s overall median wage of $20.49 is more than enough to meet basic needs. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, OES data show that many occupational groups do not meet the $17.92 threshold. Table 1 lists those occupational groups with median wages high enough to surpass the Metro’s basic-needs hourly earnings rate of $17.92. These occupations account for nearly 60 percent of the region’s total employment. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/cost-living1_tcm1045-222336.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Occupational groups with median wage above metro cost-of-living sorted by employment&quot; alt=&quot;Occupational groups with median wage above metro cost-of-living sorted by employment&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;cost-living1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 2 lists those occupational groups whose median wages do not meet the basic-needs threshold.  Including occupations within Sales, Food Preparation and Serving, and Healthcare Support, these groups account for over 40 percent of the Metro&apos;s total employment, or 687,000 jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/cost-living2_tcm1045-222337.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Occupational groups with median wage below metro cost-of-living sorted by employment&quot; alt=&quot;Occupational groups with median wage below metro cost-of-living sorted by employment&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;cost-living2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Stay tuned for more in-depth wage analysis of the Metro Area.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303835</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:52Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Growing, Diversifying, Aging - New Population Stats</Title><title>2016-01-29 Growing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303838&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-01-29T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Metro aging at faster clip than state.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over the last two months, the Local Look blog has revealed a &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp?id=1045-303829&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;rapidly-growing&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp?id=1045-303839&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;diversifying population&lt;/a&gt; within the seven-county Twin Cities Metro Area. To close out this trilogy of posts on &lt;a href=&quot;https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS) data, this month we will look at the region’s age trends.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The seven-county Metro Area had a total population of 2,920,637 people, according to the ACS’s 2014 5-Year estimates. An estimated one-in-five residents were under the age of 14 in 2014, with another 13.0 percent between the ages of 15 and 24. As such, one-third of the Metro’s population is young, under the age of 24. This population remained relatively stable between 2009 and 2014, declining by one percentage point (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/new-pop1_tcm1045-222341.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Metro population distribution by age, 2009 - 2014&quot; alt=&quot;Metro population distribution by age, 2009 - 2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;new-pop1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The bulk of the Metro’s population of 1.26 million people is between ages 25 and 54. This segment is considered the “prime-working” age group, as they typically have the highest labor force participation rates. In 2014, those 25- to 54-year-olds made up 43.2 percent of the region’s total population. This was down 2.2 percentage points from 2009. This drop was largely due to a decline in the number of people between the ages of 35 and 44, as they lost an estimated 32,400 people between 2009 and 2014, a 7.7 percent drop.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the 45- to 54-year age group largely holding steady between 2009 and 2014, the Metro’s largest-expanding age group included those between the ages of 55 and 64. Between 2009 and 2014, this population grew over five times as fast as the total population, adding nearly 70,000 people, due to the large baby boom generation.  As of 2016, those within this generation are between the ages of 52 and 70 years old. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Considering the age distribution of the baby boom generation, it will be no surprise to see the 65 and older age cohort continue to show large, rapid growth through the next three decades. Just between 2009 and 2014, this group added nearly 50,000 people, growing by 17.5 percent (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/new-pop2_tcm1045-222342.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Metro population trends, 2009 - 2014&quot; alt=&quot;Metro population trends, 2009 - 2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;new-pop2&quot; /&gt; 
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, the seven-county Metro Area is aging at a faster clip than the state of Minnesota and the United States. For example, where the Metro’s 65 years and older population grew by 17.5 percent between 2009 and 2014, the same group grew by 13.6 percent at both the state and national levels.  At the same time, however, the Metro does have a younger population. While the Metro makes up approximately 54 percent of the state’s total population, it only makes up 46 percent of the state’s 65 years and older population. Also, in terms of median age, only Washington County’s 38.7 years was older than the state’s 37.6 years (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/new-pop3_tcm1045-222343.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Metro median age statistics, 2009 - 2014&quot; alt=&quot;Metro median age statistics, 2009 - 2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;new-pop3&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For a more in-depth analysis of the Metro’s population trends, check out the Twin Cities Regional Spotlight in &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/review/index.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Employment Review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303838</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:52Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Growing Diversity: New Population Statistics for the Twin Cities</Title><title>2016-01-11 Growing Diversity ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303839&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-01-11T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>We&apos;re older, but there are ways to make the landing softer.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Last month, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp?id=1045-303829&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twin Cities Regional Blog highlighted new population growth within the metro&lt;/a&gt; according to freshly-released statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s American Community Survey (ACS). To the point, the region is growing. Gaining nearly 130,000 people between the 2009 and 2014 5-Year estimates, the region grew by 4.6 percent, faster than the state&apos;s 3.8 percent growth during that time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Digging into these numbers, however, reveals much more about the Twin Cities&apos; growth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The metro region is becoming much more diverse. Between the 2009 and 2014 5-Year estimates, the largest-growing population was the Black or African American population. With nearly 51,000 additional people, this population grew more than five times as fast as the total population. Nearly half of this growth, or 24,400 people, were within Hennepin County.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Also growing five times faster than the total, the region&apos;s Asian population added over 40,000 people. Ramsey County&apos;s Asian population had the largest growth, 18,300 people, followed by Hennepin County at 14,500 people.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In terms of ethnicity, those reporting Hispanic or Latino origins grew by 25.0 percent between the 2009 and 2014 5-Year estimates. It should be noted that those reporting Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race. While Hennepin County&apos;s additional 12,100 Hispanic or Latino persons accounted for the largest change, Dakota County&apos;s Hispanic or Latino Population grew the fastest, at 49.0 percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In stark contrast to the booming Black or African American, Asian, and Hispanic or Latino populations, the White population within the Twin Cities remained largely unchanged, growing by less than one percent. Ramsey County&apos;s White population actually declined by 4.4 percent, with smaller declines also seen in Hennepin County and Anoka County. Populations witnessing declines in the region included Native Americans and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/growing-diversity_tcm1045-222338.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Metro population trends, 2009 - 2014&quot; alt=&quot;Metro population trends, 2009 - 2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;growing-diversity&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, the Twin Cities&apos; population continues to remain largely White: 78.7 percent of its 2.9 million people reported being White in the 2014 5-Year estimates. However, recent trends have had an impact upon the region&apos;s racial make-up. In 2009, for example, 82.3 percent of the region reported being White. Over that same time, Black or African American, Asian, and Hispanic or Latino populations have all witnessed significant growth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To learn more about the Twin Cities&apos; racial and ethnic make-up, visit these sites:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mncompass.org/demographics/overview&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Compass&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/admin/demography/data-by-topic/immigration-language/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota State Demographic Center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303839</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:51Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>New Population Statistics for the Twin Cities</Title><title>2015-12-24 Population ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303829&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-12-24T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Washington Co. is metro&apos;s fastest growing.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS) has been a go-to source for several &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/list/appId/1/filterType//filterValue//page/1/sort//order/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twin Cities&apos; blog posts in 2015&lt;/a&gt;. This should come as no surprise, as the ACS surveys local areas on demographic, housing, social, and economic data every year to provide timely population and labor force data that works in conjunction with &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s labor market information&lt;/a&gt;. ACS data can be used by government agencies, businesses, nonprofit organizations, community groups, emergency planners, educators, journalists, and the public for further understanding their local areas, the state of Minnesota, and the nation as a whole.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As recently as December 3, 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau released updated 2010-2014 five-year estimates. While newly-released data is noteworthy in itself, this is the first time in the ACS&apos;s history that five-year estimates do not overlap - the first set of five-year estimates from 2005-2009 are completely independent of the new 2010-2014 estimates. This provides a unique opportunity to analyze population and labor force trends for all local areas over time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of 2014, the Twin Cities metro had a total population of 2,920,637 people, making up 54.3 percent of Minnesota&apos;s total population. Over the course of the 2009-2014 estimates, this population increased by 128,581 people, a 4.6 percent increase (Table 1). As such, the Twin Cities grew at a faster clip than the state as a whole, which saw a 3.8 percent population expansion.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/new-pop1_tcm1045-222341.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Metro population distribution by age, 2009 - 2014&quot; alt=&quot;Metro population distribution by age, 2009 - 2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;new-pop1&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, between 2009 and 2014, the largest growing county was Hennepin County, which gained nearly 48,000 people. This should come as no surprise, since Hennepin is easily the largest county in the state and comprises 40.5 percent of the metro&apos;s total population. However, the fastest-growing county was Washington, which expanded 8.2 percent between 2009 and 2014. Washington County gained over 18,500 people, and now makes up 8.4 percent of the metro&apos;s total population.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other fast-growing counties in the Twin Cities metro include Scott County at 7.5 percent and Carver County at 6.8 percent. Interestingly, the three fastest-growing counties in the metro were also the smallest counties in terms of total population.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Ramsey and Dakota were the second and third largest counties in the metro, and like Hennepin, saw growth rates just over 4 percent from 2009 to 2014. Combined, they added about 37,000 new residents, and were now home to more than 925,000 people. Anoka County was the slowest-growing metro county, with its 3.0 percent rate of growth making it the only county in the metro that trailed the state&apos;s 3.8 percent growth rate.
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Stay tuned for future blogs on this new ACS data, which will dig into demographic changes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303829</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:48Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Undisputed Heavyweight Champ</Title><title>2015-10-28 Heavyweight ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303826&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-10-28T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription> Largest percent of MN manufacturing.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While each region of the state has a strong and competitive core of manufacturing industries that provide high-paying jobs, economic growth and stability, no place has the sheer manufacturing size, muscle and punch of the Twin Cities Metropolitan area.
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Overall, the seven-county Twin Cities metro region accounts for 53 percent of the state&apos;s total manufacturing employment, making it the industry&apos;s undisputed heavyweight champion. Here&apos;s a quick look at the top three manufacturing industries in the metro region.
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Computer and electronics make up the largest manufacturing industry in the region. More than 35,184 people work in the sector, which also happens to have the second-highest average annual wage among the region&apos;s manufacturing sub-sectors at nearly $98,000. (Only petroleum and coal product manufacturing pays more at $109,044).
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Slightly more than one-in-seven Twin Cities manufacturing jobs falls within the category known as fabricated metal products. More than 24,200 people work at nearly 850 companies welding, stamping, forging, bending and machining metal into components or finished products.
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Miscellaneous manufacturing is an all too nondescript term for what largely consists of medical devices, equipment and supplies, an area of manufacturing expertise for which Minnesota is recognized the world over.
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Medtronic, Boston Scientific, 3M and St. Jude Medical are among the medical device monoliths that spring immediately to mind. But there are nearly 600 medical device and equipment manufacturers in the Twin Cities, making the region one of the strongest clusters of its kind on the planet.
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And it&apos;s no surprise that the vast majority of the state&apos;s medical device manufacturing (more than 75 percent) is ensconced in the metro region. This highly innovative niche employs well more than 17,000 people and accounts for 10.5 percent of the region&apos;s total manufacturing employment.
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Taken together, computer and electronic products, fabricated metal products, and miscellaneous manufacturing account for 46.4 percent of the metro&apos;s total manufacturing employment. Other large manufacturing sectors include machinery manufacturing, printing and related services, and food manufacturing.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303826</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:48Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Using LMI - the Big Picture</Title><title>2015-09-22 Big Picture ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303824&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-09-22T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Analyzing local economies and occupations.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There are numerous methods for analyzing local economies and occupations. Using the Department of Employment and Economic Development&apos;s (DEED) labor market tools can assist in many of these efforts. The following are a few examples of such tools:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/laus/&quot;&gt;Local Area Unemployment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (LAUS): Provides labor force, employment, and unemployment estimates, which can be used for planning and budgetary decisions, as well as the need for employment and training services.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OES): Shows employment and typical wages by occupation within the regions and state of Minnesota. Can provide a wage-setting benchmark for employers, as well as job search and career planning information for job seekers and employment counselors.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot;&gt;Cost of Living Calculator&lt;/a&gt;: Provides a yearly estimate of the basic needs cost of living in Minnesota, for individuals and families, by county, region, and statewide. Costs are broken down into seven categories: food, housing, healthcare, transportation, child care, other necessities, and net taxes.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using labor market tools in concert can yield a more complete picture of the health of a local economy, and can also help job seekers understand the realities of particular occupations. Let&apos;s take welders as an example. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using DEED&apos;s OES tool, one can discover there are approximately 2,870 welders within the Seven-County Metro, and that they earn an average hourly median wage of $21.24. When combining this data with DEED&apos;s Cost of Living tool, it&apos;s realized that welders within the metro earn more than the hourly earnings needed to support a family of three, $17.92.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Also from OES, one can see that the overwhelming majority of welders are employed within the manufacturing industry sector. Further, a significant portion are employed within fabricated metal manufacturing and machinery manufacturing. This knowledge can reveal more on the environment for welders within the metro. For example, using DEED&apos;s &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW) tool, one can discover that fabricated metal product manufacturing has been the largest-growing manufacturing subsector in the Twin Cities since the end of the Great Recession. Combined, fabricated metal product manufacturing and machinery manufacturing have accounted for nearly half of total manufacturing growth since 2010. The demand for welders, as such, is high.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beyond current realities and recent trends, one can also use DEED labor market tools to examine &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot;&gt;projections&lt;/a&gt;. Projections are available for both industries and occupations. Continuing with our example, one looking up welders would find that the occupation is anticipated to grow by nearly six percent through 2022, equivalent to 940 total openings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of course, looking up all of this labor market information can be a time-consuming process. In fact, DEED has over 20 labor market information tools! To streamline career exploration, DEED has developed a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-education-explorer/&quot;&gt;Career and Education Explorer tool&lt;/a&gt;. After selecting a region and an occupation, users of this tool can look up everything from wages to educational requirements to projections without needing to leave the tool. Job seekers will also be able to reach out to Workforce Centers, and apply for jobs through this tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Here&apos;s a glimpse of the new Career Profile tool:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/big-picture_tcm1045-222335.png&quot; title=&quot;Career Profile tool screencap&quot; alt=&quot;Career Profile tool screencap&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;big-picture&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303824</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:46Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Manufacturing a Closer Look</Title><title>2015-08-17 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303827&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-08-17T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Highlighted manufacturing.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Department of Employment and Economic Development&apos;s (DEED) most recent Employment Review publication highlighted manufacturing in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Some key takeaways:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Manufacturing makes up the region&apos;s second largest-employing industry sector, with 165,300 jobs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;At $68,850, the average annual wage for manufacturing workers is 23 percent higher than the average annual wage for all industries&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing, Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing, Miscellaneous Manufacturing, and Machinery Manufacturing make up the largest-employing subsectors&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Great Recession hit manufacturing employment hard, but jobs are steadily coming back to the Twin Cities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;We can break up the data for a much more complete picture of manufacturing in the Twin Cities. For job seekers, employers, government agencies, students, and others interested in learning about manufacturing in the region, there are a number of resources that provide a detailed picture:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Monthly employment updates&lt;/strong&gt; - check out DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/current-employment-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Current Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (CES) tool to get the latest job numbers, trends, earnings, and hours worked per week. For example, as of June 2015, there were 194,792 manufacturing jobs, making up approximately 10 percent of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Statistical Area&apos;s total employment. One could also find that manufacturing has the highest number of hours worked per week, at 41.3 hours.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Local analysis&lt;/strong&gt; - highlighted in previous blog posts, DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/a&gt; (QCEW) program allows users to study manufacturing employment at the state, regional, county, and city levels. Additionally, one can look up the number of manufacturing establishments, number of jobs, total payroll, and average weekly wages. The QCEW tool is also great for looking up historical trends. Table 1 provides a snapshot of manufacturing statistics for the Seven-County Metro Area.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Current Vacancies&lt;/strong&gt; - DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; reveals the number of vacancies by industry and occupation, updated every second and fourth quarter. Beyond simple vacancy numbers, this tool also digs into vacancy characteristics. Within the Seven-County Metro, for example, there were 5,233 manufacturing vacancies during the fourth quarter, 2014. This represented an 80 percent increase in manufacturing vacancies over the previous year. Through this tool, one would also see that median hourly wage offers for jobs in manufacturing are among the highest across all industries, at $23.84.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Employment demographics&lt;/strong&gt; - also highlighted in previous blog posts, the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) tool allows users to study manufacturing employment by age, sex, education, and race/ethnicity. Using this tool, one could discover that nearly one-fourth of manufacturing workers in the Seven-County Metro are 55 years of age or older.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There are several resources and tools beyond those listed above. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/current-econ-highlights/ui-statistics.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Unemployment Insurance Statistics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;County Business Patterns&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nonemployer Statistics&lt;/a&gt; are just a few of these resources. Check out future blogs to learn more about these resources and how they can be used to better understand the Twin Cities labor market.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/mfg-closer_tcm1045-222340.png&quot; title=&quot;Snapshot of Manufacturing stats for the seven-county metro area&quot; alt=&quot;Snapshot of Manufacturing stats for the seven-county metro area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;mfg-closer&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303827</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:46Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Minnesota Top State for Business</Title><title>2015-07-01 Top State ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303833&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-07-01T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription> A cut above the rest.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnbc.com/id/101747925&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CNBC named Minnesota as the nation&apos;s top state for business&lt;/a&gt;. This ranking was based off of 60 measures of competitiveness, separated by 10 categories including:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Category&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Minnesota&apos;s Rank&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Education&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Quality of life&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Economy&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Technology and innovation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Infrastructure&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Workforce&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business friendliness&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Access to capital&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cost of living&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;32&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cost of doing business&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In addition to CNBC&apos;s annual study, the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) also collects comparative data for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/compare-mn/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;state of Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, as well as the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/compare-tc/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Compare Twin Cities&lt;/a&gt; data tool, for example, shows how the Twin Cities metro stacks up with other major metropolitan areas in business climate, workforce participation, industry employment, educational attainment, economic performance, innovation, energy, taxes, and quality of life. This blog will briefly highlight the Twin Cities&apos; achievements in education, economy, and workforce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Twin Cities metropolitan area bolsters Minnesota&apos;s overall rankings within CNBC&apos;s categories. 33.5 percent of Minnesotans have a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher; nearly two in five residents have this educational attainment within the Twin Cities, which accounts for 64 percent of the state&apos;s total population. A study done by Central Connecticut State University shows that, as of 2013, the Twin Cities region ranks third out of the 30 largest metropolitan areas in the nation for literacy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As for the economy, the Twin Cities region has added over 100,000 jobs since 2010, growing slightly faster than the state as a whole. At 3.4 percent, the region also has a lower unemployment rate than the state, which itself is the 5th lowest in the nation. It should also be noted that the region ranks first among the 30 largest metropolitan areas in the number of Fortune 500 companies per capita, and fifth overall.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The CNBC study placed the highest importance with workforce, or the quality and availability of Minnesota&apos;s workers. It is of special note that the Twin Cities region has the highest labor force participation rate among the nation&apos;s largest metropolitan areas, at 71.9 percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It&apos;s great news for Minnesota to be the nation&apos;s top state for business. With a strong, diverse economy, low unemployment, and a highly skilled and educated workforce, the Twin Cities region only strengthens Minnesota&apos;s business climate. Along with DEED&apos;s comparative tools, check out the following links to see where Minnesota and the Twin Cities rank highly:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/cities/best-places-renters-twin-cities-2015/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Best Place for Renters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Most Livable Place for People 50 and Older&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Best Place for Women&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nbcnews.com/health/diet-fitness/midnight-embargo-running-office-washington-dc-fittest-us-city-n360891&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fittest in the Nation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-is-only-u-s-city-on-worldwide-bike-friendly-list/305861331/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;World&apos;s Top Cities for Cyclists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.startribune.com/minn-wis-among-best-states-for-working-moms/303218081/?recirculation=sectionandsection=business&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Best State for Working Moms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-st-paul-tie-for-title-of-best-city-parks/304366451/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Best City Parks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Most Bike Friendly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/americas-friendliest-cities/3&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Friendliest Metro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303833</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:46Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Balance of the Sexes - Part Three: Earnings and Gender</Title><title>2015-06-18 Balance ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303825&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-06-18T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Balance of the Sexes - Part Three.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This spring, we learned that &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp?id=1045-303822&quot;&gt;industries&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp?id=1045-303828&quot;&gt;occupations&lt;/a&gt; do not have an equal gender balance in the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area. Male workers, for example, are much more prevalent in construction, architecture and engineering, protective services, and computer occupations; while female workers are much more prevalent in healthcare practitioner and support occupations, personal care and service, and education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beyond industry and occupational imbalances, there are large differences in pay for men and women. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/news-release/womensearnings_minnesota.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/a&gt;, women in Minnesota who were full-time wage and salary earners had average median weekly earnings of $790 in 2013. This was 83 percent of the $956 their male counterparts earned on average each week. As such, Minnesota had the 18th highest ratio for female to male earnings in the nation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While this ranking is nothing to write home about, the ratio is on the rise in Minnesota. In 2003, for example, women in Minnesota earned only 74 percent of what men did. By 2009, women earned 84 percent of what men did, before settling at 83 percent in 2013 (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When zooming into the Seven-County Twin Cities Metro Area, we turn to the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) tool. This data tool derives employment and wage information from a number of sources, including Unemployment Insurance (UI) earnings data, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data, Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS), and demographic data sources. As such, the results cannot be compared with Current Population Survey (CPS) data, as was used in Figure 1.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/sexes1_tcm1045-222346.png&quot; title=&quot;Female earnings as a percentage of male earnings, US and MN, 1998-2013 annual averages&quot; alt=&quot;Female earnings as a percentage of male earnings, US and MN, 1998-2013 annual averages&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;sexes1&quot; /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to QWI data, from the second quarter, 2013, females in the Twin Cities area earned approximately 69 percent of what males did. One can also analyze this ratio for the major industry sectors. For example, females earned nearly 90 percent of what males did in Public Administration. On the other end of the spectrum, females only earned about half of what males did in Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/sexes2_tcm1045-222347.png&quot; title=&quot;Average annual earnings of female and male workers, seven county-metro area quarter 2, 2013&quot; alt=&quot;Average annual earnings of female and male workers, seven county-metro area quarter 2, 2013&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;sexes2&quot; /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While pay disparities are certainly present within the Seven-County Metro Area, Minnesota, and the nation, there may be factors that account for these differences beyond gender. These may include educational attainment, prior work experience, specific occupations held, and the size of companies people work for. To see what wages people are earning, visit DEED&apos;s &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt; (OES) tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303825</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:46Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Summertime Employment for Teens</Title><title>2015-05-13 Teens ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303823&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-05-13T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Summer employment is warming up.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As schools begin to let students out for the summer and business continue to post &quot;help wanted&quot; signs for workers, the potential for teens to find summer employment is warming up with the weather.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Teenagers provide a welcome bump in the available labor force across Minnesota, especially since Minnesota&apos;s unemployment rate lingering below 4 percent for several months has left employers with fewer available workers to choose from. The good news is that Minnesota has the seventh-highest labor force participation rate for teenagers in the country, at 48.5 percent (compared to about 33 percent nationally, according to the American Community Survey).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The labor force participation rate for teens was slightly lower in the Twin Cities metro area than the state, where nearly half of people (47.1 percent) aged 16-19 in the Twin Cities were in the labor force over the last 5 years. That 47.1 percent represents an estimated 72,670 teenage workers, which was about 4.4 percent of the total metro area labor force.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Teenage workers in the metro area accounted for nearly half (48.5 percent) of all teenage workers in the state. Teenage labor force participation rates throughout the metro ranged from a low of 44.6 percent in Ramsey County to a high of 52.8 percent in Scott County. Dakota and Scott counties both had teenage labor force participation rates higher than the state average of 50.9 percent (see Map 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/teen-emp1_tcm1045-222350.png&quot; title=&quot;Labor force participation rate, 16 - 19 year olds&quot; alt=&quot;Labor force participation rate, 16 - 19 year olds&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;teen-emp1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Not surprisingly, teens are most likely to work in the accommodation and food services and retail trade industries, which together account for about two-thirds of jobs held by teenagers. Data shows that teens also find jobs in other industries, such as: health care and social assistance, which includes child day care services and nursing and residential care facilities; other services, which includes personal care, pet care, civic and social organizations, and repair and maintenance; arts, entertainment and recreation, which includes amusement parks, golf courses, and sports teams; and public administration, which includes local government services.
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&quot;Prospects for teenagers finding jobs this summer are better than in recent years, primarily because of an improving economy and tighter labor market,&quot; said Oriane Casale of DEED&apos;s Labor Market Information Office. &quot;With strong employment growth in both the retail and the accommodation and food service sectors in March, this might be a great summer for teens in Minnesota to get some work experience and earn their first paychecks.&quot;
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Of the 72,670 teenaged workers in the metro, just over 16,770 were considered unemployed and actively seeking work. That means teens in the Twin Cities metro area had an unemployment rate of 23.1 percent in 2013, which was over three times higher than the unemployment rate for the total population. The Twin Cities metro area also held over half of the total unemployed teens in the entire state of Minnesota. While this may seem high in comparison, the state&apos;s 11.3 percent unemployment rate for teens was the sixth lowest nationally in 2014. The new figures are an improvement from teen jobless rates that surged to more than 20 percent during the recession.
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Carver (16.6 percent), Dakota (20.5 percent), and Scott (20.7percent) counties had the lowest teen unemployment rates in the Twin Cities metro area. Hennepin (24.8 percent) and Ramsey (24.8 percent) counties had the highest jobless rates for teens (see Map 2). Employers in these counties may have an easier time recruiting teenagers to fill their jobs this summer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/teen-emp2_tcm1045-222351.png&quot; title=&quot;Unemployment rate, 16 - 19 year olds&quot; alt=&quot;Unemployment rate, 16 - 19 year olds&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;teen-emp2&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED offers services and programs to help teens find work. The agency&apos;s &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks.net&lt;/a&gt; job bank lists nearly 84,000 jobs, many of them suitable for teenagers. Job opportunities also are available through DEED&apos;s &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/find-a-job/targeted-services/youth-employment/&quot;&gt;youth employment, training and education programs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303823</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Balance of the Sexes</Title><title>2015-03-10 Balance ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303822&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-03-10T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Part 1: A look at female- and male-dominated industries.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) tool, the percentage of female workers in the Seven-County Metro Area (50.4 percent) is nearly identical to the percentage of male workers (49.6 percent).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When analyzing the various industry sectors, however, it becomes apparent that the gender distributions are not so balanced.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Female workers dominate some industries, such as healthcare and social assistance and educational services, while men dominate others, such as construction and manufacturing (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/sexes-balance_tcm1045-222348.png&quot; title=&quot;Employment by gender in the seven-county metro area - quarter 2, 2014&quot; alt=&quot;Employment by gender in the seven-county metro area - quarter 2, 2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;sexes-balance&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With charts, maps, and interactive data, DEED&apos;s QWI tool allows users to gather and study industry employment data by age, gender, educational attainment, race, and ethnicity in specific geographies and over certain time periods. Users can further subdivide information by job creations, turnover, earnings, and a host of other indicators. This tool is a part of the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program at the U.S. Census Bureau, which is becoming increasingly useful in helping state and local governments, agencies, and businesses make better-informed decisions in their local areas.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using this tool, for example, one can learn that healthcare and social assistance is the largest-employing industry in the Twin Cities Metro area. In fact, over one in seven workers in the area have jobs in this industry. Adding data by gender enriches the analysis - showing that women hold 77 percent of healthcare jobs. Other industry sectors dominated by female workers include:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Educational Services: 68 percent female workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Finance and Insurance: 57 percent female workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Other Services: 57 percent female workers&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Alternatively, men hold 84 percent of the 63,760 estimated construction jobs in the Twin Cities metro. Other industry sectors dominated by males include:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Transportation and Warehousing: 73 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Manufacturing: 70 percent males workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Wholesale Trade: 68 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Information: 59 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Administrative Support and Waste Management Services: 58 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Studying industry employment is a great way to determine a local economy&apos;s most distinguishing sectors, and to identify its growing or declining areas. Including demographic data allows for increased insight. Beyond the QWI tool, the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat39.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Current Population Survey&lt;/a&gt; are great resources for finding employment information broken down by industry, occupation, age, gender, race, educational attainment, and more. Our next two metro blogs will use these resources to analyze occupational data by gender and pay differences.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303822</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>More on Occupations and Gender</Title><title>2015-03-10 Balance 2 ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303828&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-03-10T19:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>Part two of our look at male- and female-dominated industries.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In our article &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp?id=1045-303822&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Balance of the Sexes&lt;/a&gt; we learned that gender distributions within certain industry sectors of the labor market are not so balanced.  Women, for example, hold more than three-fourths of jobs within health care and social assistance while men hold more than five in six construction jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Census Bureau’s &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/&quot;&gt;American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; (ACS) sheds even more light on gender balances within specific occupations. The ACS is an ongoing survey that provides annual population and labor force statistics across a wide range (including age, sex, race, income, educational attainment, veteran status, disabilities, commuting information, and more), which allows communities to use up-to-date information in planning investments and developing services.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/occ-gender1_tcm1045-222344.png&quot; title=&quot;Occupational employment by gender in the seven-county metro area, 2011-2013 ACS data&quot; alt=&quot;Occupational employment by gender in the seven-county metro area, 2011-2013 ACS data&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;occ-gender1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Similar to gender distributions for the major industrial sectors, the 22 major occupational groups show large imbalances in gender distribution. The starkest imbalances are witnessed within &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes470000.htm&quot;&gt;construction and extraction&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes490000.htm&quot;&gt;installation, maintenance, and repair&lt;/a&gt;, where men hold more than 95 percent of jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Male-Dominated Occupations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other occupational groups exhibiting a large percentage of male-held jobs include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes170000.htm&quot;&gt;Architecture and engineering&lt;/a&gt;: 85 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes450000.htm&quot;&gt;Farming, fishing, and forestry&lt;/a&gt;:  84 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes330000.htm&quot;&gt;Protective services&lt;/a&gt;: 75 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes150000.htm&quot;&gt;Computer and mathematical&lt;/a&gt;: 73 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes510000.htm&quot;&gt;Production&lt;/a&gt;: 70 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes370000.htm&quot;&gt;Building, grounds cleaning, and maintenance&lt;/a&gt;: 64 percent male workers&lt;/li&gt;
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Female-Dominated Occupations&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other occupational groups dominated by women include:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes310000.htm&quot;&gt;Healthcare support&lt;/a&gt;: 83 percent female workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes390000.htm&quot;&gt;Personal care and service&lt;/a&gt;: 77 percent female workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes290000.htm&quot;&gt;Healthcare practitioners&lt;/a&gt;: 76 percent female workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes250000.htm&quot;&gt;Education, training, and library&lt;/a&gt;: 72 percent female workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes430000.htm&quot;&gt;Office and administrative support&lt;/a&gt;: 70 percent female workers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes210000.htm&quot;&gt;Community and social service&lt;/a&gt;: 67 percent female workers&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The ACS allows us to analyze even beyond these 22 major occupational groups to specific occupational data. We can see, for example, that 91 percent of metal and plastic workers in the metro are male and 90 percent of the estimated 31,000 registered nurses in the metro are female.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Our next metro blog will use the ACS again, along with the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm&quot;&gt;Current Population Survey&lt;/a&gt; to analyze pay differences by gender. Nationally, more than 3.5 million households participate in the ACS each year, and results are broken down into one-year, three-year, and five-year estimates, depending on the size of specific communities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;You can download the &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/information-guide.html&quot;&gt;ACS Information Guide&lt;/a&gt; for a detailed methodology breakdown and frequently answered questions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O’Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303828</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-metro</Title><Id>250949</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Science and Tech Jobs Shine in the Metro</Title><title>2015-03-02 Science ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303830&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-03-02T20:23:55Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Twin Cities is a high-tech employment hotbed.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Since employment in Minnesota hit its recessionary low more than five years ago, the state has regained nearly 223,000 jobs that span a broad spectrum of industry sectors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Much of the analysis of this growth has centered on the healthcare and social assistance, construction, and manufacturing sectors - and for good reason.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Healthcare and social assistance is the largest-growing industry sector.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Construction is the fastest-growing industry sector. And manufacturing is so important that we give the industry its &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/ed/minnesota-industries/manufacturing/mfgweek/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;own special week&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There is another major industry sector, however, that is vital to Minnesota&apos;s economy, especially within the seven-county &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/assets/lmi/areamap/edr.shtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twin Cities metropolitan area&lt;/a&gt;. The sector is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/sssd/naics/naicsrch?code=54andsearch=2012%20NAICS%20Search&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;professional, scientific, and technical services&lt;/a&gt;. With nearly 109,000 workers in the region, about 77 percent of this sector&apos;s total employment statewide is concentrated in the metro area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The sector&apos;s largest employing subsectors in the region include computer systems design; architectural and engineering services; legal services; management, scientific, and technical consulting services; and accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services; and smaller subsectors like specialized design services, scientific research and development services, and advertising, public relations, and related services.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The good news is that the professional, scientific, and technical services industry sector is continuing to grow within the metro area. Between the second quarters of 2009 and 2014, this industry added more than 11,000 jobs, growing at a rate nearly twice as fast as the labor market as a whole. According to our &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Employment Outlook&lt;/a&gt; tool, this sector is projected to expand by 15 percent through 2022, adding more than 16,000 jobs and accounting for more than 12 percent of the metro area&apos;s growth during that time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Occupations in the professional, scientific, and technical services industry sector offer significantly higher wages than the metro area&apos;s average median hourly wage of $19.92. &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=132011andgeog=2708R11000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Accountants and auditors&lt;/a&gt;, for example, earn a median hourly wage of $30.66. &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=131161andgeog=2708R11000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Market research analysts and marketing specialists&lt;/a&gt; earn a median hourly wage of $31.41 and are expected to grow by nearly 23 percent from 2012-2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/scitech-shine_tcm1045-222345.png&quot; title=&quot;Top 10 professional, scientific, and technical services occupations in demand in the seven-county twin cities metro&quot; alt=&quot;Top 10 professional, scientific, and technical services occupations in demand in the seven-county twin cities metro&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;scitech-shine&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Job seekers hoping to take advantage of this growth will need to pursue higher levels of post-secondary education and training. Our &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; shows that 73 percent of metro area vacancies in this industry require some level of post-secondary education and 82 percent require at least one year of work experience. By comparison, only 40 percent of vacancies in all industries in the metro require post-secondary education, and only 50 percent require at least one year of experience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To find out more about the current jobs in demand in the professional, scientific, and technical services industry in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, use our &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt; tool.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For More Information&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:timothy.oneill@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Tim O&apos;Neill&lt;/a&gt; at 651-259-7401.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Tim O&apos;Neill</Author><id>303830</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:49:44Z</pubdate></list></results>