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<results><page>0</page><page>20</page><page>123</page><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Often when I present or write about wages, I make comparisons using the median of different industries or occupations.</Description><Audience/><Title>Climbing the Wage Ladder</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Climbing the Wage Ladder</Title><title>2025-08-26 Climbing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-703277&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-08-27T16:08:05Z</Date><ShortDescription>This is a generally accepted practice, but leaves out some important context, namely how spread out wages are, both within and across groups..</ShortDescription><Subtitle>Often when I present or write about wages, I make comparisons using the median of different industries or occupations.</Subtitle><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Often when I present or write about wages, I make comparisons using the median of different industries or occupations. This is a generally accepted practice, but leaves out some important context, namely how spread out wages are, both within and across groups. Fortunately, 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 (OEWS)&lt;/a&gt; offers 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wages in addition to the very handy medians.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using this data, we can see how some occupational groups like Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related, Healthcare Support and Farming, Fishing &amp;amp; Forestry have much tighter wage ranges than others like Legal, Management and Protective Service (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082625_NE_figure1_tcm1045-703262.png&quot; title=&quot;Hourly Wage Distribution by Occupational Group&quot; alt=&quot;Hourly Wage Distribution by Occupational Group&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082625_NE_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;Along the wage distribution, the 75th percentile wage means that 75% of all workers employed in that role earn less than that figure. As a result, the 75th percentile is generally more representative of the wage that a more experienced or credentialed worker earns, while the 25th percentile can be a good estimate for a less experienced or newer worker earns in a role.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As such, the ratio of the 75th to the 25th percentile wages is a useful measure of relative wage diffusion. Across all occupations that ratio in Northeast Minnesota is 2.04 (see table 1). The highest ratio is for Legal occupations at 2.38 and the lowest is Farming, Fishing &amp;amp; Forestry occupations at 1.27. There are many reasons for the varying size of wage ranges. Much of the dispersion can be attributed to the types of jobs themselves and how they fit into typical career pathways.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Take Healthcare Support as an example. About 80% of employment in that occupational group is in &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=311120&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Home Health and Personal Care Aides&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=311131&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/a&gt;. These two occupations pay below the regional median wage, and perhaps more relevant to the discussion of wage distribution, are often stepping stones to higher-paying occupations in healthcare that require more experience and training. Because of these occupations&apos; position toward the beginning of the typical healthcare career pathway and the difficult nature of the work, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/tenure.t06.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tenure&lt;/a&gt; for Healthcare Support occupations is relatively low at 2.8 years. That is third-lowest among occupational groups.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Healthcare Support also has the second smallest 75th-25th wage percentile ratio at 1.29. In practical terms, this means that there is not a ton of room for workers to move up the pay scale within this occupational group. Many will opt to move into roles like Licensed Practical Nurses or Registered Nurses, which are in the separate Healthcare Practioners &amp;amp; Technical occupational group.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Conversely, the Legal occupational group contains the entire typical pathway. One entering the Legal field will often start as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal, perhaps hoping to eventually become a Lawyer, and potentially a Judge. Paralegals &amp;amp; Legal Assistants alone have a 75th-25th ratio of 1.5 and Lawyers are a bit higher with 2.0, but when you look at these occupations in the career pathways continuum as they tend to function, that ratio widens, and you get the larger 2.4 ratio for all Legal occupations. There is not a ton of wage growth potential as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal, but when the potential high wages attainable for Lawyers is included, there is a sizable increase in earning potential in the Legal field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Another factor that could impact intra-occupational wage growth or distribution is the prevalance of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.t03.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;union membership&lt;/a&gt;. Education, Training and Library occupations had the highest share of employment represented by unions nationally in 2024 at 35.8%, followed by Protective Service at 32.5%. These occupational groups are both in the top four of the 75th-25th wage ratio rankings. Contract agreements often stipulate regular wage increases, and while this may lag the private wage growth in the short run during times like the period of high inflation in 2021 and 2022, they also serve as a wage growth floor. Combined with well-defined routes of career advancement and above average tenure, this may explain the wider than average wage dispersion in these occupational groups.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Career advancement potential, tenure and union membership are only a few pieces of the wage distribution puzzle. They tell the story well for some occupational groups, and explain less in others. However, knowing what the typical wage growth potential is within a given field can be a useful piece of information for jobseekers and employers alike.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; summary=&quot;Wage Distribution, Tenure, and Union Membership by Occupational Group&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. Wage Distribution, Tenure, and Union Membership by Occupational Group, Northeast Minnesota and U.S., 2024-2025&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupational Group&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;75th to 25th Percentile Wage Ratio in NE MN, 2025&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Years with Current Employer in US, 2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent of Employed Represented by Unions in US, 2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Legal&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;2.04&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;3.9&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;11%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Protective service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Education, training and library&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.83&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation, maintenance and repair&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer and mathematical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.71&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation and material moving&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare practitioners and technical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.62&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business and financial operations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Life, physical and social science&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.58&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sales and related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.57&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal care and service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.57&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Community and social service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.56&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Office and administrative support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction and extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Architecture and engineering&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.45&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.43&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food preparation and serving related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.40&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Farming, fishing, and forestry&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED OEWS, BLS&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;For more information about wages in Northeast Minnesota, contact Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Carson.Gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carson.Gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>703277</id><pubdate>2025-08-28T18:27:02Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The third quarter is typically the peak season in Northeast Minnesota for employment levels. </Description><Audience/><Title>For many industries in Northeast Minnesota, the Summer is the Season</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>For many industries in Northeast Minnesota, the Summer is the Season</Title><title>2025-07-22 Summer ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-699256&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-07-23T16:08:05Z</Date><ShortDescription>The summer months, and the weather that comes with them, represent an increase in business opportunity for many industries.</ShortDescription><Subtitle>The third quarter is typically the peak season in Northeast Minnesota for employment levels. </Subtitle><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The third quarter (covering the months of July, August and September) is typically the peak season in Northeast Minnesota for employment levels. The summer months, and the weather that comes with them, represent an increase in business opportunity for many industries. My blog from the end of last year highlighted seasonal employment variation by industry. The top spot belonged to Crop Production, which typically peaks in the second quarter, which is the planting season. However, most of the industries with the highest seasonal variation in Northeast Minnesota peak a little later in the year, in third quarter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Fifteen of the 25 most seasonally variable industries typically saw their payrolls top out in the third quarter (see Table 1). You may now choose to refer to the members of this list as the “industries of the summer.” Overall, 47 of the 113 ranked industries in the region typically experience third quarter employment peaks. Conversely, only 17 had typical employment lows in the third quarter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; summary=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industries with Peak Employment in the Summer&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. Northeast Minnesota Industries with Peak Employment in the Summer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Seasonality Ranking (2019-2023)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Qtr. 3 Employment (2024)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Average Employ-ment (2024)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Coefficient of Variation (2024)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Qtr. 3 Avg. Wage (2024)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;N/A&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;142,381&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;140,456&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1.66&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$59,540&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;138&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;143&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;7.23&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17,732&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Rental and Leasing Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;353&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;268&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;27.25&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,572&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,947&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,567&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;21.42&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$109,876&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Water Transportation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;214&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;197&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;13.53&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$133,484&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,906&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,262&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;15.54&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,328&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;420&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;399&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;5.50&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19,604&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institution&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;468&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;399&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;15.64&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28,964&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fishing, Hunting and Trapping&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;23.55&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$55,172&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Construction&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;8,435&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;7,446&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;13.03&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$82,940&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Specialty Trade Contractors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,349&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,891&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;11.72&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$76,388&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Animal Production and Aquaculture&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;13.06&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21,840&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;4,039&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;3,622&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;9.15&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$31,044&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,150&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,823&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;9.37&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32,916&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Accommodation and Food Services&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;15,571&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;14,354&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;7.19&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$24,700&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Services and Drinking Places&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,665&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,092&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;4.80&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23,140&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&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;Many industries with relatively higher summer employment belong to the Construction or Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality sectors, underlining the important role that weather plays in facilitating “the busy season” for those industries. Typically, the relatively small Motion Picture &amp;amp; Sound Recording Industries, which had the second-highest seasonal employment variation from 2019-2023, peaks during the summer. However, in 2024 it actually bucked the historical trend and had a 2024 employment peak in first quarter, likely because they &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/merry-kiss-cam-holiday-movie-filmed-in-duluth-to-hit-hulu-on-thanksgiving&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;filmed a Christmas movie in the winter&lt;/a&gt;. Industries with smaller headcounts are more likely to see year-to-year seasonal employment fluctuations, in addition to the in-year seasonal variation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Rental &amp;amp; Leasing Services, which is not technically in Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality, nevertheless benefits as demand for rental cars and recreational equipment rises. The Water Transportation industry is similar and depends largely on the availability of the unfrozen variety of the big lake.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;More directly tied to tourism in the region are Accommodation, Performing Arts, Spectator Sports &amp;amp; Related Industries, and Museums, Historical Sites &amp;amp; Similar Institutions. These industries and others like Amusement, Gambling &amp;amp; Recreation Industries and Food Services &amp;amp; Drinking Places play important roles in Northeast Minnesota’s well-documented tourism-oriented economy. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/tourism-industry/assets/Minnesota%20County%20Tables%20-%202023_tcm1135-660871.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;According to Explore Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, over 1.2 billion dollars were spent in the region by visitors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As Minnesotans know, vacation season is also road construction season. This shows up in the employment data with Heavy &amp;amp; Civil Engineering Construction toward the top of the seasonality list. While certainly an inconvenience to all of us trying to get some place in the summer months, many of these construction jobs pay well above the regional average and bring additional economic activity to the region. The presence of Specialty Trade Contractors in the list is reflective of increased construction of buildings and home renovations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Finally, to take advantage of the longer days, many of these industries see significant increases in hours worked in third quarter as well, increasing the earning potential for many of the workers willing and able to take advantage. Table 2 shows the industries in Northeast Minnesota with the highest hours worked differential in third quarter compared to the annual quarterly average from 2023. Half of the top 20 are either in the top employment seasonality list as well or like Air Transportation, are closely connected to the Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality sector in some way.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; summary=&quot;Median Quarterly Hours Worked for Select Industries in Northeast Minnesota&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 2. Median Quarterly Hours Worked for Select Industries in Northeast Minnesota, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Qtr. 3 Median Hours Worked&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Annual Quarterly Average&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Qtr. 3 Percent Above Annual Median&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;392&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;392&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Air Transportation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;229&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;137&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+67%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Rental &amp;amp; Leasing Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;347&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;240&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+45%&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;259&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;188&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+38%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Agriculture &amp;amp; Forestry Support Activity&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;332&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;255&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+30%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Motion Picture &amp;amp; Sound Recording Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;182&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;142&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+28%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Miscellaneous Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;273&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;223&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+22%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Plastics &amp;amp; Rubber Products Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;548&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;482&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+14%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Information Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;543&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+13%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Museums, Parks &amp;amp; Historical Sites&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;262&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;234&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+12%&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;180&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;161&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+12%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Pipeline Transportation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;503&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Broadcasting &amp;amp; Content Providers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;416&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;374&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Telecommunications&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;505&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrical Equipment &amp;amp; Appliances Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;532&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation Equipment Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;509&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+10%&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;449&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;410&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+10%&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;268&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;245&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;239&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;219&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy &amp;amp; Civil Engineering Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;521&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Couriers &amp;amp; Messengers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;300&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;277&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Source: 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;Whether you are measuring impact by employment, wages or hours, the summer is the season for many industries in Northeast Minnesota. These industries are crucial to our regional economy. So next time your trip to the cabin or campground is delayed by construction, take some solace in the local economic impact.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For more information about employment trends in Northeast Minnesota, contact Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>699256</id><pubdate>2025-07-23T13:44:20Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>As the largest-employing industry and one of DEED’s Drive for Five sectors of focus, Health Care &amp; Social Assistance is this month’s topic for the blog.</Description><Audience/><Title>Young People: What are They Doing? Where are They Going?</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Young People: What are They Doing? Where are They Going?</Title><title>2025-06-20 Young ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-696198&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-07-03T16:08:05Z</Date><ShortDescription>The closing of the school year provides both an opportunity to look forward and to reflect.</ShortDescription><Subtitle>A Regional Reality Check of Migration and Post-High School Graduation Trends</Subtitle><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The closing of the school year provides both an opportunity to look forward and to reflect. As graduates from high schools, colleges and universities in our region enter their summers, local employers and workforce development professionals ask themselves a set of perennial questions:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How many will choose to stay in Northeast Minnesota to work or study further?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How can we get more to stay?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These are important questions! After all, our students are a critical part of our labor force in the future. Young talent is crucial for the regeneration and sustainability of the regional workforce. This is especially true in an area like Northeast Minnesota that is experiencing an aging workforce and the recent or impending retirement of a significant number of Baby Boomers. The general perception, for Northeast Minnesota and many rural areas, is that young people are more likely to leave these communities than to stay. So, what do the numbers say? Let&apos;s take a look.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It is certainly true that Northeast has fewer young people than it did a generation ago. However, this is not entirely due to the out-migration of those young people. A massive component is demographic change: falling birthrates and an overall aging population. We as a region are not having as many babies as we did a couple decades ago. The under 25 population in Northeast Minnesota fell 9.4% over two and a half decades, and that decline is expected to continue.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Large demographic shifts such as the ones being experienced by Northeast render migration an even more important variable in ensuring population stability or growth. A &lt;a href=&quot;https://migrationpatterns.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;project&lt;/a&gt; by the U.S. Census Bureau and others the tracked migration patterns of a cohort of Millennials across the country. To do this, they counted where young people were when they were 16 and then compared that to where they were living when they turned 26.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By this measure, 64% of people that were living in the Duluth metro area when they were 16 were also living there as 26-year-olds (see Figure 1). Some may have stayed, but some of these young people may also have left and then returned; such boomerang migration is also deemed a success by workforce and economic developers. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.clevelandfed.org/publications/cleveland-fed-district-data-brief/2025/cfddb-20250219-boomerang-migration&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;research&lt;/a&gt; by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, boomerang migration plays an above-average role in the populations of rural and small metro areas in Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The young people leaving rural communities do not always opt for large metros like the Twin Cities. Of the 36% of 16 to 26-year-olds that chose to move away from the Duluth metro, about one-third landed in the Twin Cities metro and about a quarter opted for smaller metros or non-urban areas in Minnesota. The remainder ended up in other states, mostly in larger metros like Denver, Chicago or Seattle, but also in smaller metros or non-metro areas like Eau Claire, Wisconsin or Fargo, North Dakota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The shares of young people staying are not as high for other areas in the region. The Brainerd commuting zone, which includes Itasca County, retained 52% of 16- to 26-year-olds, Koochiching County retained 49% and only 37% of young adults in Cook County chose to stay. These datapoints are most representative of the Millennial generation, but the data also indicate that there has not been much change in these migration patterns over time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/070325_NE_Figure1_tcm1045-696202.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1 - Young Adult Migration Patterns for the Duluth Metro Area&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1 - Young Adult Migration Patterns for the Duluth Metro Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;070325_NE_Figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Another piece of the young people puzzle is parsing what high school students do upon graduation, a pivotal transition point in young peoples&apos; lives. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://sleds.mn.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Statewide Longitudinal Education Data System (SLEDS&lt;/a&gt;) is a great place to start. Collecting data from K-12 and beyond, SLEDS has a ton of information on student performance while in Minnesota public schools, but more importantly for our purposes here, tracks what they do after graduating high school. The most noticeable trend from SLEDS data is the declining number of graduates. In 2009, Northeast Minnesota graduated 3,381 public school students. In 2023, that number had fallen to 3,002, a decline of 11% (see Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/070325_NE_Figure2_tcm1045-696203.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 2 - Number of High School Graduates by Outcomes in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 2 - Number of High School Graduates by Outcomes in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;070325_NE_Figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The second trend, which is related to the first, was a decrease in the share of graduates enrolling in college. In 2009, 68.5% (2,316) of grads form Northeast Minnesota high schools attended college the next fall (see Figure 3). By 2023, that share was 52% (1,560). At the same time, the share of graduates opting for employment alone rose from 19.9% in 2023 to 34.2%. Unlike the students that enrolled in postsecondary programs, SLEDS data does not track where graduates who opted for employment were employed in the state, just that they were employed somewhere in the state. Given the local patterns and connections of labor markets, many of these graduates were likely employed close to home. There was also a rise in the share and number of graduates with unknown statuses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/070325_NE_Figure3_tcm1045-696204.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 3 - Share of High School Graduates by Outcome in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 3 - Share of High School Graduates by Outcome in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;070325_NE_Figure3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the 1,560 grads in the region that opted for college in the fall of 2023, 879 (56.3%) stayed in Northeast Minnesota or Northwest Wisconsin. The share of graduates staying in-region also fell over time. In 2009, 63.8% enrolled at area colleges and in 2019 the share was 59.7%. Of course, not all the students enrolled in postsecondary schools in Northeast Minnesota or Northwest Wisconsin are from the region. An estimated 3,500 Minnesota high school graduates enrolled at schools in the region in 2023, meaning over 2,600 came from elsewhere to study. This total was also down from previous years. In 2009, 5,055 high school grads chose the region for college, but by 2019, just 4,331 outside students did so.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Still, the 8.5% of Minnesota high school graduates that enrolled at schools in Northeast Minnesota was larger than both the 5.6% of the state&apos;s total population living in the region as well as the 6% of the state&apos;s 15 to 24-year-olds that called the area home. This is all to say, Northeast Minnesota remains an above-average attractor of postsecondary students.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While there &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; young people that leave Northeast Minnesota, they have done so at lower rates than other regions. And the presence of five successful, diverse postsecondary institutions in the region (and two more next door in Superior) not only attracts young people from outside the region but retains many that grew up here as well. In doing so, these schools create unique and valuable workforce development and talent attraction opportunities for the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For more information about student trends in Northeast Minnesota, contact Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:Carson.Gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carson.Gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>696198</id><pubdate>2025-07-03T17:52:07Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>As the largest-employing industry and one of DEED’s Drive for Five sectors of focus, Health Care &amp; Social Assistance is this month’s topic for the blog.</Description><Audience/><Title>Care to Join Us? Long-Term and Home Health Care Trends in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Care to Join Us?</Title><title>2025-05-07 Healthcare ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-684834&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-05-20T16:08:05Z</Date><ShortDescription>As the largest-employing industry and one of DEED’s Drive for Five sectors of focus, Health Care &amp; Social Assistance is this month’s topic for the blog.</ShortDescription><Subtitle>Long-Term and Home Health Care Trends in Northeast Minnesota</Subtitle><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As the largest-employing industry and one of &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/programs-services/adult-career-pathways/grants/drive-for-five/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Drive for Five&lt;/a&gt; sectors of focus, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance is this month&apos;s topic for the blog. More specifically, I will be focusing on Long-Term Care and Home Health Care trends and roles. Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities alone accounted for over 9,250 jobs in Northeast Minnesota. With Home Health Care Services contributing an additional 700 jobs, the two sub-sectors combined to represent over 7% of total employment in the region in 2024 (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;5&quot;&gt;Table 1. Employment and Wage Detail for Select Health Care Industries, 2014-2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Establishments&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Average Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2014-2024 Percent Employment Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;140,456&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,421&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$58,500&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;33,910&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,108&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$65,104&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;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Home Health Care Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;699&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31,356&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;Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,259&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;257&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,780&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-11.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,498&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43,472&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-12.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&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;3,140&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;104&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;-17.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&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;2,136&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36,660&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-13.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Residential Care Facilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,485&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37,544&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.5%&lt;/em&gt;&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 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;Unlike the larger Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance sector, wages in Home Health Care Services and Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities were well below the regional average. The Home Health Care Services industry average wage, at $31,356 in 2024, was less than half the overall Health Care sector average and about 54% of the average wage for all industries in the region. The average wages of the four Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities sub-industries varied from around $36,500 to $43,500, 63% to 74%, of the all-industry average of $58,500.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Health Care sector overall has been – on average – growing over the past decade, adding more than 1,100 jobs since 2014 (see Table 1). Home Health Care Services experienced a similar rate of growth as the larger sector. Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities, however, faced a divergent trend, losing over 1,200 jobs and declining almost 13%. Job losses were concentrated in Skilled Nursing Facilities, many group homes and similar institutions, and Assisted Living Facilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Downward employment trends point toward factors other than simple demand for long term care, which has been increasing for decades and is expected to continue for several more. Almost all Baby Boomers are now of retirement age and an estimated 70% of those over 65 will need long term care at some point in their lives. As a result, the gap between demand and supply is widening throughout the state, but is particularly evident in many &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ruralmn.org/the-declining-capacity-of-nursing-facility-care-in-rural-minnesota/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;rural areas&lt;/a&gt; where the population and workforce are older than average.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to staffing patterns that show the distribution of occupational employment by industry, the most common roles in these industries are &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=311120&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=311131&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nursing Assistants,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=291141&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=353041&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Food Servers&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=292061&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/a&gt; (LPNs). Those five occupations represented about 70% of all jobs in Home Health Care and Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities. Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides alone accounted for an estimated two out of every five jobs in those industries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From our latest &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt; ranking, Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides were ranked as the most in-demand occupation in the region, followed closely by Registered Nurses and Nursing Assistants. LPNs were also in the top ten of the more than 425 occupations we ranked in Northeast Minnesota. These occupations have been in high demand for many years, highlighting the integral roles they play in caring for our community members.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Demand for many Healthcare positions is expected to be sustained by an aging population and growing demand for health care. Our most recent employment projections show that employer demand alone is not a guarantee of growth. Demand for new jobs as Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides and Registered Nurses is expected to grow rapidly while LPNs and Nursing Assistants, which are commonly intermediate steps along a healthcare pathway, are forecasted to grow slower than the regional average (see Table 2). Of the 10 most common occupations in Home Health Care and Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facility settings, only Registered Nurses and LPNs have median wages above the regional all-occupation median of $48,810.&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;5&quot;&gt;Table 2. Top Home Healthcare Services and Nursing and Residential Care Facilities Occupations, Northeast Minnesota, 2025&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation or Occupational Group&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total, All Industry Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Projected Percent Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Projected 10-yr Openings&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;139,940&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$48,810&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+178,526&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Healthcare Support Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;10,020&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$38,039&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+15,223&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;11,570&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$83,289&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7,842&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&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;6,360&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36,611&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+10.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9,870&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,770&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43,783&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,679&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,700&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$84,451&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,768&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Servers, Nonrestaurant&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;670&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$34,962&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,124&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$57,976&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+665&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Residential Advisors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;430&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46,636&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+572&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Recreation Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;450&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36,204&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+865&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;530&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,776&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+825&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,320&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$34,787&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,437&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Social and Human Service Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;990&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45,644&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+6.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,199&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sources: DEED OEWS, Employment Outlook&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 industry and occupation trends of long-term care point toward a growing gap between supply and demand. Many long-term care providers have been feeling squeezed for years, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, which hit these settings and their workforce especially hard. You can bet that these wage and employment dynamics will be followed closely by those organizations responsible for providing care to our family and neighbors.&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 Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@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>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>684834</id><pubdate>2025-05-21T14:41:08Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>During times of potentially rapid changes in our economy, waiting several months for an update on conditions begins to feel like an eternity.</Description><Audience/><Title>Unemployment Insurance Claims Data – A Primer and Local Update</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Unemployment Insurance Claims Data – A Primer and Local Update</Title><title>2025-04-09 UI ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-680262&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-04-23T16:08:05Z</Date><ShortDescription>During times of potentially rapid changes in our economy, waiting several months for an update on conditions begins to feel like an eternity.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;During times of potentially rapid changes in our economy, waiting several months for an update on conditions begins to feel like an eternity. Early in the COVID shutdown, there was a critical need for real-time data, or as close to real-time as possible. One form this took in our &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Labor Market Information Office&lt;/a&gt; was monthly and weekly unemployment insurance claims. DEED, in addition to operating our state&apos;s unemployment insurance (UI) claim system, also produces a rich array of data that details trends by a several characteristics such as industry, occupation, age, gender, education, race, origin and type of claim. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;UI claims data&lt;/a&gt; are especially useful because they require a shorter turnaround than some of our other data sources and are one of our best leading indicators, often moving before the more commonly shared unemployment rate.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;UI claims are typically split into different types. Regular continued claims are those that have been filed for more than one week. Initial claims, by contrast are new, first-time filings for UI benefits. As a result, initial claims are better leading indicators. That said, UI claims are also volatile measures, are subject to substantial seasonal variation and fluctuate significantly. This is especially true for small areas like counties where the closure of a single employer can lead to significant spikes in claims.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Nonetheless UI claims can be extremely useful as one of our most timely measurement tools. As of the week ending March 22, the region registered just over 4,180 regular continued claims. By comparison, initial claims for the previous week totaled 279. That number may not mean much unless we compare it to a similar period for context. The week ending March 16, 2024 had 14 fewer initial claims. Regular continued claims, however, were up slightly (+20, +0.5%) over that same period (see Figure 1). Monthly initial and continued claims were up slightly, but roughly in line with the past three years. Excepting the drastic spike of claims of 2020 into 2021, monthly claims of both types were the highest since February 2016 (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042125_NE_Figure1_tcm1045-680268.png&quot; title=&quot;Weekly Regular Continued Claims&quot; alt=&quot;Weekly Regular Continued Claims&quot; style=&quot;width: 90%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042125_NE_Figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042125_NE_Figure2_tcm1045-680269.png&quot; title=&quot;Monthly Unemployment Insurance Claims&quot; alt=&quot;Monthly Unemployment Insurance Claims&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042125_NE_Figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As mentioned, UI claims are also available by industry. Given the inherent volatility of the weekly claims, the monthly data provide a more stable alternative. Historically, Construction accounts for the largest share of claims, especially over the winter months. This was the case in February initial and continued claims. Construction workers accounted for over half of the regular continued claims in the region (Figure 3). No other sector accounted for more than 6%, but the next largest shares were in Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services, Manufacturing, Administrative &amp;amp; Waste Services, and Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance. Mining, a sector unique to the region and of particular interest given recent layoff announcements, will likely start to show up in larger numbers in the following weeks and months. The weekly claims are uniquely positioned to start picking up trends such as large layoffs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042125_NE_Figure3_tcm1045-680270.png&quot; title=&quot;Regular Continued Claims&quot; alt=&quot;Regular Continued Claims&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042125_NE_Figure3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Total claims and industries are just two ways to view DEED&apos;s UI claims. I encourage you to explore the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/uimonthly.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;monthly&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/uipromis.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;weekly&lt;/a&gt; claims tools for more detail.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For additional information on how to interpret and analyze the different UI claims data available, visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/analyze.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;How to Analyze Unemployment Insurance Statistics&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 Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>680262</id><pubdate>2025-04-23T14:27:35Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>In celebration of Women’s History Month, this blog includes some trends and characteristics of women in Northeast Minnesota’s workforce.</Description><Audience/><Title>Where Women Work in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Where Women Work in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2025-03-31 Women ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-675851&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-03-31T16:08:05Z</Date><ShortDescription>In celebration of Women’s History Month, this blog includes some trends and characteristics of women in Northeast Minnesota’s workforce.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In celebration of &lt;a href=&quot;https://womenshistorymonth.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Women&apos;s History Month&lt;/a&gt;, this blog includes some trends and characteristics of women in Northeast Minnesota&apos;s workforce. As of 2024, women accounted for nearly 71,900 jobs, or 51% of all jobs in the region. Interestingly, women in Northeast Minnesota have held more jobs than men since 2015 and for 23 of the last 24 years (see Figure 1). The peak of the female employment share in the region came in 2010, the culmination of a trend of &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.dol.gov/2023/03/15/working-women-data-from-the-past-present-and-future&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;increased labor force participation of women&lt;/a&gt; that had been building nationally since the 1940s. Since 2010, female labor force participation plateaued and even began to decline slightly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/033125_NE_figure1_tcm1045-675857.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1: Employment Share by Sex in Northeast Minnesota, 1995-2023&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1: Employment Share by Sex in Northeast Minnesota, 1995-2023&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;033125_NE_figure1&quot; /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite a higher employment share, the female labor force was smaller than the male labor force in Northeast Minnesota as of 2023. Of the around 161,000 workers in the region, just under 77,000 were women, compared to 84,500 men. Similarly, the female participation rate (57.2%) was four percentage points lower than the male rate (61.4%). On the other hand, women in the region had a lower rate of unemployment compared to men (3.6% vs. 4.3%). While not available at a regional level, national data shows that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat36.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;women are also more likely to hold more than one job&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The total jobs numbers and shares mask significant variation in employment patterns across occupations and industries. By industry, women are much more likely to be employed in service-providing sectors such as Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, Finance &amp;amp; Insurance and Educational Services. The Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance sector is the largest in the region and accounts for nearly one out of every four total jobs and more than 36% of all jobs held by women. Within the sector, women are even more concentrated in the Social Assistance, Hospitals, Ambulatory Health Care Services and Nursing Residential Care Facilities industries, where they fill more than 75% of jobs. Outside of Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, women workers are also very highly concentrated in specific types of retailers, insurance and credit intermediation, and human resources industries (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;3&quot;&gt;Table 1. Female Employment by Industry in Northeast Minnesota, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent of Industry Total&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Private Households&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;180&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;82.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,345&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hospitals&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10,520&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77.1%&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;4,632&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;76.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;468&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;75.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing and Residential Care Facilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,720&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;75.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health and Personal Care Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;450&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;73.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Insurance Carriers and Related Activities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,042&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;71.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Credit Intermediation and Related Activities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,315&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;71.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administration of Human Resource Programs&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;262&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;71.2%&lt;/td&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;71,869&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;51.0%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Repair and Maintenance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;169&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15.0%&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;303&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building Equipment Contractors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;245&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12.6%&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;514&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Forestry and Logging&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;122&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Primary Metal Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;362&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nonresidential Building Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;104&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: US Census Bureau QWI&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;A lot of the female employment concentration in specific industries is in turn attributable to occupational patterns. The stereotypical example that may come to mind is nurses. Data is limited at the local level, but statewide, women make up more than 90% of Registered Nurses and more than 80% of Nursing Assistants, Licensed Practical Nurses and Nurse Practitioners.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; Nurses account for a significant share of Health Care sector employment and so it follows that women are highly concentrated in that sector. Women are also much more likely than men to be Preschool &amp;amp; Kindergarten Teachers (98%), Dental Assistants (98%), Mental Health Counselors (93%), Paralegals (93%) and Childcare Workers (89%), among &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;many others&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While women are much more likely to work in certain service-providing sectors and occupations, they are much less likely to employed in what we call goods-producing sectors. These sectors include businesses in Construction, Manufacturing and resource extraction. Only 9% of Mining sector workers are women, while Construction employment is 13% women. The smaller Forestry &amp;amp; Logging industry also has a relatively low female employment share at 12.1%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, female representation has been increasing in these industries over time. By comparison, the share of women workers in Construction was at 9.7% in 2000. The data on Mining is limited, but statewide in 2000 women accounted for 7.9% of jobs. In contrast, Manufacturing, which in 2023 was 23% women, had a lower share than in 2000 (25.1%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Finally, there is the subject of wages. The gender pay gap still exists but continues to narrow. In Northeast Minnesota as of 2022, the female median hourly wage equated to 80.7% of the male median (see Table 2). That ratio was up from 75% in 2012, meaning that the female median wage grew about ten percentage points faster than the male median over that period. According to data from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qed/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Employment Demographics program&lt;/a&gt;, wage parity by sex was greatest in Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services, Arts, Entertainment &amp;amp; Recreation, Educational Services and Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance. The largest gaps existed for women working in Finance &amp;amp; Insurance, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing &amp;amp; Hunting and Construction. Wages grew the fastest for women working in Management of Companies, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services and Retail Trade.&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;&lt;strong&gt;Table 2. Wage Statistics by Sex and Industry in Northeast Minnesota, 2012-2022&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Industry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2022 Median Hourly Wage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Percent of Male Wage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2012-2022 Wage Growth&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Percent of Total Employment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Male Total&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$25.89&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;100%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+40%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;50%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Female Total&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Female industry details below)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$20.89&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;81%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+50%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;50%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52.95&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+62%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;73%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+27%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional and Technical Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;73%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+63%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.05&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+35%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;96%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+135%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;59%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Finance and Insurance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;61%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+59%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.88&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+53%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation and Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;87%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+29%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;97%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+52%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;78%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+45%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.03&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;79%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+52%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;22%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;98%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+16%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Real Estate and Rental and Leasing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.43&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;92%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+61%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;46%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;88%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+22%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;45%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.82&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;99%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+47%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services, Ex. Public Admin&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;79%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+54%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;56%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative and Waste Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;88%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+67%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;38%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation and Food Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.32&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;102%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+83%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;95%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+74%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49%&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;$14.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+55%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26%&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 Employment Demographics&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;Data clearly shows that women are vital economic contributors and fill half of our region&apos;s jobs. They work in every sector, but are more concentrated in specific service-providing industries and occupations. And while our economy has been moving in the direction of employment and pay equality, disparities remain. Some sectors remain less accessible and/or appealing to half of our workforce. While extremely diverse, women make up a group that could be a crucial source of workers for employers still struggling to hire. Thank you to all our working women out there!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For more information on employment trends in Northeast Minnesota, contact Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Source: Steven Ruggles, Sarah Flood, Matthew Sobek, Daniel Backman, Grace Cooper, Julia A. Rivera Drew, Stephanie Richards, Renae Rodgers, Jonathan Schroeder, and Kari C.W. Williams. IPUMS USA: Version 16.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2025. https://doi.org/10.18128/D010.V16.0&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>675851</id><pubdate>2025-03-31T17:10:14Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>I recently was lucky enough to participate in a tour of the Career &amp; Technical Education (CTE) classes and facilities in Duluth Public Schools.</Description><Audience/><Title>Career and Technical Education Pathways and Outcomes in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Career and Technical Education Pathways and Outcomes in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2025-02-19 CTE ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-669852&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-02-19T20:33:24Z</Date><ShortDescription>I recently was lucky enough to participate in a tour of the Career &amp; Technical Education (CTE) classes and facilities in Duluth Public Schools.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;I recently was lucky enough to participate in a tour of the Career &amp;amp; Technical Education (CTE) classes and facilities in Duluth Public Schools. On that tour we were shown how the understanding of CTE has evolved from what used to be a limited selection of Industrial Technology and Family and Consumer Science classes to a much broader array of subjects and skills that are much more intentionally linked with local career opportunities. There are now over 50 different CTE course topics.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These classes are aimed at better preparing our young people for life - and careers - after high school. According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://education.mn.gov/MDE/dse/cte/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Education&lt;/a&gt;, CTE programs are intended to &quot;help to connect students with high-skill, high-demand science, technology, engineering and math fields…&quot;. Connections are strengthened through experiential and work-based learning that emphasizes directly applicable and practicable skills, knowledge, and credentials. This endeavor is driven and informed by the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, also known as Perkins V.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the increasing popularity of CTE programs in Minnesota High Schools, the release of a new dashboard detailing outcomes and pathways of CTE students is especially timely. Created by our excellent researcher Alessia Leibert, the &lt;a href=&quot;/deed/data/data-tools/cte-pathways/index.jsp&quot; title=&quot;High School Technical Education Pathways &amp;amp; Outcomes&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;000 High School Technical Education Pathways &amp;amp; Outcomes GEN&quot;&gt;High School Technical Education Pathways &amp;amp; Outcomes dashboard&lt;/a&gt; answers four top questions, breaking out the answers by course topic, region, and more. I encourage you to read &lt;a href=&quot;/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/december-2024/cte.jsp&quot; title=&quot;Technical Education in Minnesota High Schools&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;005 Technical Education in Minnesota High Schools GEN3&quot;&gt;Alessia&apos;s article&lt;/a&gt; explaining and summarizing the data and the tool. Here are some examples for our region, Northeast Minnesota:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;I begin with what is Figure 4 in the dashboard. This chart compares wages 5 years post high school graduation for 2014-2018 graduates in Northeast Minnesota. Metal Fabrication/Welding and Vehicle Repair had relatively high numbers of participants and paid wages above the regional median for all regional CTE participants (see Figure 1). Participants in Keyboarding/Computer Applications for Business, Culinary Arts, Design and Applied Arts also had over 600 students working five years post-graduation, but paid out wages below the regional median. This shows that these CTE programs are popular but may not be translating to as high of wages as other programs offered. Others such as Agricultural Mechanization may be relatively small in that they end up having relatively few participants employed post-graduation, but pay high wages for those that are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021925_NE_figure1_tcm1045-669870.png&quot; title=&quot;Comparison between Available Supply of Workers with CTE Training and Their Wages&quot; alt=&quot;Comparison between Available Supply of Workers with CTE Training and Their Wages&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021925_NE_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One reason for these patterns may lie in the occupations and industries that the CTE programs are most closely associated with, and additionally, which postsecondary pathways may be required or most likely. Taking Vehicle Repair as an example, only 11% of graduates that participated in that topic ended up pursuing a bachelor&apos;s or advanced degree by 2023 (see Figure 2). By contrast, roughly equal shares never enrolled in postsecondary, enrolled but didn&apos;t complete, or attained a credential below a Bachelor&apos;s. The richness of these data also allows us to compare wage outcomes by chosen educational pathway. The 11% of Vehicle Repair participants that did pursue Bachelor&apos;s degrees had lower wages than those that opted for a lower credential or choose not to pursue postsecondary education at all. For these graduates, it appears that a more direct route to a career in Vehicle Repair may be more rewarding in terms of wages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021925_NE_figure2_tcm1045-669871.png&quot; title=&quot;Educational Pathways Five Year after High School for CTE Participants&quot; alt=&quot;Educational Pathways Five Year after High School for CTE Participants&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021925_NE_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;That a student participated in a given CTE program or topic is not a guarantee that they will end up employed in a related field. In fact, many students participate in several topics while in high school. However, some programs appear more tightly linked to certain industries. Continuing with the Vehicle Repair example, 37% of students that participated in that topic ended up employed in either the Construction or Manufacturing sectors (see Figure 3). That was a tighter link than most CTE topics or programs had with industries, and it was even stronger for those high school graduates that did not pursue postsecondary education. Among those students, 29% ended up in Construction and 17% in Manufacturing, summing to 46%. This makes some sense when you look at the wages. Other than the relatively small combined Agriculture, Mining, and Utilities sectors, which paid a whopping median wage of almost $40 an hour, Construction provided the next-highest wages for Vehicle Repair participants.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021925_NE_figure3_tcm1045-669872.png&quot; title=&quot;Industry Pathways Five Years after High School&quot; alt=&quot;Industry Pathways Five Years after High School&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021925_NE_figure3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This tool provides valuable insight into the pathways available and chosen by actual participants in Career and Technical Education programs in Minnesota. Career and Technical Education is intended to prepare our high school students more directly to enter the workforce. Workforce and Education stakeholders at the local level now have an opportunity to compare and assess outcomes, but also zoom out to see how our region is doing in connecting students with well-paying careers. Dig in and enjoy!&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 Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>669852</id><pubdate>2025-02-19T21:59:13Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>A bill recently passed by the Minnesota Legislature set a goal of zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity generation by 2040.</Description><Audience/><Title>Tracking the Energy Transition via Employment in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Tracking the Energy Transition via Employment in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2025-01-31 Energy ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-667458&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2025-01-31T20:33:24Z</Date><ShortDescription>A bill recently passed by the Minnesota Legislature set a goal of zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity generation by 2040.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/press-releases/?id=1055-563453&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;bill&lt;/a&gt; recently passed by the Minnesota Legislature set a goal of zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from electricity generation by 2040. In Northeast Minnesota, the push toward cleaner energy generation has taken many forms. The developments receiving perhaps the most attention have been the retirement of the region&apos;s coal-fired power plants. As of 2024, Minnesota Power has retired seven out of nine of its coal plants. The Taconite Harbor coal-fired plant in Schroeder ceased operations in 2016. Most recently, the Boswell Energy Center in Cohasset ceased operation of two of four units, and plans to retire the remaining two by 2030 and 2035, respectively&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;. Those retirements would mean the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-power-shutting-converting-final-two-coal-plants-by-2035/600009603&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;end of coal-fired electric power generation in the region&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As part of the transition away from coal and other fossil fuels, new sources of power generation will be required, but so will new means of transmission, distribution, storage, and consumption. These transitions are expected to have &lt;a href=&quot;https://climate.state.mn.us/growing-minnesotas-clean-economy&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;wide-ranging impacts&lt;/a&gt;, including on employment and the labor market of the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment impacts from the energy transition may already be discernible. Since peaking in 2014, employment in the Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution sector declined to a low of 1,369 jobs in 2019, before rebounding slightly to 1,430 in 2023 (see Figure 1). Electric Power Generation employment accounted for the majority of the sector until 2010, when Electric Power Transmission, Control and Distribution took over. Some of that change may be attributable to how Utilities employment was classified. In 2011, the share of Electric Power Generation employment in the region tied to Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation was just under 96%. By 2020, the share declined to a record low of 88%, only to climb back up to 90.7% by 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/013025_NE_figure1_tcm1045-667586.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Utilities Employment by Subsector&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Utilities Employment by Subsector&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;013025_NE_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Many terms are used to describe jobs supporting the transition away from a higher GHG-producing and carbon-intensive economy. Green, clean, sustainable, energy-efficient, and renewable are just a few of the more commonly used terms. A popular framework to characterize the energy transition&apos;s effects on employment is that of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.energy.gov/policy/us-energy-employment-jobs-report-useer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Department of Energy&apos;s Energy and Employment Jobs Report (USEER)&lt;/a&gt;. The USEER approach, which goes down to the county level, reports employment by energy sector and technology type: 1) Electric Power Generation; 2) Fuels; 3) Transmission, Distribution and Storage; 4) Energy Efficiency; and 5) Motor Vehicles&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;. Further honing this framework are &lt;a href=&quot;https://cleanjobsamerica.e2.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Environmental Entrepreneurs and Clean Energy Economy Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, resulting in the Clean Jobs America and Clean Jobs Midwest Reports. Through all these different approaches one thing is clear: there is not yet a universally agreed upon set of terms to describe how jobs are changing or how clean/green employment is defined.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/013025_NE_figure2_tcm1045-667587.png&quot; title=&quot;Minnesota Clean Energy Subsector Employment Details&quot; alt=&quot;Minnesota Clean Energy Subsector Employment Details&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;013025_NE_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Pandemic Recession in 2020 appears to have put a dent in the movement toward clean energy employment growth, but the most recent year of data may indicate a renewed expansion. Within clean energy employment, the largest share by far was under the &quot;Energy Efficiency&quot; category, which accounted for 28% of all energy and 87% of clean energy employment. In terms of growth, clean energy power generation added over 100 jobs since 2020, but still only accounted for 1.9% of all energy employment. It is worth noting that the USEER framework does not consider traditional hydroelectric or woody biomass power generation to be clean energy. Those two sources are present in our region and account for a small, albeit growing, share of electric power generation jobs&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As terminology and data are refined and greater consensus is reached, we will have an increasingly accurate picture of the local employment impacts from the energy transition.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you would like more information on green and clean employment definitions and trends in Minnesota, check out this &lt;a href=&quot;/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/june-2024/green.jsp&quot; title=&quot;110 Green Jobs GEN&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;110 Green Jobs GEN&quot;&gt;more detailed statewide article&lt;/a&gt; by DEED LMI researcher Molly Ingram. I also recommend visiting &lt;a href=&quot;/deed/programs-services/energy-transition/index.jsp&quot; title=&quot;000 Energy Transition Office GEN&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;000 Energy Transition Office GEN&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Energy Transition Office website&lt;/a&gt;. The Energy Transition Office is tasked with helping communities as they move away from fossil fuels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For more information about energy employment in Northeast Minnesota, contact Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@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;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;The final retirement of the Boswell Energy Center and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.itascadv.org/energy-transition&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;community energy transition in Itasca County&lt;/a&gt; is a subject of focus for the Itasca Economic Development Corporation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Because the technologies and sectors of interest to the Department of Energy (DOE) do not perfectly align with publicly available employment data, the DOE uses survey data to estimate what share of employment corresponds to their technology and sector definitions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;According to 2023 DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>667458</id><pubdate>2025-02-07T16:20:22Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>I was interested in which industries see their employment vary the most over the course of a year. There are some that probably jump to mind right away, and many of those do show up toward the top of the seasonality rankings, but others may be more surprising.</Description><Audience/><Title>‘Tis the Season for a Look at Employment Seasonality</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>‘Tis the Season for a Look at Employment Seasonality</Title><title>2024-12-23 Seasonality ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-662283&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-12-23T20:33:24Z</Date><ShortDescription>I was interested in which industries see their employment vary the most over the course of a year. There are some that probably jump to mind right away, and many of those do show up toward the top of the seasonality rankings, but others may be more surprising.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As we transition into the long winter here in Northeast Minnesota, I am taking the occasion to ponder seasonality. More specifically, I was interested in which industries see their employment vary the most over the course of a year. There are some that probably jump to mind right away, and many of those do show up toward the top of the seasonality rankings, but others may be more surprising.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/122024_ne_figure1_tcm1045-662290.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1: Coefficient of Variation Formula&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1: Coefficient of Variation Formula&quot; style=&quot;width: 50%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;122024_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;To measure seasonality, I had the computer calculate coefficients of variation (CVs) for quarterly industry employment for the last five years (2019-2023). The standard deviation was divided into the average of quarterly employment for each year and then averaged over the five years to diminish the effect of any single year on the outcome. The CV is meant to represent how much employment changes quarter-to-quarter, relative to the average. The larger the CV, the higher the seasonal variation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the top of the list in Northeast Minnesota by a sizeable margin was Crop Production, with a 5-year CV of 55.3 (see Table 1). This is perhaps no surprise given the relatively limited outdoor growing season in our region. The peak employment quarter was Quarter 2 (Q2) in April, May and June, typically when planting is occurring. The low employment quarter was Q1 (January-March), the depth of our frigid winter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Close to each other in second and third place were Motion Picture &amp;amp; Sound Recording Industries and Rental &amp;amp; Leasing Services. Filming hiring ramps up in the third quarter of July, August, and September when the cast and crew will not freeze. However, those &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/merry-kiss-cam-holiday-movie-filmed-in-duluth-to-hit-hulu-on-thanksgiving&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;films that are set in the winter&lt;/a&gt; – as many shot locally are – need to get creative with their snow or extend into Q4 and Q1. Rental &amp;amp; Leasing seasonal variability is due to relatively large employment increases in Q2 and Q3 in the Consumer Goods Rental sub-industry, reflecting increased demand for household and recreational items.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Heavy &amp;amp; Civil Engineering Construction was also in the top five for seasonality, confirming that there is such a thing as road construction season in Minnesota, which we all already knew. It occurs mostly in the late summer/early fall. Interestingly, Warehousing &amp;amp; Storage was the only industry in the top 10 with a peak in Q4, when retail sales are highest. Forestry &amp;amp; Logging was the only industry peaking in Q1 when the frozen ground allows for easier movement to-and-with cut timber. Conversely, Water Transportation can only happen when that water is not frozen and reflects the Great Lakes shipping season. Three Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality industries finish out the top 10, all peaking in the summer and early fall along with the tourism season.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Then there are those industries that hardly fluctuate at all over the year. The industry that varied the least was Gasoline Stations &amp;amp; Fuel Dealers (see Table 1). The difference between the average maximum and minimum quarters was only 32 jobs over the last five years, when the average employment level was over 2,500. There was also relatively little seasonal variability among Justice, Public Order &amp;amp; Safety Activities, Utilities, and Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods, and the Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance sector. Demand for these types of goods and services are less determined by the changing of the seasons/weather. Higher fuel and energy costs may be exceptions, but they do not appear to translate to corresponding changes in overall employment levels in Utilities and Gas Stations &amp;amp; Fuel Dealers.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;th colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;Table 1. Seasonal Employment Variation by Industry in Northeast Minnesota, 2019-2023&lt;/th&gt;
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&lt;th&gt;Seasonal Variability Rank&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Average Coefficient of Variation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Average Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Average Minimum Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Average Maximum Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Typical Peak Quarter of Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Typical Low Quarter of Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Crop Production&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;55.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;137&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Motion Picture &amp;amp; Sound Recording Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;126&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;154&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Rental &amp;amp; Leasing Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24.19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;264&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;197&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;345&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Heavy &amp;amp; Civil Engineering Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20.41&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,718&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,273&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,110&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Warehousing &amp;amp; Storage&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19.69&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;202&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;179&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;246&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Forestry &amp;amp; Logging&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19.61&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;392&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;299&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Water Transportation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19.18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;203&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;147&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;237&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,205&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,609&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,885&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, &amp;amp; Related Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16.85&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;309&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;253&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;363&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Museums, Historical Sites, &amp;amp; Similar Institution&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;328&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;262&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;393&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;-&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;2.58&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;137,025&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;132,231&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;140,293&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Q3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Q1&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;101&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hospitals&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.57&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,190&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,002&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,453&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;102&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.53&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,856&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,809&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,906&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;103&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.53&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;775&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;761&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;788&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;104&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Credit Intermediation &amp;amp; Related Activities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.43&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,967&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,931&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,993&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;105&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional, Scientific, &amp;amp; Technical Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,532&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,468&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,612&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;106&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33,034&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;32,617&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;33,533&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;107&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,612&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,594&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,634&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;108&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.84&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,458&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,443&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,474&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;109&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Justice, Public Order, &amp;amp; Safety Activities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.57&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,118&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,111&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,125&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;110&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Gasoline Stations &amp;amp; Fuel Dealers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.56&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,506&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,487&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,519&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Q1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;8&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;There are many reasons why a good understanding of employment seasonality matters. From a jobseeker&apos;s perspective, they may want to know which industries are most likely to be hiring in a specific quarter. Think of the teacher that needs some summer employment while school is out, or the construction laborer who is looking for other work while demand for projects slows in the winter. Or maybe they just want to be done with the cyclical nature of their jobs and want the relatively steady employment of a gas station or courtroom. From a researcher&apos;s or economist&apos;s perspective it is good to know when (and whether) certain industries are likely to be down or up and this is often factored into what we refer to as seasonal adjustment of employment. Whatever the reason for the season(ality), it is nice – and maybe useful – to know each industry&apos;s unique annual variability.&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 Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>662283</id><pubdate>2024-12-30T18:35:20Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The Statewide Longitudinal Education Data System (SLEDS) is a rich source of information for anyone interested in Minnesota’s education system, from pre-kindergarten to postsecondary and beyond.</Description><Audience/><Title>SLEDS-ing in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>SLEDS-ing in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2024-11-25 SLEDS ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-655182&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-11-25T16:51:01Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Statewide Longitudinal Education Data System (SLEDS) is a rich source of information for anyone interested in Minnesota’s education system, from pre-kindergarten to postsecondary and beyond.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://sleds.mn.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Statewide Longitudinal Education Data System (SLEDS)&lt;/a&gt; is a rich source of information for anyone interested in Minnesota&apos;s education system, from pre-kindergarten to postsecondary and beyond. As the result of collaboration across several state agencies, the data in SLEDS provides valuable insights into the relationship between students and the workforce, and how that dynamic changes over time. I&apos;ll share a few highlights from Northeast Minnesota to introduce you and, hopefully, pique your interest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112224_ne_figure1_tcm1045-655185.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1: Percent of 2022 High School Graduates Enrolling in College- Fall&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1: Percent of 2022 High School Graduates Enrolling in College- Fall&quot; style=&quot;width: 50%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112224_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;A common topic of conversation throughout the workforce development, economic development and education worlds is the movement and behavior of young people as they graduate from high school. This is a question that SLEDS can provide some insight into. SLEDS is able to track high school graduates and whether they opt to enroll in postsecondary education or enter the workforce directly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the nearly 3,100 students that graduated from public high schools in the 7-county Northeast Minnesota region, also called the Arrowhead Region, in 2022, 1,685 (54%) opted to enroll in some type of postsecondary program the following fall (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the 1,685 students that enrolled in postsecondary programs, 80% did so at a Minnesota institution. In comparison to the state as a whole, the Arrowhead had a smaller than average share of graduates choosing college, but those that did were much more likely to end up at a Minnesota school than graduates from other economic development regions (see Figure 2). The Arrowhead also had a higher-than-average share of enrollees at 2-Year state colleges compared to other regions. This likely is connected to the strong history and connections of programs at &lt;a href=&quot;https://minnesotanorth.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota North College&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lsc.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lake Superior College&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://fdltcc.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fond du Lac Tribal &amp;amp; Community College&lt;/a&gt;. More than two out of every five high school grads in Northeast Minnesota that continued their education chose to do so at a state community or technical college.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112224_ne_figure2_tcm1045-655192.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 2: Percent of 2022 High School Grads that Enrolled in Minnesota Postsecondary Institutions by Area and Institution Type - As a Percent of Total Enrolled in Postsecondary Institutions&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 2: Percent of 2022 High School Grads that Enrolled in Minnesota Postsecondary Institutions by Area and Institution Type - As a Percent of Total Enrolled in Postsecondary Institutions&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112224_ne_figure2&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, as mentioned above, not all high school graduates choose to pursue formal postsecondary education. Indeed, a sizeable—and growing—share have chosen to enter the workforce immediately after high school. In 2022, the share in the Arrowhead was around 33% of graduates, or more than 1,000 individuals, up from 20% in 2009. While many of the graduates that enrolled in postsecondary likely also have jobs, the &quot;employed&quot; number represents those that are employed only and not studying as well. An additional 13% had unknown outcomes, likely meaning they were employed outside of Minnesota or were not working or enrolled in college.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As the number and share of graduates in the Arrowhead that go to college have fallen, the share that entered the workforce has grown. The share of grads that immediately started working peaked in 2021, responding to the impacts of the pandemic. Many young people took advantage of employment opportunities and rapidly rising wages that did not exist even a year or two before. Data from 2022 indicates a readjustment back toward pre-pandemic trends, both for enrollment and employment shares, at least for Northeast Minnesota grads. The share with Other or Unknown outcomes has also grown since 2019 (see Figure 3).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112224_ne_figure3_tcm1045-655196.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 3: Share of Arrowhead High School Grads by Outcome the Fall Following Graduation, 2009-2022&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 3: Share of Arrowhead High School Grads by Outcome the Fall Following Graduation, 2009-2022&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112224_ne_figure3&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you find these datasets useful, you are in luck. SLEDS data covers many other aspects of education and the workforce at greater local detail, down to school district and even individual schools. You can also peruse academic outcomes, such as test scores and college completion rates. On the workforce side, you can see how employed graduates are distributed by industry and what their typical wages are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While all of this is useful to current high school students to follow trends in their area, I have found that the data showing where previous graduates of their school or district have enrolled is of particular interest to recent grads. This too, is available via SLEDS, along with so much more. I encourage you to dive in and explore, and feel free to reach out with any questions you have; I am more than happy to discuss the amazing resource that is &lt;a href=&quot;https://sleds.mn.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SLEDS&lt;/a&gt;!
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For more information, contact Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>655182</id><pubdate>2024-11-25T16:57:54Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Recently published employment projections show how our economy (and workforce) are expected to change over the next 10 years.</Description><Audience/><Title>Where are We Heading? Employment Projections in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Where are We Heading? Employment Projections in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2024-10-18 Projections ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-649866&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-10-21T19:40:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>Recently published employment projections show how our economy (and workforce) are expected to change over the next 10 years.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently published &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employment projections&lt;/a&gt; show how our economy (and workforce) are expected to change over the next 10 years. DEED uses historic employment, labor force, and demographic trends and characteristics to create forward-looking employment estimates at the state and regional level. These projections, created for industries and occupations, serve as important data points for individuals and organizations as they plan for the future workforce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Regional projections for Northeast Minnesota forecast the addition of 5,157 net new jobs between 2022 and 2032, equaling a percent growth of 3.3%. Compared to historical employment growth, the 2022-2032 period is expected to be below the robust rate of recovery from the pandemic-induced recession, but would exceed the growth seen in the years leading up to 2020. Long-term growth is limited by the demographic realities of a slowly growing and aging population.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By industry, the fastest growth is projected to occur in Management of Companies; Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation; Construction; and Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services. This diverse set of sectors includes those that have grown over the pandemic period such as Construction and Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services, as well as those that have yet to fully recover like Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation. Management of Companies is a relatively small sector that serves to benefit from economic growth in general.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By number of jobs, the most growth is forecast to occur in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (+2,065 jobs), Accommodation and Food Services (+826 jobs), and Construction (+538 jobs). Those three sectors alone account for two-thirds of the jobs expected to be added (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the other end, there are five sectors expected to shrink over the next decade. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, &amp;amp; Hunting; Finance &amp;amp; Insurance; and Information continue their trends of longer-term decline, while uncertainties remain for Utilities amid the energy transition, and Retail Trade contends with the rising influence of automation and e-commerce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101824_NE_figure1_tcm1045-649882.png&quot; title=&quot;Projected Percent and Numeric Employment Change by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Projected Percent and Numeric Employment Change by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101824_NE_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At a more detailed level, occupational projections include measures of expected openings by their cause. Our projections forecast that in addition to the 5,157 newly created jobs, there are expected to be many more openings from workers switching jobs (+95,400 transfers) or from leaving the workforce altogether (+78,000 labor market exit openings). This churn of the labor market represents the bulk of the demand for workers (see Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By this measure, more than 27,700 openings are forecasted in Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related occupations. Similarly, nearly 19,300 openings are expected in Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support and 17,300 in Sales &amp;amp; Related, despite projected declines for these occupations. These high numbers of openings reflect the size of the occupational groups as well as their higher rates of turnover. Healthcare Support and Transportation &amp;amp; Material Moving occupations are also expected to have to fill more than 13,000 openings over the next decade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101824_NE_figure2_tcm1045-649884.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Projected Employment Openings by Type and Occupation&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Projected Employment Openings by Type and Occupation&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101824_NE_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Finally, we can delve into the projections for more than 470 detailed occupations. Nurse Practitioners are expected to be the fastest growing in the region with percent growth exceeding 38%. This reflects the continuing high demand for &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/627869&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;advance practice providers&lt;/a&gt;, as does the high growth projected for Physicians Assistants. Other Healthcare occupations among the fastest growing include Medical &amp;amp; Health Services Managers, Physical Therapist Assistants, Massage Therapists, Health Specialties Teachers, and Respiratory Therapists. Likewise, Software Developers (+27.7%) and Information Security Analysts (+23.1%) represent continued growth and demand for computer occupations across all industries (see Figure 3).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Among the occupations projected to decline the fastest were many Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support ones are &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/september-2024/exposure.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;most exposed to changes in the way we work&lt;/a&gt;, including automation. Secretaries, Administrative Assistants, File Clerks, Disc Jockeys, Data Entry Keyers, Tellers, and Transcriptionists were deemed most likely to see declines. Cashiers and Customer Service Representatives were two of the largest occupations expected to contract.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101824_NE_figure3_tcm1045-649886.png&quot; title=&quot;Fastest Growing Occupations in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Fastest Growing Occupations in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101824_NE_figure3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s employment projections are one of the many important data products produced by the Labor Market Information Office. If you would like to explore regional and state employment projections in more detail, visit our Employment Outlook page or reach out to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;regional analyst&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 Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>649866</id><pubdate>2024-10-21T17:07:18Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>&quot;Manufacturing employment is growing in Northeast Minnesota.&quot; This is a statement that has not been uttered often over the last couple decades.</Description><Audience/><Title>Manufacturing Employment Resurgence in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Manufacturing Employment Resurgence in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2024-09-17 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-644907&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-09-18T19:40:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>&quot;Manufacturing employment is growing in Northeast Minnesota.&quot; This is a statement that has not been uttered often over the last couple decades.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&quot;Manufacturing employment is growing in &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/Northeast-Minnesota-2024_tcm1045-288725.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;.&quot; This is a statement that has not been uttered often over the last couple decades. However, after a decade of significant decline, followed by a decade of stagnation, employment has now grown three consecutive years, building upon the modest growth that was perforated by the Pandemic Recession. As a result, Manufacturing employment is the highest it has been since before the Great Recession (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This growth has come with some changes. As some older stalwarts of the sector like Paper Manufacturing have declined, other newer subsectors like Transportation Equipment and Beverage Manufacturing have expanded significantly. With nearly 9,100 jobs at 332 establishments, the Manufacturing sector accounted for 6.6% of total employment in the region, making it the sixth largest sector in 2023. Since 2019, the Manufacturing sector added 207 jobs (+2.3%) and was one of only four out of 20 sectors to grow over the four-year period. Over the last year, employment growth was even stronger as the sector added 366 jobs, expanding 4.1%, the fastest of all sectors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091724_NE_figure1_tcm1045-644912.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Employment&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Employment&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091724_NE_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In 2000, the Manufacturing sector was much larger. With nearly 12,900 jobs and 9.2% of employment, it was the fourth  largest sector in Northeast Minnesota. Even further back in 1940, Manufacturing accounted for nearly one out of every six jobs in Duluth and about one out of every eight jobs statewide. In 2023, Northeast Minnesota has a smaller share of Manufacturing employment relative to the state. This is evident in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/qcew-location-quotient.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Manufacturing location quotient of less than one.&lt;/a&gt; The long trend of Manufacturing employment decline in the region has made the recent resurgence more notable.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Which subsectors are driving the recent growth?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Transportation Equipment Manufacturing has been a driver of recent growth. The subsector is much more concentrated than other Manufacturing subsectors in the region and continues to add to its strength. However, the most concentrated Manufacturing subsector is and has been Paper Manufacturing, which still has about four times the state&apos;s average employment share, despite losing 745 jobs over the last decade. Also with above-average concentration are Apparel Manufacturing (3.0), Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (2.4), Textile Product Mills (2.0), Beverage Manufacturing (1.3), Primary Metal Manufacturing (1.2) and Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (1.1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Looking in more detail, the diverging fortunes of the sector become clearer. Subsectors like Transportation Equipment Manufacturing and Primary Metal Manufacturing, Miscellaneous Manufacturing and Beverage Manufacturing added jobs over the pandemic period (2019-2023). Others, such as Apparel Manufacturing, Printing &amp;amp; Related Support Activities and Plastic &amp;amp; Rubber Products Manufacturing saw sizeable percent declines (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Transportation Equipment Manufacturing added almost 350 jobs in the last two years alone. The next largest positive numeric addition was 139 jobs in Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing. Over the last decade, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing employment more than tripled and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=339&amp;amp;year=2022&amp;amp;details=339&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Miscellaneous Manufacturing&lt;/a&gt; employment nearly doubled. Machinery Manufacturing, the second largest subsector also saw strong growth over the decade, adding over 300 jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Meanwhile Paper Manufacturing, the largest Manufacturing subsector in the region, has seen long-term declines. The modest gains seen in 2022 and 2023 represent the only time growth occurred in consecutive years since at least as far back as 2000. From 2013 to 2023, Paper Manufacturing employment declined by 745 jobs, or 32%. The only subsectors with larger percent losses over the decade were Chemical Manufacturing (-43%), Primary Metal Manufacturing (-39%) and Apparel Manufacturing (-37%), but they had many fewer jobs comparatively.&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;9&quot;&gt;Table 1. Manufacturing Employment and Wage Statistics in Northeast Minnesota&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2023 Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2019-2023 Employment Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2021-2023 Employment Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2013-2023 Employment Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2023 Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;138,508&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-5,175&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4,048&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1,813&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$56,108&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9,098&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+207&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+720&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+200&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$70,148&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Paper Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,576&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-165&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-9.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+38&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-745&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-32.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$94,380&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Machinery Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,459&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-7&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+26&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+319&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+28.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$70,616&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Transportation Equipment Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,405&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+413&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+41.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+349&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+33.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+941&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+202.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$77,688&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Fabricated Metal Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;785&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;+1.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-3&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;&lt;em&gt;-12&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$64,272&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Wood Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;599&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+17&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;&lt;em&gt;+31&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-104&lt;/em&gt;&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;$66,872&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Nonmetallic Mineral Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;507&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-24&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+19&lt;/em&gt;&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;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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$81,276&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Computer &amp;amp; Electronic Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;416&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-15&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+139&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+50.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-25&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;$70,044&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Beverage &amp;amp; Tobacco Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;340&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+53&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+18.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+45&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+15.3%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33,592&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Primary Metal Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;306&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+71&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+30.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+58&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+23.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-194&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-38.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$72,956&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Plastics &amp;amp; Rubber Products Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;276&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-77&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-21.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-85&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-23.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-88&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-24.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51,584&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Food Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;267&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-31&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-10.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-46&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-14.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$50,232&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Miscellaneous Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;256&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+47&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+22.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+90&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+54.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+123&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+92.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$44,720&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Textile Product Mills&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;217&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-17&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-7.3%&lt;/em&gt;&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;+6.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-21&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-8.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38,324&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Chemical Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;179&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-31&lt;/em&gt;&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;-15&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-7.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-133&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-42.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$78,416&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Printing &amp;amp; Related Support Activities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;165&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-53&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-24.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-28&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-14.5%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40,092&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Furniture &amp;amp; Related Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;112&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+16&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+16.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.7%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$56,732&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Apparel Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;95&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-56&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-37.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-25&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-20.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-55&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-36.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35,360&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;9&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;Manufacturing wages, averaging $70,148 in 2023, grew 5.7% over two years and 2.4% over the last year. By comparison, total wages for all industries in the region rose 7.4% and 2.7%, respectively. The gap in wage growth narrowed into 2023. The Manufacturing subsectors with the largest wage growth over the past two years were Miscellaneous Manufacturing (+21.6%), Apparel Manufacturing (+18.9%) and Furniture &amp;amp; Related Product Manufacturing (+17.2%). Despite the strong growth, each of those subsectors still paid wages below the sector average in 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While employment growth has not been experienced by all subsectors over recent years, it is heartening to see a traditional cornerstone sector begin to gather steam again in Northeast Minnesota. A great way to celebrate Manufacturing Month in Minnesota!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;You can find a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/2024-manufacturing-month-events&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;listing of career exploration and hiring events&lt;/a&gt; taking place throughout the month of October, in recognition of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/industry/manufacturing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Manufacturing Month&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 Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>644907</id><pubdate>2024-09-18T13:35:47Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Happy Workforce Development Month to those who celebrate! I assume that many readers of this blog do.</Description><Audience/><Title>Developing the Workforce of Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Developing the Workforce of Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2024-08-06 Workforce ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-641692&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-08-20T19:40:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>Happy Workforce Development Month to those who celebrate! I assume that many readers of this blog do.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Happy Workforce Development Month to those who celebrate! I assume that many readers of this blog do. In observance of a critical component of our economy, here is a selection of some of the highest-paying, most &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot;&gt;in-demand jobs&lt;/a&gt; in Northeast Minnesota. These are just a few of the many vocations that workforce development professionals are highlighting for jobseekers across the region. As you will see, there is a lot of job variety and there is something for workers of all educational and experience backgrounds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The diversity of opportunities is discernible in the table below, which lists the top occupations in demand for each of the 22 occupational groups. The median wages vary from $22,936 a year for Waiters &amp;amp; Waitresses to $115,844 a year for Lawyers. For reference, the median wage in 2024 for all occupations in Northeast Minnesota was $48,694.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Additionally, the typical education required to enter each occupation stretches from a high school diploma or equivalent to a doctoral or professional degree. Thirteen of the most in-demand occupations in their group required only a high school diploma, five typically required a bachelor&apos;s degree, three an associate degree, and one a doctoral or professional degree. Most of the occupations in demand involve some sort of on-the-job training. Three typically require long-term training and 14 short-term training.&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. Most In-Demand Occupation by Occupational Group in Northeast Minnesota, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupational Group&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Job Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2024 Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Projected Openings per Year 2020-2030&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Typical Education Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Training Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;General and Operations Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$76,245/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;183&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business and Financial Operations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accountants and Auditors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$71,413/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unavailable&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer and Mathematical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Software Developers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$109,530/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Long term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Architecture and Engineering&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Industrial Engineers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$92,476/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Life, Physical, and Social Science&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Forest and Conservation Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$53,442/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Long term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Community and Social Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49,373/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unavailable&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Legal&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Lawyers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$115,844/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Doctoral or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Long term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Instruction and Library&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38,927/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;172&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unavailable&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, &amp;amp; Media&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Coaches and Scouts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51,236/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Practitioners and Technical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$81,894/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;316&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Home Health and Personal Care Aides&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$34,948/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;867&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unavailable&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Protective Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Police and Sheriff&apos;s Patrol Officers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$76,015/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;64&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Preparation and Serving Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Waiters and Waitresses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22,936/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;450&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building &amp;amp; Grounds Cleaning &amp;amp; Maintenance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36,904/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;288&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal Care and Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Childcare Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,591/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;166&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sales and Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Salespersons&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33,663/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;595&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Office and Administrative Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Customer Service Representatives&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43,698/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;239&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Farming, Fishing, and Forestry&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Logging Equipment Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$47,237/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction and Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction Laborers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$60,816/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;110&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation, Maintenance, and Repair&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maintenance and Repair Workers, General&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$50,367/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;174&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Production&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$54,484/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;65&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Unavailable&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation and Material Moving&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Driver/Sales Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27,053/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;93&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupations in Demand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Further emphasizing the plethora of in-demand occupations offering high wages, Table 2 shows the top-ten highest-paying jobs in the highest demand category in Northeast Minnesota. What stands out is that of the 10, only one (General &amp;amp; Operations Managers) typically requires a bachelor&apos;s degree. The other nine typically ask for a high school diploma or equivalent, an associate degree, or a postsecondary non-degree award, also referred to as vocational training or apprenticeship. Granted, becoming a supervisor usually requires some pre-existing related experience, but with around two years of education or training, jobs that pay an average of around $80,000 a year are theoretically accessible to much of the workforce. And oftentimes many of those jobs will allow you to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dli.mn.gov/business/workforce/be-apprentice&quot;&gt;&quot;earn while you learn&quot;.&lt;/a&gt;&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;4&quot;&gt;Table 2. Top-Paying Occupations in Demand in Northeast Minnesota, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Job Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2024 Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Typical Education Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Training Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$84,596/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Long term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Dental Hygienists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$84,405/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;None&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 align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$82,909/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Long term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$81,894/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electricians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$81,439/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Postsecondary non-degree award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Long term on the job training&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;$80,204/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Postsecondary non-degree award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Long term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$79,827/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&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;$79,012/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;General and Operations Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$76,245/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Police and Sheriff&apos;s Patrol Officers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$76,015/yr&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupations in Demand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Workforce development has gotten increased recognition over the past couple years for the crucial role it plays in a healthy and vibrant economy. Preparing and connecting workers to local opportunities is always important but is especially so in a tight labor market such as the one we are in currently. So, thank you to all of those working in workforce development. You are helping individuals to improve their lives via rewarding employment while simultaneously helping local businesses meet their hiring needs. I am always amazed by your good work!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you want to learn more about what our workforce development system can offer to jobseekers and employers, check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/&quot;&gt;CareerForce website&lt;/a&gt;. You are also invited to learn more about the two workforce development organizations, both part of the CareerForce system, that serve the Northeast Minnesota region: &lt;a href=&quot;https://duluthmn.gov/workforce-development/&quot;&gt;City of Duluth Workforce Development&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nemojt.org/&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training (JET)&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 Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>641692</id><pubdate>2024-08-20T13:59:30Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Did you know that DEED produces cost of living estimates? It&apos;s true! In addition to our more well-known wage data, we also create and publish estimates of what varying family types  should expect to earn to meet basic needs.</Description><Audience/><Title>Wages vs. Expenses in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Wages vs. Expenses in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2024-07-16 Wages ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-632151&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-07-16T19:40:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>Did you know that DEED produces cost of living estimates? It&apos;s true! In addition to our more well-known wage data, we also create and publish estimates of what varying family types  should expect to earn to meet basic needs.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Did you know that DEED produces cost of living estimates? It&apos;s true! In addition to our more well-known wage data, we also create and publish estimates of what varying family types  should expect to earn to meet basic needs. Our &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cost of Living tool&lt;/a&gt; provides these estimates by major expense categories such as housing, transportation, child care, food, health care, other necessities, and taxes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These estimates are meant to be at the basic needs level, so not poverty level, but also not including any &quot;extra&quot; expenses like entertainment or recreation. Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/june-2024/living.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;we published the 2023 updates&lt;/a&gt; to the dataset. This is a great occasion to revisit the estimates for Northeast Minnesota and see how they compare against &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;wage figures&lt;/a&gt; that were also recently updated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Cost of Living tool provides estimates all the way down to the county level, as well as at the economic development region, planning region, and statewide level. The estimates are also available for 24 different family compositions and working arrangements. The average family size in Minnesota is three, with a &quot;typical&quot; arrangement of one partner working full-time, one working part-time, and one child. Combined, the two working partners total an average of 60 hours a week. Based on this &quot;typical&quot; family size and employment situation, the total annual cost of living in Northeast Minnesota was estimated at $60,228, requiring an average of $19.30 per hour across the 60 average hours worked. Among the six planning regions, Northeast Minnesota&apos;s cost of living was fourth highest, above Southwest and Northwest Minnesota (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;10&quot;&gt;Table 1. Cost of Living by Category and Planning Region, 2023
&lt;br /&gt;
Family Yearly Cost, Worker Hourly Wage, and Family Monthly Costs, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Region&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Yearly Cost&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Hourly Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;7&quot;&gt;Monthly Costs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Child Care&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Food&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Health Care&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Housing&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Transportation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Other Necessities&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Taxes&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Central Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$65,436&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$431&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$934&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$577&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,205&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,094&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$512&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$700&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$60,228&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$393&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$932&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$576&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,073&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$964&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$601&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northwest Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$58,416&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$346&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$938&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$579&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$932&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,060&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$448&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$565&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Twin Cities Metro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$72,444&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$662&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$970&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$572&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,468&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$942&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$584&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$839&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southeast Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$62,184&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.93&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$472&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$940&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$579&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,083&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$987&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$484&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$637&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southwest Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$56,004&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.95&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$325&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$942&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$576&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$936&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$923&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$449&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$516&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Cost of Living tool&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Costs are displayed as monthly values, to match how households typically think of expenses. Among the major cost categories, housing was the most expensive, followed by transportation, food and taxes. Housing alone accounted for nearly a fifth of all costs, and the top three combined for three-fifths of total costs. Health care, other necessities&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, and child care round out the order. Relative to the state, child care (72% of statewide average) was the most affordable of the cost categories in the region, followed by taxes (81%) and housing (84%). Health care was the only expense in the region that exceeded the statewide average, by $2 per month.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On the income side, the median wage for all jobs in Northeast Minnesota that was released in early 2024&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; was $23.41 per hour, or $48,694 annually. At first look, all is good. The median wage for occupations in the region is enough to cover the typical basic needs costs of living in the region, especially for single individuals where, depending on age, the hourly wage needed to cover costs ranged from $14.84 to $14.98. However, we know that costs vary quite a bit depending on an individual family&apos;s needs, and in some scenarios, not all jobs offer the wages sufficient to cover all expenses.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Based on the estimated costs for a typical family with one child, where one partner works full-time and the other part-time, there were seven (out of 22) occupational groups, accounting for 28% of all jobs, where even the 10th percentile wage was enough to meet needs. Conversely, there were five occupational groups (Healthcare Support, Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related, Building &amp;amp; Grounds Cleaning &amp;amp; Maintenance, Personal Care &amp;amp; Service, and Sales &amp;amp; Related) where at least half of the jobs paid below the necessary threshold (see highlighted cells in Table 2). Those five occupational groups accounted for 31% of all jobs in the region. In fact, the 75th percentile wage for Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related positions fell under the average hourly wage needed to cover a typical family&apos;s costs. This means that most of these jobs would not be able to support a typical family of three in the region, if both workers were employed in this field.&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 2. 2023 Typical Family, 1FT, 1PT Worker, 1 Child; Estimated Required Hourly Wage in Northeast Minnesota: $19.30&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupational Group&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent of all Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;10th Percentile Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;25th Percentile Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;75th Percentile Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;90th Percentile Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,740&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$61.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$84.14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer and Mathematical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,090&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.52&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.57&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$58.08&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$76.47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Legal&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;540&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40.53&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$64.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$80.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Architecture and Engineering&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,180&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.86&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40.12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$50.91&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$65.85&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Practitioners and Technical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,510&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.62&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$76.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Life, Physical, and Social Science&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,820&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.93&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42.21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52.07&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business and Financial Operations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,970&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.61&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$34.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$54.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction and Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,590&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.98&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39.10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45.58&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation, Maintenance, and Repair&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,760&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38.64&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Protective Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,070&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.66&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.04&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$34.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$44.62&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Instruction and Library&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,350&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.48&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.65&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37.34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Community and Social Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,280&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.80&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Production&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6,550&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.90&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38.77&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;138,010&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.41&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.03&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46.57&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, &amp;amp; Media&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,250&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.64&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Farming, Fishing, and Forestry&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;220&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.88&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.84&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Office and Administrative Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,760&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.41&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation and Material Moving&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,810&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.66&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38.31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,260&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.52&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building &amp;amp; Grounds Cleaning &amp;amp; Maintenance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,560&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.48&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal Care and Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,050&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$12.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sales and Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,740&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30.83&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Preparation and Serving Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,910&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$10.92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$11.95&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.40&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics, DEED Cost of Living Tool&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 is almost impossible to capture the full diversity of families and their varying needs and preferences. As such, our cost of living figures are meant to be the best estimates of typical conditions, needs and family compositions, not representative of every potentiality. That said, the comparison of regional wages and costs of living can be a useful exercise to show how a family&apos;s needs may preclude certain jobs as insufficient and highlight others as a means to meet required expenses. This can be true even within an occupational group as certain positions – perhaps those requiring more experience, skill, education or training – offer higher wages. The Labor Market Information Office will continue to track the relationship between wages and costs as an important dynamic in local labor markets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For more information about health care careers in Northeast Minnesota, contact Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;The cost of Other Necessities covers basic costs not covered by any of the other cost categories. These costs include apparel, personal care products and services, reading, education, and miscellaneous items.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Based on a survey conducted in 2021-2023 and accounting for inflation.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>632151</id><pubdate>2024-07-16T14:46:35Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Advanced practice providers (APPs) are a rapidly growing set of high demand occupations within the health care field. The rise in demand for APPs reflects the increasing demand and complexity of health care as well as the tighter constraints on producing qualified Physicians. </Description><Audience/><Title>The Rapidly Growing Demand for Advanced Practice Providers in Health Care</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Rapidly Growing Demand for Advanced Practice Providers in Health Care</Title><title>2024-06-17 Health Care ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-627869&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-06-17T19:40:32Z</Date><ShortDescription>Advanced practice providers (APPs) are a rapidly growing set of high demand occupations within the health care field. The rise in demand for APPs reflects the increasing demand and complexity of health care as well as the tighter constraints on producing qualified Physicians. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Advanced practice providers (APPs) are a rapidly growing set of high demand occupations within the health care field. Typically, they include Physician Assistants (PAs), Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Nurse Midwives and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). These occupations are unique in that they provide pathways into high-level health care provision without the requirement of a medical doctoral degree. This means a lower barrier of entry to high wage, high demand health care jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For those considering careers in health care, APPs provide additional options beyond the longer and often more expensive&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; education and training required to become a Physician. For Physicians, the typical education and training adds up to at least &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm#:~:text=Physicians%20and%20surgeons%20typically%20need%20a%20bachelor%E2%80%99s%20degree,in%20a%20fellowship%20of%201%20to%203%20years.&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;11 years&lt;/a&gt; (and is often more, depending on the specialty), while APPs can be practicing much sooner, usually around 6-8 years, again depending on the occupation and specialty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For example, to become a NP, one must first be a Registered Nurse, which is also a high-demand occupation that can be reached via either two- or four-year degrees. Next, the candidate must complete a graduate-level advanced practice nursing program, which can either take the form of a master&apos;s or doctoral/professional degree. According to the Minnesota Board of Nursing, there are currently &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/boards/nursing/education/advanced-practice-nursing-programs/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;15 different advanced practice nursing programs in the state&lt;/a&gt;        .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The rise in demand for APPs &lt;a href=&quot;https://publications.aap.org/hospitalpediatrics/article/10/11/1010/25885/The-Role-of-the-Advanced-Practice-Provider-and-the?autologincheck=redirected&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;reflects the increasing demand and complexity of health care&lt;/a&gt; as well as the tighter constraints on producing qualified Physicians. According to researchers at the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, &lt;a href=&quot;https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.dartmouth.edu/dist/9/2108/files/2019/08/AuerbachStaigerBuerhaus_nejm2018.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the share of health care services provided by APPs has been growing rapidly and is expected to continue expand&lt;/a&gt;ing. Nationally, advanced practice nursing occupations have grown from six to 17 times faster than the average of all occupations (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;2&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Table 1. National Percent Growth in Employment for Select Healthcare Occupations, 2018-2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;+3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;    Nurse anesthetists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;+62.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;    Nurse midwives&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;+25.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;    Nurse practitioners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;+49.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot; colspan=&quot;2&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: US Census American Community Survey, 1-year Estimates&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Indeed, this trend can be seen in local data as well. The most recent round of long-term employment projections forecast incredible growth in the APP occupations (see Table 2). The number of NPs in particular is expected to grow astronomically. It had the highest projected percent growth of all occupations in Northeast Minnesota for the period from 2020 to 2030. The number of  PAs are also expected to grow much faster than the overall average and the forecasted growth rate for all Healthcare Practitioners.&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 2. Advanced Practice Provider Employment and Wage Statistics for Northeast Minnesota&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation or Occupational Group&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Employment (2024)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Projected
&lt;br /&gt;
10-yr Percent Employment Change (2020-2030&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total
&lt;br /&gt;
10-yr Projected Openings (2020-2030)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage (2024)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Demand Ranking (1-5, 5 being highest)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Job Vacancies (2023)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage Offer (2023)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;138,010&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;174,485&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$48,694&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;8,963&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$18.49&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;11,510&lt;/em&gt;&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;8,113&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$81,168&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,244&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$34.84&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;Physician Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;168&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+28.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;154&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$120,821&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52.20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;Nurse Anesthetists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;127&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+14.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;86&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$243,462&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$48.57&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;Nurse Practitioners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;271&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+48.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;306&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$132,823&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46.29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td nowrap=&quot;nowrap&quot;&gt;Nurse Midwives*&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;240&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+12.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;155&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$129,930&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39.88&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Nurse Midwives data is for all of Minnesota
&lt;br /&gt;
Source: DEED Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics, Employment Outlook, Job Vacancy Survey, Occupations in Demand&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Another, more recent measure of high demand is the number of &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;job vacancies&lt;/a&gt; for APP occupations. As of 2023, the estimated 68 openings for PAs represented an all-time high for the occupation in the region. This increasingly high demand is also evident in the wages offered for these positions. The $52.20 median wage offer for PAs exceeded those of all other APPs, despite having the lowest median wage for filled jobs among the four occupations (see Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The especially acute demand is likely pushing up entry-level wages amid high competition for PA candidates, like those produced locally by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.css.edu/academics/programs/graduate/master-of-science-pa-medicine/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;College of St. Scholastica&lt;/a&gt;. Anecdotally, a recent check of two major local health care providers (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.essentiacareers.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Essentia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.slhduluth.com/careers/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Aspirus/St. Luke&apos;s&lt;/a&gt;) websites turned up a combined 86 openings for APPs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Amid a rapidly heating up market for advanced practice providers, one thing is clear. Demand will remain strong for these occupations that provide alternative pathways into lucrative health care careers. Learn more by exploring our many occupational data tools like &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-pathways-tool/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career Pathways&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For more information about health care careers in Northeast Minnesota, contact Carson Gorecki at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; 2023-2024 tuition for Mayo&apos;s M.D. Program was $64,000. In-state tuition for 2023-2024 University of Minnesota Medical school was $44,969. Tuition for the Mayo CRNA program in the 2024-2025 year is $22,860.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>627869</id><pubdate>2024-06-17T19:44:52Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Occupational Employment &amp; Wage Statistics, or OEWS, provides detailed information for over 800 individual occupations across more than 30 geographies in Minnesota.</Description><Audience/><Title>Occupy Yourself with the Latest Occupational Employment &amp; Wage Statistics Update!</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Occupy Yourself with the Latest Occupational Employment &amp; Wage Statistics Update!</Title><title>2024-05-13 OEWS ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-625641&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-05-28T18:23:13Z</Date><ShortDescription>Occupational Employment &amp; Wage Statistics, or OEWS, provides detailed information for over 800 individual occupations across more than 30 geographies in Minnesota.</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/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics&lt;/a&gt;, or OEWS, provides detailed information for over 800 individual occupations across more than 30 geographies in Minnesota. These data are derived by surveying tens of thousands of Minnesota businesses, and is updated annually. The most recent vintage, 2024, is hot off the presses and full of useful, richly detailed information on all types of jobs. Here are some initial highlights for Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;OEWS showed an estimate of just over 138,000 jobs in Northeast Minnesota as of the first quarter of 2024. The occupational groups with the most jobs were Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support (16,760 jobs), Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related (13,910), Sales &amp;amp; Related (11,740), Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical (11,510), and Healthcare Support (9,260). These five occupational groups accounted for nearly half (46%) of employment in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Some jobs are more concentrated or more common in Northeast Minnesota when compared to statewide employment. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/qcew-location-quotient.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Location quotients&lt;/a&gt; are a measure of this relative concentration. A location quotient above one means higher than average concentration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite being only the 14th-largest occupational group in the region, Community &amp;amp; Social Service was the most concentrated relative to the state. With a location quotient of 1.54, the Community &amp;amp; Social Service employment share of the region&apos;s total employment was 1.54 times the occupational group&apos;s statewide employment share. Similarly, Construction &amp;amp; Extraction (1.43) and Protective Service (1.40) occupations were also more common in Northeast Minnesota than the rest of the state. Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical (1.3) and Healthcare Support (1.14) occupations both had above average concentrations as did the heart of Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality jobs via Food Preparation and Serving Related (1.25) occupations. The occupational groups that were least concentrated in Northeast include Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical (0.44), Legal (0.59), and Business &amp;amp; Financial Operations (0.61) occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The most concentrated detailed occupations with at least 50 jobs reflected the region&apos;s specialization in extractive industries like Mining &amp;amp; Logging (see Table 1). Mining &amp;amp; Geological Engineers, including Mining Safety Engineers (13.05) were most concentrated followed by Foresters (9.28), Logging Equipment Operators (8.70), and Forest and Conservation Technicians (8.56). The least concentrated occupations were Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders (0.20), Printing Press Operators (0.21), Food Batchmakers (0.24), and Marketing Managers (0.24).&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;4&quot;&gt;Table 1. The Most and Least Concentrated Occupations in Northeast Minnesota, 2024&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Location Quotient&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining &amp;amp; Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$102,037&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.05&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Foresters&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;160&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$71,356&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Logging Equipment Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$47,237&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Forest &amp;amp; Conservation Technicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;250&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$53,442&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.56&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Electrical &amp;amp; Electronics Repairers, Commercial &amp;amp; Industrial Equipment&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;210&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$83,927&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.43&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Gambling Surveillance Officers &amp;amp; Gambling Investigators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37,668&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Crushing, Grinding, &amp;amp; Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, &amp;amp; Tenders&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;210&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$70,475&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, &amp;amp; Tenders&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;580&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$69,218&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Power Plant Operators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;160&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$85,846&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$38,607&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.54&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;138,010&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$48,694&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1.00&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support Workers, All Other&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;110&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37,162&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bill &amp;amp; Account Collectors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51,648&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.36&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;170&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$128,898&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Software Developers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;590&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$109,530&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.32&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;310&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$81,349&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;80&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$105,125&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Marketing Managers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$132,023&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Batchmakers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37,180&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.24&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;60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41,663&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.21&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;70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45,343&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Requests for the detailed wage data available in OEWS are among the most common I receive as a regional analyst. At the most general level, the median wage for all occupations in the region was $23.41 an hour, equivalent to a full-time annual median wage of $48,694 (see Table 2). The 25th percentile annual wage was $36,093 and the 75th percentile wage was $72,867, meaning that half of all jobs in the region paid between those two figures.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Per the newest data, there were 42 occupations in the region that paid an annual median wage at or above $100,000. Combined, those jobs represented just under 5% of total employment in the region. The highest paying occupational groups were Management ($94,198 annual median wage), Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical ($88,126), Legal ($84,295), Architecture &amp;amp; Engineering ($83,439), and Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical ($81,169). Occupations in those groups accounted for 17.4% of regional jobs, but only Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical occupations had higher than average employment concentration when compared to the state. The highest paying individual occupations included many types of Dentists and Doctors, Electronics Engineers, Judges, Architectural &amp;amp; Engineering Managers, Pharmacists, Chief Executives, Psychologists, and Nurse Practitioners; all earning annual median wages north of $132,000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 2. Wage Statistics by Occupational Group for Northeast Minnesota, Q1 2024&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Occupational Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hourly Median Wage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Annual Median Wage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$94,198&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer and Mathematical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$88,126&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Legal&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40.53&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$84,295&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Architecture and Engineering&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40.12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$83,439&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Practitioners and Technical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$81,169&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Life, Physical, and Social Science&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$73,439&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business and Financial Operations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$34.89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$72,562&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction and Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$68,088&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation, Maintenance, and Repair&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29.94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$62,283&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Protective Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.04&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$54,161&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Instruction and Library&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.65&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$53,358&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Community and Social Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$52,941&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Production&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51,723&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$23.41&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$48,694&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$48,539&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Farming, Fishing, and Forestry&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.88&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$47,596&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Office and Administrative Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46,662&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation and Material Moving&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.66&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45,038&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37,424&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.48&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$36,372&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal Care and Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35,725&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sales and Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35,269&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Preparation and Serving Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.40&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,953&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If these data only served to whet your stats appetite, check out more great occupational data via our OEWS tool or one of the many others that utilizes &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OEWS&lt;/a&gt; data such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-pathways-tool/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Career Pathways&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Employment Outlook&lt;/a&gt;. Each page includes tutorials and information on how to use the tool and interpret the data. Your &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;regional analyst&lt;/a&gt; is also always willing to help!&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>625641</id><pubdate>2024-05-28T14:27:02Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>For something that accounts for nearly a third of workers’ total compensation, we sure do not seem to talk about benefits much.</Description><Audience/><Title>What about Benefits?</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>What about Benefits?</Title><title>2024-04-23 Benefits ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-621556&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-04-23T18:23:13Z</Date><ShortDescription>For something that accounts for nearly a third of workers’ total compensation, we sure do not seem to talk about benefits much.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For something that accounts for nearly a third of workers&apos; total compensation, we sure do not seem to talk about benefits much.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The discussion and response to the current tight labor market revolves mostly around wages, how much to raise them and what is the right level to be competitive in attracting and retaining workers. Wages are an undeniably important aspect of a job&apos;s compensation and for that reason deserve focus. However, another important component of compensation – employer-provided benefits – receives less attention. Benefits can range from the more common (health insurance, retirement savings, paid vacation, remote work and scheduling flexibility) to the more creative (free food, student loan repayment, use of the company car, gym memberships, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The role of benefits in overall compensation deserves a deeper look, especially as employers are exploring every way possible to be more attractive to jobseekers. Given two employers with equal wages, a next possible point of comparison becomes the respective benefits packages. What does the typical benefits package look like and how does it differ by occupation, industry, and private vs. public sector?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The most recent release from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistics&apos; (BLS) Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Survey&lt;/a&gt; can answer some of these questions. It shows that for civilian workers, benefits accounted for 31.1% of total compensation nationally (see Table 1). That share was slightly lower for workers in the private sector (29.6%) and higher for state and local government workers (37.5%). The value of benefits for government workers was also higher, nearly twice the cost of benefits paid to private sector workers. Much of this difference is attributable to government jobs generally paying higher wages than the private sector, raising the cost of benefits commensurably. There is also a higher share of union representation among public sector workers which tend to have &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2023/union-membership-activity-and-compensation-in-2022/home.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;higher benefit compensation costs&lt;/a&gt;. Across the private sector, workers in unions had an average of 39.4% of compensation in benefits compared to 28.4% for non-union workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041824_NE_table1_tcm1045-621565.png&quot; title=&quot;U.S. Average Hourly Compensatoin by Type and Ownership&quot; alt=&quot;U.S. Average Hourly Compensatoin by Type and Ownership&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041824_NE_table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Within benefits, there are several categories. For all civilian workers, the largest benefit group by cost was insurance (26% of total benefits cost), followed by paid leave (24%), and legally required benefits (23%). The latter includes Social Security, Medicare, workers compensation, and Unemployment Insurance. The benefits categories with the largest differences between private and state and local government workers are supplemental pay and retirement and savings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Private employers contribute relatively more to supplemental pay as government entities are often more constrained on what they can fund for overtime and bonuses. The cost of nonproduction bonuses in the private sector ($1.20 per hour worked) was more than four times greater than what was paid to government workers. As a result, 13% of private benefits costs were for supplemental pay compared to only 3% for the public sector. Conversely, government retirement and savings represented 35% of benefits costs compared to 12% for private employees. Over 90% of this cost for government workers is for defined benefit plans such as pensions. Defined benefit plans alone account for over 12% of total compensation for state and local government workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Among all civilian occupational groups (private sector and state and local government workers), primary, secondary, and special education schoolteachers had the highest relative share of total compensation committed to benefits with 34.2% (see Figure 1). Registered Nurses and workers in Production occupations also had more than a third of their compensation in benefits. At the other end of the spectrum, Sales and Related and Service occupations allocated 23.7% and 27.4% to benefits respectively. It is worth pointing out that Sales and Service occupations have higher shares of part-time workers and lower overall compensation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041824_NE_figure1_tcm1045-621564.png&quot; title=&quot;Share of Compensation in Benefits for Select Occupational Groups&quot; alt=&quot;Share of Compensation in Benefits for Select Occupational Groups&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041824_NE_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota has a higher-than-average concentration of jobs in some of the industries and occupations with above-average benefits compensation. The Utilities (2.2), Public Administration (1.7), Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (1.4), and Education Services (1.1) sectors all have location quotients greater than one, indicating there are relatively more of those types of jobs in our region than the statewide average. The sector with the highest relative employment concentration in the region, Mining, also has a significant union presence, typically a sign of higher benefits costs. Registered Nurses are 1.5 times more concentrated than average and teaching occupations are slightly more concentrated in Northeast Minnesota as well. Retail Trade and Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality, which have the two lowest benefits shares of total compensation, are also more concentrated in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Since benefits vary by employer, there is not currently a single great data source that allows us to assess the provision of benefits locally. Additionally, it can be difficult to put value on certain benefits, so comparing apples to apples across benefits plans is less straightforward than it is for wages. These facts, however, do not diminish the rising importance and relevance of benefits in a tight and competitive labor market. Employers and jobseekers will do well to know what typical benefits packages look like and how local competitors compare.&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>621556</id><pubdate>2024-04-23T20:44:45Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>In celebration of Women’s History Month, here is a (brief) history of women in the workforce in Northeast Minnesota using Census data.</Description><Audience/><Title>A Brief History of Women at Work in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Brief History of Women at Work in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2024-03-13 Women at Work ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-615404&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2024-03-26T18:23:13Z</Date><ShortDescription>In celebration of Women’s History Month, here is a (brief) history of women in the workforce in Northeast Minnesota using Census data.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In celebration of Women&apos;s History Month, here is a (brief) history of women in the workforce in Northeast Minnesota using &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.census.gov&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Census data&lt;/a&gt;. Women are slightly less likely to be in the labor force (employed or actively looking for work) than men (see Table 1). However, for the women that are in the labor force, they are less likely to be unemployed than their male counterparts. The unemployment rate for women in the region (4.2%) was nearly a full percentage point less than that for men (5.3%) (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When you factor in age, young women (ages 16-24) are more likely to be in the labor force than men of the same age group. Women are also more likely than men to be in the labor force between the ages of 55 and 64, but less likely to be in the labor force during the &quot;prime&quot; working ages of 25-44 years. Those also happen to be the prime parenting years, and women are still more likely than men to be the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-05-11/gender-reveals-data-shows-disparities-in-child-care-roles&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;primary providers of childcare&lt;/a&gt;. For many women, not participating in the labor market is a choice, but for many others, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/september-2020/early-care-education.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;high cost and low availability of childcare&lt;/a&gt; is preventing them from working or working as much as they would like.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/032624_NE_Table1_tcm1045-615578.png&quot; title=&quot;Employment Characteristics by Gender&quot; alt=&quot;Employment Characteristics by Gender&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;032624_NE_Table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When we look at the number of jobs held by women, there is a slightly different story. Despite having lower participation rates and fewer people in the labor force, women hold more jobs than men in Northeast Minnesota. Other than 2015, women have had more jobs in the region than men every year since 2000. Part, but not all, of this flip can be explained by lower unemployment. The rest is likely due to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t16.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;women being more likely to hold multiple jobs&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Since 2019, female employment in the region (-6.4%) fell slightly more than male (-5.9%) employment, but has grown slightly faster since 2021. Over the past two decades there have been some notable re-arrangements in the gender employment patterns by sector. Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance remained the sector with both the highest share and number of women workers, even with a small decline in the female share (see Table 2). More than a third of all women workers were employed in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance in 2023. A similar trend occurred in Finance &amp;amp; Insurance, which remains the sector with the second-highest share of female employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the other end of the female employment spectrum are Mining and Construction. Both saw increases in the number and share of women workers. However, the Mining percent increase masks the relatively small absolute increase of 17 jobs over 20 years. The largest relative increase in female share occurred in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing &amp;amp; Hunting, but again, the sector has relatively few workers over all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/032624_NE_Table2_tcm1045-615579.png&quot; title=&quot;Women Employment by Sector&quot; alt=&quot;Women Employment by Sector&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;032624_NE_Table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Finally, there is the question of wages. Women in Northeast Minnesota make a median wage that is on average 81% that of men&apos;s (see Table 3). That share is up from 73% in 2003. As extensive research has shown, there are many reasons for this disparity, including occupational preference and segregation, the tendency to reward the ability to work long, inflexible schedules; family dynamics, discrimination and more. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/upshot/claudia-goldin-nobel-prize.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Claudia Goldin recently was awarded the Nobel prize in economics for her research on the subject&lt;/a&gt;. She predicted that as flexible schedules became more commonplace, women once locked out of greater participation (and promotion) were able to take advantage of new opportunities, continuing to close the gender pay gap.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In Northeast Minnesota, the gender wage gap was largest in Finance &amp;amp; Insurance, the sector with the second-highest (but declining) share of women workers. Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing &amp;amp; Hunting also had a sizable pay gap. The only sector where women were paid more than men was Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services, the third-lowest median wage sector across all sectors. Wage gaps were smallest for Arts, Entertainment &amp;amp; Recreation, Educational Services, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, Management of Companies and Retail Trade. Of the six sectors with above average shares of female employment, four had smaller than average pay gaps (see Table 3).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/032624_NE_Table3_tcm1045-615580.png&quot; title=&quot;Female Industry Wage Statistics&quot; alt=&quot;Female Industry Wage Statistics&quot; style=&quot;width: 80%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;032624_NE_Table3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While change is occurring, occupational and industrial employment and wage disparities by gender still exist in Northeast Minnesota. Many of the trends discussed above point to the continued need to highlight the opportunities available in industries that traditionally have not hired women in large numbers, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.womeninmining.us/about-wim-usa/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mining&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://wincmn.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Construction&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mnmfg.org/students/women-in-manufacturing/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Manufacturing&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>615404</id><pubdate>2024-03-26T20:53:59Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>In recognition of February as Black History Month, this edition of my Local Look blog will focus on the Black or African American (we will use the term Black throughout the rest of this blog) workforce in Northeast Minnesota.</Description><Audience/><Title>Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Black Workforce</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Black Workforce</Title><title>2024-02-22 Black Workforce ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-610377&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>In recognition of February as Black History Month, this edition of my Local Look blog will focus on the Black or African American (we will use the term Black throughout the rest of this blog) workforce in Northeast Minnesota.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In recognition of February as Black History Month, this edition of my Local Look blog will focus on the Black or African American (we will use the term Black throughout the rest of this blog) workforce in Northeast Minnesota. The total Black population in Northeast Minnesota was estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau to be just under 4,400 people as of 2022. That means Black is the fifth largest racial or ethnic group in the seven-county region, behind White, American Indian &amp;amp; Alaska Native, Two or More Races, and Hispanic or Latino origin. The Black population grew by 21.5% since 2011, much faster than the 0.1% the total population grew over that same period. Black residents in Northeast Minnesota make up a relatively small but rapidly growing share of the total population (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;&gt;Table 1. Population by Race and Origin, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Minnesota&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 colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Change from 2011-2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Numeric&lt;/em&gt; | &lt;em&gt;Percent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Change from 2011-2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&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;325,995&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;+292&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+0.1%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.9%&lt;/em&gt;&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;295,732&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;90.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-7,582&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;79.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Black or African American&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4,382&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+774&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+21.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.7%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+44.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&gt;7,273&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1,793&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-19.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-10.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Asian &amp;amp; Other Pac. Islander&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,459&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-18&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+37.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Some Other Race&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,761&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+704&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+66.6%&lt;/em&gt;&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;+84.7%&lt;/em&gt;&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;14,388&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8,207&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+132.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+159.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Hispanic or Latino origin&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,936&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2,030&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+52.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+34.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/cedsci/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2018-2022 American Community Survey&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&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;As a share of the labor force – that is people currently employed or looking for work – Black Americans accounted for a slightly smaller 0.9%, when compared to their share of the total population. That relatively smaller share is partially due to a labor force participation rate of 44.5%, which was about 15 percentage points below the regional participation rate and the lowest among all racial and ethnic groups. Additionally, the unemployment rate for Black workers in the region was nearly five times higher than the unemployment rate for all workers.&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;As of 2023, Black workers held 2.3% of jobs in the region. Just as the Black population in Northeast Minnesota has grown in recent decades, so has the number of jobs held by Black workers. In fact, since 2003, Black employment in the region expanded 234% to 2,759 jobs in 2023 (see Figure 2). By comparison, overall employment grew 10.1% over the same period. The trend of strong Black employment growth continued recently as well as the number of jobs held by Black workers nearly doubled over the last decade, and grew 4.4% since 2019, when overall employment fell -6.1%. Over the past decade, Black workers were the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/022124_ne_figure1_tcm1045-610378.png&quot; title=&quot;Percent Employment Growth Relative to 2003 by Race and Ethnicity in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Percent Employment Growth Relative to 2003 by Race and Ethnicity in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;022124_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Black workers in Northeast Minnesota were more likely to be employed in service-providing industries such as Health Care, Transportation, and Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services rather than goods-producing industries like Mining, Manufacturing, and Construction. Three out of five jobs held by Black workers were in just three sectors: Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing, and Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services. By comparison, those sectors accounted for less than 40% of total employment (see Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Relative to total employment, Black workers were most concentrated in the Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing and Administrative Support &amp;amp; Waste Management sectors. Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing which accounted for a fifth of jobs held by Black workers, has more than doubled over the last decade. Relative to total employment, Black workers were least concentrated in Mining, Public Administration, Educational Services, and Construction, where the Black share of employment was less than half that of the total share.&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 2. Employment Distribution by Race and Sector in Northeast Minnesota, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Sector&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share of Black Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share of Total Employment&lt;/th&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;25.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23.7%&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;20.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.0%&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;14.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative Support &amp;amp; Waste Management Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.6%&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;3.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.5%&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;2.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.9%&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;1.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining, Quarrying, &amp;amp; Oil &amp;amp; Gas Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.7%&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;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management of Companies &amp;amp; Enterprises&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: U.S. Census Quarterly Workforce Indicators&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;Finally, Black workers have benefited from increasing wages over the past four years. Overall, average monthly earnings rose about 18% in Northeast Minnesota from the year ending in Q1 2020 to the year ending Q1 2023 (&lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). Black earnings rose 26.8%, the most among all racial and ethnic groups over that period. The next largest increase was 20.6% for Asian workers. Despite this growth in earnings, Black earnings were equivalent to only 63% of White earnings at the end of 2022. So, while disparities certainly remain and Black labor force participation, unemployment, and earnings continue to lag, more recent data in employment and earnings have indicated some positive changes for Black workers in Northeast Minnesota, an important and growing force in our economy.&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>610377</id><pubdate>2024-02-22T18:01:55Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Behind the headline numbers detailing the number of jobs lost or gained is a more nuanced story. </Description><Audience/><Title>Dive into Business Employment Dynamics in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Dive into Business Employment Dynamics in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2024-01-22 Business ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-607901&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>Behind the headline numbers detailing the number of jobs lost or gained is a more nuanced story.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Behind the headline numbers detailing the number of jobs lost or gained is a more nuanced story. Under the surface of net employment change, which simply measures the total count of jobs from one period to another, there are many more jobs that are lost and gained. Businesses open and close and expand and contract each year, quarter, and month. These changes are also important, telling us more about the dynamics of the economy and workforce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Fortunately, there are data available that tell the story of the &quot;churn&quot; underneath the surface numbers of net employment change. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/bdm/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Business Employment Dynamics (BED)&lt;/a&gt; is a subset of information within 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 (QCEW).&lt;/a&gt; While comparing quarters and years of employment and establishment numbers in QCEW &lt;em&gt;(Quarterly and annual averages of employment levels on the 12th day of each month.)&lt;/em&gt; will get you the net change, BED provides gross measures of job losses and gains. In addition, these job losses and gains are attributed to how business establishments themselves are changing, be that expanding, opening, contracting or closing. To indulge in a metaphor, if employment change data are a duck, the relative calm above water is QCEW and the legs churning below the water is BED.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To demonstrate the power of BED by example, here are some of the latest data for our region, Northeast Minnesota. Figure 1 shows the components of net employment change from 2021 to 2022; which includes job gains from businesses growing or opening; and job losses from businesses shrinking or shutting their doors. While the net employment change was a gain of about 450 jobs, more than 10,000 jobs were added or lost during the time frame.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/012224_ne_figure1_tcm1045-607896.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Gross Job Gains and losses by Type&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Gross Job Gains and losses by Type&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;012224_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The first thing that might jump out when looking at BED data is the sheer number of job changes &lt;em&gt;(The BED statistics measure job changes at the establishment level and capture establishment job flows. They are not measures of movements of workers, or worker flows, that are brought about by hires and separations. The U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://j2jexplorer.ces.census.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job-to-Job Flows Explorer&lt;/a&gt; and &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; do capture hires and separations.)&lt;/em&gt; that are occurring, compared to the net change. In 2020, a time of great tumult throughout the labor market, QCEW shows a net loss of 11,320 jobs from Q4 2019 (see Table 1). On its own this is a large relative change in employment. BED numbers show a larger net loss of 13,414 jobs due to a December-to-December comparison, instead of the quarterly averages that are the basis in QCEW. Yet it is the total gross job gains and losses that show just how dynamic the labor market is.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/012224_ne_table1_tcm1045-607895.png&quot; title=&quot;Net and Gross Components of Employment Change in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Net and Gross Components of Employment Change in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;012224_ne_table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Let&apos;s look at a pre-pandemic year to demonstrate. The BED net employment change from 2017-2018 was +347 jobs. That was the result of 10,529 job gains and 10,182 job losses, or about 60 times as many labor transactions than the net number indicates. The overall churn, or absolute number of gross gains and losses was relatively consistent heading into the pandemic, sitting near 20,000. In 2020 there was a spike as gross job losses doubled, and gross job gains fell by 1,664 or about 17%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In 2021, the script again flipped as gross job losses reverted to pre-pandemic levels and job gains jumped up to nearly 17,000 as the recovery kicked into gear. And then into 2022 we saw the second highest levels of gross job gains and gross job losses of the past six years, as we saw increased job mobility in a tightening labor market. Compared to previous years, job losses were more likely to be from businesses closing (30%) and job gains were more likely to be attributable to businesses expanding (84%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A simple look at employment change may tell you an important story, but also leaves out a lot of interesting detail. Business Employment Dynamics can fill in the underlying details and provide a richer picture of how our labor market is performing. To belabor the water metaphor, QCEW is only the tip of the employment change iceberg.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If this article &quot;whetted&quot; your appetite and you would like to dive into more Business Employment Dynamics, check out the work by our researcher and resident BED expert Mustapha Hammida on the early &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/september-2021/initial-impact-by-size.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Minnesota businesses by firm size&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>607901</id><pubdate>2024-01-26T17:21:32Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The recent data release for the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s OnTheMap program is just the excuse I was looking for to highlight its unique data and useful insights.</Description><Audience/><Title>Northeast Minnesota is OnTheMap</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Northeast Minnesota is OnTheMap</Title><title>2023-12-15 Onthemap ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-604475&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>The recent data release for the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s OnTheMap program is just the excuse I was looking for to highlight its unique data and useful insights.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The recent data release for 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; program is just the excuse I was looking for to highlight its unique data and useful insights. OnTheMap is an application that allows users to compare and contrast where workers live and work for detailed geographies down to the census block level. Users can create custom geographies for analysis as well as view statistics on worker age, race &amp;amp; ethnicity, industry, earnings, sex, and educational attainment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Personally, I use OnTheMap a lot. One of my more common uses of OnTheMap is for an analysis of a commuting region. For example, if a business owner in downtown Hibbing wants to know what a reasonable radius is for recruiting potential employees, OnTheMap has a function that breaks down workers in a defined area both by distance of commute as well as direction. In the Hibbing employer example, there were an estimated 3,468 jobs in the Hibbing selection area around downtown. Of the workers in those jobs, 57% lived within 10 miles of their place of work, but more than 15% lived more than 50 miles away (see Figure 1). This does not mean necessarily that all 529 of those people are driving more than 100 miles every day for work – although many likely are - as telework options have increased over the past several years and could reflect remote workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121523_ne_figure1_tcm1045-604476.png&quot; title=&quot;Downtown Hibbing Distance/Direction Analysis&quot; alt=&quot;Downtown Hibbing Distance/Direction Analysis&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121523_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;OnTheMap provides additional information to further identify these likely commuters. The Home Destination Analysis option shows where workers live, from the state level all the way down to zip code tabulation areas, census tracts, and even school districts. Of the nearly 3,500 workers employed in Hibbing, 47% also call the city home, while the next largest share (6.4%) lives next door in Chisholm (see Figure 2). While most of the top ten cities of origin are located on the Iron Range, Duluth sticks out as accounting for the home residence of 120 of workers with jobs in Hibbing. Whether or not those folks are making the 150-mile round trip commute cannot be confirmed with these data, but it is unlikely that they are making the trek five days a week. Using this information, the business owner may focus their marketing or advertising in a way to take advantage of where potential workers would most likely live in relation to their work location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121523_ne_figure2_tcm1045-604477.png&quot; title=&quot;Home Destination Analysis for the City of Hibbing&quot; alt=&quot;Home Destination Analysis for the City of Hibbing&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121523_ne_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In one final example, say you are a developer interested in building some housing in an Iron Range city and you want to locate your building where there is a demonstrated need. One way to assess that need is to search for an imbalance between the number of jobs in a place and the number of people living there. OnTheMap has a feature called Inflow/Outflow Analysis that allows users to see how many people live outside an area but commute in for work versus how many people live there and commute out versus how many people both live &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; work in the area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If there are significantly more people employed in an area and living outside compared to those living in the area and commuting out, you can deduce that there is a net inflow of jobs to that place. This may be more attractive to a developer looking for a location convenient to the highest density of jobs, while lowering the potential commute time of residents.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The City of Duluth is just such a place. In 2021, of the 56,252 jobs in the city, 62.2% were held by workers living outside its borders (see Figure 3). Up Highway 53, Virginia has an even higher commuter share, with 79.1% of jobs in the city held by people living outside city limits (see Figure 4). Partly, this has to do with the geography of the cities themselves. Virginia has several neighboring communities which workers can live in and the density of a city like Duluth may not be appealing for all. Nonetheless, OnTheMap can provide data useful socioeconomic insights for decisionmakers and the curious minded of all kinds.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121523_ne_figure3-4_tcm1045-604478.png&quot; title=&quot;Inflow/Outflow Analysis for city of Duluth and City of Virginia&quot; alt=&quot;Inflow/Outflow Analysis for city of Duluth and City of Virginia&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121523_ne_figure3-4&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>604475</id><pubdate>2023-12-19T14:56:43Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The Retail Trade sector employed nearly 17,000 people at 1,250 establishments in Northeast Minnesota in the first half of 2023.</Description><Audience/><Title>The State of the Retail Workforce in Northeast MN</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The State of the Retail Workforce in Northeast MN</Title><title>2023-11-14 Retail ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-601594&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>The Retail Trade sector employed nearly 17,000 people at 1,250 establishments in Northeast Minnesota in the first half of 2023.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Retail Trade sector employed nearly 17,000 people at 1,250 establishments in Northeast Minnesota in the first half of 2023. That&apos;s enough to make it the second largest employing sector in the region, behind only Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance. The Retail Trade sector is engaged in selling goods to the general public. Businesses in the sector sell a wide array of goods, anything from food and beverages to furniture, clothing, cars, stationary, and much more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The largest industries within the larger Retail Trade sector in 2023 were General Merchandise Retailers, Food &amp;amp; Beverage Stores, Gasoline Stations &amp;amp; Fuel Dealers and Motor Vehicle &amp;amp; Parts Dealers, each with more than 2,000 jobs (see Table 1). Those four industries accounted for 66% of jobs in the region&apos;s Retail Trade sector. Sector employment levels through the first two quarters of 2023 effectively matched those of 2019, showing that the Retail Trade sector proved more resilient to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic than most industries. The more than 1,100 jobs that were lost in the immediate outbreak have been recovered over the last three years. By comparison, total employment across all industries remains over 6,000 (-4.2%) jobs below 2019 levels.&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. Northeast Minnesota Retail Sector Employment and Wage Statistics, Q1 &amp;amp; Q2 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Industry&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Firms&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Average Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Workers per Establishment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;137,016&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,274&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$55,146&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14.8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,927&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,261&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32,682&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  General Merchandise Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,388&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,588&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36.2&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;&gt;3,174&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;164&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26,130&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19.4&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;&gt;2,533&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;235&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,614&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.8&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;&gt;2,057&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;148&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51,324&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.9&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;&gt;1,949&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;121&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37,284&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16.2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, &amp;amp; Miscellaneous Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,492&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;220&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23,374&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;892&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;85&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42,016&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.6&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;&gt;810&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;109&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21,814&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.4&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;&gt;633&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$42,354&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.3&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;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Within the General Merchandise Retailers industry, Warehouse Clubs, Supercenters &amp;amp; Other General Merchandiser Retailers had 2,337 jobs and Department Stores had another 1,051 jobs. These larger employers averaged over 36 employees per establishment, more than double the sector average of 13.4 workers. Department Stores in the region averaged 117 workers each. The Retail businesses with the smallest average staffs were Office Supplies, Stationary &amp;amp; Gift Retailers (3.8), Other Miscellaneous Retailers (4.1), and Jewelry, Luggage &amp;amp; Leather Good Retailers (5.4). Compared to all industries, which had 14.8 employees per establishment, Retail establishments tended to be smaller.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Retail workers were paid an average annual wage of $32,682 in first and second quarter of 2023. That was about $23,500 less than the average for all industries in the region. Part of that discrepancy is simply lower wages in the sector, but it also can be attributed to the part-time nature of many Retail Trade jobs. In 2022, the median hours worked per week by employees in the Retail Trade sector was 23.6, compared to 30.1 for all industries. Median hourly wages were also lower in Retail Trade ($16.15) than all industries ($22.44). Wages were still lower despite growing eight percentage points faster (+24.7% vs +16.9%) over the period between 2019 and 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Retail Trade workforce is younger than other sectors. Over one out of every five Retail workers was 21 years or younger in 2023, more than double the share of all industries (see Table 2). And while the share of workers under 22 expanded equally fast in Retail and all other sectors over the past decade, it grew nine times faster over the pandemic period as young workers jumped at Retail opportunities with rising wages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Similarly, the share of Black, Indigenous or people of color (BIPOC) workers in Retail expanded 60% over 10 years and 22% over four years. In comparison, the white employment share declined 3% and 1% over those periods respectively. Lastly, the Retail sector has a slightly smaller share of women workers (48.2%) than the total of all industries (50.6%). A decade earlier, the Retail sector had a slightly higher share of female employment than all industries (51.6% to 51.4%), meaning the decline in share of women since 2013 was more rapid in the Retail sector.&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 2. Select Workforce Characteristics by Sector in Northeast Minnesota, 2013-2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;21 and Under Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;BIPOC Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2023 Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Change in Share 2013-2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Change in Share 2019-2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2023 Share&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Change in Share 2013-2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Change in Share 2019-2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+14.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+12.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+60.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+22.1%&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;9.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+14.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+47.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+10.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: 2023 figures consist of Q2 2022-Q1 2023 Avg.&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Source: U.S. Census Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/em&gt;&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>601594</id><pubdate>2023-11-27T21:28:57Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month, here is a brief profile of the Hispanic or Latino workforce in Northeast Minnesota.</Description><Audience/><Title>Celebrating the Hispanic and Latino Workforce of Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Celebrating the Hispanic and Latino Workforce of Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2023-10-27 Heritage Month ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-597651&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>To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month, here is a brief profile of the Hispanic or Latino workforce in Northeast Minnesota.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month, here is a brief profile of the Hispanic or Latino workforce in Northeast Minnesota. The story of many Hispanic or Latino residents in the state and region &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/09/15/hispanic-heritage-month-since-1886-latinos-have-continued-to-increase-presence-in-minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;began with migration, often in search of work&lt;/a&gt;. While most opted for areas to the south or west in the state, Northeast Minnesota has a small but increasing Hispanic or Latino population.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101323_NE_figure1_tcm1045-597674.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Hispanic or Latino Population by Origin&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Hispanic or Latino Population by Origin&quot; style=&quot;width: 55%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101323_NE_figure1&quot; /&gt;As of 2021, there were 5,817 residents of the region identifying as Hispanic or Latino, a 142% increase from 2000 and a 55% increase from 2010. More than half of the Hispanic or Latino population in the region has Mexican heritage and about half were born in Minnesota. Of the other half, two-thirds were born in another state and moved to Minnesota, while the remainder were born in other countries and migrated to our region (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over the last decade, the region&apos;s Hispanic or Latino population has been growing faster when compared to the state over the same period. Despite this fast rate of growth, Hispanics or Latinos accounted for just 2% of the Northeast population, compared to 5.6% of the population statewide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Historically, Hispanics or Latinos have higher than average labor force participation. In Northeast Minnesota, the Hispanic or Latino labor force participation rate (63.1%) was more than 3.5 percentage points higher than the overall participation rate (59.5%). Largely for this reason, the number of jobs held by Hispanics or Latinos in Northeast Minnesota rose even faster than the Hispanic or Latino population over the past two decades. This employment growth also outpaced overall regional employment growth (see Figure 2). As of 2022, Hispanic or Latino employment accounted for 2.2% of all jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101323_NE_figure2_tcm1045-597675.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Hispanic or Latino Employment&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Hispanic or Latino Employment&quot; style=&quot;width: 90%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101323_NE_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Statewide, Hispanic or Latino workers account for the largest shares of Farming Fishing, &amp;amp; Forestry (26%), Food Prep &amp;amp; Serving (14%), and Production occupational employment (12%)&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;. Farming is much less common in Northeast, meaning that Hispanic or Latino workers are more likely to be employed in other occupations and industries. Indeed, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s Quarterly Workforce Indicators program&lt;/a&gt;, the sector employing the most Hispanic or Latino workers in Northeast Minnesota is also the largest sector overall: Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;After Health Care, which employs one out of five Hispanic or Latino jobholders, the next largest sectors of employment are Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (15%), Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing (14%), and Retail Trade (12%). Those four sectors combine to account for 61% of Hispanic or Latino employment in the region. Hispanic or Latino workers make up the largest shares of sector employment in Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing (4.9%), Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (3.4%), and Arts, Entertainment &amp;amp; Recreation (2.8%) (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;3&quot;&gt;Table 1. Hispanic or Latino Employment by Sector in Northeast Minnesota 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry Sector&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share of Sector Employment&lt;/th&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;613&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.8%&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;472&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.4%&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;424&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;359&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;183&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;149&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;114&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3%&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;111&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;111&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;102&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3%&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;94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Admin. Support &amp;amp; Waste Management Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;87&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining, Quarrying, &amp;amp; Oil &amp;amp; Gas Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.9%&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;52&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.5%&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;33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: Quarterly Workforce Indicators&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;If trends persist, we can expect the Hispanic or Latino population and workforce to continue to grow in Northeast Minnesota. And if you are curious and want to learn more about the Hispanic or Latino Minnesotans, I recommend the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs&apos; &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mcla/assets/03_31_23%20-%20Demographic%20Report%20-%20MCLA_tcm1099-574287.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;demographic and socioeconomic report: &quot;A Portrait of Hispanic/Latinx in Minnesota&quot;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/march-2023/hispanic-latino.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s own report on Hispanic or Latino Minnesotans.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/table?q=B24010i+mn&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://data.census.gov/table?q=B24010i+mn&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>597651</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:12Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>It is well documented that the workforce in Northeast Minnesota has been undergoing significant changes over the past two decades, as well as over the more recent pandemic period.</Description><Audience/><Title>How the Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Workforce Has (and has not) Changed</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>How the Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Workforce Has (and has not) Changed</Title><title>2023-09-13 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-592127&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>It is well documented that the workforce in Northeast Minnesota has been undergoing significant changes over the past two decades, as well as over the more recent pandemic period.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It is well documented that the workforce in Northeast Minnesota has been undergoing &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/review/july-2021/components-northeast.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;significant changes&lt;/a&gt; over the past two decades, as well as over the more recent pandemic period. The regional population has been growing slowly and aging. These trends have manifested even more clearly in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/review/january-2023/spotlight.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;labor force&lt;/a&gt; as well as across many industry sectors such as Manufacturing where there is a continued need for workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Manufacturing sector in Northeast Minnesota produces a varying array of goods including everything from airplanes to paper and &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/584961&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;beverages&lt;/a&gt;. Recognition of the vital role Manufacturing plays in the local economy was acknowledged in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://duluthmn.gov/media/WebSubscriptions/31/20230614-31-7435.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;City of Duluth&apos;s recent acceptance into the Good Jobs, Great Cities Academy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Manufacturing sector accounted for 8,930 jobs across 338 establishments in Northeast in the first quarter of 2023. That was good for 6.2% of all employment in the region, making Manufacturing the sixth largest sector out of 20, behind Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, Retail Trade, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services, Educational Services, and Public Administration. Manufacturing jobs paid an average annual wage of $68,480 in 2022, about $14,000 per year above the all-industry average.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The region&apos;s economy has seen significant changes over the past two decades, including a severe drop in employment due to the Pandemic Recession. Relative to all industries, Manufacturing fared better than average, which was a big reversal from the dynamics of the previous two recessions when Manufacturing was one of the hardest hit sectors (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091323_ne_figure1_tcm1045-592131.png&quot; title=&quot;Employment Trends by Sector in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Employment Trends by Sector in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091323_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Compared to the average job count in 2019, Manufacturing employment was down -1.6% (-145 jobs). Total employment in the region, meanwhile, was still down -5% (-7,151 jobs) in 2022 as industries more dependent upon direct social interaction took the brunt of the pandemic-related impacts. Since the depth of the recession, Manufacturing has added nearly 400 jobs, an increase of 4.8% and a recovery that was also above the all-industry average. While down over the longer-term, Manufacturing employment has been relatively stable over the last decade and even grew into and out of the pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A Changing Workforce&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In addition to the overall number of people employed in Manufacturing, the employees themselves have also changed over time. The biggest transformation has been the distribution of workers by age. In 2002, 61.4% of Manufacturing workers were between the ages of 35 and 54. Twenty years later the distribution is much more even as just over 20% of workers occupy each of the four ten-year cohorts between 25 and 64. So while the 35-44 and 45-54 cohorts&apos; percentages declined, they increased for every other age group. The 65+ cohort saw its share of employees grow the most (+258%) over two decades, followed by the 55-64 age group (+79%) (see Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091323_ne_figure2_tcm1045-592132.png&quot; title=&quot;Share of Manufacturing Workforce by Age Group in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Share of Manufacturing Workforce by Age Group in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091323_ne_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The share of workers under 35 expanded 16% over the same period. More recently, the growth of the youngest cohorts continued, and jobs held by teenagers even accelerated from 2019 to 2022. For the older cohorts however, growth slowed, or in the case of 55–64-year-old workers, reversed course and started to decline as workers left the industry or retired.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Manufacturing workforce has also been diversifying racially and ethnically. While less diverse than the regional workforce at large, the sector has added workers of color even as the total number of jobs declined. In 2002, workers of color accounted for 3.4% of Manufacturing jobs in the region. That share held roughly steady through the mid-2010s before jumping to 5% in 2018, and then increasing to 5.8% in 2022 (see Figure 3). In fact, most of the employment growth since 2019 can be attributed to a diversifying Manufacturing workforce. White employment fell 3% just as jobs held by Black, Indigenous and People of Color expanded by 16%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091323_ne_figure3_tcm1045-592133.png&quot; title=&quot;Jobholders by Race Other Than White by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Jobholders by Race Other Than White by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 70%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091323_ne_figure3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Another notable trend in the Manufacturing workforce has been the decrease in the share of female workers. Since 2003, the share of women workers in Manufacturing fell from 24.5% to 21% in 2022. Following the Great Recession, there was a rebound to 22.3% in 2019, but the share fell more than a percentage point over the next three years. This occurred as the share of female employment overall fell from 50.4% in 2019 to 49.9% in 2022, a smaller decline than what Manufacturing experienced (see Figure 4).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091323_ne_figure4_tcm1045-592134.png&quot; title=&quot;Female of Share of Workforce by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Female of Share of Workforce by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091323_ne_figure4&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, at the same time, the women that did work in the Manufacturing sector saw their wages grow faster than their male counterparts, chipping away at an existing gender pay gap. From 2019 to 2022 the median wage for women in Manufacturing grew 21.6%, which was about six percentage points higher than the wage growth for men.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While the Manufacturing workforce undergoes changes, one thing remains constant: the need for more workers. As the current workforce continues to age, the demand for the next generation of Manufacturing workers will rise. Population, labor force, and industry trends point toward a workforce that looks different from the Manufacturing workforce of twenty years ago.&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>592127</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:13Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>School is about to start back up for the year. Just as students are planning what to wear for their first day back, so are their teachers, administrators, and other staff that make our education system work.</Description><Audience/><Title>Educational Services are Back in Session</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Educational Services are Back in Session</Title><title>2023-08-11 School ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-587901&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>School is about to start back up for the year. Just as students are planning what to wear for their first day back, so are their teachers, administrators, and other staff that make our education system work.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;School is about to start back up for the year. Just as students are planning what to wear for their first day back, so are their teachers, administrators, and other staff that make our education system work. The Educational Services industry sector consists of employees at public, private, or non-profit schools, colleges &amp;amp; universities, and training centers. In Northeast Minnesota, the Educational Services sector had 11,403 jobs across 264 establishments in 2022, good for 8.3% of regional employment, making it the 4th largest employing sector. The bulk of the sector&apos;s jobs were at Local (7,164) and State (2,379) Government institutions. Private school employment made up the remaining 1,860 jobs (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;4&quot;&gt;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Educational Services Employment and Wages by Ownership, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Ownership&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Employment – Number of Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Establishments&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Average Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Total, All Ownerships&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,403&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;264&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51,844&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;State Government&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,379&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$63,440&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Local Government&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,164&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;158&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51,220&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Private&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,860&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$39,728&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: MN DEED 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;Since 2000, the total number of Educational Services jobs in the region remained between 11,230 and 12,243 jobs. Despite fluctuations over the past two decades, both the high (at 12,243 jobs in 2017) and low points (at 11,230 jobs in 2020) of employment occurred recently. Prior to 2016, the range was even more stable, spanning less than 500 jobs. Sector employment fell -4% over the pandemic period, despite all the pressure on schools and their employees. That&apos;s a smaller decline than the average for all industries in the region (-5%). However Educational Services employment has rebounded more slowly than the average for all industries. The sector remained about 475 jobs below the pre-pandemic level and has regained only 170 jobs since 2020 (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/081123_ne_figure1_tcm1045-587918.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Employment Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Employment Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 800px; height: 378px;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;081123_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Educational Services wages were slightly higher than the regional average until 2017, then tracked closely with the overall average until 2020, when Educational Services wages fell below the average across the total of all industries. Educational Services wages grew more slowly than the total of all industries, and the discrepancy in wage growth expanded even more recently. Since 2020, Educational Services wages growth (+3.9%) was less than half that of all industries (+10.5%) (see Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/081123_ne_figure2_tcm1045-587919.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Annual Average Wage Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Annual Average Wage Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 800px; height: 408px;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;081123_ne_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Educational Services Occupations in Demand&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Part of the slow employment growth in Educational Services over the past couple years may have to do with the inability to fill open positions. In 2022, there were an estimated 767 job vacancies in Educational Services in Northeast Minnesota, according to 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;. That is the highest number of vacancies in the region since 2015, and the second highest since 2001.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The greatest needs according to the survey appeared to be not for the core or full-time teaching positions as much for the part-time and support positions. Tutors and Short-Term Substitute Teachers each had vacancy rates exceeding 50%, indicating one vacancy for every two filled jobs. The regional vacancy rate for all industries, by comparison, sat at 9.2%. Preschool Teachers (90 vacancies) and Teaching Assistants (145 vacancies) had the highest number of openings, also indicating high demand (see 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;5&quot;&gt;Table 2. Job Vacancy Details for Selected Educational Occupations in Northeast Minnesota, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Occupation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Number of Vacancies&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Vacancy Rate&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Median Wage Offer&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Percent Part-time&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;12,388&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;9.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$17.36&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;34%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Educational Instruction &amp;amp; Library Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;507&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$17.89&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;45%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Teaching Assistants, exc. Postsecondary&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;145&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;81%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Preschool Teachers, exc. Special Education&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;90&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.64&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Substitute Teachers, Short-Term&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;58.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;76%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Secondary School Teachers, exc. Special Ed. &amp;amp; Career/Tech Ed.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.75&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Postsecondary Teachers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Tutors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;51.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.95&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;97%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Special Education Teachers, Secondary School&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten &amp;amp; Elementary&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Elementary School Teachers, exc. Special Education&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.32&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&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;The four Educational occupations mentioned in the previous paragraph as having the highest number of vacancies or vacancy rates are also the four occupations in the Education occupation group with the lowest median wage offers. The $14.02 median hourly wage offer for Teaching Assistants is the lowest by more than $1.60, followed by Preschool Teachers and Tutors, which are both under the median for all occupations in the region. With the exception of Preschool Teachers, each of the four occupations had high shares of vacancies listed as part-time, reflecting the nature of many support positions in the Education field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Compared to most industries, Educational Services employment has remained relatively resilient over the past several years. Yet the slower than average wage growth is something to be watched as competition for workers remains high and certain positions remain difficult to fill.&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>587901</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:11Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>After the passing of the so-called &quot;Surly Bill&quot; in 2011, the Beverage Manufacturing industry took flight throughout Minnesota, and especially in Northeast.</Description><Audience/><Title>A Good Time is Brewing in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Good Time is Brewing in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2023-07-12 Brewing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-584961&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>After the passing of the so-called &quot;Surly Bill&quot; in 2011, the Beverage Manufacturing industry took flight throughout Minnesota, and especially in Northeast.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;After the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.startribune.com/dayton-signs-law-allowing-beer-sales-at-breweries/122536608/#:~:text=The%20legislation%20allows%20the%20Brooklyn%20Center-based%20Surly%20Brewing,the%20roles%20of%20alcohol%20manufacturers%2C%20distributors%20and%20retailers.&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;passing of the so-called &quot;Surly Bill&quot; in 2011&lt;/a&gt;, the Beverage Manufacturing industry took &lt;em&gt;flight&lt;/em&gt; throughout Minnesota, and especially in Northeast. While there was Beverage Manufacturing employment prior to the passage of the bill, it did not rise above 42 jobs between 2000 and 2013. However, after 2015, the number of jobs in the industry rose rapidly (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By 2019, there were nearly ten times as many jobs in the industry in the region as breweries, cideries, wineries, and distilleries continued to open and expand. From 2000 to 2010, there was an average of five Beverage Manufacturing establishments, with an average of five jobs at each site. From 2013 on, the number of establishments jumped up to an average of 12 with an average size of 18 workers. In 2022, the region reached a new peak for the number of establishments (15) as well as the number of jobs (322).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/071223_NE_Figure1_tcm1045-584967.png&quot; title=&quot;Beverage Manufacturing Employment by Area&quot; alt=&quot;Beverage Manufacturing Employment by Area&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;071223_NE_Figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Compared to the other economic development regions in the state, Beverage Manufacturing is fourth &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/qcew-location-quotient.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;most concentrated&lt;/a&gt; in Northeast. The relatively high employment of the industry in the region means that Beverage Manufacturing is 1.4 times more concentrated than it is statewide. The industry was most highly concentrated in Region 7W – Central, which had almost three times the concentration of the state. Southern Minnesota, on the other hand, still has some fermenting to do to catch up to the rest of the state (see Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/071223_NE_Figure2_tcm1045-584968.png&quot; title=&quot;Beverage Manufacturing Employment Location Quotients by Economic Development Region&quot; alt=&quot;Beverage Manufacturing Employment Location Quotients by Economic Development Region&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;071223_NE_Figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In total, the Beverage Manufacturing industry in Northeast Minnesota paid out over $11.5 million in wages in 2022. The average wage for Beverage Manufacturing employees was $35,828, which was just over half the average wage for all Manufacturing ($68,484) and about 65% of the annual average ($54,652) in the region. Of the 17-odd Manufacturing industries in the region, only Apparel Manufacturing paid lower average wages ($31,304).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One reason behind the lower-than-average Beverage Manufacturing wages is that a significant portion of employment is serving related. Many establishments in the industry, in addition to producing beer, cider, wine, or liquor, also sell it on-site in taprooms and tasting rooms. As a result, Waiters &amp;amp; Waitresses and Bartenders are the two most common occupations in the industry, accounting for about a quarter of all jobs. In 2023 the median wages for Waiters &amp;amp; Waitresses in region was $11.25 per hour. The median wage for Bartenders was only slightly higher at $11.73 per hour.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As more evidence, the statewide average industry wage declined after peaking in 2011, when employment still consisted largely of production workers. Wages are also likely to be lower as many Beverage Manufacturers are small businesses. The average number of jobs per establishment just recently surpassed 20, but is yet to reach the Manufacturing supersector average of nearly 26.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The good news is that wage growth, despite the current relatively low wages, has been strong. Since 2019 the average wage grew almost 24% in Beverage Manufacturing, outpacing wage growth in the Manufacturing supersector overall (+11%) as well as the total of all industries (+17%) combined. However, wage growth slowed considerably – down to 2.8% – over the latest annual period (2021-2022), trailing the all-Manufacturing (+3.2%) and all-industry (+4.7%) averages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As one might expect with a newly burgeoning industry, the workforce itself is also relatively young. As of 2022, 71.6% of Beverage Manufacturing workers were under 45 years old (see Figure 3). This is a high share, and even more notable given that in Minnesota, the legal age to serve alcohol is 18, limiting the number of younger workers in key occupations in the industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There are also fewer older workers in the industry. Only 14.3% of jobs in Beverage Manufacturing were held by workers over the age of 54. That is lower than both the Manufacturing sector&apos;s share (25.1%) and the all-industry (24%) share, and reflects the prevalence of serving occupations that skew younger.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/071223_NE_Figure3_tcm1045-584969.png&quot; title=&quot;Employment Share by Age by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Employment Share by Age by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;071223_NE_Figure3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beverage Manufacturing has been one of the fastest growing industries in the region over the last decade. Brewery, cidery, winery, and distillery employment rebounded quickly from the pandemic and surpassed pre-pandemic levels in under a year. Such a robust recovery points to continued consumer thirst and growth in a dynamic industry that has &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.exploreminnesota.com/itinerary/3-days-minnesotas-north-shore-beer-trail&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;done well to tie into the regional tourism efforts&lt;/a&gt;. Cheers to that!&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>584961</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:10Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Nursing &amp; Residential Care Facilities employed 8,932 people in Northeast Minnesota in 2022.</Description><Audience/><Title>Nursing &amp; Residential Care Facilities: High Demand and Low (but Rising) Wages</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Nursing &amp; Residential Care Facilities: High Demand and Low (but Rising) Wages</Title><title>2023-06-09 Healthcare ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-580739&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>Nursing &amp; Residential Care Facilities employed 8,932 people in Northeast Minnesota in 2022.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities employed 8,932 people in Northeast Minnesota in 2022. That was a decline of 668 jobs (-7.0%) from the previous year&apos;s employment level of 9,600 and a decrease of 1,536 jobs (-14.7%) from pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Over both periods, the industry lagged the Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance sector as well as the average of all industries (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By region, the percent decline in Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities employment from pre-pandemic levels was largest in Northeast. The next biggest decline was in the Southwest region (-10.8%), while the statewide employment decline during the same period was -7.6%. Relatedly, the number of Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities establishments declined from 286 in 2019 to 254 in 2022, as many facilities closed due to various reasons, with most of the decline in number of employers happening over the past year. Between 2021 and 2022, the number of Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care establishments fell by 24 in Northeast Minnesota.&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. Select Health Care Industry Employment Statistics in Northeast Minnesota, 2019-2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Jobs, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Establishments, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Avg. Annual Wage, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2019-2022 Employ-ment Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2019-2022 Average Annual Wage Change&lt;/em&gt;&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;136,532&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9,153&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$54,652&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-5.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+17.0%&lt;/em&gt;&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;32,249&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,042&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$60,892&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-6.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+17.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;8,932&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;254&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$36,452&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-14.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+23.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,596&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;36&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$39,936&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-17.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+19.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Residential Intellectual &amp;amp; Developmental Disability, Mental Health &amp;amp; Substance Abuse Facilities&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,980&lt;/em&gt;&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;$35,880&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-8.8%&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&gt;&lt;em&gt;Continuing Care Retirement Communities &amp;amp; Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,086&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;79&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$32,864&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-18.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+19.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Other Residential Care Facilities&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1,270&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;41&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$36,400&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-16.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+25.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&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;However, as Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities employment fell, wages for workers in the industry rose. Since 2019, the average annual wage for the industry increased 23.4%, more than six percentage points higher than the average wage growth of the region. Part of the higher-than-average increase can be attributed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/10/26/minn-nursing-homes-in-rural-areas-see-staff-shortages-worsen-with-covid19&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;emergency funding via the CARES Act&lt;/a&gt; that was directed to long-term care facilities in 2020. More recently, the Minnesota Department of Human Services &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/dhs/partners-and-providers/policies-procedures/nursing-homes/staffing-shortage-grants/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;allocated $50 million to address staffing shortages at nursing facilities&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While each sub-industry experienced above average wage growth, the fastest growth was seen by Residential Intellectual &amp;amp; Developmental Disability, Mental Health &amp;amp; Substance Abuse Facilities (+29.7%), perhaps reflecting the high demand for mental health professionals within the sector, and at-large. However, despite above-average wage growth, Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities wages remain significantly lower than the Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance sector average, as well as the all-industry average.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Much of this disparity has to do with the high concentration of traditionally low-paying occupations in the industry. Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides, Nursing Assistants, and Food Servers, Nonrestaurant combined to account for about 56% of total employment in Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities. The median wages of those three occupations were all at least $4 below the regional median of $22.57 per hour (see Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the top ten most common occupations in the Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities industry, only Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses (LPNs) have wages greater than the regional median. Those two occupations accounted for under 10% of industry employment statewide.&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 2. Top Ten Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities Occupations by Employment Share and Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share of Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2023 Median Wage&lt;/th&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;34.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.58&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.28&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Servers, Nonrestaurant&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37.92&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Social and Human Service Assistants&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.75&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Recreation Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.88&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Residential Advisors&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.08&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sources: DEED Occupational Staffing Pattern, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics&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;Despite the relatively larger Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care employment declines in the region, Northeast Minnesota maintained the highest concentration of that industry&apos;s employment across the 6 planning regions (see Figure 1). Driving this concentration is Residential Intellectual &amp;amp; Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health, &amp;amp; Substance Abuse Facilities, Continuing Care Retirement Communities/Assisted Living, and Other Residential Care Facilities. Other Residential Care Facilities employment is the most concentrated of the Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities sub-industries with a location quotient of 2.5, meaning employment is two and a half times more concentrated in the region as compared to the state. Other Residential Facilities includes facilities such as group homes and halfway houses as well as orphanages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/060923_ne_figure1_tcm1045-580749.png&quot; title=&quot;Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities Employment Concentration by Planning Region&quot; alt=&quot;Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities Employment Concentration by Planning Region&quot; style=&quot;width: 85%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;060923_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The pandemic laid bare how much communities rely upon the crucial services provided by Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities. The COVID-19 pandemic has also &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/574596&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;increased demand&lt;/a&gt; for these important workers. As it is in many &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/551986&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;care-providing professions&lt;/a&gt;, pay is often lower than average, but has been rising faster than average over the past 3 years. Higher wages will aid in attracting the next generation of Nursing Assistants, LPNs, and Personal Care Aides, especially since demand is expected to remain high as our population in Northeast Minnesota continues to age. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about caring careers, please visit CareerForce&apos;s Follow Your Heart to a Caring Career page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/CaringCareer&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.careerforcemn.com/CaringCareer&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@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/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;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/metro/metro-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/580738&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Twin Cities&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>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>580739</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:10Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Layoffs in the &quot;Big Tech&quot; sector have been in the news the last couple of months as companies that responded to booming demand for products and services during the pandemic begin to readjust back to previous employment levels.</Description><Audience/><Title>Big Tech in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Big Tech in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2023-05-10 Tech ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-577314&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>Layoffs in the &quot;Big Tech&quot; sector have been in the news the last couple of months as companies that responded to booming demand for products and services during the pandemic begin to readjust back to previous employment levels.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/business/tech-layoffs.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Layoffs in the &quot;Big Tech&quot; sector&lt;/a&gt; have been in the news the last couple of months as companies that responded to booming demand for products and services during the pandemic begin to readjust back to previous employment levels. Nationwide, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes150000.htm#ind&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupations&lt;/a&gt; account for 3.4% of total jobs. In Minnesota, the tech-centric occupational group accounted for a slightly larger 3.5% share of total jobs. The states (and territories) with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes150000.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;highest concentrations&lt;/a&gt; of tech workers include Washington D.C., Virginia, Washington, Maryland, and Colorado. Interestingly, California, sometimes known as the &quot;birthplace&quot; of high tech and home to Silicon Valley, is the state with the 8th highest location quotient for Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupations. Minnesota ranks 15th highest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota, despite having the second lowest number of &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=150000&amp;amp;geog=CMN,NEMN,NWMN,SEMN,SWMN,SCMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical jobs&lt;/a&gt; among Minnesota regions, has the third highest concentration behind only the Twin Cities Metro and Southeast (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;4&quot;&gt;Table 1. Minnesota Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical Occupational Group Jobs by Region, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share of Total Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Location Quotient&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Minnesota&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;99,250&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Twin Cities Metro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;78,440&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southeast Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,280&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.52&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,150&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;0.45&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northwest Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Central Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,020&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.32&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southwest Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,770&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.30&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&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These jobs, while relatively few, tend to be high-paying and require higher levels of education or training. Most Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupations require at least a bachelor&apos;s degree. In Northeast Minnesota, the median wage hourly for Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupations was $39.38, nearly $17 higher than the overall median wage and the second highest among occupational groups. On an annual basis, that&apos;s nearly $35,000 higher!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Expanding the tech definition beyond just the Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupational group, computer and information occupations is a slightly broader categorization that includes some additional jobs that can also be considered &quot;high tech.&quot; Table 2 lists the most common computer and information occupations in Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, even this expanded category will not capture all technology-related jobs and it is increasingly the case that most jobs have high tech tasks, responsibilities, or components. A popular notion is that most of these jobs are at quintessential tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, or Facebook. However, the distribution of computer and information jobs in Minnesota may be more varied than you think.&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 2. Top Computer &amp;amp; Information Occupations Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics in Northeast Minnesota, 2023&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Software Developers&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;$103,048&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;320&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$87,134&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;370&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$56,023&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;240&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$70,683&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;150&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$84,539&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;150&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$124,758&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;130&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$47,806&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;120&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$88,171&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Programmers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;70&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$86,909&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Web Developers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;50&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$73,900&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;40&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$101,675&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Database Administrators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;40&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$83,696&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;40&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$63,337&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Hardware Engineers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;30&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$104,448&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;30&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$92,966&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;40&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$86,171&lt;/em&gt;&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;&lt;em&gt;20&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$75,320&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;30&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$61,859&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Database Architects&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&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Top Computer &amp;amp; Information Occupations Total&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,440&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$84,000&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The computer and information occupations listed in Table 2 are concentrated in four industries. The Professional, Scientific &amp;amp; Technical Services, Finance &amp;amp; Insurance, Manufacturing, and Management of Companies industries provide employment for just under two-thirds of these computer and information jobs. Some of these industries may come as no surprise, but Manufacturing, which was in the past more associated with dirty, loud factories than high tech workplaces, is an industry that is increasingly embracing technology such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mnmfg.org/your-future-in-manufacturing/robotics-and-automation/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;automation and robotics&lt;/a&gt;. Postsecondary instructional programs including robotic welding, integrated manufacturing technology, and computer numerically controlled (CNC) technician are offered across the state to meet the increased need for highly-skilled production workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Looked at a different way, computer and information jobs make up the largest share of the Information industry&apos;s total employment, followed by Professional, Scientific &amp;amp; Technical Services, and Management of Companies. Each of these industries has more than 10% of their workforce in occupations that could be deemed high tech. Professional, Scientific &amp;amp; Technical Services employment is highly concentrated in the Twin Cities Metro, but Northeast Minnesota has the second highest concentration with 3.5% of regional employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Given that the Professional, Scientific &amp;amp; Technical Services sector has the highest share of computer and information technology jobs, the two employment categories tend to reflect each other. More detailed industries with the highest shares of computer and information jobs are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=541&amp;amp;year=2022&amp;amp;details=54151&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Computer Systems Design and Related Services&lt;/a&gt; (59.9%), &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=5112&amp;amp;year=2017&amp;amp;details=511210&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Software Publishers&lt;/a&gt; (44.0%), &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=5182&amp;amp;year=2022&amp;amp;details=518210&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services&lt;/a&gt; (35.3%), and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=3341&amp;amp;year=2022&amp;amp;details=33411&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing&lt;/a&gt; (22.9%).&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 3. Estimated Computer &amp;amp; Information Employment Shares by Industry, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Industry&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northeast Minnesota Employment&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Share of Industry Employment (Statewide)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;134,073&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;3.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,088&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18.5%&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;4,650&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management of Companies &amp;amp; Enterprises&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;730&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12.3%&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;3,903&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;State Government, Excluding Education &amp;amp; Hospitals&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,083&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,736&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,462&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,881&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative Support &amp;amp; Waste Management Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,198&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,399&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2%&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;3,790&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; Wages,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Technology is increasingly infused into the fabric of all jobs, yet the occupations most connected with the &quot;high tech&quot; label remain concentrated in a few industries. As the proliferation of technology continues throughout the workforce, we can expect the distribution of tech jobs to equalize across industries even further.&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>577314</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:10Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>When you think of distinguishing industries in Northeast Minnesota you probably aren&apos;t thinking of Cut &amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing or Other Textile Product Mills.</Description><Audience/><Title>Distinguishing Industries in Northeast</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Demand Continued to Rise for Health Care Workers in 2022</Title><title>2023-04-14 Demand ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-574596&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>There were an estimated 12,388 job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota in 2022, across all industries and occupations.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There were an estimated 12,388 job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota in 2022, across all industries and occupations. Overall vacancies were up slightly (+0.6%) from 2021 into 2022, indicating continued high demand for workers across the region. That compared to a slight decline of openings statewide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over the year, Educational Services, Manufacturing, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, and Finance &amp;amp; Insurance saw the largest growth in openings in Northeast Minnesota. Other Services, Real Estate, Wholesale Trade, Public Administration, and Mining saw declines in the number of vacancies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The growth in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance openings meant that in 2022 they accounted for nearly half of all vacancies in the region. The next largest shares of openings belonged to Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (18.6%) and Retail Trade (11%). Those three industries were also the top three-employing industries in the region, but while they represent 47% of filled jobs, they accounted for almost 78% of vacancies (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041423_NE_figure1_tcm1045-574597.png&quot; title=&quot;Job Vacancies by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Job Vacancies by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041423_NE_figure1&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/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; also calculates a job vacancy rate, which is the number of vacancies divided by the sum of filled jobs. The vacancy rate is a measure of demand for workers and may also reflect on overall turnover in each industry and occupation. Accordingly, vacancy rates were highest in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (18.2%), Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (17.3%), and Administrative Support &amp;amp; Waste Management Services (10.8%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For context, Administrative Support and Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services also had some of the highest vacancy rates prior to the pandemic, indicating continued difficulty in filling positions. The vacancy rate in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, however, was more in line with the regional average in 2019 (5.7%), before more than tripling over the next three years due to demand during the pandemic and an increase in the number of Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance employees leaving the field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Only Utilities, a much smaller industry, saw a larger increase in vacancy rates over the same period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Digging into the Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance occupations a bit more, the high vacancy rates are spread across various types of jobs in  Healthcare Support as well as Practitioner and Technical occupations. Of occupations with at least 10 vacancies, the highest vacancy rates occurred for Psychiatrists, Cardiovascular Techs, LPNs, Psychiatric Techs, General Internal Medicine Physicians, and Dental Assistants, all with rates exceeding 40%. In general, vacancy rates were higher for Healthcare Support occupations. These are jobs that typically pay lower wages and have lower educational requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Among all occupations, the highest vacancy rate occurred in Community and Social Service jobs and was driven, as it appeared to be in health care, by demand for mental health professionals. Mental Health Counselors and Social &amp;amp; Human Service Assistants combined to account for 87% of openings in the occupational group.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Job Vacancy Survey also asks some additional questions about the nature of openings such as whether they are full or part-time, and whether they require postsecondary education, specific experience, or some other sort of credential. Among these attributes there have been some noticeable trends. Since 2019, the share of openings listed as part-time has declined nearly 15 percentage points. At the same time, the share requiring at least one year of experience rose, as did the share requiring postsecondary education and the share requiring a certificate or license. It is probably no surprise then, that these trends, in combination with rising inflation, have contributed to rising wage offers as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The median wage offer for all vacancies in the region sat at $17.36 in 2022 (see Figure 2). That wage represented a 27% increase from 2019 and a 16% rise from 2021, outpacing inflation over both periods. The highest wage offers were in Architecture &amp;amp; Engineering, Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical, and Life, Physical &amp;amp; Social Science occupations which all had median offers above $30 per hour. At the low end of the spectrum were Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related, Personal Care &amp;amp; Service, and Health Care Support occupations, all with median wage offers below $15 per hour.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Between 2021 and 2022, the largest percent wage offer growth occurred in Sales &amp;amp; Related occupations (+49.3%), which was in the bottom five occupational groups (out of 23) for wage offers in 2021 but moved into the top 10 in 2022. Related to this growth was the significant decline in the number of vacancies in the lower-wage occupations such as Cashiers and Retail Salespersons. Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support and Building &amp;amp; Grounds Cleaning &amp;amp; Maintenance, two other low-paying occupational groups, also made above average gains in wage offers from 2021 to 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical and Life, Physical &amp;amp; Social Sciences occupational groups, which were the two groups with the highest median wage offers in 2022, also saw above average wage offer growth. In contrast, wage offers declined over the year for six occupational groups, most notably for Educational Instruction &amp;amp; Library, Construction &amp;amp; Extraction, and Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, &amp;amp; Media occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041423_NE_figure2_tcm1045-574598.png&quot; title=&quot;Median Wage Offer by Occupational Group in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Median Wage Offer by Occupational Group in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 95%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041423_NE_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;New job vacancy data show that demand for workers remains high in Northeast Minnesota, especially for certain health care, hospitality, and other service-oriented jobs. Likewise, recent wage offer growth has been strong, even outpacing inflation in some cases, but concentrated in relatively few industries and occupational groups.&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>574596</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:08Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>When you think of distinguishing industries in Northeast Minnesota you probably aren&apos;t thinking of Cut &amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing or Other Textile Product Mills.</Description><Audience/><Title>Distinguishing Industries in Northeast</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Distinguishing Industries in Northeast</Title><title>2023-03-10 Industries ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-570186&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>When you think of distinguishing industries in Northeast Minnesota you probably aren&apos;t thinking of Cut &amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing or Other Textile Product Mills.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When you think of distinguishing industries in Northeast Minnesota you probably aren&apos;t thinking of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=3152&amp;amp;year=2022&amp;amp;details=3152&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cut &amp;amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/naics/?input=314&amp;amp;year=2022&amp;amp;details=3149&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Other Textile Product Mills&lt;/a&gt;. This is perhaps fair, but maybe you should! Both industries are among the top ten most concentrated industry groups in the region. More well known, Metal Ore Mining, Pulp, Paper &amp;amp; Paperboard Manufacturing, Logging, and Pipeline Transportation are industries that are strongly associated with the economic history of the region, and are the only four that are more concentrated than Cut &amp;amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing as of 2021.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These two industries create everything from custom sports jerseys to outdoor wear, goods, and equipment that have become synonymous with the Minnesota northwoods experience. Using location quotients, we can compare how concentrated employment in an industry is compared to other areas, or in this case, the entire state of Minnesota. A location quotient of 1.0 means that employment makes up the same share of local employment as it does at the statewide level. A location quotient of 4.4 for Cut &amp;amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing means that employment in the industry in the region is 4.4 times more concentrated regionally than it is statewide. Similarly, Other Textile Product Mills has a location quotient of 2.7, the 9th most concentrated industry group in the region (see Figure1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/031023_ne_figure1_tcm1045-570187.png&quot; title=&quot;Employment Concentration by Industry Group in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Employment Concentration by Industry Group in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 90%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;031023_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While Manufacturing employment in Northeast Minnesota represents only 2.7% of the total Manufacturing employment statewide, more than 43% of Minnesota&apos;s Textile Bag &amp;amp; Canvas Mills (a sub-industry of Other Textile Product Mills) jobs were located in the region (see Table 1). As a result, Textile Bag &amp;amp; Canvas Mills had a location quotient of 8.9 in Northeast Minnesota. Similarly, more than a fifth of Minnesota&apos;s Cut &amp;amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing jobs were in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Together, Other Textile Product Mills and Cut &amp;amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing accounted for 320 jobs in Northeast in 2022, just under 4% of the region&apos;s Manufacturing job total. Many of the goods that are produced locally are then sold via businesses in the related industry of Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods.&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 1. Select Industry Employment Statistics, Northeast Minnesota, 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Northeast Minnesota Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Minnesota Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Northeast Share of Minnesota Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;136,200&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,840,657&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;4.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,684&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;322,631&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Textile Product Mills&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;223&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,467&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Textile Product Mills&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;223&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,697&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Textile Bag &amp;amp; Canvas Mills&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;154&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;357&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Apparel Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;116&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;664&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cut &amp;amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;448&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,180&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43,299&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,673&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Data represent average q1-q3. Source: MN 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;Despite the high concentration of Cut &amp;amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing employment, the long-term trend is toward job loss in the region. Since 2000, employment in the industry is down more than 50% from a high of more than 225 jobs (see Table 2). Since the end of the Great Recession in 2010, employment losses in Cut &amp;amp; Sew continued, while the overall Manufacturing sector rebounded slightly (+4.6%).&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 2. Employment Percent Change for Select Manufacturing Industries in Northeast Minnesota, 2000-2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2000-2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2010-2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2019-2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2021-2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-32.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Other Textile Product Mills&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+23.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-4.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;    Textile Bag &amp;amp; Canvas Mills&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+57.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+44.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Cut &amp;amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-57.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-35.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-22.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;2022 Data represent average q1-q3.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: MN DEED Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; Wages&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&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;Since 2010, Textile Bag &amp;amp; Canvas Mills experienced robust growth, expanding almost 10 times faster than the overall Manufacturing rate. And while employment losses occurred across most Manufacturing industries since before the COVID-19 pandemic, Textile Bag &amp;amp; Canvas Mills have enjoyed a recent above-average resurgence, while Cut &amp;amp; Sew Apparel Manufacturing employment continued to decline.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Whatever the near future brings, these two uniquely concentrated Manufacturing industries are likely to remain highly concentrated in Northeast Minnesota, contributing to the diversity of the region&apos;s economy for years to come.&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>570186</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:08Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Four times a year we get new data from our Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, the best source for industry employment and wage figures across the state.</Description><Audience/><Title>Northeast Minnesota Industry Employment Update</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Northeast Minnesota Industry Employment Update</Title><title>2023-02-08 QCEW ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-565217&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>Four times a year we get new data from our Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, the best source for industry employment and wage figures across the state.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Four times a year we get new data from our &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, the best source for industry employment and wage figures across the state. QCEW data are derived from the filings that businesses are required to report under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uimn.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Unemployment Insurance Program&lt;/a&gt;. Most recently, we published data for the third quarter of 2022. This article will discuss some of the highlights for Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of the third quarter of 2022, Northeast Minnesota was home to 138,486 jobs across 9,236 establishments. Compared to pre-pandemic levels, there were 6,508 fewer jobs, a 4.5% decline over 3 years. Compared to other planning regions, this was the largest percent decline by a considerable margin, and the third-largest numeric decline, despite the region having the smallest number of jobs(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. Employment by Planning Region, Qtr. 3 2019 – Qtr. 3 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Region&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Jobs, Qtr. 3 2019&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Jobs, Qtr. 3 2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2019-2022 Numeric Employment Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2019-2022 Percent Employment Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;Minnesota&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,916,985&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,880,239&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-36,746&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Central Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;280,629&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;276,722&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-3,907&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;144,994&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;138,486&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-6,508&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northwest Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;227,590&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;226,332&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1,258&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southeast Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;248,200&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;241,436&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-6,764&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southwest Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;176,626&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;171,903&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4,723&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Twin Cities Metro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,780,901&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,736,824&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-44,075&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: MN DEED Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; 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;While overall employment in the region was down, there was significant variation by sector. The largest numeric losses occurred in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance and Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (see Figure 1). However, the largest percent losses occurred in Information, Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing, Mining, and Other Services, all of which declined more than 10% from 2019 (see Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Information has been in a long term decline, while Mining has been more volatile and is down largely due to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/07/22/cliffs-extends-closure-of-northshore-mining-until-april&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;recent layoffs at one firm&lt;/a&gt;. Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing and Other Services employment fell more in direct response to pandemic-related impacts limiting travel and personal interaction that many Other Services industries consist of. Specifically impacted were Civic &amp;amp; Social Organizations and Personal Care Services. An exception to the declines within Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing was Couriers and Messengers, which grew 20.8% over three years in response to increased demand for delivery services.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On the growth side were Construction (+5.4%) and Professional, Scientific, &amp;amp; Technical Services (+4.6%), which were the only two sectors to add jobs over the three-year period. These two sectors are closely related and were likely buoyed by several large-scale construction projects that occurred in the region and were for the most part undeterred by the pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/020823_ne_figure1-2_tcm1045-565211.png&quot; title=&quot;Employment Change by Industry in Northeast Minnesota and Employment Percent Change by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Employment Change by Industry in Northeast Minnesota and Employment Percent Change by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 90%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;020823_ne_figure1-2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Interestingly, the negative trend on employment did not translate into fewer businesses. In fact, there were 368 establishments added over three years, a 4.1% increase. The number of establishments in the region grew over each year between 2019 and 2022. The largest net increase in establishments occurred in Other Services (+111), Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (+86), and Construction (+78). Sixty-five of the over 100 new establishments in Other Services were added between 2021 and 2022, perhaps hinting that confidence in the sector is beginning to return.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Six sectors saw net declines of establishments, but only Retail Trade saw a loss greater than four, losing 51 establishments over three years. The trend of more businesses but fewer jobs means that the average business size has fallen from 16.4 employees per site in third quarter 2019 to 15.0 in third quarter 2022.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Lastly, the &quot;W&quot; in QCEW stands for &quot;wages&quot;, the other important piece of what businesses contribute as part of their UI reporting. From third quarter 2019 to third quarter 2022 average weekly wages were up 24.3%. However, since the number of pay periods is not consistent across quarters, this increase may not be representative. Averaged across the first three quarters of each year to account for this, average wages still increased 18.6%. The largest percent increases occurred in some of the sectors with already high wages: Finance &amp;amp; Insurance (+31.9%), Management (+30.6%), and Mining (30.2%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A second tier of above average wage growth occurred in Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (+23.6%), Retail Trade (+22.1%), Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (+21.7%), and Arts, Entertainment &amp;amp; Recreation (+20.9%). This second group included many of the sectors most impacted early in the pandemic. The smallest increases were in Utilities (+3.4%), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, &amp;amp; Hunting (+5.9%), and Information (+6.2%). Over the last year, wages increased an average of 7.7%, led by Mining (+16.8%), Finance &amp;amp; Insurance (+15.9%), Real Estate Rental &amp;amp; Leasing (+11.2%), and Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (+11.0%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;QCEW data is a vital and accurate source of information as we track the continued and evolving recovery of the economy in Northeast Minnesota and the rest of the state. Stay tuned for the next quarterly update!&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Anthony Schaffhauser</Author><id>565217</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:08Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Despite a tough couple of years, Health Care &amp; Social Assistance remains the largest sector in Northeast Minnesota by a fair margin, employing nearly one out of every four workers.</Description><Audience/><Title>State of the Northeast Minnesota Healthcare Sector</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>State of the Northeast Minnesota Healthcare Sector</Title><title>2023-01-04 Healthcare ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-559335&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>Despite a tough couple of years, Health Care &amp; Social Assistance remains the largest sector in Northeast Minnesota by a fair margin, employing nearly one out of every four workers.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite a tough couple of years, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance remains the largest sector in Northeast Minnesota by a fair margin, employing nearly one out of every four workers. That share is down only slightly from a peak in 2020, and the percent employment losses from 2019 to the first half of 2022 were smaller in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (-6.6%) than for the total of all industries (-7.8%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment losses were concentrated in Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities and Ambulatory Healthcare Services, which deals primarily with outpatient and clinic activities. And while Health Care job losses slowed somewhat from 2020 into 2022, they accelerated for Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities for which &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/10/05/fears-frustration-mount-as-minnesotas-longterm-care-staffing-crisis-deepens&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;burnout and retention have been major concerns&lt;/a&gt;. After rebounding into 2021, Ambulatory Healthcare Services employment declined again into the first half of 2022. As a result, both industries remain more than 8% below their 2019 pre-pandemic employment levels (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;8&quot;&gt;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Healthcare Employment and Wage Trends, 2019-2022*&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Measure&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Industry Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2021 Average&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;2022* Average&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2019-2020&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2020-2021&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2021-2022*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2019-2022*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,739&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9,169&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-5.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-5.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-12.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Ambulatory Healthcare Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,177&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,078&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;0.1%&lt;/em&gt;&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;-8.7%&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;13,212&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;13,248&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4.1%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;0.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-3.7%&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;4,681&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,803&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-7.6%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;0.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;32,810&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;32,299&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-6.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&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;132,143&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;132,546&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-8.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;0.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;0.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-7.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Wages&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$34,528&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35,276&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;10.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;6.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;19.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;  Ambulatory Healthcare Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$89,856&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$88,480&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;4.9%&lt;/em&gt;&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;-1.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;9.4%&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;$71,032&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$73,494&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;2.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;6.1%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;12.6%&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;$30,992&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32,021&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;3.1%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;17.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$57,460&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$58,829&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;4.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;6.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;2.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;13.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&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;$52,312&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$53,284&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;6.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;5.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;14.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Avg. of Q1 and Q2. Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By contrast, Hospitals and Social Assistance – the other two industries that make up the Health Care sector – fared better over the past two years. Hospital employment declined only -4.1% from 2019 to 2020, the smallest among Health Care industries and a reflection of the crucial roles those facilities played early in the pandemic. And while Hospitals started to chip away at initial employment losses, the deficit remains just above -4%. Social Assistance employment, while declining 7.6% in the first year of the pandemic, has recovered each year since. As of the first half of 2022, Social Assistance employment had regained pre-pandemic levels. These employment gains may have been buoyed by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2022/11/03/robust-federal-pandemic-aid-has-sent-over-$800-billion-to-states&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;infusion of public assistance&lt;/a&gt; for programs supporting youth and families.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Wages&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As employment fell under the impacts of COVID, wages tracked strongly upward as demand and inflation increased. Overall, wages were up 14.1% from 2019 to the first half of this year. Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance wages were up just slightly less, however Health Care wages remained higher on average. Within the sector, the industries with the lowest average wages saw the largest percent growth. Social Assistance and Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities saw wage growth over 17.5%, several percentage points above the sector average. The nearly 20% growth in Nursing &amp;amp; Residential Care Facilities wages likely reflects the extremely high demand for workers in that industry. Health Care wage growth peaked from 2020 to 2021 and has since tapered off in each industry except for Social Assistance. Ambulatory Healthcare Services, which has the highest average wages, even saw wages fall over the last year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 2. Duluth Metro Health Care Job Switchers Staying in Health Care by Year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Year&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Number of Switchers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Share of Switchers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2021&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;741&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;65.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2020&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;599&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,006&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;64.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt; 960&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;61.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2017&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;897&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;61.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: U.S. Census Job-to-Job Flows&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Where are Health Care Workers Going (and Coming From)?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the well-documented trends of staffing shortages and burnout in the Health Care sector, people may assume that workers are opting for jobs in other, non-Health Care sectors, or opting to &lt;a href=&quot;https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UMu7IMYpg4OxsxlEP1ocbJP-xp2AagKL/view&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;leave the labor market altogether&lt;/a&gt;. While we are not exploring data specific to Health Care labor market exits here, data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that Health Care job switchers in the Duluth area were actually more likely to find another job in Health Care than they were before the pandemic (Table 2). However, the share and number of switchers from non-Health Care sectors into the Health Care sector have also declined since the onset of the pandemic. From 2017 to 2019, switchers into Health Care from other sectors represented an average of 11.7% of all job switchers. After jumping to 12.2% in 2020, the share was down to 10.7% in 2021. All of these numbers add up to a Health Care sector currently in flux, yet resilient in the face of historically tight labor market conditions.&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 Carson Gorecki, Labor Market Analyst, at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>559335</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:08Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>One result of the COVID-19 pandemic is a growing consensus that domestic work and care work are undervalued.</Description><Audience/><Title>How Do We Value Care? A Profile of Domestic and Care Providing Industries and Occupations in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>How Do We Value Care? A Profile of Domestic and Care Providing Industries and Occupations in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2022-12-14 Care ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-551986&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>One result of the COVID-19 pandemic is a growing consensus that domestic work and care work are undervalued.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One result of the COVID-19 pandemic is a growing consensus that domestic work and care work are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/05/29/womens-household-labor-is-essential-why-isnt-it-valued/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;undervalued&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://uimn.org/employers/help-and-support/emp-hbook/domestic.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Domestic workers&lt;/a&gt; perform work such as cleaning, child care, personal care, or health care for or in private households. Part of why these kinds of workers are overlooked is that much of the work occurs outside of the most regulated and documented areas of the economy. A fair share of domestic work is performed by self-employed individuals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Self-employment is not included in our two most common measures of employment and wages, the &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) and &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) programs. Additionally, unpaid work is notoriously hard to track. Three industries that are included in the QCEW and OEWS programs – and provide a look into the world of domestic and care work – are Private Households, Child Day Care Services, and Home Health Care Services. These three industries combined for only about 1% of all covered&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; employment in Northeast Minnesota (see Table 1). Instead, a larger share of domestic workers is among the self-employed.&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. Select Domestic and Care Worker Wage and Employment Statistics in Northeast Minnesota, 2021&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;Total Covered Employment, All Industries&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota Hourly (Annual) Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Share of Industry Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Private Households&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Child Day Care Services&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Home Health Care Services&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Self Employed&lt;/th&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;6,300&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.68 ($30,534)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;23.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Registered Nurses&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,710&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35.13 ($73,070)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;0.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Maids &amp;amp; Housekeeping Cleaners&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,330&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.66 ($30,493)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43.7%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Preschool Teachers, exc. Special Ed.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;410&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.70 ($34,736)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36.2%&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;Childcare Workers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;340&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.55 ($28,184)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;29.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.6%&lt;/td&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;132,175&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$22.54 ($46,883)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;215&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;511&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;677&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;20,441&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: MN DEED Occupational Employment &amp;amp; Wage Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; Wages, Nonemployer Statistics&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;Some of the most common domestic and care work occupations are Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides, Registered Nurses, Maids &amp;amp; Housekeeping Cleaners, Preschool Teachers, and Childcare Workers. Childcare Workers are most likely to be self-employed. With the exception of Registered Nurses, which make up 12.4% of Home Health Care Services employment, each of the most common domestic care occupations have median wages well below the regional median of $22.54 per hour (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/business/economy/women-labor-caregiving.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lack of accessible and affordable child and elder care have been pointed to as some of the major reasons why workers have left the labor force&lt;/a&gt; over the last couple years. However, Childcare Workers and Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides are typically paid 60%-65% of the regional median wage. This is true even after wages grew faster than average for each of the industries in Table 1 since 2018. Wages even declined for Home Health Care Services and Private Households workers over the last year. Wages remain low despite each of the five occupations listed above being in the highest demand category according to 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;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Given that domestic and care jobs earn far below average wages, who are the workers? First, they are overwhelmingly female. Of workers in the three industries included in Table 1, 84% were women as of 2021. At 93%, that share was the highest for Child Day Care Services. Workers in domestic and care industries are also more likely to be under 35 or over 64 years of age than for all industries. A full two-thirds of Child Day Care workers are under 35. That is almost double the share of workers across all industries. Conversely, more than 18% of Private Households employees are 65 years or older, compared to only 6% of all workers. Lastly, domestic care workers are twice as likely to be people of color than across all industries in Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Domestic and care workers are starting to receive more recognition as we collectively awaken to the value of such work, both monetarily as well as in the ability to free up people to enter or stay in the workforce. However, this value will need to increase even more if we are going to more effectively attract and retain workers in these occupations and industries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Covered by the Unemployment Insurance system.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>551986</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:01Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Minnesota&apos;s veterans, after serving our country in the military, often continue to do so as part of the state&apos;s labor force.</Description><Audience/><Title>Veterans in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2022-11-4 Veterans ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-546851&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>Minnesota&apos;s veterans, after serving our country in the military, often continue to do so as part of the state&apos;s labor force.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Minnesota&apos;s veterans, after serving our country in the military, often continue to do so as part of the state&apos;s labor force. In 2021, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/assets/2021-mdva-annual-report_tcm1066-511949.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;reported&lt;/a&gt; that 312,843 veterans called Minnesota home. Of Minnesota&apos;s veterans, more than 8% reside in Northeast Minnesota, a larger share than the 5.7% of the total population living in the seven-county 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;4&quot;&gt;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Veterans by County, 2020-2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Area&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Veterans&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Share of 18+ Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent of Veterans Aged 18-64 in Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;312,843&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;25,966&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;9.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;5.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Aitkin County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,556&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carlton County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,676&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cook County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;399&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Itasca County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,810&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Koochiching County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;974&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Lake County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;937&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;St. Louis County&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15,614&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.4%&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;4&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: 2021 MN Dept. of Veterans Affairs, US Census American Community Survey, 2016-2020 5-yr Estimates&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;In sum, 9% of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s population aged 18 years and older are veterans. Aitkin County had the highest share of veterans at 12%, followed by Itasca and Koochiching counties which were both above 10% (Table 1). The higher share of veterans in the population also translates to a higher incidence of veterans participating in the workforce. At 4.7%, Northeast Minnesota has the highest proportion of veterans in its labor force among the six planning regions in the state.&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. Employment Characteristics, 2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Minnesota&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;In Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Labor Force Partic. Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Unemp. Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Labor Force Partic. Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt; Unemp. Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total Labor Force, 18 to 64 years&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;149,232&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;77.2%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.8%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;83.4%&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&gt;Veterans, 18 to 64 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7,062&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;72.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;6.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;80.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nonveterans, 18 to 64 years&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;142,170&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;77.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;83.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey, 2016-2020 5-Year Estimates&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;Just over 7,000 veterans were in the regional labor force as of 2020. With a labor force participation rate of 72.2%, veterans were less likely than non-veterans (77.5%) to be members of the labor force. Northeast Minnesota veterans were more likely to be unemployed than non-veterans and the statewide veteran labor force participation rate was more than 8.5 percentage points higher (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;What industries and occupations are veterans most likely to work in? The Bureau of Labor Statistics in its annual &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/vet.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Employment Situation of Veterans&lt;/a&gt; shows that veterans more commonly work in the Manufacturing, Government, Transportation &amp;amp; Utilities, and Mining, Quarrying, &amp;amp; Oil &amp;amp; Gas Extraction sectors. Those four sectors account for 21.1% of Northeast Minnesota jobs and include the two highest paying (Mining and Utilities).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The sectors that veterans are least likely to be employed in, according to the BLS, are Education &amp;amp; Health Services, Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality, Retail Trade, and Financial Activities. Combined, these four sectors account for 60.2% of regional jobs, yet also include three of the four lowest paying industries (Arts, Entertainment &amp;amp; Recreation, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services, and Retail Trade). The lower incidence of veterans employed in these sectors and industries likely reflects the types of skills and training acquired via military service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For those veterans that recently left active service and are transitioning to civilian life, there are tools such as O*NET&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mynextmove.org/vets/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My Next Move for Veterans&lt;/a&gt;. My Next Move allows career explorers to search and compare hundreds of occupations. Users can enter their military classification to see what related careers exist outside of the armed services and might be a good skills match.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has a team dedicated to serving Minnesotan veterans and their needs. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/dedicated-veterans-employment-team&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce Veterans Employment Services&lt;/a&gt; page to find your regional contact and how they might help you or a veteran you know. DEED also &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/veterans-employer-resources&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;assists employers hiring veterans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Whether you or someone you know is a veteran there are many resources in the Northeast region to help wherever you or they are in their career journey:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Additional Local Resources for Veterans&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mac-v.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV),&lt;/a&gt; 5209 Ramsey St, Duluth | Phone: 218-722-8763&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Find your State of Minnesota County Veterans Service Officer here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.macvso.org/find-a-cvso.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.macvso.org/find-a-cvso.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.stlouiscountymn.gov/departments-a-z/veterans-service&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Saint Louis County Veterans Service Office (CVSO),&lt;/a&gt; 4815 Burning Tree Rd #100, Duluth | Phone: 218-725-5285&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mncourts.gov/Help-Topics/DrugCourts.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Treatment Court&lt;/a&gt;, Minnesota Sixth Judicial District: 100 North 5th Avenue West #320 Duluth | Phone: 218-720-1535 Cell: 320-293-0188 &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:kelsey.dooley@courts.state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;kelsey.dooley@courts.state.mn.us&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>546851</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:00Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Manufacturing Matters in Northeast Minnesota</Description><Audience/><Title>Manufacturing Matters in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Manufacturing Matters in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2022-9-14 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-541313&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>The Manufacturing sector in Northeast Minnesota is home to over 8,400 jobs at 342 business establishments, operating in 17 different subsectors ranging from producing paper, metal products, and more!</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Manufacturing sector in Northeast Minnesota is home to over 8,400 jobs at 342 business establishments, operating in 17 different subsectors ranging from producing paper, wood, food, metal products, apparel, furniture, transportation equipment, and much more! In the first quarter of 2022, Manufacturing provided 6.5% of total jobs in the region, making it the 6th largest-employing sector in the area, but also over $556 million in wages, accounting for 8.0% of total payroll. In comparison, Manufacturing is the second- largest sector statewide, providing just over 11% of total employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Manufacturing sector has fared better than many other sectors, all the while producing goods at a time of distinct need. While employment fell by over 730 jobs from second quarter 2019 to second quarter 2020, the -8.2% employment decline was much lower than the average percent decline across all industries (-15.2%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Since that low point of employment in second quarter 2020, the Manufacturing sector has added over 250 new jobs in the region, to a tune of 3.1% growth into the first quarter of 2022. Over that period, employment growth trailed some other industries, but mainly because there were relatively fewer Manufacturing jobs to recover when compared to sectors such as Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services and Arts, Entertainment &amp;amp; Recreation, which both saw much larger employment deficits relative to the pre-pandemic period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing has performed better than most sectors, with diverse industries within the sector experiencing varied outcomes over the past two to three years. The three largest Manufacturing industries in the region – Machinery, Paper, and Transportation Equipment – account for half of the sector&apos;s employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091422_ne_figure1_tcm1045-541284.png&quot; title=&quot;Employment Trends for Select Manufacturing Industries in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Employment Trends for Select Manufacturing Industries in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 90%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091422_ne_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;Paper Manufacturing, which had seen many years of employment losses leading into the pandemic (a loss of 880 jobs since 2011), saw that trend continue over the last two years. At the same time, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, a growing specialty of the region, saw continued growth with an addition of 242 jobs over the year into the first quarter of 2022. Machinery Manufacturing, while suffering losses in 2020, returned to employment growth in 2021 and 2022. As of the first quarter of 2022, Machinery Manufacturing became the largest employing Manufacturing subsector in the region, taking the mantle from the declining Paper Manufacturing industry. From first quarter 2020 to first quarter 2022, the two fastest growing industries were Primary Metal Manufacturing (+28.6%), and Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (+12.4%) (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Manufacturing sector pays an average annual wage of just over $69,000 which is more than $16,000 higher than the total across all industries in the region as of the first quarter of 2022. Within the sector, wages range from lows just above $30,000 in Apparel, Textile Product Mills, and Beverage &amp;amp; Tobacco Product Mfg. to highs above $80,000 per year in Paper, Transportation Equipment, and Primary Metal Manufacturing (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From first quarter 2020 to first quarter 2022, Manufacturing wages grew an average of 6.5%, which was well below the 11.9% wage gain experienced in the total of all industries. However, if you move the base period up one quarter to the second quarter of 2020, Manufacturing wages grew 12.3% while the all-industry average ticked up just 6.9%. When annual averages are used to minimize seasonal effects, Manufacturing wages grew 7.8% from 2019 to 2021, while all sectors saw an increase of 12%, due to large gains in lower-wage sectors such as Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The good news is that all Manufacturing industries saw wages rise over the past two years, with the largest wage increases occurring in Chemical Manufacturing (+26.2%), Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (+24.4%), and Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (+20.4%).&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. Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Sector Employment and Wage Statistics, 2020-2022&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Industry Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Q1 2022 Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Q1 2020 - Q1 2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Q1 2021 - Q1 2022&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Average Annual Wage (Q1 2022)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent Wage Change (Q1 2020 - Q1 2022)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Numeric Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Numeric Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Percent Change&lt;/em&gt;&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;130,054&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-9,865&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-7.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3291&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+2.6%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$52,624&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+6.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8,433&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-316&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;330&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+4.1%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$69,056&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+13.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Machinery Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,525&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+99&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;157&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;$66,716&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Paper Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,522&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-240&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-13.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-73&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$92,664&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation Equipment Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,186&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+131&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+12.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;242&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$83,616&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+15.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Fabricated Metal Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;751&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-49&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-6.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-40&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-5.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$61,620&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+13.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wood Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;569&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;11&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+2.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$66,872&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nonmetallic Mineral Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;435&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-17&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;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;-1.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$75,504&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+21.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Primary Metal Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;306&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+68&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+28.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;82&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+36.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$79,404&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-14.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Beverage and Tobacco Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;293&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+15&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;29&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+11.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33,696&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Plastics and Rubber Products Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;291&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-96&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-24.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-52&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$43,992&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer and Electronic Prod. Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;262&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-104&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-28.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-27&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-9.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$65,936&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;243&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-53&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-17.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-15&lt;/em&gt;&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;$54,860&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+10.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Textile Product Mills&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;223&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+19&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;41&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+22.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33,488&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Chemical Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;195&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-15&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;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;+2.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$71,968&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;Printing &amp;amp; Related Support Act.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;180&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-21&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-10.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$37,596&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+6.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Miscellaneous Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;137&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-55&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-28.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-32&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-18.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$40,820&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+16.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Apparel Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;123&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-19&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-13.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,380&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+31.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Furniture and Related Product Mfg.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;102&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9.7%&lt;/em&gt;&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;+5.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49,972&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+11.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: MN 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;The Manufacturing sector plays a critical role in the Northeast Minnesota economy. Not only does it produce the goods that consumers and businesses demand, but it also offers above average wages, in many cases, for jobs that do not require advanced education or training. Over two-thirds of Manufacturing jobs held in Northeast Minnesota required at most a high school degree while less than 1% required a graduate degree.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Above-average wages and lower educational requirements also mean that Manufacturing is relatively well positioned within the current tight labor market and able to draw from a larger segment of the workforce. However, unless conditions change, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/june-2022/labor-force.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tight labor market conditions&lt;/a&gt; may continue to limit the growth of this important sector in Northeast 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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&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>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>541313</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:06Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Historic Lows in Northeast Minnesota</Description><Audience/><Title>Historic Lows in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Historic Lows in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2022-8-24 LAUS ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-540084&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>At 1.8%, the state of Minnesota set a new record for lowest unemployment rate in June and July</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At 1.8%, the state of Minnesota set a new record for lowest unemployment rate in June and July. It was not just the lowest rate in state history, it was also the lowest rate any state has ever reported! Unemployment rates have also reached historic lows in Northeast Minnesota, with the regional rate dropping to 2.7% in July 2022, following record lows of 2.4% and 2.5% in April and May of 2022. Note that regional unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted, while the statewide unemployment rate of 1.8% is seasonally adjusted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to historical &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/laus/Results.aspx?geog=2701000000%2c2704000001%2c2704000017%2c2704000031%2c2704000061%2c2704000071%2c2704000075%2c2704000137%2c2708R03000%2c2721020260&amp;amp;adjusted=0&amp;amp;periodtype=03&amp;amp;resultset=3&amp;amp;startyear=2013&amp;amp;endyear=2022&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;LAUS data&lt;/a&gt;, the region&apos;s rate has been below 3.0% on just six occasions since 1990, with all those months falling within the past year. Likewise, 11 of the 15 lowest monthly unemployment rates ever reported in Northeast have occurred since July of 2021.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Cook County recorded a 2.0% unemployment rate in July 2022, the lowest in the region, though both St. Louis and Lake County posted 2.0% unemployment rates in April 2022. The rate in Lake County changed quickly, hitting a region high of 4.7% in July, which was the second highest in the state, while St. Louis was still at 2.6%. Carlton County hit 2.4%, followed closely by Aitkin County at 2.5%, then Itasca and Koochiching County both around 3.0% (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082422_ne_fig1_tcm1045-540085.png&quot; title=&quot;Unemployment Rates in Workforce Service Areas and Counties&quot; alt=&quot;Unemployment Rates in Workforce Service Areas and Counties&quot; style=&quot;width: 90%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082422_ne_fig1&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;Even at these historic lows, Northeast still has the &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/laus/Results.aspx?geog=2709CENT00,2709NE0000,2709NW0000,2709TC0000,2709SE0000,2709SW0000&amp;amp;adjusted=0&amp;amp;periodtype=03&amp;amp;resultset=3&amp;amp;startyear=1976&amp;amp;endyear=2022&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;highest regional rate in the state&lt;/a&gt;, with the other five regions at 2.1% or below, and a low of 1.9% in Southeast Minnesota. Northeast typically has higher unemployment rates than the rest of the state, but has closed the gap in recent years as the labor market tightens in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These rates reflect diminishing numbers of unemployed workers, which is creating challenges for employers who have open jobs. Statewide, there are fewer than 60,000 unemployed workers, the lowest number on record, even as the state&apos;s labor force has expanded by more than 1 million workers since 1976. In Northeast, there were just 4,295 unemployed job seekers in July of 2022, which is the fourth lowest number ever recorded (going back to 1990). It&apos;s also less than a third of the number of unemployed workers hit during July of 2020, at the outset of the pandemic; and also 3,300 less than in July of 2019, prior to the pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Record low numbers of unemployed jobseekers combined with record high numbers of job vacancies has created a tight labor market in Northeast. In fact, with just 0.4 jobseekers per vacancy in the fourth quarter of 2021, the current situation reflects the tightest labor market that Northeast has ever faced (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082422_ne_fig2_tcm1045-540086.png&quot; title=&quot;Job Seekers per Vacancy&quot; alt=&quot;Job Seekers per Vacancy&quot; style=&quot;width: 80%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082422_ne_fig2&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>540084</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:05Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>High Demand for Workers Manifests in Rising Wages and Openings, but not for All Industries</Description><Audience/><Title>High Demand for Workers Manifests in Rising Wages and Openings, but not for All Industries</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>High Demand for Workers Manifests in Rising Wages and Openings, but not for All Industries</Title><title>2022-7-25 JVS ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-536004&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>Despite rising concerns over high inflation and lingering supply-chain woes, demand for workers remains near record high levels.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite rising concerns over high inflation and lingering supply-chain woes, demand for workers remains near record high levels. The latest numbers from &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; estimated a total of 11,742 job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota in fourth quarter 2021. This was only down slightly from the record high of 12,886 estimated in the previous survey period of second quarter 2021, and up more than 4,600 from fourth quarter 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The majority of openings typically fall into the three sectors of Retail Trade, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services, and Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance. These three sectors combined account for 66% of vacancies in second quarter 2021 and 64% of vacancies in fourth quarter 2021. One notable change from the second quarter to the fourth quarter is the rise in Retail Trade openings. In addition during the fourth quarter, Other Services, a smaller sector including hair and nail salons and auto repair and maintenance, saw a rise in vacancies that brought it in the top three, bumping Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/072522_ne_figure1_tcm1045-536007.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Job Vacancies by Industry&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Job Vacancies by Industry&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;072522_ne_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;Some seasonal trends mean that Retail openings have been more likely to be higher at the end of the year, while Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services openings tend to be higher in the second quarter as we head into the busy summer tourism season. Health Care openings have not varied as much by quarter. The 3,326 Retail Trade openings in fourth quarter 2021 is an all-time high for the 20-year survey, and represents resurgent demand in a sector that did not see as much employment loss under pandemic pressures as Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services or Other Services, for example.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Other Services sector also saw a sizable increase in vacancies in fourth quarter 2021, almost doubling from the second quarter, which at 988, was the previous high mark. The sector remains about 900 jobs (-15.5%) below where it was in 2019, but the recent increase in vacancies likely reflects a recovery in this sector that has taken a little longer getting up to speed relative to some other areas of the economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other indicators of a heating-up labor market are the increasing wage offers across many industries. The hourly median wage offer for all openings rose from $14.46 in fourth quarter 2020 to $15.72 in fourth quarter 2021, an annual increase of $1.26 (8.7%). That increase followed an over-the-year decrease of $0.18 into the second quarter of 2021.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From fourth quarter 2019, the median wage offer increased 11.4%, outpacing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Consumer Price Index&lt;/a&gt; (+8%) – a popular measure of inflation. The largest increases in wage offers from 2019 occurred in Wholesale Trade (+78%), Administrative Support &amp;amp; Waste Management (+46%), Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (+45%), and Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services (+36%). Public Administration (-38%), Finance &amp;amp; Insurance (-48%), and Information (-22%) saw a decreases in wage offers. Only two sectors (Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance and Wholesale Trade) have seen sustained wage offer growth more than the all-industry average both from 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021.&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. Median Wage Offer by Sector in Northeast Minnesota, Q4 2019 - Q4 2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Sector&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2019 Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2020 Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2021 Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;2019-2021 Percent Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$12.47&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.41&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+78.3%&lt;/em&gt;&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;$14.56&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+46.3%&lt;/em&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;$15.29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.98&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22.09&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+44.5%&lt;/em&gt;&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;$20.27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+35.9%&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;$15.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.96&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+26.8%&lt;/em&gt;&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;$11.80&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$12.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.76&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;Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.76&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.61&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+17.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$12.35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.26&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+14.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$19.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.98&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.89&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$14.11&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$14.46&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$15.72&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+11.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28.14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+10.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services, Ex. Public Admin&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.84&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.56&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8.7%&lt;/em&gt;&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;$11.18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$12.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$12.13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+8.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.88&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$11.54&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-22.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.61&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$12.78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-38.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Finance and Insurance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.77&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.80&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-48.4%&lt;/em&gt;&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;There are only three sectors that saw growth in both vacancies and wage offers at faster rates than all industries combined: the Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, Retail Trade, and Wholesale Trade sectors all responded to demand with increased openings &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; higher wages. Despite strong growth, the Retail Trade median wage offer ($14.14) remained below the all-industry median by more than a $1.50. Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance ($22.09) and Wholesale Trade ($22.23) by comparison, offered wages much higher than the all-industry median. These three sectors all also saw increased shares of vacancies that were for part-time or temporary and seasonal positions compared to 2019.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These changes could reflect the types of jobs available in the three sectors at the time or represent a shift in employers&apos; approach to hiring. Increased part-time positions may be one strategy by employers to attract more applicants via a wider array of schedule options. Whatever approaches employers turn to, wage offers will likely remain an integral component and 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; is a great way to track evolving trends in hiring.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>536004</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:05Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>New Americans: More Northeast Employers Welcome Foreign-Born Workers</Description><Audience/><Title>New Americans: More Northeast Employers Welcome Foreign-Born Workers</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Northeast Minnesota Projections</Title><title>2022-6-22 Projections ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-533216&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>Published every two years, long term employment projections provide an estimate of how industries and occupations are expected to grow or shrink over a ten-year period.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Published every two years, long term &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;employment projections&lt;/a&gt; provide an estimate of how industries and occupations are expected to grow or shrink over a ten-year period. The most recent projections period was 2020 to 2030. As a result, it begins to capture the initial impacts that the pandemic had on the workforce. Having the base year of projections coincide with the most acute employment decline in decades, however, had some additional, perhaps less intuitive effects. The largest of these is that the 2020-2030 projected employment growth rate (+5.5%) was more than triple the projected growth rate of the 2018-2028 period (+1.6%). However, what appears at first to be much stronger growth, requires another look.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/ne-picture1_tcm1045-533219.png&quot; title=&quot;Comparison of Employment Projections by Period&quot; alt=&quot;Comparison of Employment Projections by Period&quot; style=&quot;width: 55%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;ne-picture1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;Some crucial additional context is that in 2018 there were about 11,900 more jobs in Northeast Minnesota than two years later. A 7.4% employment loss is a deficit that even a robust 5.5% growth rate – as is projected for the region in 2020-2030 – cannot overcome. The previous round of projections predicted that there would be about 163,000 jobs in 2028. By comparison, the 2030 projection is 156,600 – about 6,300 fewer – despite the two additional years (see Figure 1). Compared to the other regions, Northeast Minnesota had the 2nd fastest projected 2020-2030 growth rate, but also experienced the largest relative employment decline from 2019 to 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This is not to say that the entire story is one of decreased employment growth. There is also important nuance and variability within the most recent projections. Some of the largest growth was in those industry sectors most impacted by the pandemic, indicating expected recovery in those areas. This includes Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation (+30%), Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (+20.5%), Other Services (+10.5%), and Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance (+9.2%), with the former three being the sectors that saw the largest initial employment losses in 2020 (see Figure 2). Health Care did not experience the large initial declines seen in Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality and Other Services, yet neither has it seen any rebound into 2021. This is notable given the consistent, strong growth the sector has seen for decades. One of the bright spots was Professional &amp;amp; Technical Services, which did not lose many jobs in 2020, yet still posted above average projected employment growth (+7.2%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/ne-picture2_tcm1045-533218.png&quot; title=&quot;Actual 2019-2020 Percent Employment Change vs. Projected 2020-2030 Percent Employment Change by Sector&quot; alt=&quot;Actual 2019-2020 Percent Employment Change vs. Projected 2020-2030 Percent Employment Change by Sector&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;ne-picture2&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;On the other hand, many of the sectors that fared relatively well through the initial period of the pandemic, were also more likely to see the slowest growth and some cases projected employment decline. Examples of this are Utilities (-15.3%), Mining (-6.4%), Retail Trade (-5.4%), and Manufacturing (-2%). Continued trends such as e-commerce and automation are also likely contributors to declines in some of these sectors. Across the economy the decline of the number of people looking for work was a shared factor in dampening some of the earlier recovery predictions. Northeast Minnesota, as of April 2022, had 6,435 fewer people in the labor force than in February 2020, and only 1,114 had joined or re-joined over the previous year. If this pace were to continue, it would limit the ability of employers to find and hire workers, effectively placing a ceiling on any future job growth.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>533216</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:05Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>New Americans: More Northeast Employers Welcome Foreign-Born Workers</Description><Audience/><Title>New Americans: More Northeast Employers Welcome Foreign-Born Workers</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>New Americans: More Northeast Employers Welcome Foreign-Born Workers</Title><title>2022-5-11 Foreign-Born ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-528253&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>Amid one of the tightest labor markets in recent memory, policymakers and businesses are exploring every possible way to expand their local and regional workforces.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Amid one of the tightest labor markets in recent memory, policymakers and businesses are exploring every possible way to expand their local and regional workforces. Labor market tightness is not unique to Northeast Minnesota and domestic attraction of workers faces considerable competition. As a result, one source of workers that is increasingly being sought out by employers and policymakers are international immigrants.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Among the benefits of international immigration is increased labor force participation. Nationwide, the labor force participation rate in 2020 for the foreign-born population sat at 66.5%, compared to 62.8% for the population born in the U.S. In Minnesota there was a similar gap, with a foreign-born labor force participation rate of 72.7% and a native-born labor force participation rate of 68.9%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In Northeast Minnesota, in-migration – both domestic and international – has played an important role in slowing what has been a trend of population decline (as the population goes, more often than not so goes the labor force). In the region, there were more deaths than births, leading to population decline. Without immigration, the regional population would have fallen another 2,500 people between 2010 and 2021 (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. Cumulative Estimates of the Components of Population Change, 2010-2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot;&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Total Population Change&lt;/th&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;Northeast&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3,305&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5,518&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36,150&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;41,668&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2,493&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1,904&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+589&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+354,305&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+279,944&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;782,652&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;502,708&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+76,939&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+130,212&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-53,273&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;International migration has slowed during the pandemic throughout Minnesota. From 2020 to 2021, the state welcomed net international in-migration of only 4,200 people, well less than half the previous decade&apos;s annual average. Despite the many barriers to international migration, more people continued to move into Northeast Minnesota from other countries than those who left Northeast Minnesota for other countries, adding to the region&apos;s population and labor force. In addition, net domestic migration actually grew in Northeast Minnesota during the pandemic. At the same time, the state saw a loss of nearly 16,000 people from 2020-2021.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/050522_ne_figure1_tcm1045-528252.png&quot; title=&quot;Population by Age Group in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Population by Age Group in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 60%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;050522_ne_figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;The foreign-born population is more likely to include people in their prime working ages (25-54), meaning a decline of international immigrants would also be more likely to negatively impact the growth of the regional labor force (see Figure 1). The inverse is of course also true. If we were to increase international immigration, the labor force would likely  benefit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Who makes up Northeast Minnesota&apos;s current foreign-born population of 6,727? Almost 60% are naturalized U.S. citizens and almost a quarter immigrated in the last 10 years. There is also a significant, more established group of foreign-born residents that arrived before 1990, representing about 38% of the foreign-born population. Compared to the total population, the foreign-born population is both more likely to have a high school education or below as well as slightly more likely to hold a bachelor&apos;s degree. The foreign-born population is also 1.7 times as likely to hold an advanced degree, evidence that foreign-born residents have larger shares of the lowest &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; highest educated. Those born in the U.S. were much more likely to have attended some college or earned an associate&apos;s degree. Lastly, of the foreign-born population in the region, 56% speak a language at home other than English. Only 14% of those that do not speak English at home do not speak English very well or not at all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/050522_ne_figure2_tcm1045-528254.png&quot; title=&quot;Place of Birth for the Foreign Born Population in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Place of Birth for the Foreign Born Population in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 40%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;050522_ne_figure2&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;Just over half of the foreign-born people currently living in Northeast Minnesota were born in either Asia (27.9%) or Europe (25.4%) (see Figure 2). North America (17.6%) and Central and South America (15.4%) account for about another third. While the total population declined -0.2% from 2010-2020, the foreign-born population grew by 801 people or 13.5%. Since 2010, the fastest growing foreign-born populations have been East Africans (+470, +500%), West Africans (+127, +282%), and West Asians (+168, +237%). The foreign-born groups seeing the largest relative declines over the same period were those born in Middle Africa (-71, -86%), Southern Africa (-25, -57%), and Southern Europe (-43, -39%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Refugees are a specific subset of international immigrants. Refugees, many of which were forced to flee their home countries often require more assistance from the communities in which they arrive. DEED is working to provide resources to help employers connect with these New Americans. A recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/health-care-employers-welcome-new-american-employees&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce event&lt;/a&gt; focused on how Minnesota employers can welcome New American employees. In addition, a Workforce Wednesday &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET8kUGVSXdo&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;event&lt;/a&gt; from November 2021 hosted a panel of experts to discuss how collaboration between community-based organizations and employers can help to access immigrant and refugee talent pools in Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Local efforts to make Northeast Minnesota more welcoming to immigrants and people of color are under way. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.northspan.org/welcoming-community-continued-learning-opportunities/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Northspan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://extension.umn.edu/vital-connections/greater-minnesotas-communities-respond-calls-racial-understanding#in-northern-minnesota-%E2%80%94-residents-get-ready-to-respond-to-racism-2665012&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;University of Minnesota Extension&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://vemamn.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Voices for Ethnic and Multicultural Awareness (VEMA)&lt;/a&gt; are only a few of the groups thinking about and organizing around these issues locally.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite strong growth, Northeast Minnesota&apos;s foreign-born population remains relatively small, about 3% of the total population. Any new community member of working age represents a new opportunity for local employers to fill one of their many open positions and at the same time add some new and diverse perspectives to their workforce. Considering recent trends of low population growth and labor force decline, encouraging and welcoming an individual or family from another country is a relatively quick way to expand the regional labor force and a good complement to development of the existing population. While both approaches should be pursued, supporting international immigration may be one of the quickest ways to alleviate the workforce shortage many communities and businesses are feeling right now.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>528253</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:03Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Women in the Northeast Workforce</Description><Audience/><Title>Women in the Northeast Workforce</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Capturing the Full Potential of the Northeast Minnesota Tech Pipeline</Title><title>2022-4-5 IT ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-525021&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>As the economy and work trend more toward digital, Information Technology (IT) jobs have likewise increased in demand.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As the economy and work trend more toward digital, Information Technology (IT) jobs have likewise increased in demand. In Northeast Minnesota, Computer and Mathematical occupations, which comprise the core of the IT workforce, account for an estimated 1,810 jobs&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;. And while that represents less than 2% of total regional employment, Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupations are in high demand across a range of industries and are expected to see &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/Results.aspx?dataset=1&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&amp;amp;code=000000,110000,130000,150000,170000,190000,210000,230000,250000,270000,290000,310000,330000,350000,370000,390000,410000,430000,450000,470000,490000,510000,530000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;above average growth&lt;/a&gt; over the next decade.
&lt;br /&gt;
Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupations have the 4th highest projected growth rate after only Personal Care &amp;amp; Service, Community &amp;amp; Social Service, and Health Care Support occupations. But what separates Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupations from those with higher projected growth rates are much higher wages as well as higher typical educational requirements. The median annual wage for IT occupations was just under $72,500 – or about $30,000 more than the median across all occupations. And of the 17 most common Computer &amp;amp; Math occupations, all but three typically require at least a bachelor&apos;s degree (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;3&quot;&gt;Table 1. Typical Education Requirements for Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical Occupations in Minnesota, 2020-2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Occupation Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Typical Education Required for Entry in Minnesota&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2021 Median Annual Wage in Northeast Minnesota1&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Computer and Mathematical Occupations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$72,396&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Systems Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$77,578&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information Security Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$85,599&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer and Information Research Scientists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$135,0051&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Network Support Specialists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$63,126&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer User Support Specialists&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Vocational Training&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$54,419&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Network Architects&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$98,571&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Network and Computer Systems Administrators&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$75,629&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Database Administrators and Architects&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$99,901&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Programmers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$81,613&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Software Developers &amp;amp; Software Quality Assurance Analysts &amp;amp; Testers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$82,478&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Web Developers and Digital Interface Designers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$64,786&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer Occupations, All Other&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$70,582&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Actuaries&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$105,2941&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mathematicians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Operations Research Analysts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49,342&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Statisticians&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$79,081&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Data Scientists and Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bachelor&apos;s Degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$99,1421&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;1 Minnesota medians. Source: DEED 2020 Educational Requirements for Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Given that a higher portion of Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical jobs require some sort of postsecondary education or training, it is important that our local training pipeline produce and provide workers with the necessary skills to match the high and increasing demand for talent. Several Computer &amp;amp; Information Sciences (CIS) and Mathematics programs are offered by schools in Northeast Minnesota. According to 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 (GEO)&lt;/a&gt; tool, these programs produced over 215 graduates in 2018 that are now in the labor force. Most of these graduates were from Lake Superior College, the College of St. Scholastica, or the University of Minnesota-Duluth. However, there are also IT Networking and Security and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) programs offered by several campuses in the merging &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nhed.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota North College&lt;/a&gt; system.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data show that graduates of CIS or Math programs in Northeast Minnesota were more likely to be working full-time in the 2nd year after graduating and more likely to earn higher wages than graduates of other programs (see Table 2). This is perhaps unsurprising given the high demand for these workers. What may be more surprising – and maybe a little dismaying to local IT employers – is that the majority of graduates from regional CIS or math programs do not end up staying in Northeast Minnesota. About three out of every five computer or math grads ends up working in the Twin Cities Metro, and only slightly more than a quarter stayed to work in Northeast Minnesota&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;. Graduates of all other programs&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; were on average about ten percent more likely to stay and work in Northeast Minnesota (37.3%).&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. Graduate Employment Outcomes for Computer and Mathematical Instructional Programs in Northeast Minnesota, 2018 Graduation Year&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Instructional Program&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2018 Graduates&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent working in Northeast Minnesota in 2nd year&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Full-time,
&lt;br /&gt;
year-round median wage in 2nd year&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent working
&lt;br /&gt;
full-time, year-round in 2nd year&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;All Instructional Programsa&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,727&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;37%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$55,716&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sum of NE Computer &amp;amp; Information Sciences and Math Programs&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;217&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;28%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$65,396&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;  Computer and information sciences and support services&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;156&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;29%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$68,389&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;68.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;  Mathematics and statistics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;61&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;24%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;$56,417&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 colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;College of St. Scholastica, University of MN-Duluth, and Lake Superior College.&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Graduate Employment Outcomes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&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/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt;, there were over 200 Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical occupation openings in the 2nd quarter of 2021, an all-time high. Those vacancies may have been harder to fill if past trends of regional graduate retention hold true. By bolstering existing relationships and fostering new ones between local IT employers and instructional programs, employers may be able to capture more locally produced talent. If students want to stay in Northeast Minnesota, there are ample IT opportunities, many of which they simply may not be aware of.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;Based on the average of graduates from 2015-2018.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;Lake Superior College, College of St. Scholastica, and University of Minnesota-Duluth. Graduates of community and technical colleges were more likely to stay and work in NE MN, but IT program outcomes data were not available for those institutions.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>525021</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:02Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Women in the Northeast Workforce</Description><Audience/><Title>Women in the Northeast Workforce</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Women in the Northeast Workforce</Title><title>2022-3-11 Women ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-521271&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>Women hold about half the jobs in Northeast Minnesota. Some sectors, such as Health Care &amp; Social Assistance, Finance &amp; Insurance, and Educational Services have high shares of female employment.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Women hold about half the jobs in Northeast Minnesota. Some sectors, such as Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, Finance &amp;amp; Insurance, and Educational Services have high shares of female employment. Each of the six sectors that employ more women than men are service-oriented, whereas goods-producing sectors such as Mining, Construction, and Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing have much lower shares of female workers. Indeed, in those three male-dominated sectors, fewer than one out of every five employees were women. Conversely, in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance more than three out of every four workers were women (see Table 1). These observations raise the questions: How long have these patterns of female employment concentration been this way? And how are they changing?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Table 1. Female Employment Share by Sector in Northeast Minnesota&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;Sector&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Female Employment Share, 2021*&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Change in Female Employment Share,
&lt;br /&gt;
2016-2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;50.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-0.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;78.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+0.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Finance and Insurance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-0.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;66.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation and Food Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;57.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1.2%&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;56.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-6.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;56.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional and Technical Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;48.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Real Estate and Rental and Leasing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;46.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+0.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;46.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;43.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;39.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative Support and Waste Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;35.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-13.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9.9%&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;24.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+24.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;21.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-0.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation and Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;19.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+16.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-4.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;*1st and 2nd Quarter. Source: DEED Quarterly Employment Demographics&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;Before this analysis, if you would have asked me which sectors have seen the largest relative growth in female employment over the past several years, my educated guesses would have been the sectors that started with the lowest shares. Typically goods-producing, these sectors had the most room for growth of their respective female workforces. To that end, the data show that some of the largest relative growth occurred in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, &amp;amp; Hunting sector, which saw its share of workers who are women grow from 19.9% to 24.7% over the last five years. Construction, another traditionally male-dominated, goods-producing sector, saw the next largest relative increase, seeing its share of female workers grow 16%. However, Mining, Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing, and Manufacturing – three of the four sectors with the lowest shares of women workers – each saw their respective female workforces shrink at above average rates since 2016. By contrast, Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, which has the largest female workforce, both relatively and absolutely, saw a small relative expansion in the share of female workers over the past five years, despite losing 617 women workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Most of the employment declines for women since 2016 occurred in 2020, with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. While total employment for women declined by about 5,500 jobs over the last five years, 5,600 jobs held by women were lost just between 2019 and 2020. Prior to the pandemic, jobs held by women grew 15% from 2004 to 2019, about the same rate as male employment over the same period. Due to higher concentrations in Manufacturing and Construction, male employment took a harder hit during the Great Recession from 2008 through 2010, but also grew faster in the years following. In the years immediately preceding the pandemic however, female employment grew faster in the region while male employment plateaued between 2014 and 2019 (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/030322_ne_figure1_tcm1045-521279.png&quot; title=&quot;Employment by Gender in Northeast Minnesota 2001-2021&quot; alt=&quot;Employment by Gender in Northeast Minnesota 2001-2021&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;030322_ne_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;Much &lt;a href=&quot;https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/02/09/report-fewer-women-in-labor-force-gender-gap-widens-in-us/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;attention&lt;/a&gt; has been focused on women being more likely to exit the labor force during the past two years, due to many reasons including lack of &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/september-2020/early-care-education.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;child care&lt;/a&gt;, other caretaking responsibilities that tend to fall on women, and in many instances, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gallup.com/workplace/358349/gender-gap-worker-burnout-widened-amid-pandemic.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;burnout&lt;/a&gt;. Despite these factors, data show that female employment (-8.8%) declined less from 2019 to 2021 than male employment (-9.8%) in the region. This does not necessarily contradict the labor force data, which are available by gender only at the state level.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Women workers in Northeast Minnesota could indeed have weathered the pandemic relatively better than those in other regions. Another possible explanation is that more women among the ranks of the unemployed left the labor force over the course of the pandemic, as opposed to those that held jobs. Whatever the explanation(s), it remains true that women are vital to our economy. In this extremely tight labor market where competition for workers is fierce, all employers serve to benefit by making their workplaces more welcoming and appealing to 50% of the labor force.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>521271</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:03Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Putting Recent Wage Increases in Context</Description><Audience/><Title>Putting Recent Wage Increases in Context</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Putting Recent Wage Increases in Context</Title><title>2022-2-4 Wages ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-518605&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>During the past year and a half of this pandemic economy and labor market, we have been focused on the number of jobs.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;During the past year and a half of this pandemic economy and labor market, we have been focused on the number of jobs. While the change in employment is likely the most important indicator of the health and respective recoveries of different regions and industries, it is certainly not the only measure available. Wages are among the other measures DEED&apos;s Labor Market Information Office is keeping an eye on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Included in 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(QCEW)&lt;/a&gt;, are - you guessed it - average wages by detailed industry. As inflation increasingly became a matter of concern across the U.S. economy, the question whether wages have kept pace is of greater relevance as well. Are workers going to be able to afford rapidly rising costs of everyday necessities such as food and gas? Or are prices outpacing wage gains making everything relatively more expensive?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks prices of common consumer goods and services via the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cpi/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Consumer Price Index (CPI).&lt;/a&gt; The CPI is often considered the best estimate of average costs for American consumers and it rose rapidly starting in early 2021. In the Midwest region, over-the-year changes ranged from 5.7% to 5.9% in the 3rd quarter (see Figure 1). This growth in prices exceeded the peak of a 5.6% increase experienced during the depths of the Great Recession in 2008. From the 3rd quarter of 2019, the Midwest CPI for all items rose an even greater 6.4%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/020422_ne_figure1_tcm1045-518592.png&quot; title=&quot;12-month percentage change, consumer price index, midwest region, all items, not seasonally adjusted, 2018-2021&quot; alt=&quot;12-month percentage change, consumer price index, midwest region, all items, not seasonally adjusted, 2018-2021&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;020422_ne_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;How did wages in Northeast Minnesota stack up against our best estimate of prices from the CPI? The 3rd quarter QCEW data provide us the perhaps best means of comparison. Since the 3rd quarter of 2019, the average annual wage for covered employment in all industries grew 13.4%. The largest wage growth was seen in the industries that either paid the lowest or the highest wages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Wages at Management of Companies expanded an astounding 73.6% over two years, followed by Mining (+27%), Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (+17.5%), Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation (+17.3%), and Retail Trade (+17.1%) (see Table 1). Management of Companies and Mining were already the two highest paying industries in the region, while Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services, Arts, Entertainment, &amp;amp; Recreation, and Retail Trade were three of the four lowest paying industries, despite the aforementioned above-average increases.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This diametric pattern of wage growth indicates motivating factors may differ by industry. While all industries were, and are, impacted by the pandemic, Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services has seen above-average increases in what was already a relatively high &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;vacancy rate&lt;/a&gt; before the pandemic. On the other hand, Mining and Management of Companies have maintained two of the lowest vacancy rates since second quarter 2020. These opposing trends indicate that whereas wage growth in Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services was likely a direct attempt to attract workers to meet demand that bounced back quickly, Management of Companies and Mining may have raised wages for other reasons such as retention or consolidation of workforces that saw smaller relative employment loss.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Industry Wage and Employment Trends in Northeast Minnesota, 2019-2021&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;Annual Average Wage Q3 2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Change in Average Wage Q3 2019 - Q3 2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Change in Employment Q3 2019 - Q3 2021&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$52,416&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+13.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-5.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$41,288&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$118,716&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+27.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$72,072&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+10.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+0.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$65,104&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$107,952&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+16.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$63,128&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-8.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$32,032&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+17.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation and Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$57,668&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+8.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-13.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$54,444&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+14.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-14.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Finance and Insurance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$62,088&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+15.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-11.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Real Estate and Rental and Leasing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35,048&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+14.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$67,392&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management of Companies and Enterprises&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$138,892&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+73.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Admin. Support and Waste Management Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$35,672&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+15.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-14.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$53,300&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+3.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$56,836&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+11.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27,872&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+17.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-12.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation and Food Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21,944&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+17.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services (except Public Administration)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31,200&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+6.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-14.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$58,188&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+9.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-4.5%&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 Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; 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;The slowest wage growth occurred in Educational Services (+3.1%), Wholesale Trade (+4.7%), and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, &amp;amp; Hunting (+5.3%). Each of these three industries has average wages closer to the all-industry average. Looking at the previous quarter, wage growth in Management was only 3%, the smallest increase across all industries from 2nd quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2021, indicating that the bulk of wage growth in Management occurred from the 2nd into the 3rd quarter of last year. Mining also saw a sizeable jump in average wages from the 2nd to the 3rd quarter, indicative of either one-time or seasonal wage growth, as opposed to the more gradual increases seen elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Unlike averages, median wages are less sensitive to outliers such as large bonuses at a few companies. Median wages are published as part of 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; program for which the most recent data available was Q2 2021 as of time of writing. From 2nd quarter 2019 to 2nd quarter 2021 the median wage for all industries in Northeast Minnesota grew 10.8%, only slightly below the 11% growth of average wages over the same period. Median wages also grew the most in Management of Companies, an indication that wage growth in the two-year period ending in the 2nd quarter 2021 was much more evenly distributed than in the period ending 3rd quarter and further evidence of large increases in focused segments of the industry. The next fastest growth in median wages occurred in Finance &amp;amp; Insurance (+20%), Accommodation &amp;amp; Food Services (+14.3%), and Real Estate &amp;amp; Rental Leasing (+13.6%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite some differences between median and average measures, it appears that at the most general level, wage increases in Northeast Minnesota have kept pace with one measure of inflation, the CPI. However, industries are not monolithic, and wages in several have not kept pace with CPI, indicating that there is great variability that is not captured by the average wage vs. CPI comparison. Additionally, the CPI is a measure of urban consumer prices and as such may not do a great job of capturing the price changes unique to the more rural areas that characterize much of Northeast Minnesota. Finally, each individual household is going to be impacted differently, depending on the jobs held and typical costs incurred. It is at the household and family level that the impacts of these large market forces are ultimately felt, which is why we here at DEED will continue to track wages and their relative spending power for Minnesotans.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>518605</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:02Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Who is Seizing the (Many!) Opportunities in Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Health Care Sector?</Description><Audience/><Title>Who is Seizing the (Many!) Opportunities in Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Health Care Sector?</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Who is Seizing the (Many!) Opportunities in Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Health Care Sector?</Title><title>2021-12-27 Health Care ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-513815&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>The upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic has stretched far and wide across the economy.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic has stretched far and wide across the economy. At the center of the fight against the virus, workers in the health care sector have repeatedly answered the call under continued stress. The pressure has almost certainly taken its toll on health care workers and there are a record number of job openings both from increased demand and the need to replace workers who have retired or otherwise left the industry. As of the 2nd quarter of 2021 there were over 4,500 Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota, accounting for 35% of all openings in the region. These openings represent an abundance of opportunities for jobseekers ready and willing to take advantage, including many that historically have been less represented in the Health Care workforce, including a larger percentage of younger workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From 2019 to the 2nd quarter of 2021, total employment in Northeast Minnesota fell by nearly 12,000 jobs or -8.1%. The Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance sector proved more resilient, falling by just -5.0% (-1,750 jobs) over the same period, according to 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 (QCEW).&lt;/a&gt; Much of this resilience may have been rooted in the simple fact that workers in the health care sector are absolutely essential in the fight against the virus. The sector&apos;s integral position not only during the pandemic but as our population continues to age cements it as a safe bet for those looking for a long-term career. And younger and more diverse workers have taken notice, seizing opportunities at higher rates than other worker groups over the past year and a half.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/static/explore.html#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt; program provides employment levels by age, race, ethnicity, and sex by detailed industries and geographies. Using this information, we can see some interesting trends in health care employment over the course of the pandemic. As of the 1st quarter of 2021 in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, most age groups had experienced employment loss. The two exceptions were the two youngest age groups, 14-18 and 19-21. In fact, the youngest age group bucked the overall trend of employment decline by expanding over 23%, indicating that while many workers were re-assessing work or their positions, those newest to the workforce were grabbing open positions in health care with both hands (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/122121_ne_figure1_tcm1045-513833.png&quot; title=&quot;Percent Employment Change by Age Group and Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Percent Employment Change by Age Group and Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;122121_ne_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 overall impact on the health care workforce was relatively small, given that workers aged 14-18 accounted for only 1.8% of all workers in the sector in 2021 – but that was up from 1.4% in 2019. And while teenage workers did not experience job loss at the same rates as older workers across all industries, this trend was magnified in health care.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Like the youngest workers, workers of color also saw their shares of jobs in Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance increase from 2019 to 2021. Each non-white group of workers either declined less (Black or African Americans) or increased more over the pandemic period (see Figure 2). This is a continuation of the longer-term trend of a diversifying population and workforce in Northeast Minnesota. Since 2011, workers of color have increased over 46% across all industries. In Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance, this increase was an even larger 66%. Since 2019, the largest percent increase occurred for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders, though that is also the smallest racial group. The largest absolute increase in Health Care and Social Assistance occurred for Hispanic or Latino workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/122121_ne_figure2_tcm1045-513834.png&quot; title=&quot;Percent Employment Change by Race, Ethnicity and Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Percent Employment Change by Race, Ethnicity and Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;122121_ne_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;The turmoil across the economy has been thorough and undeniable. The overall trend thus far has been one of employment loss and gradual recovery. Health care, while dodging some of the worst employment loss experienced by other sectors, nevertheless has also been impacted. Yet within the disruption there have been notable bright spots as new workers seize on opportunities created by the churn in the sector.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Workers of color and younger workers have joined health care at faster rates, suggesting that for those groups health care remains an appealing sector. With &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;job vacancies&lt;/a&gt; at an all-time high, there continue to be plenty of opportunities for job seekers who want them.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>513815</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:00Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Pandemic Trends Benefitted Some, but not all Northeast Retailers</Description><Audience/><Title>Pandemic Trends Benefitted Some, but not all Northeast Retailers</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Pandemic Trends Benefitted Some, but not all Northeast Retailers</Title><title>2021-12-06 Retail ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-511905&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>By many accounts, Retail Trade has fared better than most other sectors since the onset of the pandemic.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By many accounts, Retail Trade has fared better than most other sectors since the onset of the pandemic. This was definitely true as &lt;a href=&quot;https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSRSMNTOTAL&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;measured by sales&lt;/a&gt;, which increased consistently since last year. By common labor market metrics, such as those tracked by 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), the Retail picture also looked relatively positive. While total employment in Northeast Minnesota fell 7.3% from the second quarter of 2019 to the second quarter of 2021, Retail Trade saw a relatively smaller -4.1% decline.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In between, Retail Trade employment also saw a smaller decline under the initial shock of the pandemic, falling -13% compared to the -15.2% of all industries from 2019 to 2020. Since the second quarter of 2020, Retail employment has also rebounded faster, growing 10.2% over the past year compared to a 9.3% gain across all industries (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Retail Trade Industry Employment and Wage Statistics in Northeast Minnesota, 2019-2021&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Q2 2021 Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Q2 2019 to Q2 2020 Percent Employment Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Q2 2019 to Q2 2021 Percent Employment Change&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Q2 2021 Average Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Q2 2019 to Q2 2021 Percent Wage Change&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;135,008&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-15.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-7.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$50,700&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+10.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;16,471&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-13.0%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$30,836&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+13.6%&lt;/em&gt;&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;3,262&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;-1.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28,236&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+12.7%&lt;/em&gt;&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;3,013&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-4.3%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24,180&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&gt;Gasoline Stations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,107&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;-4.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22,620&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+11.3%&lt;/em&gt;&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;2,098&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-11.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-9.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$53,664&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+26.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bldg. Material &amp;amp; Garden Eqpt. &amp;amp; Supplies Dealers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,842&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2.0%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$29,900&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;Health and Personal Care Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;888&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-18.2%&lt;/em&gt;&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;$40,612&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+11.4%&lt;/em&gt;&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;879&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-34.6%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$22,204&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+18.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, &amp;amp; Music Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;683&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-32.5%&lt;/em&gt;&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;$21,268&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;Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;679&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-58.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-19.6%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20,332&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+16.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Nonstore Retailers&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;412&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-9.6%&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;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$49,920&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+4.5%&lt;/em&gt;&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;375&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-9.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+5.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33,956&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&gt;Electronics and Appliance Stores&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;229&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-11.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-39.9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$45,760&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+14.0%&lt;/em&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: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&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 becomes obvious how some of the pandemic&apos;s effects on behaviors, activities, and consumption played out. For example, as many workers were sent to work from home, spending (and employment) patterns followed accordingly. Furniture &amp;amp; Home Furnishings Stores (+5.9%), Building Material &amp;amp; Garden Equipment &amp;amp; Supplies Dealers (+4.4%), and Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, &amp;amp; Music Stores (3.2%) were the three Retail industries that bucked the dominant trend of employment loss and reflected changing consumer preferences.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;General Merchandise Stores and Food &amp;amp; Beverage Stores showed employment declines, but within each of those industries there were pockets of success. Grocery Stores benefited from more households cooking and eating more meals at home and Warehouse Clubs &amp;amp; Supercenters likewise benefited from more domestic spending habits. Combined, the latter two sub-industries accounted for nearly 29% of all Retail employment in the region as of the second quarter of 2021, making their growth crucial to the health of the sector. In contrast, with people not going to work in the office and going out less often, the largest employment losses occurred in Clothing &amp;amp; Clothing Accessories Stores (-19.6%) and strangely, Electronics &amp;amp; Appliance Stores (-39.9%), with the latter seeing job losses accelerate over the past year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Retail Trade wages, on average, also outperformed those of other industries in the region, with annual wages growing $3,700 (+13.6%) over two years (see Table 1). Within Retail, the wage trends were more mixed. While Building Material &amp;amp; Garden Equipment &amp;amp; Supplies Dealers and Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, &amp;amp; Music Stores saw above average employment and wage growth, the industry with the largest employment growth – Furniture &amp;amp; Home Furnishing Stores – experienced the smallest wage growth (+0.3%) in the sector. Four out of the 25 four-digit Retail sub-industries saw their wages decline over the past two years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers, specifically Automobile Dealers, saw wages expand the most, ticking up 32.7% since the second quarter of 2019. That wage growth occurred in what was already the highest-paying sub-industry in Retail at an average of nearly $66,000 a year. Wage growth in the Other Motor Vehicle Dealers industry followed closely with an increase of 26.1%. Surging demand for motor vehicles, both automobiles and recreational vehicles, appears to have manifested more in wage growth than in additional employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Retail wage and employment trends seem to point toward the retention of more senior employees over the past year and a half, while lower wage employees were more likely to be laid off. This possible trend is also supported by the newest &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) numbers. Demand in Sales occupations was highest for Cashiers, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, and Retail Salespersons. The 628 vacancies in the region for Cashiers is an all-time high, as is the 389 for Supervisors. Despite this high demand, growth in wage offers in Retail openings lagged other industries. The relatively low median wage offer of $12.58 per hour for Retail openings is up 5.7% from the second quarter of 2019, compared to an 8.1% increase for all vacancies ($14.20). This relatively small increase could again point toward the sector&apos;s retention of its higher wage employees. Current demand is centered around the lower-wage positions that were more likely to be lost since March 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Retail sector has largely weathered the storm that ravaged so many service-oriented industries. Yet even within the sector, success or failure was largely determined by where the winds of consumer preferences blew. Home goods, food, hobbies, and recreation-related retailers fared relatively well. Conversely, department stores, automobile Dealers, clothing, and electronics retailers saw larger employment declines at the same time their wages largely grew faster than average. Some Retail industries were able to maintain or even add to sales in the face of adverse labor force trends. The creativity and flexibility that sustained many Retail businesses over the past year and a half is likely to be just as important in the current busy holiday months.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>511905</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:52:00Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Veterans</Description><Audience/><Title>Veterans</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans</Title><title>2021-11-08 Veterans ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-507951&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>Veterans are important contributors to Minnesota’s local economies and communities, and a larger than average share calls Northeast Minnesota home.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans are important contributors to Minnesota&apos;s local economies and communities, and a larger than average share calls Northeast Minnesota home. In 2020, there were an estimated 26,973 veterans living in Northeast Minnesota, accounting for 8.3% of the population, according to the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA). In fact, 10% of Aitkin County and 9% of both Lake and Itasca County residents were veterans, which were among the highest percentages in the state. Every county in Northeast Minnesota had shares above the state average (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Veteran Population and Labor Force by County, Northeast Minnesota, 2020&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;County&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Veterans&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Veterans as a Percent of Total Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt; Veterans in the Labor Force (2019)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Aitkin Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;15,697&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,623&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;351&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carlton Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;36,207&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,771&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;925&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cook Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;5,600&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;413&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;86&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Itasca Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;45,014&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3,957&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,070&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Koochiching Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;12,062&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,028&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;336&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Lake Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;10,905&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;974&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;148&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;St. Louis Co.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;200,231&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,207&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,803&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;325,716&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;26,973&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.3%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7,719&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;5,706,494&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;321,810&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.6%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;109,835&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs&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;Of the veterans living in Northeast Minnesota in 2020, over 58% are at least 65 years old, and 41% served during the Vietnam War era (1964-1975). For veterans between the ages of 18 and 64, there were just over 7,700 veterans in the labor force, for a participation rate of 68.6%. Unfortunately, the average unemployment rate for veterans of 7.5% was higher than the general population.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Importantly, in 2020 about 26% of all veterans in the U.S. had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.toc.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;service-connected disability&lt;/a&gt;. The labor force participation rate for all workers with disabilities in Northeast Minnesota was much lower (44.1%) and the unemployment rate was much higher (10.6%) compared to the overall population. In addition, the employment impacts of the pandemic fell disproportionately on people and workers with disabilities, including veterans with service-connected disabilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There are many veterans in Northeast Minnesota looking for work and many are well qualified. Via initiatives such as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/resources/education/minnesotagibill/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota GI Bill&lt;/a&gt; and the MDVA&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/resources/education/higheredveteransprograms.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Higher Education Veterans Programs&lt;/a&gt;, Minnesotan veterans have good access to education and training opportunities. Most have taken full advantage. In Northeast Minnesota, 40.1% of veterans have some college or an associate&apos;s degree and 19.6% have a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher. By comparison, 38.4% of the general population have some college or an associate&apos;s degree and 26.6% have earned a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher.&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.nr0.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/a&gt;, veterans are more likely to end up in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.t04.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;certain types of occupations&lt;/a&gt;. Relative to non-veterans, veterans are more than twice as likely to work in Installation, Maintenance, and Repair, and 1.5 times as likely to be in Transportation and Material Moving occupations. By industry, veterans are about five times more likely than non-veterans to hold Federal Government jobs and twice as likely to be in Mining, Quarrying, and Gas Exploration. Veterans are also slightly &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.t05.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;more likely to be self-employed&lt;/a&gt; than non-veterans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans return from service with a vast array of unique skills and experiences. They will continue to be an invaluable resource for local employers looking for quality, well trained candidates. The entire Northeast Region serves to benefit. If you are a veteran looking to transition to a civilian job, try O*NET&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mynextmove.org/vets/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My Next Move For Veterans&lt;/a&gt; website. One tool on this site matches military classifications with similar civilian careers, allowing veterans to leverage their experience and skills gained while serving.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;More importantly, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development&lt;/a&gt; has an employment team dedicated to serving Minnesotan veterans and their needs. Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/dedicated-veterans-employment-team&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce Veterans Employment Services page&lt;/a&gt; to find your regional contact and how they might help you or a veteran you know.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Additional Local Resources for Veterans&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mac-v.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV),&lt;/a&gt; 5209 Ramsey St, Duluth | Phone: (218) 722-8763&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Find your State of Minnesota County Veterans Service Officer here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.macvso.org/find-a-cvso.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.macvso.org/find-a-cvso.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.stlouiscountymn.gov/departments-a-z/veterans-service&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Saint Louis County Veterans Service Office (CVSO),&lt;/a&gt; 4815 Burning Tree Rd #100, Duluth | Phone: (218) 725-5285&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mncourts.gov/Help-Topics/DrugCourts.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Treatment Court&lt;/a&gt;, Minnesota Sixth Judicial District: 100 North 5th Avenue West #320 Duluth | Phone: (218) 720-1535 Cell: (320) 293-0188 &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:kelsey.dooley@courts.state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;kelsey.dooley@courts.state.mn.us&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>507951</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:59Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>Challenges and Opportunities for Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Manufacturing Sector</Description><Audience/><Title>Challenges and Opportunities for Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Manufacturing Sector</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Challenges and Opportunities for Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Manufacturing Sector</Title><title>2021-09-27 Mfg ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-500657&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>The Manufacturing sector has long been an integral component of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s economy.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Manufacturing sector has long been an integral component of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s economy. With 8,349 jobs in 2020, Manufacturing was the 6th largest employing sector in the region, accounting for 6.3% of all jobs. The number and share of Manufacturing jobs has declined since 2000, yet the sector continues to have a larger impact than may appear from employment levels alone. The sector&apos;s $64,057 average annual wage is nearly $15,000 larger than the average wage in the region. Accordingly, Manufacturing&apos;s total annual payroll of nearly $535 million represents over 8% of the region&apos;s wages paid to all industries in 2020 (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Encouragingly, the decline of Manufacturing employment leveled out and even reversed in recent years, indicating a potential turnaround for the sector if trends resume out of the pandemic. As if to confirm that inflection point, recent deals to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/7081953-440-million-engineered-wood-factory-planned-for-Cohasset&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;open an engineered-wood factory&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/manufacturing/7185904-Minnesota-approves-1.3-million-to-restart-idled-Duluth-paper-mill-promising-at-least-80-jobs&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;reopen a shuttered paper manufacturing plant&lt;/a&gt; were inked in the region in 2021 for an estimated 230 Manufacturing jobs, which may lead to continued growth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091621_ne_figure1_tcm1045-500675.png&quot; title=&quot;Manufacturing Share of Employment and Wages in Northeast Minnesota, 2000-2020&quot; alt=&quot;Manufacturing Share of Employment and Wages in Northeast Minnesota, 2000-2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091621_ne_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 implied, the quality of Manufacturing jobs is also important to consider when assessing an industry&apos;s influence. The industry is high paying and offers good opportunities. Of the 127 Manufacturing &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;job vacancies&lt;/a&gt; recorded in the 4th quarter of 2020, all were full-time and the median wage offer of $26.98 per hour was nearly double that for all industries. At the same time, only 8% of those vacancies required applicants to have a specific certificate or license to qualify, making the sector appealing and accessible to a broad range of workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Detailed Industry Breakdown&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Manufacturing sector includes a diverse array of industries producing everything from transportation equipment to paper to foodstuffs. The largest-employing industries in Northeast Minnesota include Paper Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing, and Transportation Equipment Manufacturing. Combined, these three industries account for nearly half of all regional Manufacturing jobs in our region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic impacted most industries, including Manufacturing, negatively. Manufacturing saw a decline of almost 600 jobs from 2019. Those 2020 losses were smaller than the average across all industries, yet erased the modest employment gains that occurred in the sector since 2015. However, within the Manufacturing sector there were also some notable bright spots. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, Machinery Manufacturing, and Beverage &amp;amp; Tobacco Manufacturing – which more than doubled – saw the largest increases. Plastics &amp;amp; Rubber Products and Food Manufacturing also added jobs from 2015. On the negative side, Paper Manufacturing experienced the largest losses at nearly 400 jobs, followed by Primary Metal, Wood Product, Chemical, and Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing, which each lost more than 100 jobs since 2015 (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091621_ne_table1_tcm1045-500702.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Industry Employment Statistics 2015-2020&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Industry Employment Statistics 2015-2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091621_ne_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;The Manufacturing Workforce&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The region&apos;s Manufacturing workforce is predominantly white and male. According to 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;, 3.9% of Manufacturing workers in Northeast were people of color in 2020, compared to 7.3% of all workers. At the same time, the number of workers of color has grown 7% since 2015 while white employment declined 18%. By gender, only 21.5% of workers were women. This was a slight increase from 19.6% in 2010, but was only enough for the 5th smallest share of female workers among the 20 sectors behind Mining, Construction, Transportation &amp;amp; Warehousing, and Wholesale Trade. The median hourly wage for the Manufacturing jobs held by women was $19.82, which was 74% of the median wage for men. The gender pay gap in Manufacturing was larger than the industry average, which sat at 80% in 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091621_ne_figure2_tcm1045-500676.png&quot; title=&quot;Industry Employment by Age in Northeast Minnesota 2020&quot; alt=&quot;Industry Employment by Age in Northeast Minnesota 2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091621_ne_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;The age of employees is another way that the Manufacturing sector differs from others in the region. There are smaller shares of the youngest and oldest employees in the Manufacturing sector when compared to all other industries (see Figure 2). The Manufacturing sector has the 5th &lt;em&gt;smallest&lt;/em&gt; percentage of workers 65 years and older yet also has the 4th &lt;em&gt;largest&lt;/em&gt; share of workers 55 to 64 years of age. This imbalance indicates that Manufacturing workers tend to retire or change industries closer to the traditional retirement age of 65 than many other industries, and also highlights the future need for workers to replace them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These age trends represent an opportunity for the sector to bring in workers that are not part of the traditional Manufacturing workforce. Workers of color, women, and younger workers are three groups that employers can look more closely at to address increasingly urgent hiring needs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing Month event information and resources for employers, educators, students and job seekers:&lt;/h3&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>500657</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:58Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description>The Rise of Older Workers: An Opportunity Threatened by the Pandemic?</Description><Audience/><Title>The Rise of Older Workers: An Opportunity Threatened by the Pandemic?</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Rise of Older Workers: An Opportunity Threatened by the Pandemic?</Title><title>2021-08-30 Older Workers ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-495881&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2021-08-30T14:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>As Minnesota’s population ages, older workers will play an increasingly important role in the workforce.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As Minnesota&apos;s population ages, older workers will play an increasingly important role in the workforce. But how has the expected future role of older workers been impacted by the pandemic-related recession? The answer to this question may be particularly important in Northeast Minnesota – a region with a population and workforce older than the state average.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As of 2019, residents aged 55 and over accounted for 24.7% of the labor force and 35% of the population in Northeast Minnesota. Since 2000, the 55 years and older population grew 39.8%, an increase of more than 34,000 people. Over the same period, the under 55 population shrank 13.5%, representing nearly 32,000 fewer people. This shift impacted not only the goods and services required by a changing population but also shaped the workforce available to provide them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While older residents tend to have lower labor force participation rates, the number of jobs held by older workers has increased in recent pre-pandemic years at an even faster pace than the same aged population. Since the end of the Great Recession in 2010, employment in all age groups expanded 12.9%, but was led by growth in jobs held by those 65 and older, which nearly doubled through 2019 (see Figure 1). Despite this increase, the 65+ workforce still accounted for only 5.8% of total jobs in 2019. At the other end of the age spectrum, with an increase of 27.3%, workers aged 14-18 grew the second fastest, but represented only 3.2% of total jobs in 2019.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082521_ne_figure1_tcm1045-495875.png&quot; title=&quot;Change in Employment by Age Group in Northeast Minnesota 2010-2020&quot; alt=&quot;Change in Employment by Age Group in Northeast Minnesota 2010-2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082521_ne_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;Pandemic Impacts&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The adverse impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on employment were not distributed evenly across age groups. Data from the Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/static/explore.html#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI)&lt;/a&gt; program show that the oldest and youngest workers lost jobs at higher rates. In the 2nd quarter of 2020, the number of jobs held by workers 65 years and older was 11.1% lower than a year previous, surpassed only by the decrease of jobs held by workers 21 years and younger, which fell 12%. While employment for those 21 and under rebounded into the 3rd quarter, employment for those 65 years and older continued to decline by another 4.1%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;By comparison, during the Great Recession it was the oldest workers that fared the best in Northeast Minnesota, adding jobs where the other groups saw declines. Between 2008 and 2009, workers 65 and older filled 0.5% more jobs. Conversely, jobs held by workers 21 and younger declined 9.4% and total jobs fell 5.5%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Many people have theorized that older workers opted for earlier retirement due to the coronavirus pandemic. &lt;a href=&quot;https://crr.bc.edu/briefs/covid-19-is-not-a-retirement-story/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Researchers at Boston College&lt;/a&gt; found that this was not necessarily the case, and perhaps not for the reasons you think. The impacts of the pandemic fell disproportionately on workers in lower wage occupations. Workers 65 and older are more likely to work in service-providing industries that pay lower wages such as Retail Trade, Arts, Entertainment and Recreation, and Other Services (see Figure 2). These workers are much less likely to have strong savings that would&apos;ve allowed them to retire with a level of reasonable comfort.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082521_ne_figure2_tcm1045-495876.png&quot; title=&quot;Percent of Employment by Industry for Older Workers in Northeast Minnesota Quarter 3 2020&quot; alt=&quot;Percent of Employment by Industry for Older Workers in Northeast Minnesota Quarter 3 2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082521_ne_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;Nevertheless, &lt;a href=&quot;https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS11324230&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;labor force participation for Americans 55 years and older&lt;/a&gt; is now 5.2% lower than in July of 2019. By comparison, labor force participation fell just 0.4% for the 25-54 year old age group. Some of those workers may have not retired but left the labor force for other reasons such as health concerns, including concerns over contracting COVID-19. These issues will need to be fully identified and addressed if older workers are to return to work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Moving Forward&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/june-2021/trends-pandemic.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tight labor market conditions&lt;/a&gt; that prevailed prior to the pandemic have returned quickly. As a result, many employers find themselves desperate for workers and are increasingly exploring non-traditional sources. In the past 10 years, employers may have found themselves turning to older workers for reliability, experience, and talent. However, the loss of older workers due to COVID-19 has made an already shallow labor force pool dry up even more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The fact that workers 65 years and older account for a small share of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s workforce could be an opportunity to encourage greater labor force participation in this age group. Increasing labor force participation for older workers would benefit employers and continue to work toward regional economic recovery.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Resources for older workers looking to return to the workforce:&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/over-50-workforce&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tips for networking, resumes and more for workers over 50&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/SCSEP&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) helps low-income, unemployed adults 55 and older&lt;/a&gt; with employment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Resources for employers looking to hire older workers:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/our-work/income/scsep/info-2014/hire-an-older-worker.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.aarp.org/aarp-foundation/our-work/income/scsep/info-2014/hire-an-older-worker.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://hbr.org/2019/09/the-case-for-hiring-older-workers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://hbr.org/2019/09/the-case-for-hiring-older-workers&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>495881</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:58Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Rising Wage Trends in Northeast</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Rising Wage Trends in Northeast</Title><title>2021-08-06 Trends ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-493340&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>The end of July brought us the latest data from DEED’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The end of July brought us the latest data from 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 and Wages (QCEW)&lt;/a&gt; program. The first quarter 2021 data provide our most up-to-date and detailed look into the economic recovery statewide as well as here in Northeast Minnesota. The employment component of the QCEW program showed that the overall number of jobs remained down 7.8% compared to the first quarter of 2020, the final quarter before the impacts of the pandemic rippled across the U.S. economy. The 7.8% deficit may seem disheartening – it certainly indicates that there is a ways to go for full recovery – but it also represents the smallest over-the-year loss of the past four quarters. Despite having fewer absolute jobs than in both the 3rd and 4th quarter, employment is relatively closer to what it was a year previously. By comparison, second quarter 2020 employment was 15.2% below second quarter 2019.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While employment remained down, wages for all industries rose almost 4% over the year. As the economy recovered, stories of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.startribune.com/more-minnesota-employers-raise-starting-pay-eager-to-get-rolling-again/600063178/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;rising wages&lt;/a&gt; in industries struggling to hire became more common. Many of these industries were the same that suffered the largest employment losses early in 2020. Yet, the wage trends in Northeast Minnesota appear much more mixed. Some of the lower-paying industries such as Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, Administrative Support, and Retail Trade did see above average bumps in their weekly wages. However, others such as Accommodation and Food Services and Other Services, two of the lowest paying and hardest hit industries during the pandemic, actually saw wages fall (see Table 1). To further muddy the waters, among the two highest-paying industries, Mining experienced the largest wage growth while Utilities saw the second largest wage decline.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Industry Employment Statistics in Northeast Minnesota Q1 2020 - Q1 2021&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Industry Title&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2021 Q1 Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;em&gt;Change of Employment&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Change in Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Average Weekly Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Change in Average Weekly Wage&lt;/th&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;2,619&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-798&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-23.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$514&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+6.9%&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;11,015&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-2,833&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-20.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$321&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-0.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,125&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-859&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-17.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$561&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-0.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Information&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,064&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-211&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-16.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$978&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Admin Support &amp;amp; Waste Mgmt Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,636&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-503&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-16.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$595&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+6.3%&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;3,595&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-506&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-12.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,016&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.5%&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;570&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-67&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-10.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$964&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+0.6%&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;694&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-76&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,524&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.1%&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;1,045&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-107&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-9.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$669&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;11,582&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1,110&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-8.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$878&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;129,020&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-10,903&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-7.8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$937&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;8,122&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-627&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-7.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,218&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Wholesale Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2,716&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-188&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-6.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,190&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.8%&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;3,928&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-213&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,310&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+6.5%&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;32,925&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-1,751&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-5.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$984&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+2.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5,368&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-237&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-4.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,233&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+1.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;10,528&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;-3.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,047&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Mining&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,148&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-129&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$2,126&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+7.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16,220&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-478&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$546&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Utilities&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,427&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-15&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-1.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$2,050&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-3.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Professional, Scientific, &amp;amp; Technical Svcs&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,686&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+195&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+4.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$1,283&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;+5.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; Wages&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If it was &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/december-2020/profile-of-risk.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;primarily the lower wage workers&lt;/a&gt; that lost their jobs while higher wage workers were kept on, it follows that the average wages for industries with higher concentrations of low wage workers would increase. Yet again, this does not appear to be the case. To delve deeper, we can utilize &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) data to factor in the number of hours worked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The median number of quarterly hours worked barely changed for all industries but decreased over the year in the third quarter of 2020 by -3.8% for Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, and -5.4% for Accommodation and Food Services. We know that employment was down in these industries so even the workers that kept their jobs saw their hours decrease. Importantly, wages also increased from third quarter 2019 to third quarter 2020 for most industries, including 6.3% for Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation and 5.3% for Accommodation and Food Services. Employment declined, hours fell, and yet median compensation increased, pointing toward more job losses among the lower-paid workers in these industries, at least as of the third quarter last year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, is what we observed in third quarter of last year still applicable? Is the wage growth in the first quarter of 2021 attributable to more prevalent job losses at the low end of industry wage scales or is there something else at play, such as increased competition among employers for workers? The answer to that question is important because the former points to lingering disproportionate impacts among workers in low-wage occupations and industries while the latter indicates increased worker power. More likely, the answer lies somewhere in between and is dynamic, changing with the evolving recovery. Yet one thing remains certain, and that is the complexity that must be embraced when studying recent wage and employment trends. An endeavor served well by the data available on &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Data Tools Page&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>493340</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:57Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>The Rise of Long-Term Unemployment in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Rise of Long-Term Unemployment in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2021-07-07 Unemployment ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-488783&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>While many labor market indicators in Northeast Minnesota are pointing in the right direction for people who are looking for work now, there is one factor that is important to keep an eye on.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While many labor market indicators in Northeast Minnesota are pointing in the right direction for people who are looking for work now, there is one factor that is important to keep an eye on. High numbers of people who are experiencing long-term unemployment can signal long-term challenges for those workers and an underutilized labor pool for employers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The economic roller coaster that was the last 15 months included a drastic spike in unemployment both nationally as well as here in Northeast Minnesota. The regional unemployment rate reached as high as 11.4% and the number of unemployed peaked at 18,389 in May of 2020. Since that point, the unemployment rate fell somewhat rapidly to a rate of 4.4% in October, before rising again in correspondence with the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the winter months. In recent months, the unemployment rate declined again from 5.9% in January to 4.2% in May (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062421_ne_figure1_tcm1045-488784.png&quot; title=&quot;Unemployment Trends in Northeast Minnesota 2020-2021&quot; alt=&quot;Unemployment Trends in Northeast Minnesota 2020-2021&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062421_ne_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;Those look like encouraging trends for the labor market, yet the general decline in unemployment masks the relative rise of the long-term unemployed. Both the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed in May were the lowest they have been in over a year, but that does not tell the entire story. In previous blogs I discussed how the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/479713&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;decline in the labor force&lt;/a&gt; since the pandemic began is cause for concern. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/484437&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tight labor market conditions&lt;/a&gt; that existed prior to the onset of COVID-19 are returning, and now the pool of workers employers must hire from is about 4,700 smaller than it was just over a year ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The unemployment story itself is also more nuanced than the simple trend of falling numbers and rates. DEED&apos;s &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; allow a more detailed look at labor market dynamics as the economy strives to recover. In addition to the regular continued and extended continued programs that the state typically provides, the federal response to the pandemic provided the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uimn.org/applicants/needtoknow/news-updates/covid19-pua.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA)&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uimn.org/applicants/needtoknow/specialprograms/extended-benefits.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC)&lt;/a&gt; programs. The PUA program made UI benefits available to workers that were not typically eligible, including the self employed and independent contractors. The PEUC program provided an extension to those who exhausted regular state benefits, typically after 26 weeks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Total UI claims&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; have declined considerably since April and May of last year, as reflected by the falling unemployment rate and number of unemployed workers. After reaching a high of nearly 32,000 claims in April 2020, total continued claims sat at just under 12,000 in May 2021. This is where additional nuance is available. While both regular continued or PUA claims have declined since December 2020, and extended continued or PEUC claims have declined since March 2021, the share of extended or PEUC claims has increased all but one month since March 2020. As of May 2021, claims were split evenly between regular/PUA and extended/PEUC for the first time, indicating a relative rise in longer-term unemployment as more claimants exhaust their regular benefits and transition to extended benefits programs (see Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062421_ne_figure2_tcm1045-488785.png&quot; title=&quot;Unemployment Claims by Type or Program in Northeast Minnesota 2020-2021&quot; alt=&quot;Unemployment Claims by Type or Program in Northeast Minnesota 2020-2021&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062421_ne_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;This transition from regular to extended unemployment benefits is important. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/unemployed-27-weeks-or-longer-as-a-percent-of-total-unemployed.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;long-term unemployed&lt;/a&gt; are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.marketplace.org/2021/06/03/with-long-term-unemployment-comes-long-term-challenges/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;less likely to easily re-enter the workforce&lt;/a&gt; due to stigma, which in turn can feed a cycle of anxiety and a decline of confidence. This can be particularly true for &lt;a href=&quot;https://hbr.org/2021/03/a-crisis-of-long-term-unemployment-is-looming-in-the-u-s&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;older workers and workers who had achieved senior positions&lt;/a&gt; or have highly specialized skills or qualifications in areas where there aren&apos;t a large number of open positions. As a result, the long-term unemployed have been a traditionally underutilized resource, one that is extremely valuable in a tight labor market such as the one we currently find ourselves in. In the recovery from the pandemic recession, efforts to reach the long-term unemployed and welcome them back into the workforce should be one of many strategies utilized by employers and workforce development organizations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; Unemployment claims differ from the number of unemployed. Those filing claims may still be considered employed if they continue to work a second job or work reduced hours while still being eligible for unemployment benefits. Additionally, those considered to be unemployed may not be filing or receiving unemployment claims for a variety of reasons.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>488783</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:57Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Wage Offers Continue Growth as Job Vacancies Remain High</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Wage Offers Continue Growth as Job Vacancies Remain High</Title><title>2021-06-08 Wage Offers ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-484437&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>There were 7,102 job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota in the fourth quarter of 2020, a 14.2% decline from the end of 2019.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There were 7,102 job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota in the fourth quarter of 2020, a 14.2% decline from the end of 2019. Despite this decline, the number of vacancies remained relatively high. The number of vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2020 was fourth-highest out of the last ten years. This is not typical during recessionary periods - the number of job vacancies coming out of the Great Recession in 2011 was less than half of the current number and unemployment was significantly higher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For additional context we can compare the number of job vacancies to the number of unemployed workers, who by definition are active job seekers. In the years leading up to the pandemic, the ratio of job seekers to job vacancies was below one, indicating high demand for workers. During the Great Recession, the number of job seekers per vacancy soared above 10 as hiring slowed significantly. Low demand for workers has not been a problem in the region in recent months. By the end of 2020, the number of jobseekers per open position returned to 1.1 as the labor market reverted to the tightness that existed from 2018 through the beginning of 2020 (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052621_ne_figure1_tcm1045-484440.png&quot; title=&quot;Job Seekers per Vacancy in Northeast Minnesota 2009-2020&quot; alt=&quot;Job Seekers per Vacancy in Northeast Minnesota 2009-2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052621_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The largest share of job vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2020 were in Sales &amp;amp; Related occupations with 16.5% of all openings in the region. Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related openings represented 15.3% and Healthcare Support and Healthcare Practitioners combined for another 23.9% of quarterly vacancies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Installation, Maintenance, &amp;amp; Repair vacancies increased the most over the year, driven by openings for Automotive Service Technicians &amp;amp; Mechanics. Healthcare Support and Management vacancies also saw large increases over the year, with growth in the former likely reflecting the continued high demand for Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides and Nursing Assistants. Notably, vacancies in occupational groups hit hardest during the pandemic such as Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related and Arts, Design, &amp;amp; Entertainment saw increased vacancies compared to the previous year, even as public health restrictions were increased during the fourth quarter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Increasing Real Wages&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The median wage offer for job vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2020 was $14.46 an hour. This is the highest median wage offer since the survey began in 2001. However, a better measure of wage growth accounts for inflation. The inflation-adjusted median wage offer was $9.90 an hour in Northeast Minnesota. That may not seem like much, but in 2001 dollars – the base year for the adjustment – the current median offer represents a 45.2% increase in real wages (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Job Vacancies and Median Wage Offer by Occupational Group in Northeast Minnesota 2001-2020&lt;/h3&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;Occupational Group&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2020 Q4 Vacancies&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Change in Vacancies 2019-2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2020 Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Inflation Adjusted Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;2001 Median Wage Offer&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent Growth of Inflation Adjusted Median Wage Offer 2001-2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;122&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;64.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$6.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+139%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Protective Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;112&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;89.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.88&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$12.24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$5.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+127%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction and Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;59&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-76.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24.13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.51&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$7.31&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+126%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal Care and Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;213&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-65.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.04&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$11.66&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$5.48&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+113%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sales and Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,170&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-15.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.40&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$9.17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$5.15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+78%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business and Financial Operations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-78.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$26.67&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$10.54&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+73%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Production&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;69&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$11.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$7.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+57%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Preparation and Serving Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1,084&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$11.90&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$8.14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$5.38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+51%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;7,102&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;-14.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$14.46&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$9.90&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$6.82&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+45%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Architecture and Engineering&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;26&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-82.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$33.65&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$23.03&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+43%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Life, Physical, and Social Science&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;40&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;73.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$31.68&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$21.68&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$15.74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+38%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Practitioners and Technical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;940&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-23.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.91&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+32%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building and Grounds Cleaning &amp;amp; Maintenance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;311&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-39.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$9.27&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$7.17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+29%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer and Mathematical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-77.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$25.41&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17.39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+29%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation, Maintenance, and Repair&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;566.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$10.95&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$8.71&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+26%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;757&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;118.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.42&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$9.18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$8.46&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Office and Administrative Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;576&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-19.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$13.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$9.24&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$8.61&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;+7%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Instruction and Library&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;235&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-20.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$16.44&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$11.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$11.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;273&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;100.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27.36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$18.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$20.72&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-10%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Community and Social Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;333&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$12.48&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$8.54&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$9.49&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-10%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation and Material Moving&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;320&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;-54.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$14.75&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$10.09&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$11.33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;-11%&lt;/em&gt;&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, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics&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;Driving the wage growth were the lowest-paying occupations such as Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, &amp;amp; Media; Protective Service, and Personal Care &amp;amp; Service. However, these groups were hit hard during the pandemic and do not have a higher number of openings, even if wages are higher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Only three occupations did not see their inflation adjusted median wage offers grow from 2001. The median wage offers of Management, Community &amp;amp; Social Service, and Transportation &amp;amp; Material Moving each decreased by around 10% compared to inflation. Educational Instruction &amp;amp; Library also saw their wages stagnate from 2001 to 2020.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The change in real wage offers for all occupations has not been a steady increase year-over-year. Wage offers fluctuated noticeably in relation to minimum wage increases and large economic disruptions such as the Great Recession (See Figure 2). The current pandemic recession has not seemed to impact median wage offers in a significant way. Real wage offers for all vacancies increased $0.13 over the year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052621_ne_figure2_tcm1045-484439.png&quot; title=&quot;Vacancy and Median Wage Offer Trend for Total, All Occupations in Northeast Minnesota, 2001-2020&quot; alt=&quot;Vacancy and Median Wage Offer Trend for Total, All Occupations in Northeast Minnesota, 2001-2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052621_ne_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data shown for fourth quarters. Source: DEED Job Vacancy. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;And while the number of vacancies fell compared to last year, they remain relatively high, especially in comparison to the supply of workers. If trends continue, the tight labor market conditions Northeast Minnesota was experiencing before the pandemic are likely right around the corner.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>484437</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:55Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>What is the Labor Force and Why Should I Care About it?</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>What is the Labor Force and Why Should I Care About it?</Title><title>2021-04-29 What is the Labor Force and Why Should I Care About it? ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-479713&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>Traditionally, unemployment - specifically the unemployment rate - has been the measure of choice when assessing the overall health of the economy and labor market.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Traditionally, unemployment – specifically the unemployment rate – has been the measure of choice when assessing the overall health of the economy and labor market. The drastic changes we&apos;ve seen occur in the labor market over the past year are a good reminder that the usual unemployment rate is not always the best tool for the job of describing the pandemic&apos;s unique impacts on our economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The terms &quot;workforce&quot; and &quot;labor force&quot; are often used interchangeably. However, the labor force has a specific definition as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS defines the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#:~:text=The%20labor%20force%20includes%20all,or%20actively%20looking%20for%20work.&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;civilian labor force&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;all people age 16 and older who are classified as either employed and unemployed.&quot; More generally, the labor force consists of people who are either working, or not working but looking for work actively. The labor force is a broader measure of the availability of workers and the surplus labor available to become employed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042621_ne_figure1_tcm1045-479732.png&quot; title=&quot;Labor Force Percent Change from February 2020 by Minnesota Planning Region&quot; alt=&quot;Labor Force Percent Change from February 2020 by Minnesota Planning Region&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042621_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Ok, so we know what the labor force is, but why is it important?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently, the labor force has received more attention simply because it declined so significantly during the last year. &lt;a href=&quot;https://appsqa.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/laus/Graph.aspx?geog=2701000000&amp;amp;adjust=1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Historically quite stable&lt;/a&gt;, the statewide labor force shrank by nearly 120,000 workers or about -3.8% during the pandemic recession. In Northeast Minnesota, the decline of the labor force was even greater and continued through last October, when it was -5.9% lower (-9,700 workers) than in February 2020 (see Figure 1). As of February 2021, the labor force was still -3.3% lower than a year previously.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Perhaps even more remarkable is that prior to 2020, the last time Northeast Minnesota&apos;s labor force averaged under 160,000 workers annually was 1998, when fewer people lived in the region. For the final six months of 2020, Northeast Minnesota saw the largest labor force declines relative to February 2020 levels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;During the Great Recession there was a sharp increase in Northeast Minnesota&apos;s labor force, due to formerly stay-at-home spouses joining the labor market when the other spouse was laid off but actively looking for work, as well as more people working until they were older instead of retiring. This sharp increase was followed by two years of a corresponding decline. So far, the current pandemic-induced recession has instead resulted in a steep decline in the size of the labor force (see Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042621_ne_figure2_tcm1045-479731.png&quot; title=&quot;Annual Labor Force Estimates 2000-2020&quot; alt=&quot;Annual Labor Force Estimates 2000-2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042621_ne_figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There are many reasons why a worker would choose to stop looking for work and leave the labor force. Perhaps the best-known means of exiting the labor force is retirement, typically as older workers decide to call it a career. DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/profile-unemployment/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Profile of Risk for Prolonged Unemployment&lt;/a&gt; shows that older workers were more likely to be unemployed for longer during the pandemic, which could lead to higher rates of discouragement or marginal attachment. Individuals are considered to be marginally attached to the labor force if they are unemployed and not currently looking for work but indicate that they are interested in working. The marginally attached are considered discouraged if there is a specific barrier to their being able to find work, such as believing no job is available to them in their field or location, discrimination, or the lack of necessary training or experience.  (See Ways Unemployment Is Measured, below.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Another reason pulling workers from the labor force is the need to take care of family members. Schools and childcare facilities were &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/september-2020/early-care-education.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;subject to pressures&lt;/a&gt; they did not face during previous recessions. Families had to scramble to care for children, often choosing to stay home to do so themselves, further constraining the supply of workers. Women more often fill the role of primary caretaker and were more likely to leave the labor force for this reason.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Lastly, some workers may have stopped looking for work for fear of being exposed to the virus itself. Stimulus payments and additional unemployment benefits made staying home a more viable option, at least in the shorter term, but concern for one&apos;s health has proven to be a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-other-reason-the-labor-force-is-shrunken-fear-of-covid-19-11618163017&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;major factor&lt;/a&gt; in workers&apos; decisions to not look for work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Whatever the reason, there are fewer people looking for work now than there were prior to the pandemic. Whether the decrease in the labor force is temporary will be crucial to the economic recovery of Minnesota, but especially in Northeast Minnesota where the labor force has been stagnant or declining for more than a decade.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Ways Unemployment Is Measured&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The official unemployment rate that we publish every month – also known as the U-3 rate - represents a subset of the labor force that has not worked in the last week but has looked for work in the past month. The U-3 unemployment rate is the most commonly used measure of unemployment, but is one of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/lau/stalt.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;six ways unemployment is measured&lt;/a&gt;. The measures range from the narrowest (U-1) to broadest definitions of unemployment (U-6).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;U-1, persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;U-2, job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;U-3, total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (this is the definition used for the official unemployment rate);&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;U-4, total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;U-5, total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers; and&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;U-6, total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Each month DEED&apos;s Labor Market Information Office publishes the official U-3 rates, but also releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/current-econ-highlights/alternative-unemployment.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Alternative Measures of Unemployment&lt;/a&gt; for the state, which includes measures of discouraged workers and the long-term unemployed. The 12-month rolling average U-3 rate for Minnesota in March 2021 was 6.2%. For comparison, the U-6 rate in March was 10.8%.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>479713</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:55Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Harnessing Opportunity in Change: The Acceleration of Remote Work</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Harnessing Opportunity in Change: The Acceleration of Remote Work</Title><title>2021-03-31 IT ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-474012&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>Telework could be component of efforts to attract IT talent in Northeast Minnesota.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The coronavirus pandemic is changing the way we work. One trend that has received considerable attention is the ascension of remote work or telework. As my colleague Cameron Macht points out in his recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/march-2021/telework-during-pandemic.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; in Minnesota Economic Trends, the rate of teleworking in Minnesota increased considerably with the onset of the pandemic – rising from about 7% pre-pandemic to as high as 35.4% of the labor force last May. Since that high point, the share of the labor force working from home has leveled out but has remained more than triple the pre-pandemic rate as of January 2021. It is likely that even after the public health threat recedes, many workers would opt to continue to work remotely, if their employers let them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The likely long-term increase in telework presents opportunities for rural areas looking to attract people. A related trend that has also captured attention is that of &lt;a href=&quot;https://smallbizsurvival.com/2020/12/zoom-towns-attracting-and-supporting-remote-workers-in-rural-small-towns.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;Zoom Towns&quot;.&lt;/a&gt; Unshackled from the requirement to live near an office, workers are choosing to re-locate from cities to more rural places with access to different amenities, outdoor activities, and more space. However, not all workers have the same opportunity to take advantage of this new-found flexibility. As the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, higher-paying occupations that tend to require higher average levels of educational attainment such as Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical, Legal, Business &amp;amp; Financial Operations, and Architecture and Engineering occupations are most likely to have the option to work remotely. This trend aligns with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/439314&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;social distancing rankings&lt;/a&gt; I highlighted in a blog last year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Some of the jobs that are most easily conducted remotely are in the technology and information fields. One way to grow the relatively small tech workforce in Northeast Minnesota is to retain the talent that is developed in our own figurative backyards. The College of St. Scholastica, University of Minnesota-Duluth, and Lake Superior College all offer Computer and/or Mathematics programs. Combined, these programs graduated nearly 200 students in the 2016-2017 academic year, according to data from 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 (GEO)&lt;/a&gt; tool (see Table 1). However, of these potential tech workers, less than two out of every five stayed to work in Northeast Minnesota. The likelihood that a graduate of a Computer or Math program found employment in the region decreased by educational attainment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Share of 2016-2017 Graduates of Northeast Minnesota Colleges and Universities Employed in Region after Graduation&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Program&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th rowspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Number of Graduates&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt;Percent of Graduates Employed in Northeast Minnesota 3 Years After Graduation&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;All Graduates&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Graduates with Associate Degrees&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Graduates with Bachelor&apos;s Degrees&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Graduates with Graduate Degrees&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer or Mathematics&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;198&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;37.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;68.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;30.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;20.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;All Programs&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4,586&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;38.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;67.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;36.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;52.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: MN DEED Graduate Employment Outcomes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Those with associate degrees were more than twice as likely as those with bachelor&apos;s degrees and more than three times as likely than those that obtained graduate degrees to be employed in the region. Computer and Mathematics graduates stay in Northeast Minnesota at similar rates to graduates from all programs, with the exception of those earning graduate degrees, which are less than half as likely to become employed in the region. The most popular destination of Computer and Mathematics graduates is perhaps no surprise. The Twin Cities has a much higher concentration of jobs in Computer and Mathematical occupations, 4.6% of all jobs compared to 1.3% in Northeast Minnesota (&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED Occupational Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One more potential approach to grow tech jobs is to try and recruit the businesses themselves. With fewer physical requirements tying tech companies to a particular place, the same quality of life factors and amenities that are attracting individual workers might also appeal to an organization. In addition, efforts to leverage the equalizing effects of broadband can be seen in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.curbed.com/2019/2/12/18221421/startup-remote-working-rural-coworking&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;creation of rural tech hubs&lt;/a&gt;. Aligning the existing pipeline of available tech workers from local institutions would be a key component of both strategies. For now, the tech graduates are there, but local opportunities need to be increased or broadened to convince more of these workers that starting their careers in Northeast Minnesota is a viable alternative to larger metropolitan areas. Rural areas can benefit from the changing landscape of work foisted upon us by the pandemic. The increase in remote work presents one intriguing new opportunity to attract or retain workers in Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Visit DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/broadband/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Office of Broadband Development page&lt;/a&gt; for more information on initiatives and funding to expand broadband access in Minnesota&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you would like to learn more about DEED&apos;s efforts to foster entrepreneurship in Minnesota, check out our &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/launchmn/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Launch Minnesota&lt;/a&gt; program.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>474012</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:53Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Blaze Your Own Career Trail in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Blaze Your Own Career Trail in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2021-02-24 Blaze ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-469312&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>A popular belief is that you have to go to college to get a great-paying job. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A popular belief is that you have to go to college to get a great-paying job. The data in DEED&apos;s &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; and the information on &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/lmi-reports/workforce-path-success/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;our career exploration page&lt;/a&gt; show that not all great jobs require college, and not all college graduates end up with great-paying jobs. There are many paths to a great career and these resources help students and people considering a career change get the information to make the choices that work best for them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Career Pathways Tool takes occupational employment, wages, education requirements and demand and weaves it together with the fields, clusters and pathways of the Minnesota State Career Wheel. Combined, and in one place, these data are a powerful resource for students, counselors and parents looking to gain a better understanding of how certain education and training aligns with employment opportunities in Minnesota. Equipped with information, students and Minnesotans considering a career change are better prepared to choose the career path that is best for them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One of the sources that Career Pathways pulls from is 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;. In 2020 there were 250 occupations in demand in Northeast Minnesota, 150 of which require less than a four-year degree. Of those 150, 60% offer wages greater than the regional median. More than four out of every five jobs in the region do not require a four-year or advanced degree (see Figure 1). Vocational training and associate degree programs offer shorter and more affordable alternatives to the traditional four-year degree track, and still provide pathways to good paying, in-demand jobs in many fields. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/292061&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/493023&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/19-4093.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Forest Conservation Technicians&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/15-1152.00&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Computer Network Support Specialists&lt;/a&gt; are a few examples of the diverse options available that don&apos;t require a four-year degree.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Figure 1. Northeast Minnesota Share of Jobs by Educational Requirements, 2020&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021021-ne-figure1_tcm1045-469318.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Share of Jobs by Educational Requirements, 2020&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Share of Jobs by Educational Requirements, 2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 40%;&quot; class=&quot;photoLeftNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021021-ne-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;Each career cluster contains great career opportunities, yet some clusters more promise. The Architecture and Construction cluster has six occupations in the top 50 in-demand occupations, each of which requires only a high school diploma and pays a wage greater than the median for all occupations. In-demand Construction occupations, due to their typical education requirements, have relatively low barriers to entry, yet pay good wages (See Figure 2). Among those, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/472073&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators&lt;/a&gt; takes the top spot and is expected to grow 11.2% by 2028. Half of Operating Engineer jobs pay between $52,822 and $77,843 a year. In-demand occupations like Operating Engineers, with proven long-term growth, are often good bets.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Figure 2. Top Occupations in Demand in the Architecture and Construction Cluster, Northeast Minnesota, 2020&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021021-ne-figure2_tcm1045-469319.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 2. Top Occupations in Demand in the Architecture and Construction Cluster, Northeast Minnesota, 2020&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 2. Top Occupations in Demand in the Architecture and Construction Cluster, Northeast Minnesota, 2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021021-ne-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;Like Architecture and Construction, the Health Sciences cluster has many in-demand occupations. However, unlike the most in-demand Architecture and Construction occupations, there is more variety in the median wages, educational requirements, and employment levels in the Health Science occupations. Two occupations that are good representations of this diversity are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/311120&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Home Health and Personal Care Aides&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/explore/careers/291171&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nurse Practitioners&lt;/a&gt;. Home Health and Personal Care Aide positions are abundant in the region, require a high school diploma or less, and pay between $24,514 and $30,353 a year. Nurse Practitioner positions are fewer and typically require a master&apos;s degree and pay between $106,543 and $127,832 a year. In many ways these two occupations represent separate stops along one potential career pathway.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Figure 3. Top Occupations in Demand in the Health Services Cluster, Northeast Minnesota, 2020&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021021-ne-figure3_tcm1045-469320.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 3. Top Occupations in Demand in the Health Services Cluster, Northeast Minnesota, 2020&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 3. Top Occupations in Demand in the Health Services Cluster, Northeast Minnesota, 2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021021-ne-figure3&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 are no &quot;correct&quot; career pathways. Each worker blazes their own trail based on experience, training, skills, values and preferences. By providing many opportunities for entry at various levels of education and pay, Health Services creates &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/career-pathways-laddering-and-lattices-getting-point-point-b&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;ladders&quot;&lt;/a&gt; for workers to advance and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/careerforce-blog/career-pathways-laddering-and-lattices-getting-point-point-b&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&quot;lattices&quot;&lt;/a&gt; for workers to move laterally to different but related occupations. By making potential career advancement opportunities known, employers can make positions more attractive to candidates. Well-articulated career pathways contribute to the strength and popularity of the health care industry in the region and can be a model for other sectors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Learn more about how to &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/career-pathways-tool/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;blaze your own career trail&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>469312</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:53Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>More than Doctors and Nurses: Hidden Health Care Gems in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>More than Doctors and Nurses: Hidden Health Care Gems in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2021-01-28 Hidden Health ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-464118&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>There are many different health care occupations with varying responsibilities and educational and training requirements for which the future is equally bright in Northeast Minnesota. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Nurses and Physicians are probably the two occupations that first come to mind when thinking of growing health care field. However, there are many different occupations with varying responsibilities and educational and training requirements for which the future is equally bright in Northeast Minnesota. Below are five &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot;&gt;in-demand occupations&lt;/a&gt; that may be less well known yet still present great opportunities for those interested in health care careers in Northeast Minnesota. Follow the links to learn even more:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;First, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Phlebotomists&amp;amp;onetcode=31909700&amp;amp;location=Duluth,%20MN&quot;&gt;Phlebotomists&lt;/a&gt; are specialists that draw blood from patients for medical tests, treatment, donation, or research. Phlebotomists are also responsible for maintaining equipment and accurate medical records. The typical education required to start as a Phlebotomist is a high school diploma or the equivalent. Most Phlebotomists will have some short-term on-the-job training or a certification. &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=319097&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot;&gt;The median wage for Phlebotomists in Northeast Minnesota is $34,234 a year&lt;/a&gt;. Jobs in this occupation are expected to grow more than 20% by 2028 (see table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Pharmacy%20Technicians&amp;amp;onetcode=29205200&amp;amp;location=Duluth,%20MN&amp;amp;onet=29205200&quot;&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/a&gt; are also in high demand in Northeast Minnesota. Pharmacy Technicians work under the direction of Pharmacists to measure, mix, count, label and record amounts and dosages of medications. While the projected growth of the occupation is a modest 1.1%, DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; for the second quarter of 2020 indicated almost 200 full-time vacancies in the region, none of which required more than a year of related experience. &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=292052&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot;&gt;The median wage for Pharmacy Technicians is $36,308 a year&lt;/a&gt; and the median wage offer of recent postings is only slightly lower at $17.02 hourly, or $35,401 annually.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Diagnostic%20Medical%20Sonographers&amp;amp;onetcode=29203200&amp;amp;location=Duluth,%20MN&amp;amp;onet=29203200&quot;&gt;Diagnostic Medical Sonographers&lt;/a&gt; are specialists at using ultrasonic technology and equipment to produce images and records of internal organs which aid in medical diagnoses and treatments. Diagnostic Medical Sonographers may concentrate on a certain area of anatomy or medicine such as Obstetrics and Gynecology. Also sometimes known as Ultrasound Techs, Diagnostic Medical Sonographer positions typically require an Associate degree in Sonography, but certificate and bachelor’s degree programs are options as well. &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=292032&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot;&gt;In Northeast Minnesota, the median wage for Medical Sonographers is $77,388 a year&lt;/a&gt;, almost double the $39,571 median wage for all occupations. Diagnostic Medical Sonographers are expected to grow 3.3% through 2028.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Another occupation that typically requires an associate degree yet pays a high median wage is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Surgical%20Technologists&amp;amp;onetcode=29205500&amp;amp;location=Duluth,%20MN&amp;amp;onet=29205500&quot;&gt;Surgical Technologists&lt;/a&gt;. Also known as Surgical Technicians and Scrub Technicians, Surgical Technologists assist in many aspects of surgical procedures. This may include preparing the operating room, equipment, and patients, and supporting other surgical staff during operations. The outlook for Surgical Technologists is bright; the occupation is projected to grow by 9.4% representing about 180 new openings from 2018-2028. &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=292055&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot;&gt;The median annual wage for Surgical Technologists in Northeast Minnesota is $57,416&lt;/a&gt; and the median wage offering for recent openings was $20.04 an hour, equivalent to a full-time annual salary of $41,683.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Lastly, health care is not limited to humans alone. Veterinary medicine is another option for those interested in pursuing an occupation in the field. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Veterinary%20Technologists%20and%20Technicians&amp;amp;onetcode=29205600&amp;amp;location=Duluth,%20MN&amp;amp;onet=29205600&quot;&gt;Veterinary Technologists and Technicians&lt;/a&gt; prepare for and conduct medical and laboratory tests for use in the treatment and diagnosis of animals, maintain equipment and instruments, and assist Veterinarians. Getting started as a Veterinary Technologist or Technician typically requires an Associate degree and some short-term on-the-job training. &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=292056&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot;&gt;The current median wage for Vet Techs in Northeast Minnesota is $36,328 per year&lt;/a&gt;. Vet Techs are projected to grow 15.4% by 2028, about 11 openings per year. An additional potential pathway into a Vet Tech position is some experience as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Veterinary%20Assistants%20and%20Laboratory%20Animal%20Caretakers&amp;amp;onetcode=31909600&amp;amp;location=Duluth,%20MN&amp;amp;onet=31909600&quot;&gt;Veterinary Assistant and Laboratory Animal Caretaker&lt;/a&gt;, which is also expected to grow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Selected In-Demand Health Care Occupations in Northeast Minnesota, 2020&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&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;Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Regional Employment, 2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Planning Area 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;Planning Area Projected Openings (2018-2028)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Typical Education Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Typical Training Requirements&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&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;Registered Nurses&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;$66,583&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;5,100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+2,822&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;Associate degree&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;Short term on the job training&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;Home Health &amp;amp; Personal Care Aides&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;$27,244&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;6,540&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+23.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+7,571&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;High school diploma or equivalent&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;Unavailable&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$36,308&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;550&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+1.1%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+432&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;Nursing Assistants&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;$33,249&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;2,630&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+4.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+3,209&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;Postsecondary non-degree award&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;Short term on the job training&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Phlebotomists&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$34,234&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;180&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+20.2%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+352&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Licensed Vocational Nurses&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;$45,331&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;990&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+905&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;Postsecondary non-degree award&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;Short term on the job training&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;Psychiatric Technicians&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;$44,244&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;140&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;n/a&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;High school diploma or equivalent&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;Short term on the job training&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Veterinary Technologists &amp;amp; Technicians&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$36,328&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;90&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+15.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+106&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Associate degree&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Surgical Technologists&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$57,416&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;240&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+9.4%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+180&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Associate degree&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;Medical Assistants&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;$41,349&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;700&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+13.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+1,015&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;Postsecondary non-degree award&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;Short term on the job training&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;Ophthalmic Medical Technicians&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;$58,245&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+4.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+41&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;High school diploma or equivalent&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;Short term on the job training&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;Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other&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;$78,372&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;n/a&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;Postsecondary non-degree award&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;Unavailable&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;Respiratory Therapists&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;$62,648&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+3.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;+76&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;Associate degree&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;Short term on the job training&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;Orderlies&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;$35,918&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;40&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;n/a&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;High school diploma or equivalent&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;Short term on the job training&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Diagnostic Medical Sonographers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$77,388&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;70&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+3.3%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;+35&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Associate degree&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&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;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Short term on the job training&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: DEED Occupational Employment Statistics, Occupations in Demand&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;These are just a few of the many promising health care occupations in the Northeast region. The diversity of work, educational requirements, and training show that there truly is something for everyone in the health care field.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>464118</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:50Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>In Northeast Minnesota you don’t need an advanced degree to advance into a health care career</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>In Northeast Minnesota you don’t need an advanced degree to advance into a health care career</Title><title>2021-01-07 Health Care Career ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-462010&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>The Health Care industry in Northeast Minnesota is both growing and full of diverse employment opportunities.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Health Care industry in Northeast Minnesota is both growing and full of diverse employment opportunities. Health Care and Social Assistance employment accounted for over a quarter of all jobs in the region in the second quarter of 2020, the largest share of any sector. Up until the coronavirus pandemic, Health Care employment grew 5.1% in the past five years. And according to DEED’s employment projections and as seen on the infographic posted with this blog, the growth of the Health Care sector is expected to continue at an even greater rate of 11.2% through 2028.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Not all of these jobs require advanced degrees or education. In fact, nearly two out of every five health care jobs in Northeast Minnesota require only a high school diploma or equivalent and another one out of five typically require vocational training (see Figure 1). This means that there are many options available to those looking to enter the health care field without extensive training.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/122420_ne_figure1_tcm1045-461990.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Health Care Occupations by Typical Education Requirement, 2020&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Health Care Occupations by Typical Education Requirement, 2020&quot; style=&quot;width: 50%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;122420_ne_figure1&quot; /&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED’s Occupations in Demand Tool&lt;/a&gt;, seven of the top 15, and 11 of the top 50 occupations with the highest demand are health care-related. Furthermore, many in-demand health care occupations typically require a high school diploma or postsecondary non-degree award – often a certificate. Short-term on-the-job training is typically an important component for many of these occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the most in-demand health care occupations that don’t require a degree, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/Occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Home%20Health%20Aides&amp;amp;onetcode=31101100&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Home Health and Personal Care Aides&lt;/a&gt; are in highest demand and are also expected to see the largest employment growth in the next decade. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Nursing%20Assistants&amp;amp;onetcode=31101400&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&amp;amp;onet=31101400&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Nursing Assistants&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Phlebotomists&amp;amp;onetcode=31909700&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Phlebotomists&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Licensed%20Practical%20and%20Licensed%20Vocational%20Nurses&amp;amp;onetcode=29206100&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&amp;amp;onet=29206100&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/a&gt; are also expected to outpace the average regional growth rate by large margins (see Table 1). Of the occupations with available projected growth rates, only &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Pharmacy%20Technicians&amp;amp;onetcode=29205200&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&amp;amp;onet=29205200&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pharmacy Technicians&lt;/a&gt; is below the regional average, yet is still expected to see 432 openings from 2018-2028 due to retirements and other turnover.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Even with lower educational requirements, there are opportunities in health care occupations to earn wages near the regional median. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Licensed%20Practical%20and%20Licensed%20Vocational%20Nurses&amp;amp;onetcode=29206100&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&amp;amp;onet=29206100&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Careers/Occupations/occupation-profile.aspx?keyword=Psychiatric%20Technicians&amp;amp;onetcode=29205300&amp;amp;location=Minnesota&amp;amp;onet=29205300&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Psychiatric Technicians&lt;/a&gt; have annual wages above the regional median of $39,582, and Pharmacy Technicians at $36,308 a year, earn wages just below (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1. Health Care Occupations in Demand in Northeast Minnesota&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;table title=&quot;Table 1. Health Care Occupations in Demand in Northeast Minnesota&quot; summary=&quot;Table 1. Health Care Occupations in Demand in Northeast Minnesota&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;1&quot; 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;2020 Employment&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Annual Median Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;Planning Area Projected Growth Rate&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;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&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;5,100&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;$66,583&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;5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&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;6,540&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;$27,244&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;23.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&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;550&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;$36,308&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;1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&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;290&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;$117,194&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;13.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&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;2,630&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;$33,249&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;4.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Postsecondary non-degree award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Pharmacy 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;NA&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;$26,517&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;NA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Pharmacists&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;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;$145,283&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&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&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;NA&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;NA&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;NA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&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;180&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;$34,234&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;20.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&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;60&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;NA&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;1.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Licensed Practical &amp;amp; Voc. 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;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;$45,331&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;7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Postsecondary non-degree award&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Psychiatric 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;140&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;$44,244&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;NA&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;High school diploma or equivalent&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Veterinary Technologists/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;90&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;$36,328&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;15.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Associate degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&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;90&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;$209,842&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;7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot; class=&quot;&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;300&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;$207,982&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;6.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Graduate or professional degree&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot; rowspan=&quot;1&quot; colspan=&quot;5&quot; valign=&quot;bottom&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right;&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: Occupational Employment Statistics&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;Finally, local employers in the health care field are actively recruiting candidates for in-demand positions. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.essentiacareers.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Essentia Health&lt;/a&gt; recently launched a program recruiting individuals for an Echo Technician program where they offer to pay for training if the candidate agrees to work for them for three years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These and other programs work to make health care jobs more accessible for all, so that whatever your background, there is a path for you into a career in the health care field.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/northeast-health-care-2020_tcm1045-462206.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Minnesota Health Care Highlights&quot; alt=&quot;Minnesota Health Care Highlights&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;northeast-health-care-2020&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Shawn Herhusky, Workforce Strategy Consultant for Northeast Minnesota&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Health care positions make up four of the top 10 jobs in demand now. You can find out more about top in-demand jobs in health care, as well as get a link to current job postings at &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/jobs-demand-during-covid-19&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForceMN.com/JobsinDemand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;For more information on training, education, and advancement opportunities in health care check out this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9bOH8zDAFY&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;conversation with Care Providers of Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/find-a-job/goodjobsnow/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Good Jobs Now&lt;/a&gt; initiative features health care employers in Minnesota looking for workers right now.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>462010</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:50Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Indigenous workers in Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Economy</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Indigenous workers in Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Economy</Title><title>2020-12-04 Indigenous ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-457364&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>Indigenous peoples have lived and traded in the area now called Minnesota for thousands of years.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Indigenous peoples have lived and traded in the area now called Minnesota for thousands of years. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/indianaffairs/index.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The eleven sovereign tribal nations in the state consist of seven Ojibwe (Chippewa, Anishinaabe) reservations and four Dakota (Sioux) communities&lt;/a&gt;. According to the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=ACSDP1Y2019.DP05&amp;amp;g=0400000US27_0500000US27001,27017,27031,27061,27071,27075,27137&amp;amp;tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP05&amp;amp;hidePreview=false&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt;, Native Americans represent 1.7% of Minnesota&apos;s and 2.7% of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s population, making it the second largest racial or ethnic group in the region after white people. Of the six planning regions in the state, only Northwest Minnesota has a larger Indigenous population share. Of the 24,593 Native Americans in Minnesota&apos;s workforce, more than 15% call the Northeast region home. In turn, those 3,746 Native American workers represent 2.3% of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s labor force – again the second largest racial or ethnic group following white workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Native American workers in Northeast Minnesota represent almost every industry but are employed in the largest numbers in service industries such as Public Administration, Health Care and Social Assistance, Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation, and Accommodation and Food Services. According to data from the U.S. Census&apos; &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/static/explore.html#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt;, in 2019 Native Americans made up 16.1% of the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation workforce. Native American workers also filled 9.6% of Public Administration jobs and 3.2% of Accommodation and Food Service jobs (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;&gt;Table 1. Top 10 Employing Industries for Native Americans in Northeast Minnesota, 2019&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Industry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Native American Workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Percent of Native American Workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Native Americans as a Percent of All Workers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Industry Average Annual Wage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Public Administration&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;            870&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;25.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;9.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$53,606&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Health Care and Social Assistance&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;            549&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;15.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$51,700&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;            518&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;14.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;16.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$24,438&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Accommodation and Food Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;            419&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;12.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$17,199&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Retail Trade&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;            267&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;7.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$27,269&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Educational Services&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;            185&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;5.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$46,202&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;            157&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;4.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$63,627&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Administrative Support and Waste Mgmt. Svcs.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;            100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$30,370&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation and Warehousing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;              89&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$53,679&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Other Services (except Public Administration)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;              78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$28,813&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Manufacturing&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;              78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;$61,576&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Industries&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;         3,469&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;100.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;2.5%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$46,663&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: U.S. Census Quarterly Workforce Indicators, DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages&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 is worth noting the five industries that employ the most Indigenous workers include the three lowest paying on average. Accommodation and Food Services and Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation both have higher than average shares of Native American workers, but also pay annual wages much lower than the regional average. These industry trends may translate to lower household incomes for members of Indigenous communities. While incomes have grown since 2010, Native American households still earn a median income equivalent to 60.4% of white households. Similarly, Native Americans are almost  &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=poverty&amp;amp;g=0500000US27001,27017,27031,27061,27071,27075,27137&amp;amp;tid=ACSST5Y2018.S1701&amp;amp;hidePreview=false&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;three time more likely to be in poverty&lt;/a&gt; and more than &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=employment&amp;amp;g=0500000US27001,27017,27031,27061,27071,27075,27137&amp;amp;tid=ACSST5Y2018.S2301&amp;amp;hidePreview=false&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;three times as likely to be unemployed&lt;/a&gt; than white people in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Indigenous peoples have been and will continue to be very important contributors in Northeast Minnesota, both economically and culturally, and we must continue to work on addressing serious &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/assets/060520_ne_disparities_tcm1045-341199.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;economic and employment disparities&lt;/a&gt;. If disparities are addressed and gaps closed, Native Americans, as well as everyone else, can expect to benefit from a more diverse and equitable economy.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>457364</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:47Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Veterans Local Look Blog</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans Local Look Blog</Title><title>2020-11-05 Veterans ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-452577&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>Veterans are important contributors to Minnesotan economies and communities, and a larger than average share of veterans calls Northeast Minnesota home.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans are important contributors to Minnesotan economies and communities, and a larger than average share of veterans calls Northeast Minnesota home. In 2019, there were an estimated &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/assets/2019-mdva-annual-report_tcm1066-423253.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;26,596 veterans in Northeast Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, accounting for 8.2% of the population, according the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs&lt;/a&gt; (MDVA). In fact, over 11% of Aitkin County and nearly 10% of Lake County residents were veterans. St. Louis, Carlton and Cook Counties had veteran shares below the regional average, yet still three percentage points higher than the state average (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;&gt;Table 1. Veteran Population by County, Northeast Minnesota, 2019&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;County&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Number of Veterans&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Veterans as a Percent of Total Population&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt; Veterans in the Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Aitkin&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 15,886&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 1,767&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;11.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                351&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Carlton&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 35,871&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 2,794&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;7.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                925&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Cook&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                    5,463&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                    429&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;7.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                  86&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Itasca&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 45,130&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 4,103&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;9.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;            1,070&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Koochiching&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 12,229&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 1,100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;9.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                336&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Lake&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 10,641&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                 1,019&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;9.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;                148&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;St. Louis&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;               199,070&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;               15,384&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;7.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;            4,806&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;               324,290&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;               26,596&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;8.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;            7,723&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;            5,639,632&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;            318,063&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;5.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;        109,771&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;5&quot; align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the veterans living in Northeast Minnesota, over 56% are at least 65 years old and just over 40% served during the Vietnam War era (1964-1975). There are also over 11,000 veterans of working age and nearly 8,000 in the labor force.
&lt;br /&gt;
The region&apos;s labor force participation rate for veterans between 18 and 64 years of age was 68.6% in 2018, while the average unemployment rate of 7.5% for veterans was much higher than the general population, at 5.1%. Importantly, in 2019 about 25% of all veterans in the U.S. had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.toc.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;service-connected disability&lt;/a&gt;. The labor force participation rate for disabled workers in Northeast Minnesota was much lower (43.4%) and the unemployment rate was much higher (12.4%).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There are veterans in Northeast Minnesota looking for work and many are well qualified. Via initiatives such as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/resources/education/minnesotagibill/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota GI Bill&lt;/a&gt; and the MDVA&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/mdva/resources/education/higheredveteransprograms.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Higher Education Veterans Programs&lt;/a&gt;, Minnesotan veterans have good access to education and training opportunities. Most have taken full advantage. In Northeast Minnesota, 38.7% of veterans have some college or an associate degree and 20.2% have a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher. By comparison, 32.8% of the general population have some college or an associate degree and 23.0% have a bachelor&apos;s degree or higher.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, veterans are more likely to end up in certain types of occupations. Relative to non-veterans, veterans are much more likely to work in Installation, Maintenance, and Repair and Transportation and Material Moving occupations. By industry, veterans are about five times more likely than non-veterans to hold Federal Government jobs and more than 50% more likely to work in Transportation and Utilities. Veterans are also nearly twice as likely to be self-employed than non-veterans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans return from service with a vast array of unique skills and experiences. They will continue to be an incredibly valuable resource for local employers looking for high-quality, well-trained candidates. The entire Northeast Region stands to benefit.
&lt;br /&gt;
If you are a veteran looking to transition to a civilian job, check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/veterans-resources&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForceMN.com&apos;s veteran resources&lt;/a&gt; including a crosswalk that matches military skills to civilian careers. You may also want to try O*NET&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mynextmove.org/vets/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;My Next Move For Veterans&lt;/a&gt; website. One tool on this site matches military classifications with similar civilian careers, allowing veterans to leverage their experience and skills gained while serving.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development has an employment team dedicated to serving Minnesotan veterans and their needs. Check out this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/dedicated-veterans-employment-team&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; on CareerForceMN.com to find your regional veterans employment representative and learn how they might help you or a veteran you know&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Additional Local Resources for Veterans in Northeast Minnesota&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mac-v.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV)&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;5209 Ramsey St, Duluth MN&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Phone: (218) 722-8763&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.stlouiscountymn.gov/departments-a-z/veterans-service&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Saint Louis County Veterans Service Office (CVSO)&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;4815 Burning Tree Rd #100, Duluth MN &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Phone: (218) 725-5285&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mncourts.gov/Help-Topics/DrugCourts.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Treatment Court&lt;/a&gt; Minnesota Sixth Judicial District&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;100 North 5th Avenue West #320 Duluth, MN&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Phone: (218) 720-1535 Cell: (320) 293-0188&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Email: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:kelsey.dooley@courts.state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;kelsey.dooley@courts.state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>452577</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:46Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Manufacturing Plays Key Role in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Manufacturing Plays Key Role in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2020-10-07 Manufacturing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-449379&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 Manufacturing industry in Northeast Minnesota may not have as large a footprint as it does in other regions, but it plays an important role in the local economy, nonetheless.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Manufacturing industry in Northeast Minnesota may not have as large a footprint as it does in other regions, but it plays an important role in the local economy, nonetheless. From more traditional manufacturing – such as Food and Fabricated Metal Manufacturing – to activities more unique to the region such as Transportation Equipment and Paper Manufacturing, the industry is a diverse one.&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/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)&lt;/a&gt; shows that, in the first quarter of 2020, there were 8,740 Manufacturing jobs at 345 firms in Northeast Minnesota, accounting for 6.3% of all jobs, making it the sixth-largest industry. That is the smallest number and lowest concentration of any region in the state (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. Manufacturing Industry Employment by Region, First Quarter, 2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Region&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Jobs, All Industries&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturing Firms&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Total Jobs, Manufacturing&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent of Area Jobs&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Percent of Area Payroll&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Manufacturing Average Annual Wage&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northeast&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;139,829&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;345&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8,740&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;6.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$65,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Northwest&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;214,935&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;833&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;28,583&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;13.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;17.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$55,900&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Central&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;271,812&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,193&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;41,210&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;18.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$55,536&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Twin Cities Metro&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,756,143&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4,121&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;172,008&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;9.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$82,264&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southeast&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;242,760&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;672&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;37,903&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;18.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$62,244&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Southwest&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;171,369&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;616&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;30,434&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;17.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;22.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$55,692&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Minnesota&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2,854,080&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8,419&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;319,376&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;12.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$71,188&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot; align=&quot;right&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;Like virtually every industry, Manufacturing has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, the Manufacturing industry in the Duluth MN-WI metro area saw a peak loss of an estimated 853 jobs between March and April, equivalent to just over 10% of regional Manufacturing employment, according to &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; Since April, the industry experienced two months of modest job growth before levelling out into August. Manufacturing employment in August was still 6.4% lower than it was a year previously.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Up or down, large anchor employers often play important roles in local economies. With an average of 25.7 employees per site, the Manufacturing industry had the third most employees per firm in Northeast Minnesota, behind Education and Health Services (33.9) and Natural Resources and Mining (30.6).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The largest manufacturing establishments in the Northeast region are Paper Manufacturers, with an average of 252 workers per firm. In June of this year, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/manufacturing/6527871-Verso-to-indefinitely-idle-Duluth-paper-mill-Duluth-mayor-hopeful-plant-will-reactivate-in-some-form&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;indefinite closure of the Verso paper mill&lt;/a&gt; in Duluth resulted in the layoff of an estimated 225 workers, representing about 13% of Paper Manufacturing jobs. Paper mills in Cloquet and Grand Rapids also laid off portions of their workforces at least temporarily during the COVID crisis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite some large, institutional closures, the trend since mid-to-late April has been a decline in &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; across the state as workers were called back. In Northeast Minnesota, large layoffs such as those at Verso likely contributed significantly to the slower relative decline of Manufacturing UI claims and slower recovery of employment over the past four months. After the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro, Northeast Minnesota has seen the slowest decline in the number of continued UI claims, an indication of longer-term unemployment for some Manufacturing workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Earlier in the pandemic, Manufacturing claims in Northeast Minnesota were the highest relative to the total number of claims just prior to the implementation of the first stay-at-home order in March. As of the week ending September 5, Manufacturing claims were still up 274% from the week ending March 7, but down 65% from the peak in mid-April (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/092820-ne-figure1_tcm1045-449381.png&quot; title=&quot;Weekly Manufacturing UI Continued Claims as a Percentage of Pre-COVID-19 Claims&quot; alt=&quot;Weekly Manufacturing UI Continued Claims as a Percentage of Pre-COVID-19 Claims&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;092820-ne-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 closure of paper mills is significant for many reasons in addition to the number of jobs lost directly. The Paper Manufacturing sector pays high wages and is a large consumer of &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/review/january-2019/logging-in.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;local forest products&lt;/a&gt; harvested by the Logging industry. The average annual wage for Paper Manufacturing jobs is over $86,000, nearly double the average for all industries. Logging typically transports its products to buyers located within 100 miles, so the closure of a large consumer such as a paper mill could have large impacts on the Logging industry and workforce as well, according to Bud Stone, president of the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Strong local connections between industries helps to build resilience in our regional economies. Much like a forest regenerates after fire, a diversified economy will sprout new opportunities from the ashes of the old. Local leaders and businesses will need to find creative and innovative solutions in order to plant those new seeds of industry. Regional manufacturers will continue to play an important role in building the Northeast regional economy of the future.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/2020-northeast_tcm1045-449272.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Highlights&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Highlights&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;2020-northeast&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>449379</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:45Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Coronavirus Crisis vs. The Great Recession, UI Claims Part 1: Race and Ethnicity</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Coronavirus Crisis vs. The Great Recession, UI Claims Part 1: Race and Ethnicity</Title><title>2020-09-09 Crisis ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-445907&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>Disparities in workforce outcomes are exacerbated by economic stresses such as recessions.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Disparities in workforce outcomes are exacerbated by economic stresses such as recessions. Monthly unemployment claims from &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/unemployment-insurance-statistics/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Statistics&lt;/a&gt; lay bare how the current coronavirus crisis is widening the gap in employment between white workers and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) workers in Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It is important to understand that racial and ethnic employment disparities existed prior to the pandemic. In 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s American Community Survey (ACS), the average unemployment rate in Northeast Minnesota was 5.1%. However, the unemployment rate for BIPOC workers was uniformly higher than that of white workers. In fact, workers identifying as Two or More Races were more than twice as likely and American Indians were more three times as likely to be without work. With the exception of Black workers, these disparities are greater in the Northeast Region than in the rest of the state (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; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Table 1. Employment Characteristics by Race &amp;amp; Hispanic Origin, 2018&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td rowspan=&quot;2&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;3&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;2&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Minnesota&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;In Labor Force&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Labor Force Partic. Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Unemp. Rate &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Labor Force Partic. Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt; Unemp. Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Total Labor Force&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;162,659&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;60.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;5.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;69.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;3.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt; White alone&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;152,356&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;60.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;4.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;69.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;3.3%&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 valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;1,533&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;46.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;6.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;70.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;9.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt; American Indian &amp;amp; Alaska Native&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;3,746&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;58.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;14.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;58.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;12.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt; Asian or Other Pac. Islanders&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;1,403&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;59.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;7.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;71.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;4.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt; Some Other Race&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;431&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;59.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;n/a&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;77.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;6.2%&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 valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;3,215&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;62.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;12.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;73.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;7.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Hispanic or Latino&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;2,150&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;63.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;7.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;76.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;6.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;6&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey, 2014-2018 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;DEED&apos;s UI Statistics provide unemployment claims by type of claim, occupational group, industry, and most importantly for this analysis, demographic groups. Regular and continued claims are the measure of ongoing weekly requests for unemployment benefits and are useful in showing who is remaining unemployed in a region. We can use the UI statistics to examine unemployment trends in greater detail and compare groups over time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The coronavirus pandemic is not like previous recessions. Unlike the Great Recession which occurred more gradually over multiple years, the current employment crisis began very suddenly and job loss occurred at a much greater magnitude. These differences are easily discernible in Figure 1, which compares the annual change in monthly continued unemployment claims. In other words, it compares the number of continued unemployment claims in a current month to the number of continued unemployment claims in the same month in the previous year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Also noticeable in Figure 1 are the enormous disparities among the region&apos;s racial and ethnic groups. During the Great Recession, the difference in unemployment claims for white workers tracked somewhat consistently with the percent changes in unemployment claims for workers of color. At the peak of the Great Recession, some 17 months in, only Hispanic or Latino workers had a greater percent change from the previous year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, in the coronavirus crisis, the number of Asian workers filing unemployment claims in May and June of 2020 was more than 40 times greater than in 2019, and more than double the percent change of any other group. And while the percent change begins to fall into June for Asian and white workers, claims continued to climb relative to 2019 for American Indians, Black or African Americans, and Hispanic or Latino workers. The disparity for many workers of color continued to grow. As the recession continues, these disparate outcomes will require direct consideration, if all are to benefit from the recovery that follows.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082620-ne-figure1_tcm1045-445908.png&quot; title=&quot;082620-ne-figure1&quot; alt=&quot;082620-ne-figure1&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082620-ne-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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>445907</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:45Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>You Down with PPP? The Paycheck Protection Program in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>You Down with PPP? The Paycheck Protection Program in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2020-08-03 PPP ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-442588&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>With over $350 million in loans leading to the retention of nearly 60,000 jobs in the region in just over three months, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been a vital source of aid for thousands of Northeast businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With over $350 million in loans leading to the retention of nearly 60,000 jobs in the region in just over three months, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/cares/assistance-for-small-businesses&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Paycheck Protection Program&lt;/a&gt; (PPP) has been a vital source of aid for thousands of Northeast businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Since March, trillions of dollars of pandemic-related aid have flowed from the federal government. This aid took many forms including direct unemployment payments to workers and grants and loans to businesses. While the impact of additional federal unemployment benefits has been written about extensively, less documented is the impact of emergency aid on local small businesses. A recent release of data by the U.S. Treasury Department provides a vital look into the effects of the PPP in Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The PPP is a component of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/cares&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act&lt;/a&gt; passed in late March. The PPP provides small businesses forgivable loans to cover up to eight weeks of payroll and other costs. The initial round of loans went quickly due to extremely high demand. The extraordinary circumstances under which the CARES ACT and PPP were created necessitated a prioritization of speed over specificity to get money out to businesses and workers in need.  Recent data from the U.S. Treasury Department detail how funds were dispersed in the first two rounds of the PPP. These data are at the loan level and include amounts, business types, locations, demographics, and importantly, the number of jobs retained. With this information we can assess the impact of the PPP on Northeast Minnesota businesses and jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From March through the end of June, 4,477 businesses applied for and received PPP loans in Northeast Minnesota. The exact dollar amount is difficult to discern because loans over $150,000 are lumped into wide ranges. ($150,000 - $349,999, $350,000 - $999,999, $1 million - $1.99 million, $2 million - $4.99 million, and $5 million to $10 million). However, for the 3,889 loans under $150,000, the total lent to regional businesses equaled $138,112,340. Assuming the minimum of each range for loans greater than $150,000, the amount lent to Northeast businesses was at least $355,812,340. Of the 588 loans greater than $150,000, almost 60% were in the $150,000 to $349,999 range and more than 27% were between $350,000 to $999,999. Only four loans in the region were made at the highest level of $5 - $10 million (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/071620-ne-figure1_tcm1045-442590.png&quot; title=&quot;Number of PPP Loans by Loan Amount in Northeast Minnesota Rounds 1 and 2&quot; alt=&quot;Number of PPP Loans by Loan Amount in Northeast Minnesota Rounds 1 and 2&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;071620-ne-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;PPP by Industry&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;QCEW data&lt;/a&gt;, the top three industries in the region by employment are health care and social assistance, retail trade, and accommodation and food services, accounting for over 46.6% of all jobs in the region. These three industries however, represented only 34.7% of PPP loans. Instead, construction and other services accounted for a quarter of loans but employ only 8.4% of the region&apos;s workers. In fact, construction businesses were the recipients of the greatest number of loans in the region, at 590.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The primary stated objective of the PPP is to help businesses keep workers on their payrolls. In that sense, a good measure of a loan&apos;s impact is the number of jobs that were retained. And by that measure, the distribution of jobs retained through the loans better reflects the distribution of employment by industry than the number of loans by industry. Indeed, health care and social assistance accounted for the greatest share of jobs retained (22.4%) through the program. as. The 515 loans provided to businesses in food service and accommodation – the industry hit hardest initially by the pandemic – represented 19% of all retained jobs. Loans to retail trade and construction establishments made up 11.6% and 9.6% of retained jobs (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/071620-ne-table1_tcm1045-442591.png&quot; title=&quot;PPP Loans and Jobs Retained by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;PPP Loans and Jobs Retained by Industry in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;071620-ne-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;As of mid-July, a third round of PPP is open to businesses with fewer than 100 employees.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;NOTE: In a previous &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/437311&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, I wrote about the initial impact of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) in Northeast Minnesota. The FPUC provided a temporary additional $600/week to those eligible for regular unemployment benefits or Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). FPUC was intended to provide aid directly to impacted workers and was another passed under the CARES Act.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>442588</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:45Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Social Distancing Impacts on Occupations in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Social Distancing Impacts on Occupations in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2020-07-07 Impact ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-439314&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>Much coverage has been given to the disproportionate impacts of the coronavirus pandemic across different demographic groups.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Much coverage has been given to the disproportionate impacts of the coronavirus pandemic across different demographic groups. Women, people of color, the less educated, and younger workers have all applied for unemployment benefits at higher rates across the country, state—and here in Northeast Minnesota. As businesses re-open or ramp-up operations, these workers will likely face differing obstacles. This is due in large part to their concentration in occupations that don&apos;t allow work from home and/or require work in close proximity to customers or others.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;People whose jobs require them to work on-site and/or require them to be physically close to customers or others are more greatly impacted both by fewer jobs coming back due to social distancing restrictions, but also by the potential risk of exposure to virus that causes COVID-19.   The Federal Reserve Bank of New York ranked all the major occupational groups based on information from a survey of workers. On their social distancing rankings, the higher the physical proximity score and the lower the work from home score the greater the impact of social distancing measures on a person&apos;s employment. (see Figure 1). Those jobs that depend on interpersonal interaction, such as patient-centric health care occupations, have high rankings in the physical proximity (PP) score. Meanwhile, jobs that require workers to be on-location such as construction and installation, maintenance and repair, have correspondingly low work from home (WFH) rankings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062620-ne-figure1_tcm1045-439316.png&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1: Social Distancing Rankings by Occupation&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1: Social Distancing Rankings by Occupation&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062620-ne-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 applying the New York Fed&apos;s social distancing rankings to Northeast Minnesota&apos;s occupation mix, we see some predictable trends, but can also glean some more nuanced observations. Office &amp;amp; administrative support occupations, for example, have low WFH and PP scores. Office and admin support occupations also have a relatively low share of UI claims compared to their share of overall employment, indicating avoidance of some of the worst effects from the pandemic. Similarly, legal and business &amp;amp; financial operations occupations had low social distancing rankings as much of the work can be accomplished remotely and without the need for physical contact. In this case, the lower rankings correlate with a relatively small share of UI claims.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On the other end of the spectrum, healthcare support had the highest combined social distancing scores. And while healthcare support occupations had a higher relative share of UI claims, it was not as high as food preparation &amp;amp; serving related which had lower social distancing scores, but a larger total count of UI claims. Construction &amp;amp; extraction occupations also ranked high in both social distancing categories, particularly in the work from home ranking–most construction work has to be done on site (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. Occupations by Social Distancing Requirement Rankings in Northeast Minnesota, 2020&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Occupation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Low Work from Home Ranking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;High Physical Proximity Ranking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regional Share of Employment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Share of UI Claims (5/16-6/6)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location Quotient&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Median Hourly Wage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$15.36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Construction &amp;amp; Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$27.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Installation, Maintenance &amp;amp; Repair&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.30&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$22.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Protective Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.37&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$23.34&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;19.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$11.61&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$30.94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Personal Care &amp;amp; Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.00&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$12.55&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Production&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;12&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;6.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.68&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$21.70&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Transportation &amp;amp; Material Moving&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.81&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$18.06&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Sales &amp;amp; Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;9.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.98&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$12.36&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Building, Grounds Cleaning &amp;amp; Maint.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.25&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$13.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Community &amp;amp; Social Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.73&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$19.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Education, Training &amp;amp; Library&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;6&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.99&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$24.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;14.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.97&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$17.20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Arts, Design, Entertainment &amp;amp; Media&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;13&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.9%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$20.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Farming, Fishing &amp;amp; Forestry&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.57&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$21.02&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Life, Physical &amp;amp; Social Science&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;14&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.11&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$29.94&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Management&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;18&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$40.64&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Architecture &amp;amp; Engineering&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.83&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$35.23&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Computer &amp;amp; Mathematical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;21&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.39&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$32.63&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Business &amp;amp; Financial Operations&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;20&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.60&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$28.53&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Legal&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;22&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;0.50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$34.84&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;100.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;n/a&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;1.00&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$18.57&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: Transportation &amp;amp; Material Moving was split into two occupational groups by the NY Fed. Their rankings were averaged for this table. Sources: New York Federal Reserve Bank, MN DEED Occupational Employment Statistics, MN DEED Unemployment Insurance Statistics.&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;Perhaps of most significance to the region, many of the occupations with high physical proximity scores are more concentrated in Northeast Minnesota when compared to the state. The location quotients for healthcare, construction, food preparation, and installation, maintenance &amp;amp; repair occupations are all greater than 1.0, indicating higher than average concentration. Each of these occupations also has at least one top-five social distancing ranking. Northeast Minnesota, as a result, will likely have to work harder than other parts of the state to manage the continuing social distancing requirements, particularly within hard-hit occupations and industries such as healthcare, construction, and food preparation &amp;amp; serving.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Interestingly, food preparation &amp;amp; serving and healthcare practitioners &amp;amp; technical occupations had the same average social distancing scores and employment concentration, yet the latter has fared relatively better with a smaller share of UI claims. One of the factors that is not accounted for in this social distancing rules analysis is the essential work distinction. Within many occupational groups, there are jobs in industries that were considered non-essential. During the Stay at Home order, employees in non-essential industries were more likely to be laid off than those deemed essential. A much larger portion of health care jobs were labeled essential and therefore provided a measure of protection that did not extend to most food prep and serving occupations. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The recovery process will be a long one for all types of work. However, those jobs less easily conducted from home as well as those necessitating close physical proximity will face additional challenges. These challenges will require creativity and resourcefulness on the part of all parties in order to get employees and businesses back to work.&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>439314</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:44Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Is the Pay Equal to the Hazard? Examining the Local Impact of the $600 Unemployment Add-On on Low-Wage Workers</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Is the Pay Equal to the Hazard? Examining the Local Impact of the $600 Unemployment Add-On on Low-Wage Workers</Title><title>2020-06-22 Equal Pay ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-437311&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>On March 27, 2020 the federal government passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, providing additional Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits to eligible workers.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On March 27, 2020 the federal government passed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/cares&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act&lt;/a&gt;, providing additional Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits to eligible workers. A key piece of this emergency legislation is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dol.gov/coronavirus/unemployment-insurance&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC)&lt;/a&gt;, better known as the $600/week additional UI benefit. Any worker receiving regular or extended UI will also receive the $600 add-on.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For many of the lowest-paid workers, the FPUC is a critical source of much-needed income during a time when going to work increases the risk of contracting the coronavirus. The extra $600 helped more workers to stay at home, lowering their risk of infection and spread, which was desired during the early weeks of pandemic response, when many states, including Minnesota, instituted Stay at Home orders. However, now some question whether the FPUC is creating a disincentive for people to return to work as businesses reopen. Recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nber.org/papers/w27216&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;studies&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/business/economy/unemployment-benefits-stimulus-coronavirus.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;articles&lt;/a&gt; show that a significant portion of unemployed workers make more from regular unemployment benefits plus the $600 add on than they did in the jobs that they were laid off from.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The replacement rate is the ratio of unemployment benefits to the lost wages of the worker receiving them. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that the median replacement rate for U.S. workers with the $600 add-on was 134%, meaning most workers are receiving UI benefits greater than the pay from their previous jobs. In Minnesota, the median replacement rate with the $600 add-on included was 122%, based off the median wage for all occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In Northeast Minnesota, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/DetailedOccupationData?code=000000&amp;amp;geog=NEMN,US,MN&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;median wage is $18.57 an hour&lt;/a&gt;, or $743 a week for full-time workers. Assuming a UI benefit equal to half the worker&apos;s income ($371), the added $600 benefit would provide a weekly income of more than $970. In that case, a worker making the regional median wage would earn $227 more per week on unemployment than at work (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This unemployment addition is even more significant for lower wage workers. By comparison, the median food preparation &amp;amp; serving ($11.61/hr) or sales ($12.55/hr) worker would need hourly increases of approximately $9 and $8.75 respectively, to match the incomes of their unemployed colleagues.&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 valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Occupational Group&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Percent of Total Employment, 2019&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Percent of Unemployment Claims
&lt;br /&gt;
(3/16-5/23/20)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Median Weekly Wage (Full-Time), 2019&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Estimated Regular Weekly UI Benefit*&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Estimated Total Weekly UI Benefit Including $600 Add-on&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Estimated Unemployment Benefit Replacement Rate&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Total, All Occupations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;100.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;100.0%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$743&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$371&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;$971&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;131%&lt;/em&gt;&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;  Food Preparation &amp;amp; Serving Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;10.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;20.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$464&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$232&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$832&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;179%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Construction &amp;amp; Extraction&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;4.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;10.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$1,095&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$547&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$1,147&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;105%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Sales &amp;amp; Related&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;9.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;10.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$494&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$247&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$847&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;171%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Office &amp;amp; Administrative Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;14.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;7.8%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$688&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$344&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$944&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;137%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Healthcare Practitioners &amp;amp; Technical&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;8.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;7.3%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$1,238&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$619&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$1,219&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;98%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Healthcare Support&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;4.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;5.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$614&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$307&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$907&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;148%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Building, Grounds Cleaning &amp;amp; Maint.&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;4.5%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$540&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$270&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$870&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;161%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Personal Care &amp;amp; Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;5.4%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;4.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$502&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$251&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$851&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;170%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Transportation &amp;amp; Material Moving&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;5.0%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;3.7%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$722&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$361&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$961&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;133%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Arts, Design, Entertainment &amp;amp; Media&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;2.1%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$801&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;125%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;  Community &amp;amp; Social Service&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;3.6%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;1.2%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;$1,000&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;125%&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;7&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right; vertical-align: top;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;*Assuming 50% of median weekly wage. Source: DEED Unemployment Insurance Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics&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;Not all low-wage workers benefit from the FPUC. Those workers deemed essential continued to work, often in conditions placing them at higher risk of contracting the virus. Despite the increased risks, there is no similar program or policy to equitably compensate workers providing essential services; keeping our grocery stores and critical retail outlets running and safe or taking care of our loved ones. Some businesses have implemented hazard pay increases, but these increases are applied unevenly and often fall well short of the additional income that could be provided by the FPUC.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The income gap between low-wage workers receiving unemployment benefits and those continuing to work is stark. The exact effects of the FPUC will become clearer – for both employers and workers – as more businesses begin to reopen. Nevertheless, the $600 additional UI benefit has proven to be a much-needed lifeline for lower-wage workers, who are often most vulnerable to unforeseen financial fluctuations. However, if wages for the essential workers that remained in their positions on the front lines are to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://econofact.org/the-unemployed-and-essential-low-wage-workers-after-the-cares-act&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;equitable&lt;/a&gt;, hazard pay increases will need to commensurate.   &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;For workers interested in learning more about &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.uimn.org/applicants/needtoknow/news-updates/covid19-workers.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;extended unemployment insurance benefits&lt;/a&gt; in Minnesota.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;U.S. Department of Labor blog on &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.dol.gov/2020/05/11/4-things-to-know-about-unemployment-benefits-under-the-cares-act&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CARES Act Unemployment FAQs&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 Northeast Minnesota Labor Market Analyst &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:carson.gorecki@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Carson Gorecki&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Carson Gorecki</Author><id>437311</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:42Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Evolution of Employment Impacts across the State and in Northeast Minnesota</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Evolution of Employment Impacts across the State and in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2020-05-04 Evolution ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-430830&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-05-05T18:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The effects of COVID-19 have not been felt evenly across industries, occupational groups, or geography.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The effects of COVID-19 have not been felt evenly across industries, occupational groups, or geography. For the protection of public health, the first wave of executive orders from the Governor’s Office compelled the closure of non-essential businesses and businesses that typically require close customer contact. Executive Order 20-04 closed many doors in the Leisure &amp;amp; Hospitality industry effective March 17. Accordingly, weekly UI application data beginning March 16 show us that statewide, the first two weeks of COVID-19 related UI applications were dominated by applications from workers in food preparation and serving related occupations. As the shutdown continued, other types of businesses began to feel the effects as well. The number of applications began to decrease the week ending April 11, following an initial rush of applications (over 338,000 in the first three weeks), and some occupations with low impacts during the first three weeks experienced relative increases in claims shares over the following three weeks.&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/evolution-employment-impacts-across-state-and-northeast-minnesota&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Continue reading Evolution of Employment Impacts across the State and in Northeast Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Cameron Macht</Author><id>430830</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:41Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>For Veterans Re-entering the Workforce</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Where Do Graduates of Northeast Post-secondary Schools End Up?</Title><title>2020-02-28 Graduates ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-421682&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-02-28T19:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>It’s important to know where post-secondary graduates end up to understand the regional school-to-employer pipeline.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It’s important to know where post-secondary graduates end up to understand the regional school-to-employer pipeline. It’s important to know where graduates of post-secondary programs in Northeast Minnesota schools are most likely to end up living and working. It’s also important to know which programs have more graduates remaining locally, at least initially. Are community colleges true to their name – do they serve local students and employers? DEED’s Graduate Employment Outcomes (GEO) Tool provides insight into regional employment trends by institution and instructional program.&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-do-graduates-northeast-postsecondary-schools-end&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Continue reading Where Do Graduates of Northeast Post-secondary Schools End Up?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Cameron Macht</Author><id>421682</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:42Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>For Veterans Re-entering the Workforce</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Downhill skiing-related employment is on uphill trend</Title><title>2020-01-30 Skiing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-418162&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2020-01-30T19:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Northeast Minnesota is known for being a haven for people who love outdoor activities – and winter activities take center stage this time of year.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota is known for being a haven for people who love outdoor activities – and winter activities take center stage this time of year. The many ways to enjoy the snow in Northeast Minnesota include snowmobiling, dogsledding, cross country skiing and downhill skiing, among many others. Of the 18 downhill ski areas in Minnesota, five are located in the Arrowhead. And these five feature some of the biggest vertical drops, longest runs and most beautiful vistas in the state.&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/downhill-skiing-related-employment-uphill-trend&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Continue reading Downhill skiing-related employment is on uphill trend&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Cameron Macht</Author><id>418162</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:42Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>For Veterans Re-entering the Workforce</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Apprenticeship 101 for the Construction Trades</Title><title>2019-12-16 Apprenticeship ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-415443&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>Faced with a tight labor market and with many employers having difficulty hiring new workers, the city of Duluth hosted the first Northeast Minnesota Apprenticeship Summit on November 15, 2019 to invite educators and community leaders to learn more about the union trades and the need for skilled craftspeople in the Arrowhead.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Faced with a tight labor market and with many employers having difficulty hiring new workers, the city of Duluth hosted the first Northeast Minnesota Apprenticeship Summit on November 15, 2019 to invite educators and community leaders to learn more about the union trades and the need for skilled craftspeople in the Arrowhead.&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/apprenticeship-101-construction-trades&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Continue reading Apprenticeship 101 for the Construction Trades&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>415443</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:38Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>For Veterans Re-entering the Workforce</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>For Veterans Re-entering the Workforce</Title><title>2019-11-05 For Veterans Re-entering the Workforce ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-409396&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-11-05T19:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Many resources – from individual counseling to specialty websites – are available to help veterans gain employment. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In appreciation of those who have served our military and their families, this month’s Local Look blogpost focuses on veterans in the region and resources available to assist them in gaining successful employment. According to the American Community Survey, there are 26,196 veterans in the seven-county Arrowhead region, or 8.2 percent of the 319,438 veterans in the state. St. Louis County has just over 15,000 veterans or 57.5 percent of all veterans in Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The majority (55.8%) of veterans in the region are 65 years and older; this majority holds true at the state level (54.2%) as well. About one in every five veterans in the region is 55 to 64 years old with about 5,500 people, followed by about 18 percent of veterans between the ages of 35 to 54 years. The smallest cohort of veterans are 18 to 34 years of age, comprising just 5 percent of the total veteran population in the region. The age profile of veterans matches with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/357316&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;era of service&lt;/a&gt; data we presented last year, in that Vietnam veterans are the most common in the region and state (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/110419-ne-table1_tcm1045-409397.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Age of Veterans, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Age of Veterans, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;110419-ne-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;Veterans in the Duluth Metropolitan Statistical Area – which includes St. Louis and Carlton counties in Minnesota and Douglas County in Wisconsin – have different educational attainment levels than do non-veterans as veterans are more likely to have been just a high school graduate and less likely to have a bachelor’s degree than the general public. However, veterans earn substantial education benefits that allow for service members and their qualified family members to receive money to cover all or some of the costs of school or training through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;GI Bill&lt;/a&gt;, and particularly the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.va.gov/education/about-gi-bill-benefits/post-9-11/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Post-9/11 GI Bill&lt;/a&gt;. While these benefits assist the transition back to civilian life for service members, they also help recruit and retain the next generation of veterans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Likewise, veterans between the ages of 18 and 64 in the region are less likely to participate in the labor force than non-veterans as the labor force participation rate is 70.1 percent compared to 77.6 percent. Along with lower participation rates, &lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/VeteransUnempRate2017/VeteransUnempRate2017&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;veterans have higher unemployment rates&lt;/a&gt; with 6.6 percent of veterans unemployed compared to a 4.8 percent rate for non-veterans. However, since the Great Recession, the labor force participation rate for veterans has been increasing while the unemployment rate has decreased.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite the educational and labor force participation disparities between veterans and non-veterans, veterans are less likely to be in poverty and have greater incomes than non-veterans. The median income for veterans was $35,806, about $9,500 more than non-veterans in the Duluth MSA while the poverty rate is just 8.1 percent for veterans, nearly half of the 15.0 percent poverty rate for non-veterans. A reason for the discrepancy between employment status and poverty level could be that &lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/Veterans_SCDisability/Disability&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;veterans have a nearly 30 percent disability rate&lt;/a&gt;, compared to just 15.2 percent for non-veterans. A veteran with a disability that was acquired during time of service is eligible for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.va.gov/disability/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;veteran disability benefits&lt;/a&gt; which can help prevent veterans from living in a poverty even if they are unable to participate in the labor market (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/110419-ne-table2_tcm1045-409398.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 2. Veteran Characteristics, Duluth MSA, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Table 2. Veteran Characteristics, Duluth MSA, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;110419-ne-table2&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;Employment Resources for Veterans&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you are a veteran and seeking employment, the following steps can help:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;Contact a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/employment-services/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Employment Representative&lt;/a&gt;. They work with employers as well as one-on-one with veterans to provide custom-tailored services.&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;Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED’s Veterans Employment Programs&lt;/a&gt; for information on upcoming career fairs, employer hiring events, job club networking, job transition meetings, and more.&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;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/ResourcesFor/Veteran/veteran.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerOneStop&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForceMN.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-333-8200.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>409396</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:38Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Check Out 2019 Northeast Regional Profiles</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Check Out 2019 Northeast Regional Profiles</Title><title>2019-10-17 Check Out 2019 Northeast Regional Profiles ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-407177&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-10-17T15:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The decline of the overall labor force and the impacts on the region is a major theme.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;New &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/northeast-lmi.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Regional Profiles&lt;/a&gt; are now available for the Northeast planning region, Economic Development Region 3, and Workforce Development Areas 3 and 4. You will find information about demographics, labor force, income, wages, occupations, and the local economy.  A major theme is the decline of the overall labor force and the impacts it will have on the region going forward.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Labor force is the number of employed people plus the number who are unemployed but looking for work. Since 2000, the labor force in Northeast Minnesota has declined by 1,613 people, a 1.0 percent decrease. In fact, Northeast is the only planning area in the state that experienced a decrease in its labor force since the start of the millennium, while the state of Minnesota has witnessed a labor force increase of 257,276 people, a 9.2 percent increase. Central Minnesota had the greatest percentage growth with a nearly 20 percent increase to its labor force, and the Twin Cities Metro had the greatest numerical growth with an increase of 147,905 people to its labor force (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101519-ne-table1_tcm1045-407178.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Labor Force Estimates, 2000-2018&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Labor Force Estimates, 2000-2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101519-ne-table&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to DEED’s Local Area Unemployment Statistics program, Northeast Minnesota had just over 163,000 workers in 2018. In 2009, in the depth of the recession, the region’s labor force reached its peak with nearly 170,000 workers but has steadily declined as the recovery from the recession has taken hold. Meanwhile, the state of Minnesota has had the opposite trend as its labor force has increased every year since 2010 and now has over 3,070,000 workers, a 4.5 percent increase (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101519-ne-figure1_tcm1045-407179.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Annual Labor Force Estimates, 2000-2018&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Annual Labor Force Estimates, 2000-2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101519-ne-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Due to an aging and abating population in the region, the labor force is projected to continue to decline into the foreseeable future. Applying current labor force participation rates to future population projections by age group creates labor force projections for the region, which show a steady 5.7 percent drop in workforce numbers. In addition to the overall decline, the labor force will also see a significant shift over time, with gains in the number of workers aged 65 years and over against huge declines in the number of 45- to 64-year-old workers as the baby-boom generation proceeds into retirement age. The number of workers aged 65 years and older is expected to increase by more than 1,000 by 2030, while the number of 55- to 64-year-olds in the labor force is expected to decrease by 8,858 people. However, the region is expected to see gains in the number of 25- to 44-year-olds with an increase of 1,500 workers by 2030 (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As Northeast Minnesota’s economy has recovered from the 2008-2009 recession, the labor market has been getting tighter as the number of unemployed has decreased to about 6,700 in 2018.  And the long-term decline of the labor force will likely lead to a tight labor market in the future, with employers needing to respond to the changing labor force availability in the region. To sustain economic stability, an all-hands-on-deck approach is needed where economic disparities are reduced for people of other races and workers with disabilities, and participation rates increase for older workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For more information about Northeast Minnesota’s economy, check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/northeast-lmi.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Regional Profiles&lt;/a&gt;. &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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>407177</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:38Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</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>2019-09-10 2019 Manufacturing Highlights ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-402101&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-09-10T06:30:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Arrowhead has the lowest concentration of manufacturing employment of the state&apos;s six planning regions: 6.1 percent of total jobs in manufacturing compared to 11.2 percent statewide. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With 8,728 employees at 344 establishments, manufacturing is the sixth largest employing industry in the seven-county Northeast Minnesota planning region. As such, the Arrowhead has the lowest concentration of manufacturing employment of the six planning regions in the state, with only 6.1 percent of total jobs in manufacturing compared to 11.2 percent statewide. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt; Regional manufacturers enjoyed a slight increase in jobs over the past year, but the long-term trend has been a decrease of employment. There were 12,864 manufacturing jobs in the Arrowhead at the start of the century, with employment bottoming out at 8,299 jobs in 2010 at the height of the Great Recession, a 35.5 percent reduction. However, the industry rebounded with an increase of 670 new jobs from 2010 to 2012 and has mostly held firm since then. Total employment also suffered declines during the recession but has rebounded and regained all jobs that were lost (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/090918-ne-figure1_tcm1045-402102.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Manufacturing Employment in Northeast Minnesota, 2000-2018&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Manufacturing Employment in Northeast Minnesota, 2000-2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;090918-ne-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With 1,785 employees, paper manufacturing is still the largest manufacturing subsector in the region.  However, this subsector has been hit hard with layoffs occurring at various paper plants in the area over the past five years, resulting in a loss of 536 jobs – nearly one-quarter of all paper manufacturing employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/mn-5c-20manufac_7949756%20%281%29_tcm1045-402116.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing 2019&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing 2019&quot; style=&quot;width: 300px; height: 739px;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;2019-northeast&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt; In contrast, machinery manufacturing now has 1,394 employees at 27 firms in Northeast Minnesota after increasing employment by 216 jobs in the last year. The transportation equipment manufacturing subsector has also seen significant employment gains, adding nearly 100 jobs in the last year and 483 new jobs in the past five years, doubling its employment in that time frame. The beverage and tobacco product manufacturing industry is the fastest growing manufacturing subsector. The subsector gained 230 jobs in the past five years, a nearly nine-fold increase to employment (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In addition to jobs, another important aspect of the manufacturing industry is that it has a bigger paycheck than the average job in the region. Manufacturers provided more than $530 million in total payroll in 2018, which was the fourth largest industry overall. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qcew/&quot;&gt;DEED’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data tool&lt;/a&gt;, the average annual wage for a manufacturing job was $60,944 – more than $15,800 higher than the average annual wage across all industries in the region.  Paper manufacturing has the highest wages with an average annual wage of $89,128, nearly twice as much as the average wage in the region (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/090918-ne-table1_tcm1045-402103.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Industry Employment Statistics, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Industry Employment Statistics, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;090918-ne-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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>402101</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:38Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>The Untapped Potential of Workers with a Disability</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Untapped Potential of Workers with a Disability</Title><title>2019-08-15 The Untapped Potential of Workers with a Disability ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-399472&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-08-15T19:30:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The number of workers with a disability is growing in Northeast Minnesota, even as the labor force shrinks. Here&apos;s an opportunity for employers to learn about the benefits of hiring employees with disabilities – from other employers.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The region and state are under a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/384773&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tight labor market&lt;/a&gt; in which employers are struggling to fill open job vacancies. To help alleviate the situation, employers should target under-represented communities such as people of color and those with disabilities to increase candidates in the hiring pool.  Employers may have access to federal tax incentives like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.doleta.gov/business/incentives/opptax/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Work Opportunity Tax Credit&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/TaxIncentivesForEmployers.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Disabled Access Credit&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/tax-benefits-for-businesses-who-have-employees-with-disabilities&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Architectural Barrier Removal Tax Deduction&lt;/a&gt;. Hiring a person with a disability can also boost business growth and improve the community. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In Northeast Minnesota, the Census Bureau estimates that there are 9,543 people with a disability in the labor force, either working or actively seeking work, or 5.8 percent of the total regional workforce.  According to 2017 estimates, the labor force participation rate for people with any disability is 42.1 percent and the unemployment rate is 11.5 percent, which is significantly different than the overall labor force. The pattern of higher unemployment rates and lower labor force participation rates exist when comparing the region to the state. (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
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The number of workers with a disability is growing in Northeast Minnesota, despite the shrinking of the overall labor force. In 2012, there were an estimated 9,329 people with a disability in the labor force, indicating an increase of 214 workers with a disability, or a growth rate of 2.3 percent to reach 2017’s estimate of 9,543 people. However, in 2012, there were 164,886 people in the labor force overall, meaning by 2017 there was a decline of 1,600 workers, or a decline of 1.0 percent. Data shows that workers with a disability are a growing source of labor force potential.
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If employment disparities were leveled away for workers with a disability, there would be a surplus of workers to add to the labor force. If the participation rate rose to 60.7 percent for workers with any disability, there would be an additional 4,216 more workers to the Northeast labor force. If the unemployment rate decreased from 11.5 percent to 5.2 percent for workers with any disability, there would be over 500 more employed workers in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Here’s an educational opportunity for employers: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/duluth&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerForce&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://nemojt.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;local workforce development boards&lt;/a&gt; will offer a day-long presentation on the benefits of hiring people with disabilities. Scheduled for Wednesday, August 21 at the Aad Shrine Meeting and Event Center in Hermantown, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxq8EVZpg4v4KlsQUXpc0tOoVl3Gw7PVljlSBxe-_IJwESvQ/viewform&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;presentation will include a panel of employers with experience in hiring employees with disabilities&lt;/a&gt;.  Along with labor market information, DEED’s Vocational Rehabilitation will discuss the hiring process and working with a person with disabilities. This no-cost event includes lunch. &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxq8EVZpg4v4KlsQUXpc0tOoVl3Gw7PVljlSBxe-_IJwESvQ/viewform&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;RSVP here.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The success of any business depends on hiring the right people. Employers severely limit their talent pool if they do not consider hiring candidates with disabilities, especially during a tight labor market.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>399472</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:36Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>State of Manufacturing Survey – Results are in  </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>State of Manufacturing Survey – Results are in  </Title><title>2019-07-15 State of Manufacturing Survey ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-392998&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-07-15T20:52:25Z</Date><ShortDescription>Opportunity remains high within the industry, despite projected declines and less concentration than other parts of the state. Employee attraction and retention are key.  </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.enterpriseminnesota.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Enterprise Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, a consulting organization that works with manufacturing companies to help them compete and grow profitably, has released its 11th annual &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.enterpriseminnesota.org/assets/documents/2019_State_of_Manufacturing_-_Survey_Results_Slide_Deck_-_Final.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;State of Manufacturing survey&lt;/a&gt; results. Based on interviews with over 400 Minnesota manufacturing executives, the State of Manufacturing shows a confident industry that’s optimistic about the future, despite growing challenges like the workforce shortage:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;93 percent of executives feel “confident” about the future of their companies and only 5 percent are “not confident”, the lowest number in the history of the survey&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;49 percent of respondents anticipate economic expansion, down 15 points from last year, while 39 percent anticipate a flat economy, and only 5 percent predict a recession for 2019&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;58 percent expect employee wages to increase in 2019, and the greatest increases were projected by large companies and metro companies&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The top concern of manufacturers continued to be the costs of providing health care coverage to employees, as it has been for the previous 10 years of the survey, but 66 percent are highly concerned about one of the following worker issues:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;retaining qualified workers, and&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The challenge of a workforce shortage was especially impactful with larger manufacturers: 74 percent of manufacturers with over 50 employees reported that as the biggest challenge to growth, compared to just 41 percent of manufacturers with 50 or fewer employees. Impacts of a worker shortage seem to be felt differently based on geography as well, as Southern Minnesota manufacturers had higher scores than Northeast Minnesota manufacturers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Differences in regional manufacturing could be attributed to these scores as the concentration of the industry is much less in Northeast Minnesota. Manufacturing makes up only 6.1 percent of total employment in the Northeast region, compared to 11.2 percent statewide and greater than 15 percent in Southern Minnesota, making Northeast less competitive for attracting and retaining workers than in those regions where concentration is greater (Figure 1). For more detail on Northeast Minnesota’s manufacturing industry, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/352906&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;2018 Manufacturing Highlights&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/071219_ne_figure1_tcm1045-393000.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Concentration of Manufacturing Industry, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Concentration of Manufacturing Industry, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;071219-ne-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 combat the worker shortage, many manufacturers are turning to automation and increasing the productivity of its current employees. Despite the focus on people and processes for increased productivity, only 23 percent of companies have a formal leadership development program, an area which could help with attraction and retention. Two-thirds (64%) of manufacturers deploy some form of automation in their operations, with 8 percent more considering it. However, small manufacturers that depend on custom work have a more difficult time deploying automation than larger manufacturers, who can get more out of automation and afford the capital costs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Along with projected wage increases, the manufacturing industry is looking to offer more flexible hours and benefits like child care or transportation to help retain workers. Promoting a career in manufacturing to high school students was noted as a way to increase the potential workforce, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://issuu.com/enterpriseminnesota/docs/2019_state_of_manufacturing_-_compl_bf24e8b63d7a5b?e=9200942/69843690&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;survey results&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite the recent optimism, the manufacturing industry is projected to decline by 8.8 percent (nearly 750 jobs) in Northeast Minnesota by 2026, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED’s Employment Outlook tool&lt;/a&gt;. However, this projection masks the continuing opportunities for employment in this industry as there will be a need to replace current workers who retire or move onto other occupations. Accounting for these labor market exits and transfers, there is projected to be more than 7,000 total hires by 2026 within common manufacturing occupations in the region. In the meantime, many of these occupations are showing strong current demand and offer higher-than-average wages despite relatively low education requirements (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/071219_ne_table1_tcm1045-393001.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Occupations in Manufacturing, Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Occupations in Manufacturing, Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;071219-ne-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;The latest results of The State of Manufacturing show an industry remaining optimistic despite the underlying uncertainty of a shortage of workers. In Northeast Minnesota, opportunity remains high within the industry, despite projected declines and less concentration than other parts of the state.  Attraction and retention are key and will continue to challenge manufacturers as the labor market continues to tighten.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>392998</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:36Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>New Employment Projections </Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>New Employment Projections</Title><title>2019-06-11 New Employment Projections ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-388143&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-06-11T23:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Northeast will be one of the state&apos;s slowest growing regions, but the picture is nuanced. </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/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Employment Outlook&lt;/a&gt; data tool has been updated with new employment projections for 2016-2026, compiled by both occupation and industry for the state and for the six regional planning areas. This month’s blogpost will focus on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/Results.aspx?dataset=5&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&amp;amp;code=&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;industry projections for Northeast Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;.
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Projections for total employment show that Northeast is forecasted to be one of the slowest growing regions in the state, ahead of only Southwest Minnesota. The state of Minnesota is projected to grow 5.9 percent in total employment by 2026, whereas Northeast is expected to see only 1.1 percent growth. This lagging of the region’s economy is due to a stagnant and aging population and labor force; while other regions of the state – such as the Metro area and Central Minnesota – that have seen population gains in the past 10 years and have more immigration are projected to see more job gains (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/060719_ne_figure1_tcm1045-388140.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Total Employment Projections, 2016-2026&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Total Employment Projections, 2016-2026&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;060719-ne-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A deeper dive shows a more nuanced picture for Northeast Minnesota’s economic future. The region is expected to expand by a total of 1,725 jobs by 2026, led by considerable increases in the Health Care and Social Assistance industry sector. This sector is projected to add 3,525 jobs by 2026, nearly double the projected total employment gain for all industries. The next fastest growing industry is Professional and Technical Services with an addition of 579 jobs, a 13.3 percent increase from its 2016 employment estimate. Mining, another high-wage industry, is expected to see a projected increase of 434 jobs in the next 10 years as the industry rebounds from recession and other mining projects develop.
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In contrast, the industry projected to lose the most employment is the Retail Trade sector with a projected loss of 1,750 jobs, nearly a 10 percent decrease. Wholesale Trade is also expected to suffer a 10 percent decline in employment with the loss of 347 jobs. Manufacturing, a high paying industry with a significant amount of regional jobs, is projected to decline by nearly 750 jobs over the next 10 years. Manufacturing is an industry struggling to replace its aging workforce and to grow (Table 1). &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/060719_ne_table1_tcm1045-388141.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Industry Employment Projections, 2016-2026&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Industry Employment Projections, 2016-2026&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;060719-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overall, the region is expected to enjoy modest employment growth through 2026, with Health Care and Social Assistance leading the way in job gains. Half of the 20 main industry sectors are expected to increase employment, whereas the other 10 are projected to decline, providing evidence that the region’s economy will be restrained by underlying demographic trends, namely the baby boomers retiring and slight foreign immigration (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/060719_ne_figure2_tcm1045-388142.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 2. Northeast Minnesota&apos;s 2016-2026 Industry Employment Projections&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 2. Northeast Minnesota&apos;s 2016-2026 Industry Employment Projections&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;060719_ne_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 &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>388143</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:36Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Job Vacancies Rising</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Job Vacancies Rising</Title><title>2019-05-16 Job Vacancies Rising ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-384773&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-05-16T20:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>New data shows an increasingly tight labor market: There are more job openings than job seekers, and wages are increasing as businesses compete to attract workers. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently released data from &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED’s Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; shows an increase of job vacancies in the Arrowhead region for 4th quarter of 2018 from previous fourth quarters. With 8,110 job vacancies in the region, the number of job vacancies now outnumber the unemployed. The current ratio of 0.7 job seekers per job vacancy is the lowest ever recorded in the 4th quarter in the region – an indication of a very tight labor market (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/050919_ne_figure1_tcm1045-384774.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Job Seekers Per Vacancy, 2008-2018&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Job Seekers Per Vacancy, 2008-2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;050919-ne-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;Of the 8,110 job vacancies reported in Q4 of 2018, 47 percent were part time. The median wage offer of $13.71 is one of the highest median wage offers recorded in the survey for the region and nearly a dollar more than the median wage offer in the fourth quarter of 2017. This indicates employers are competing with one another for the limited supply of workers by offering higher wages. Just over a third of job vacancies required post-secondary education with the same percentage requiring one or more years of experience, and 42 percent of job openings requiring a certificate or licensure.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Based on the total number of vacancies, the top occupational groups include: Food Preparation and Serving Related, Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Support, and Personal Care and Service.  Combined, these three occupational groups made up 40 percent of all openings, but with the exception of Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Support, the median hourly wage offers were lower and the percent of part-time job vacancies was greater.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Support occupations include: Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, pharmacy technicians, radiologic technologists, doctors, and surgeons. The median wage offer for this occupational group was $26.22, more than $12.50 higher than median wage offer for all occupations in the region. With higher wages come higher requirements: 98 percent of these vacancies require post-secondary education and 99 percent require a certificate or licensure. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other high-wage occupational groups with job vacancies include Installation, Maintenance, and Repair with a $20.14 median wage offer and nearly 200 vacancies; Business and Financial Operations with a $22.44 median wage offer and 183 job vacancies; and Management occupations with a median wage offer of $22.13 and 132 job openings. Lastly, there were 114 job vacancies for Architecture and Engineering occupations with a median wage offer of $28.07, and only 24 vacancies for Computer and Mathematical occupations with a median wage of $27.99 (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/050919_ne_table1_tcm1045-384775.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancy Survey Results, QTR 4, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancy Survey Results, QTR 4, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;050919-ne-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;New data shows an increasingly tight labor market in Northeast Minnesota where there are more job openings than job seekers, and wages are increasing as businesses compete to attract workers. Median wage offers are also increasing because of a larger number of openings in high-wage occupation groups such as Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Support, another positive sign for job seekers.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>384773</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:36Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>A Rising Tide Lifts Most Boats, Part 2</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Rising Tide Lifts Most Boats, Part 2</Title><title>2019-04-03 A Rising Tide Lifts Most Boats, Part 2 ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-378428&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-04-03T21:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Although incomes were rising, variation by race or origin was stark.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As detailed in last month’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/374878&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/374878&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Local Look blog&lt;/a&gt;, incomes were climbing across the Northeast region. Though the rising tide seems to be lifting all boats, there was still a lot of variation by race or origin. Even though it was one of the smallest groups in terms of population, and therefore the margins of error are larger, Asian households reported the highest &lt;a href=&quot;https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;median household income in Northeast Minnesota&lt;/a&gt; at $54,669 in 2017. That was narrowly ahead of the median incomes for white households, which was around $52,700. Black or African American households reported the lowest median incomes, equaling less than one-third of the comparable income for whites (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/040219-ne-figure1_tcm1045-378429.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Northeast Minnesota Median Household Income by Race or Origin, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Northeast Minnesota Median Household Income by Race or Origin, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;040219-ne-figure1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Incomes were also significantly lower for American Indians and households of some other race. While typically lower, the silver lining is that incomes rose faster for households of all other race groups than for whites over the past year, including twice as fast for Black or African Americans and six times as fast for American Indians. While it helped close the gap, the gaps are still significant. Margins of error come into play for some of the smaller areas and populations – but the data clearly shows that incomes are lower for other race groups.
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over half of households of some other race and nearly two-thirds of black or African American households in the region reported incomes below $25,000 in the most recent American Community Survey estimates, while over 50 percent of American Indian, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, and households of two or more races had incomes below $50,000 in 2017 (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/040219-ne-figure2_tcm1045-378430.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 2. Northeast Minnesota Household Incomes by Race, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 2. Northeast Minnesota Household Incomes by Race, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;040219-ne-figure2&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Poverty rates&lt;/a&gt; also vary widely by race and origin within the region, with whites posting the lowest rates and black or African Americans and American Indians reporting the highest rates. Though the margins of error are much larger in Northeast Minnesota, so are the gaps between whites and residents of other races (Table 1).
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/040219-ne-table1_tcm1045-378431.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Poverty Status in the past 12 months by Race or Origin, 2017 (total population for whom poverty status is determined)&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Poverty Status in the past 12 months by Race or Origin, 2017 (total population for whom poverty status is determined)&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;040219-ne-table1&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
Using data from the Census Bureau’s 2013-2017 American Community Survey five-year estimates, DEED created an &lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/2017Incomes/Dashboard1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;interactive visualization&lt;/a&gt; that provides details on median incomes at the household, family, married couple family, and non-family household levels. This data shows how the Arrowhead compares to other regions of the state, and also provides estimates on the percentage of households falling into each income category, from less than $15,000 to more than $200,000.
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/2017Incomes/Dashboard1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/040219-ne-viz_tcm1045-378432.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Median Household Income, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Median Household Income, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;040219-ne-viz&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&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:cameron.macht@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cameron Macht&lt;/a&gt; at 320-441-6596.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Cameron Macht</Author><id>378428</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:34Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>A Rising Tide Lifts Most Boats, Part 1</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Rising Tide Lifts Most Boats, Part 1</Title><title>2019-03-07 A Rising Tide Lifts Most Boats, Part 1 ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-374878&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-03-07T18:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Northeast Minnesota’s median household income increased 3.9 percent over 2016, yet almost 50 percent of households remained in the lowest income categories.  </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota’s median household income climbed to $51,626 in 2017, a steady 3.9 percent increase over the previous year. That matched the state’s annual income growth rate exactly, though the region’s income was still $14,000 below the statewide median household income.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Encouragingly, economic growth in the Arrowhead led to notable declines in the percentage of households that were earning less than $50,000 per year, with the biggest drop occurring for households earning less than $25,000. However, almost 50 percent of households in the region were still in the lowest income categories, compared to only about 38 percent of households statewide (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/030419-ne-figure1_tcm1045-374879.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Household Incomes, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Household Incomes, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;030419-ne-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;At a more detailed regional level, median incomes ranged from a low of $45,680 in Aitkin County to more than $56,000 in both Lake and Carlton counties. Likewise, the percentage of households that had incomes below $50,000 ranged from a high of 54.7 percent in Aitkin County to a low of 41.7 percent in Carlton County (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/030419-ne-table1_tcm1045-374881.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Household Income Data by County, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Household Income Data by County, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 50%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;030419-ne-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;Using data from the Census Bureau’s 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, DEED created an &lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/2017Incomes/Dashboard1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;interactive visualization&lt;/a&gt; that provides details on median incomes at the household, family, married couple family, and non-family household levels. This data shows how the Arrowhead compares to other regions of the state, and also provides estimates on the percentage of households falling into each income category, from less than $15,000 to more than $200,000.&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/2017Incomes/Dashboard1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/030419-ne-visualization_tcm1045-374882.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Median Household Income, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Median Household Income, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;030419-ne-visualization&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&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:cameron.macht@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Cameron Macht&lt;/a&gt; at 320-441-6596.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Cameron Macht</Author><id>374878</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:34Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>A Well-Educated Workforce</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Well-Educated Workforce</Title><title>2019-01-31 A Well-Educated Workforce ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-370426&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-01-31T22:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Northeast Minnesota has slightly lower educational attainment rates overall than the state, but the gap is closing.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Minnesota is known for its well-educated workforce, where more than 92 percent of adults have at least a high school diploma, two-thirds (66.6%) have at least some college experience, and almost 43 percent have a college degree: either an associate, bachelor’s, or advanced degree (Figure 1). Northeast Minnesota has slightly lower educational attainment rates overall than the state, but more detailed data show that the gap is closing with younger age groups.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/013119-ne-figure1a_tcm1045-370428.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Educational Attainment for the Population aged 18 years &amp;amp; over, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Educational Attainment for the Population aged 18 years &amp;amp; over, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;013119-ne-figure1a&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Due to the presence of several colleges and universities, Northeast Minnesota has a large student population. According to U.S. Census data, almost one in every five 18- to 24-year-olds in the region already have a college degree, including 8.5 percent who have an associate degree and 9.5 percent with a bachelor’s degree or higher. That was in line with the state rate, where 19.7 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds have a degree already.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;What’s more, Northeast Minnesota actually has a higher percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds with some college experience, but no degree yet. Almost half (47.2%) of young adults in the region have some college, compared to 40.8 percent statewide. In sum, 65.3 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds in the Arrowhead have at least some college experience, compared to 60.5 percent in Minnesota.
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Likewise, Northeast also has a higher percentage of 25- to 44-year-olds with some college experience, but no degree when compared to the state; but again a slightly lower percentage of residents with a college degree. When combined, 72.9 percent of 25- to 44-year-olds in the Arrowhead have at least attended college and/or earned a degree, compared to 74.5 percent statewide.
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In contrast, the oldest age group – which likely didn’t have the same access or demand for higher education as young adults do now – had much lower educational attainment rates. Just over half (50.4%) of people aged 65 years and over in the region stopped their education with a high school diploma or less, including one in every nine residents who did not graduate from high school. Part of the reason the region’s educational attainment looks lower than the state is that a much larger percentage of the population is in the 65 years and over age group, which has lower educational attainment (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/013119-ne-table1a_tcm1045-370429.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Educational Attainment by Age Group, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Educational Attainment by Age Group, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;013119-ne-table1a&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:cameron.macht@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cameron Macht&lt;/a&gt; at 320-441-6596.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Cameron Macht</Author><id>370426</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:34Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Location, Location, Location</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Location, Location, Location</Title><title>2019-01-7 Location, Location, Location ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-364289&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2019-01-09T19:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Location quotients identify industry subsectors that are more strongly concentrated in the Northeast. Top subsectors: Metal Ore Mining; Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills; and Logging.  </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Different regions are known for different things. Using job counts 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 program&lt;/a&gt;, location quotients can help identify industry subsectors that are more strongly concentrated in a regional economy than the rest of the state. A &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.bls.gov/cew/doc/info/location_quotients.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;location quotient&lt;/a&gt; is a ratio that compares the percentage of employment in a specific industry subsector in a regional economy to the percentage that same subsector comprises in the reference economy, in this case the state of Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Put simply, a location quotient analysis indicates which subsectors have a comparatively larger or smaller presence in the regional economy. A location quotient of 1.0 means that the share of employment in a particular subsector is exactly the same as the share of employment in the same subsector statewide. If a location quotient is greater than 1.0, the local share of employment in a particular subsector exceeds the statewide share of employment in the same subsector.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Not surprisingly, the industry subsector with the highest location quotient in Northeast Minnesota was Metal Ore Mining, which was nearly 20 times more concentrated locally than statewide. This included 4,002 jobs at 13 firms in the region. Support Activities for Mining was the third highest location quotient in the region, at 14.7.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The region also has a large share of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/361408&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;state’s forest land&lt;/a&gt;, and as such, the Arrowhead also has a notable specialization in Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills, and Logging. DEED’s Regional Analysis team created an &lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/RegionalLocationQuotient/Story1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;interactive web tool&lt;/a&gt; to examine location quotients by industry subsector in the second quarter of 2018.&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/RegionalLocationQuotient/Story1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/010219-ne-figure1_tcm1045-364531.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Distinguishing Industries in Northeast Minnesota, QTR 2, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Distinguishing Industries in Northeast Minnesota, QTR 2, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;010219-ne-figure1.rev&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; /&gt;&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 Cameron Macht at 320-441-6596 or &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:cameron.macht@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;cameron.macht@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Cameron Macht</Author><id>364289</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:34Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Logging In</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Logging In</Title><title>2018-12-06 Logging In ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-361408&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-12-06T18:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Forestry and logging businesses are facing intense competition for workers. High school graduates and other job seekers will be needed to step into the boots of the current seasoned workforce. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to job counts from DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/qcew/ResultsDisp.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment &amp;amp; Wages&lt;/a&gt; program, the forestry and logging industry in Minnesota was made up of 211 establishments providing an average of just over 1,000 jobs in 2017. Home to most of the state’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/ru/ru_fs44.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;forest land&lt;/a&gt;, it is not surprising that almost half of the state’s employment in forestry and logging is located in the seven-county Northeast Minnesota region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite some fluctuations, forestry and logging industry employment is up 8.7 percent statewide since 2000, including a gain of nearly 100 net new jobs in the past 10 years, despite a decline in the number of firms. The industry has experienced similar trends in the Arrowhead, regaining 55 jobs since 2013, even while losing employer establishments. After briefly surpassing 500 jobs in 2016, the region is now home to 94 firms providing 488 jobs, with a total payroll of $21 million in 2017 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/120418-ne-figure1_tcm1045-361411.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Northeast Minnesota Forestry &amp;amp; Logging Industry Trends, 2008-2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Northeast Minnesota Forestry &amp;amp; Logging Industry Trends, 2008-2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;120418-ne-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;Like other industries in the region, forestry and logging establishments are facing intense competition for workers, especially for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, maintenance and repair workers, mobile heavy equipment mechanics, and laborers and freight movers, which are in high demand across several sectors. Likewise, office occupations – secretaries and administrative assistants, bookkeeping and accounting clerks, office clerks, general and operations managers – are also in high demand in industries across the Arrowhead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Because they are smaller occupations with fewer jobs, there was less &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oid/Results_9Columns.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;current demand&lt;/a&gt; for forestry-specific positions like logging equipment operators and sawing machine setters, while demand was higher for forest and conservation workers and foresters. The lack of workers overall makes every position harder to fill, with forestry and logging employers competing to attract workers that can be placed in a wide variety of other occupations and industries. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/educational-requirements-occupations/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Eleven of the top 15 jobs&lt;/a&gt; in the forestry and logging industry can be gained with a high school diploma or equivalent and some level of on-the-job training; two require vocational training; and two require a bachelor’s degree (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/120418-ne-table1_tcm1045-361414.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Top 15 Occupations in the Forestry &amp;amp; Logging Industry in Northeast Minnesota, 2018&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Top 15 Occupations in the Forestry &amp;amp; Logging Industry in Northeast Minnesota, 2018&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;120418-ne-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;High school graduates and other job seekers will be important in filling the workforce pipeline in the forestry and logging industry, which relies on a seasoned workforce. In 2017, data from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qwi/index.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt; program shows over one-fourth of workers in the industry were 55 years or older, up from just 10.6 percent of the workforce back in 2000. In contrast, less than 10 percent of workers in the industry were under 25 years of age, down from 13.4 percent in 2000 (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/120418-ne-figure2_tcm1045-361415.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 3. Minnesota Forestry &amp;amp; Logging Industry Workforce by Gender, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 3. Minnesota Forestry &amp;amp; Logging Industry Workforce by Gender, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;120418-ne-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;Further demographic data from the QWI program shows that the forestry and logging industry is relatively non-diverse: Males account for 89 percent of workers (Figure 3), and more than 97 percent reporting white as their race. Those percentages have remained virtually unchanged since 2000, with both shifting less than 1.5 percent despite much more rapid changes in the overall labor force. Forestry and logging employers may need to tap into new labor pools to attract talent and continue growing.&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 Cameron Macht at 320-441-6596 or &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:cameron.macht@state.mn.us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;cameron.macht@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Cameron Macht</Author><id>361408</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:29Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>An Era of Service</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>An Era of Service</Title><title>2018-10-31 An Era of Service ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-357316&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>Veterans in Northeast Minnesota have lower labor force participation rates than nonveterans, and higher unemployment rates. If you&apos;re a veteran seeking employment, DEED can help you.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of Minnesota’s six planning regions, Northeast Minnesota has the highest percentage of veterans in the population aged 18 years and over, at 10.5 percent. That’s 2.5 percent more than the state as a whole, and over 3.5 percent higher than the Twin Cities metro.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Aitkin County ranks first (15.2 percent) of the 87 counties for the percentage of veterans, followed closely by Lake County in fifth and Itasca County in sixth place overall, at 12.2 percent and 11.9 percent, respectively. Koochiching (10.8 percent, 16th) and Carlton (10.6 percent, 21st) were also among the most veteran-heavy counties.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/101818-ne-map1_tcm1045-357330.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Veterans by Service Area, 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Veterans by Service Area, 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;101818-ne-map1&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;Data from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Census Bureau’s American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; show that the largest number of these veterans served during the Vietnam era, accounting for about 40 percent of the total count in Northeast Minnesota. Another 11 percent served during the Korean War, and 7 percent are World War II veterans. With an older population overall, the Arrowhead region had a slightly higher percentage than the state of veterans from these time periods.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In contrast, Northeast Minnesota has a smaller percentage of veterans from the Gulf War periods, ranging from 1990 through the present. In sum, there were about 6,285 Gulf War veterans in the seven-county region, accounting for about one-fourth of all veterans. Check out this &lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/profile/magda.olson#!/vizhome/Veterans_ServiceEra/Dashboard3&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;interactive data visualization&lt;/a&gt; to see more details on the service period of veterans in each county.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Unfortunately, the ACS data also show that veterans in Northeast Minnesota have lower labor force participation rates than nonveterans, and higher unemployment rates. If you are a veteran and seeking employment, the following steps can help:&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;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;Visit DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/employment-services&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Employment Programs&lt;/a&gt; for information on upcoming career fairs, employer hiring events, job club networking, job transition meetings, services for disabled veterans, and more.&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:cameron.macht@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Cameron Macht&lt;/a&gt; at 320-441-6596.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Cameron Macht</Author><id>357316</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:29Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</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>2018-09-26 2018 Manufacturing Highlights ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-352906&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-09-26T17:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The region has the lowest concentration of manufacturing employment in the state, with only 5.9 percent of total jobs in manufacturing compared to 11.2 percent.</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_24865921_tcm1045-352187.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Highlights&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Highlights&quot; style=&quot;width: 300px; height: 738px;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xlink:title=&quot;2018-northeast&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 8,500 employees at 344 establishments, manufacturing is the sixth largest employing industry in the seven-county Northeast Minnesota planning region. In fact, Northeast Minnesota has the lowest concentration of manufacturing employment of the six planning regions in the state, with only 5.9 percent of total jobs in manufacturing compared to 11.2 percent concentration statewide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The manufacturing industry has enjoyed a slight increase in jobs over the past year, but the long-term trend has been a significant decrease of employment. There were 12,237 manufacturing jobs in the Arrowhead region at the start of the century, but employment bottomed out at 8,299 jobs in 2010 at the height of the recession. The industry rebounded with an increase of 670 new jobs from 2010 to 2012, but has struggled to grow since then (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With 1,953 employees, paper manufacturing is the largest manufacturing subsector in the region.  However, this subsector has been hit hard with layoffs occurring at various paper plants in the area over the past five years, resulting in a loss of 431 jobs – or over one-fifth of all paper manufacturing employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In contrast, machinery manufacturing now has 1,178 employees at 30 firms in Northeast Minnesota after increasing employment by nearly 100 jobs in the last year. The transportation equipment manufacturing subsector has also seen significant employment gains, adding more than 140 jobs in the last year and 381 new jobs in the past five years, expanding its employment by 80 percent in that time frame. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091918-ne-figure1_tcm1045-352907.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Figure 1. Manufacturing Employment in Northeast Minnesota, 2001-2017&quot; alt=&quot;Figure 1. Manufacturing Employment in Northeast Minnesota, 2001-2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091918-ne-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;An important aspect of the manufacturing industry is that it provides a bigger paycheck than the average job in the region. According to DEED’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data tool, the average annual wage for a manufacturing job is $58,708 – more than $15,500 higher than the average annual wage across all industries in the region. Within the manufacturing sector, paper manufacturing has the highest wages with an average annual wage of $81,900, which is nearly twice as much as the average wage in the region (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091918-ne-table1_tcm1045-352909.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Industry Employment Statistics&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Northeast Minnesota Manufacturing Industry Employment Statistics&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091918-ne-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;Manufacturers have high optimism regarding their current and future prospects. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.enterpriseminnesota.org/about-us/who-we-are&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Enterprise Minnesota&lt;/a&gt; produces an annual survey that provides insights into the opportunities and challenges the industry faces by interviewing more than 400 manufacturing executives across the state. The results from the 2018 State of Manufacturing report show high levels of confidence in their financial prospects, with many manufacturers expected to expand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Among all manufacturers statewide, 65 percent say they expect to see economic expansion. Although that percentage is lower in Northeast Minnesota – where 55 percent shared the rosy outlook for the year.  Meanwhile, 93 percent of respondents were confident about the future of their company, similar to the 94 percent recorded in 2017 and considerably higher than the 79 percent reported in 2008. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The survey also documented challenges. Topping the list is the cost of providing employee-related health care, an issue that has been the most identified concern each of the 10 years the report has been compiled. After the costs of health care, 47 percent of manufacturers reported attracting qualified workers as a big concern, 40 percent suggested government policies and regulations, and 36 percent stated retaining qualified workers was a challenge. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Attraction and retention of workforce is difficult, especially in a tight labor market, where there are as many or more job openings than there are job seekers. Manufacturers throughout the state will feel the crunch, especially if they are also dealing with employees who are reaching retirement age.  Interestingly, only 53 percent of manufacturers surveyed are responding to the worker shortage by using a formal strategic planning process, with greater contrast between high-revenue manufacturers and those with less than $1 million in developing and applying a strategy to deal with the workforce shortage. Enterprise Minnesota can help those manufacturers get a handle on upcoming challenges and is a great resource for the manufacturing industry in Northeast Minnesota and statewide.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>352906</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:29Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Small Business are a Big Deal</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Small Businesses are a Big Deal</Title><title>2018-08-24 Small Business ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-351157&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-08-24T22:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>Northeast Minnesota was home to nearly 20,000 nonemployer establishments in 2016.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota was home to nearly 20,000 nonemployer establishments in 2016. In addition to being a source of employment and personal income, these businesses are a vital part of the larger regional economy, creating opportunities for growth. In many cases, self-employed businesses have expanded and become employer establishments.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data from the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns program shows that Northeast Minnesota relies heavily on small businesses, with just over 50 percent of establishments reporting less than 5 employees. Another 36 percent of businesses had between 5 and 19 employees, meaning only 13.7 percent of businesses in the region had 20 employees or more. Just 17 businesses – less than 0.2 percent – in the region had more than 500 employees (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082418-ne-table1_tcm1045-351162.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Employers by Size Class, 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Employers by Size Class, 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082418-ne-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;While the number of establishments was declining overall, the region was seeing growth in the number of medium-sized businesses – those with between 10 and 99 employees – over the past decade. This is at least partly due to smaller businesses expanding, a great sign of economic growth for the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The largest number of the smallest businesses – those with 1 to 4 employees – are found in construction, retail trade, other services, professional and technical services, health care and social assistance, accommodation and food services, and finance and insurance. In contrast, the largest number of large employers – those with 500 employees or more – were in health care and social assistance (7 employers), manufacturing (3 employers), finance and insurance (2 employers), and mining (2 employers), while educational services, management of companies, and transportation and warehousing all had one large employer (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082418-ne-figure1_tcm1045-351165.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Fig 1. Number of Establishments with 1 to 4, 1,000 or more, and 500 to 999 employees, Aitkin, Carlton and Cook counties, 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Fig 1. Number of Establishments with 1 to 4, 1,000 or more, and 500 to 999 employees, Aitkin, Carlton and Cook counties, 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082418-ne-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;More details about business trends in Northeast Minnesota can be found at this &lt;a href=&quot;https://public.tableau.com/views/CountyBusinessPatterns_1/Story1?amp;:display_overlay=yes&amp;amp;amp;:display_count=no&amp;amp;:embed=y&amp;amp;amp;:embed_code_version=3&amp;amp;amp;:loadOrderID=1&amp;amp;amp;:increment_view_count=no%22/&amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;:host_url=https://public.tableau.com/&amp;amp;amp;:display_spinner=no&amp;amp;amp;&amp;amp;amp;:animate_transition=yes&amp;amp;amp;:display_static_image=no&amp;amp;amp;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;interactive data tool on DEED’s 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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>351157</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:27Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Participation Rates</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Participation Rates</Title><title>2018-08-01 Participation Rates ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-347723&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-08-01T22:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>The labor force participation rate is a useful measure of economic activity. However, it’s important to be aware of how the older population in the Northeast can skew the statistic. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The labor force participation rate is a useful measure of economic activity. However, because of how it’s calculated, it’s important to be aware of how an older population can skew this statistic. The labor force participation rate includes the total number of people who are currently employed or actively seeking work, and does not include those who are not participating in the labor force. The measure is often referenced with the unemployment rate as an indicator of the health of the economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The numerator of the labor force participation rate is the number of employed and unemployed but actively seeking people; while the denominator is the total population aged 16 years and older, regardless of labor force status. This includes those that are older than 65 years, the traditional age of retirement. A geographic area with a greater portion of retirees will have a lower labor force participation rate: These people are not considered working nor actively seeking work. The Northeast region is &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/detail/appId/1/id/303970&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;home to more elderly residents&lt;/a&gt;, and the labor force participation rate reflects the fact that this older population is less likely to participate in the labor force.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota has some of the lowest labor force participation rates in the state when looking at the population 16 years and older. Aitkin County has a rate of 50.5 percent, which ranks last in all 87 Minnesota counties; and Lake County is ranked second to last with a labor force participation rate of 56.0 percent. For the Arrowhead region, St. Louis County has the highest labor force participation rate at 62.4 percent, but that is still considerably less than the state average of 69.9 percent, and ranked 69th out of 87 counties statewide (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/072318-ne-table1_tcm1045-347726.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 1. Labor Force Participation Rate for 16 Years and older, Northeast Minnesota, 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Table 1. Labor Force Participation Rate for 16 Years and older, Northeast Minnesota, 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;072318-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;One way to control for an older population skewing the labor force participation rate is to calculate it for specific age cohorts. Instead of the denominator containing the total population that is 16 years and older, you can calculate it by including only those that are in a specific age cohort.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For example, the labor force participation rate for 16- to 19-year-olds in Northeast Minnesota is 54.2 percent, greater than for 16- to 19-year-olds statewide. Participation rates for 25- to 54-year-olds in the Arrowhead are greater than 80 percent, although that lags behind statewide rates for those particular age cohorts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At the other end of the spectrum, the rate for 55- to 64-year-olds was 61.3 percent in the Arrowhead region, more than 10 percentage points lower than the statewide rate for this age cohort, and 20 percentage points less than the rate for younger age cohorts. The participation rate for people aged 65 years and older is also lower in the region than statewide, and suggests that people do come to the Arrowhead region to retire and enjoy the natural amenities (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/072318-ne-table2_tcm1045-347729.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table 2. Employment Characteristics, 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Table 2. Employment Characteristics, 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;072318-ne-table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It’s important to consider how an older population affects the labor force participation rate of the region, especially when using that statistic as a measure of economic activity. While the data shows lower labor force participation in Northeast Minnesota, even when controlling for age, it also indicates opportunities to entice older citizens who retired early to jump back into the labor force and help alleviate the tight labor market conditions.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>347723</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:27Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title>Trade Wars</Title><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Trade Wars</Title><title>2018-06-28 Trade Wars ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-344155&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-06-28T22:00:00Z</Date><ShortDescription>A trade war with Canada will impact the marketplace for Minnesota products, and retribution could affect employment opportunities throughout the state and region.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;On June 1, 2018, trade tariffs on steel and aluminum from three of America’s biggest trading partners – Canada, Mexico, and the European Union – took effect. The trade penalties, 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on imported aluminum, come after failed negotiations from exemptions granted after President Trump announced worldwide steel and aluminum tariffs in March. The tariff announcements generated retaliatory tariffs from the trading partners, including Canada, imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum coming from the United States. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The effects and consequences of this trade war and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-ministry/trump-sets-50-billion-in-china-tariffs-with-beijing-ready-to-strike-back-idUSKBN1JB0KC&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;others&lt;/a&gt; are still uncertain, but Northeast Minnesota’s economy will no doubt be impacted. For one, Northeast Minnesota is home to iron ore mining and taconite production, the building block for steel-making in the United States. The tariffs were announced in part to protect the domestic mining industry, but Canada is also a major market for Iron Range taconite, and it is unclear how the tariffs will impact the demand for local taconite.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employment in the mining industry in Northeast Minnesota has seen ups and downs but has experienced employment gains after several mining shutdowns in 2016. In 2017, there was an annual average of 4,005 jobs in this industry, an increase of nearly 400 employees from the year before, indicating that the mines are back on line and hiring again. However, employment still lags from where it was prior to the 2016 slowdown, when it averaged just over 4,500 jobs in the Arrowhead region between 2012 and 2015 (Figure 1)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062818-ne-figure1_tcm1045-344153.jpg&quot; title=&quot;062818-ne-figure1&quot; alt=&quot;062818-ne-figure1&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062818-ne-figure1&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;While mining employment only represents 2.8 percent of total employment in the Arrowhead, the average annual wage is $89,492 – more than double the average annual wage for all employment at $43,056 for the Northeast region. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The shipping industry and the Duluth Port will also be affected. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4454238-tariffs-against-canada-mexico-eu-stir-concern-northland&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Canada remains the port’s largest foreign trading partner&lt;/a&gt;, according to Adele Yorde, public relations director for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, and Canadian Lakers account for 20 to 30 percent of the vessel traffic in and out of the port.  Not only is taconite regularly moved to Canada, but so is grain, and retaliatory tariffs between the two nations could leverage long-term effects on the region’s shipping industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/economic-analysis/export-stats/&quot;&gt;According to DEED’s Export and Trade Statistics&lt;/a&gt;, Minnesota exported over $4.2 billion dollars in products to Canada in 2017 including: Vehicles, machinery, electrical machinery, medical optics, ores, slag, ash, plastics, beverages, iron and steel products, baked food products, and mineral fuels and oils. There is no doubt that a trade war with our northern neighbor will impact the marketplace for Minnesota products, and retribution could affect employment opportunities throughout the state and region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062818-ne-figure2_tcm1045-344154.jpg&quot; title=&quot;062818-ne-figure2&quot; alt=&quot;062818-ne-figure2&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062818-ne-figure2&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 Erik White at 218-302-8413 or email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erk White</Author><id>344155</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:27Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Industry Employment</Title><title>2018-05-23 Industry ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-340990&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-05-23T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>The QCEW data tool shows a count of jobs and wages by industry as well as by geography, providing great insight into statewide and regional economic trends.</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/data-tools/qcew/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)&lt;/a&gt; data tool shows a count of jobs and wages by industry as well as by geography, providing great insight into statewide and regional economic trends. Because it’s a census covering all establishments covered under the Unemployment Insurance program, about 97 percent of Minnesota employment is reflected in this dataset. Last month’s release of 2017 annual data from the QCEW show Northeast Minnesota employment growing, though at a slower pace than the state of Minnesota as a whole.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In Northeast Minnesota, there were 142,984 covered jobs supplied by 8,639 employer establishments, with an average annual wage of $43,056. Over the past year employers in the region grew by 1,195 net new jobs, a 0.8 percent increase; the region added 4,482 jobs since 2012, a 3.2 percent increase. These gains, however, do not match the rate of employment growth that the state of Minnesota has had. Employers statewide have expanded by 1.4 percent in the past year with an addition of nearly 40,000 jobs, and have added 208,378 jobs since 2012, a remarkable 7.9 percent growth rate.  Also note that the average annual wage statewide is $56,160, over $13,000 more than the average annual wage for jobs in Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A the county level, QCEW data show that six out of seven counties in the Arrowhead region experienced employment increases over the past year, with only Koochiching County recording an employment decrease with a loss of 78 jobs. Lake County gained 257 jobs in the past year, but still had 200 less jobs than it did in 2012. Other counties that had employment losses in the past five years include Itasca and Koochiching with 175 and 575 jobs lost, respectively.  In contrast, St. Louis County gained 4,301 jobs in the past five years, a 4.6 percent increase, accounting for most of the region’s recent growth. Aitkin, Carlton, and Cook counties also had job growth over the past five years (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/052318-ne-table1_tcm1045-340977.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Statistics&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Statistics&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052318-ne-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;Another way to utilize QCEW data is through industry-specific employment and wage details. In Northeast Minnesota, Health Care and Social Assistance is the dominant industry with 34,121 employees and an average annual wage of $48,100. The next leading industries were Retail Trade and Accommodation and Food Services with average annual employment of $17,637 and $15,179, respectively. However, with average annual wages of $25,324 and $16,328, these industries are considerably lower paying.  Rounding out the top five industries of employment in the Arrowhead region is Educational Services with 12,244 jobs and Public Administration with 11,015 jobs (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Fourteen of the 20 industries in Northeast Minnesota recorded year-over-year job gains, led by Health Care and Social Assistance. Mining added nearly 400 jobs, signifying a rebound but not full recovery as it is still down 537 jobs from 2012 employment levels. Accommodation and Food Services added 305 jobs in the past year and more than 1,000 jobs in the past five years, showing the importance of tourism 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/052318-ne-table2_tcm1045-340976.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Statistics&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Statistics&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052318-ne-table2&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>340990</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:27Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>New Job Vacancies</Title><title>2018-04-16 Vacancies ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-336823&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-04-16T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Newly released Job Vacancy data shows a drop in the number of job openings for the 4th quarter of 2017 in the Arrowhead region from the high-water mark of 9,762 posted earlier in the 2nd quarter of 2017.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.startribune.com/latest-sign-of-minnesota-s-ultra-tight-job-scene-vacancy-rate-climbs-16-percent/478314883/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Newly released Job Vacancy data&lt;/a&gt; shows a drop in the number of job openings for the 4th quarter of 2017 in the Arrowhead region from the high-water mark of 9,762 posted earlier in the 2nd quarter of 2017. However, the 5,390 job vacancies continue a trend where the region has as many job openings as job seekers, an indication of a tight labor market (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041718-ne-figure1_tcm1045-336824.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancies&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancies&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041718-ne-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the 5,390 job vacancies, 44 percent of them were part-time and the median hourly wage offer was $12.76. Nearly a quarter of job openings in the Arrowhead region required post-secondary education, nearly a third required one or more years of work experience, and 41 percent of the vacancies required a certificate or licensure.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The top three occupational groups based on the total number of vacancies include: Personal Care and Service, Food Preparation and Serving Related, and Healthcare Support. The job openings from these categories made up nearly 40 percent of all openings in the region, but the median hourly wage offers were all lower than the $12.76 wage offer for all vacancies, and the percent part-time was greater.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With 366 vacancies, Healthcare Practitioners and Technical occupations – such as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, physical and occupational therapists, and doctors – had many job openings in the region and offered a median wage of $28.39 per hour. With the higher wages, 100 percent of these occupations also required post-secondary education and certificates and licensures. Also, 66 percent of the job openings in this healthcare occupation required one or more years of work experience.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other high-paying occupational groups with vacancies reported in the region included Management ($20.02), Installation, Maintenance, and Repair ($18.70), Construction and Extraction ($19.98), Architecture and Engineering ($30.51), and Business and Financial Operations ($34.82) (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041718-ne-table1_tcm1045-336826.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Job Vacancy Survey Results&quot; alt=&quot;Job Vacancy Survey Results&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041718-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy data&lt;/a&gt; also provides details on job openings by industry, and it comes as no surprise which industry leads the region in vacancies. Health care and Social Assistance employers reported 2,142 job vacancies, or 39.7 percent of all openings. Accommodation and Food Services had the next biggest share of job openings with 846 and Retail Trade had 581 job postings, meaning those three industries accounted for over 66 percent of total openings in the 4th quarter of 2017 (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation had only 97 job vacancies reported, more than 200 less openings than in the 2nd quarter of 2017, indicating how the time of year affects job openings in the Arrowhead region. Construction is another industry impacted by the seasons; there were 224 job postings for the 4th quarter of 2017, much less than the over 600 job vacancies recorded in the earlier vacancy survey this year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/041718-ne-figure2_tcm1045-336825.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancies by Industry&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancies by Industry&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;041718-ne-figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The latest release of DEED&apos;s Job Vacancy Survey shows a downturn in job vacancies for the seven-county Arrowhead region compared to last summer. However, when compared to vacancies from previous 4th quarters, the latest results indicate a continuation of the region&apos;s tight labor market where there are as many job opening as there are job seekers. Also, the most difficult-to-fill openings in the region continue to be in Personal Care and Service and Food Preparation occupations, where median wage offers are low and a considerable amount of openings are part-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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>336823</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:25Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>New Population Estimates</Title><title>2018-03-30 Population ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-335706&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-03-30T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Recently released data from the Census Bureau shows that population in the Arrowhead region has decreased slightly since 2010.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=bkmk&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Recently released data from the Census Bureau&lt;/a&gt; shows that population in the Arrowhead region has decreased slightly since 2010. In fact, the 7-county Northeast Minnesota region recorded a loss of 1,311 residents, a 0.4 percent decrease. Compared to the state of Minnesota&apos;s 5.1 percent increase in population during that same time period, the Arrowhead region is lagging behind in attracting and retaining residents.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Four of the seven counties in the region have experienced a decrease in population this decade, with Koochiching County seeing a 5.9 percent decrease totaling nearly 800 residents. Other decreases included: Aitkin County with 373 fewer residents, Lake County with 342 fewer residents, and St. Louis County losing 226 residents. On the other hand, Cook County recorded a 4.3 percent increase in population, nearly matching Minnesota&apos;s rate of growth. However, due to Cook County&apos;s small population, this resulted in an increase of only 222 residents since 2010. Carlton and Itasca counties also recorded small population increases during the timeframe (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/033018-ne-table1_tcm1045-335704.jpg&quot; title=&quot;033018-ne-table1&quot; alt=&quot;033018-ne-table1&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;033018-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Looking at the components of population change – which include natural increase and net migration –  can provide more details on the region&apos;s stationary population trends. One component of population change, natural increase, is simply the number of deaths subtracted from the number of births that occur in a geographic area. In the Arrowhead region, there were nearly 2,000 more deaths than births since 2010. In fact, six of the seven counties in the region had more deaths than births, with the exception of Cook County, resulting in a negative estimate for the natural increase component of population change.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The other component of population change is net migration, including international and domestic migration. Overall, Northeast Minnesota had an increase of 879 residents since 2010 because of net migration. Within the component, international migration resulted in an increase of 1,556 residents to the region while domestic migration led to a loss of 677 residents, as more people moved away from the region than moved in. Interestingly, the state of Minnesota had this same relationship within net migration as there were 103,720 international migrants, but the state lost 32,518 residents due to domestic migration, resulting in an increase of over 71,000 people primarily due to international in-migration since 2010 (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While Minnesota has expanded its population since 2010, Northeast Minnesota has not benefited from this influx of new residents. Considering the region&apos;s tight labor market, a stagnant population trend could affect future regional economic growth, especially when considering the number of people in the region who are or soon will be retiring out of the workforce. Attraction and retention of people, especially those who are younger, will remain vital if Northeast Minnesota is to increase its population.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>335706</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:25Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Career Planning is Serious Business</Title><title>2018-02-20 Career Planning ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-327545&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-02-20T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>In our diverse economy, there are many ways to achieve workforce success, and they don’t all follow the same straight or orderly path.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In our diverse economy, there are many ways to achieve workforce success, and they don&apos;t all follow the same straight or orderly path. Employers in Northeast Minnesota now provide almost 142,000 jobs, and are actively seeking new workers to fill open positions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For students and job seekers that are planning their careers or just looking for a job, graduating from high school is an important first step, but from there the path to workforce success can go in many different directions. For example, students and job seekers can go straight to work, into the military, on to college, start an apprenticeship, or something else, depending on their career goals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In other words, there are many pathways into the labor market. Some are short-term solutions, while others are long-term decisions. There are costs and benefits to every approach, and there are practical steps that students and job seekers can take to make the most out of their career planning and educational investment. DEED worked with local partners including the Northeast Rural Career Counseling Coordinator to produce a handout that helps explain the career planning process in more detail. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;College is an excellent way to move up career ladders and open opportunities to fields that would otherwise be closed, such as nursing or engineering. Many of these occupations offer high wages and are in high demand in the marketplace. Certain careers – such as dentists, lawyers, and school teachers – require a college education, while other jobs – including cost estimators, sales representatives, and correctional officers – do not. Students and job seekers might be surprised to learn that well over half of all jobs in Northeast Minnesota can be started with a high school diploma or less, and only about one-third require college (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/022018-ne-figure1_tcm1045-327546.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Share of Jobs by Educational Requirements, 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Share of Jobs by Educational Requirements, 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;022018-ne-figure1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While data show that hourly wages rise for each additional level of education completed, it&apos;s also important to see that there are opportunities for jobs that provide livable wages at every level of education, including many that boast strong current and future demand in every region of the state (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/022018-ne-wage_tcm1045-327547.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Hourly Wage Ranges for Jobs in Northeast Minnesota by Typical Education Requirements&quot; alt=&quot;Hourly Wage Ranges for Jobs in Northeast Minnesota by Typical Education Requirements&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;022018-ne-wage&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To that end, students and job seekers can sort through data from DEED&apos;s Occupational Employment Statistics tool to see the highest paying jobs in the Northeast region sorted by educational requirements. For example, 45 occupations requiring just a high school diploma were earning more than $50,000 per year in Northeast Minnesota, including electrical powerline installers and repairers, construction equipment operators, postmasters, crane operators, sheet metal workers, cement masons, boiler operators, and sales representatives. Likewise, median annual wages ranged from $43,000 to almost $75,000 for jobs requiring an associate degree.&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/OccupationsbyEducation/JobsDashboard&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/typical-education_tcm1045-376382.png&quot; title=&quot;Jobs and Wages by Typical Education Requirement&quot; alt=&quot;Jobs and Wages by Typical Education Requirement&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;typical-education&quot; /&gt;&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>327545</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:25Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Attracting Young Folks</Title><title>2018-01-23 Young Folks ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-325702&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2018-01-23T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Job-to-Job Flows Explorer shows the number of 22-34 year olds hired by Minnesota firms from other states.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau&apos;s Job-to-Job Flows Explorer shows the number of 22-34 year olds hired by Minnesota firms from other states. Unfortunately, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/review/november-2017/fun-with-statistics.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;this data&lt;/a&gt; is only available at a state level, but using other resources, we can get an estimate of how Northeast Minnesota is doing in attracting young professionals and what industries are leading in attracting this younger generation to the workforce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Looking at the composition of the population in Northeast Minnesota by age cohort is one way of analyzing the region&apos;s ability in attracting and retaining a younger workforce. Overall, the region has only grown by about 3,000 people since 2000, less than one percent. However, the number of 25-34- year-olds increased by 7.1 percent, with an addition of 2,375 people since 2000. This rate is considerably less than the state of Minnesota&apos;s 11.2 percent growth of 25-34-year-olds. And looking at other younger age cohorts in the Northeast region, there were considerable declines in comparison to significant increases of the population 55 years and older (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/012518-ne-table1_tcm1045-325703.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Population by Age Group&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Population by Age Group&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;012518-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Duluth, on the other hand, seems to have a different narrative than the rest of the Arrowhead region. There has been much anecdotal evidence of the city of Duluth attracting younger professionals because of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.outsideonline.com/1924981/why-duluth-best-town-america&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;outdoor recreation and job opportunities&lt;/a&gt; available. The overall population in the city has actually decreased since 2000, but has seen considerable gains of 15-24-year-olds and 25-34-year-olds. The city&apos;s colleges and universities are a huge draw for young people. But like the region, the city of Duluth has seen the greatest increase in older age cohorts (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/012518-ne-table2_tcm1045-325704.jpg&quot; title=&quot;City of Duluth Population by Age Group&quot; alt=&quot;City of Duluth Population by Age Group&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;012518-ne-table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite little population growth and the aging population, Northeast Minnesota – including Duluth – finds itself in a great position to attract younger people because of the opportunities that will be available with upcoming job openings due to a retiring workforce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Utilizing the Census Bureau&apos;s Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) dataset, we can find out which industries in the region have begun to attract a younger workforce. Overall, the region has seen the number of young workers increase by nearly 10 percent with a gain of 2,695 jobholders.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It comes as no surprise that Health Care and Social Assistance leads the way in employment. After increasing by 620 jobholders since 2011, about 25 percent of all 25-34-year-old employment in the region can be found in this sector.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other industries that have considerable employment of 25-34-year-olds include: Accommodation and Food Services, Retail Trade, Educational Services, Public Administration, Construction, and Manufacturing. The transportation and warehousing sector has had the greatest percent increase with an additional 1,159 young workers added in the past five years. There has also been a sizeable increase of professional, scientific, and technical services workers in the region and their employment is now over 1,200 young workers (Table 3).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/012518-ne-table3_tcm1045-325705.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Employment of 25-34 Year Olds in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Employment of 25-34 Year Olds in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;012518-ne-table3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These young workers filled 30,685 jobs in 2016, showing that the attraction and retention of millennials is vital for economic development.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>325702</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:25Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Looking at Northeast’s Construction Industry through the Lens of QED</Title><title>2017-12-11 Construction ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-322218&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-12-11T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Minnesota&apos;s 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;Minnesota&apos;s 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 (QED)&lt;/a&gt;. Created from an inter-agency agreement between DEED and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, the program links age and gender data with administrative records from Minnesota&apos;s Unemployment Insurance program. This dataset provides a wealth of new information including: 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;Utilizing this dataset to analyze Northeast Minnesota&apos;s construction industry, we find that this sector was greatly affected by the recession but has rebounded since. The median hours worked per quarter in Northeast Minnesota dropped to an annual average of about 350 hours worked per quarter for the few years following the recession, down from a pre-recession peak of 391 hours worked per quarter in 2006. For 2016, the median hours worked has jumped to 427 hours, a 22 percent increase from the post-recession low, and a 36-hour increase from the pre-recession peak median, indicating that the industry is being put back to work (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121117-ne-figure1_tcm1045-322219.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Construction Industry: Median Hours Worked per Quarter&quot; alt=&quot;Construction Industry: Median Hours Worked per Quarter&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121117-ne-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;Compared to the state overall, Northeast Minnesota&apos;s construction industry has consistently averaged less hours worked per quarter, however. After the 2009 recession, the difference in median hours worked between the state and Northeast Minnesota was about 100 hours per quarter for 2011, 2012, and 2013. In 2016, the region&apos;s construction industry has narrowed the gap to 53 hours, but it still lags behind considerably (see Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In fact, the Northeast region had the fewest median hours worked per quarter of the 5 other planning areas in the state for every year of the QED data, going back to 2003. But it did have higher median hourly wages than all but one of the planning areas, other than 7-County Twin Cities region, signifying the strength of union participation in the construction trades in the region (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121117-ne-table1_tcm1045-322220.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Construction Industry Statistics, 2016 Annual&quot; alt=&quot;Construction Industry Statistics, 2016 Annual&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121117-ne-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;No doubt that the winters of Northeast Minnesota and its small (compared to other planning areas) and non-increasing population have a big impact on the amount and type of construction work being done in the region. But another concern for this industry, as well as the region&apos;s overall economy, is the aging of its workforce.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In Northeast Minnesota, 17.6 percent of jobholders in the construction industry were 55 years and older in 2016, suggesting there may be considerable hiring demand in the near future to replace those workers that will retire out of the field. Interestingly, the percentage of older workers in the Arrowhead construction industry nearly matches the state&apos;s 16.8 percentage of 55 year and older workers, indicating an industry-wide dilemma and not just a localized issue. Historical data shows that the industry saw a significant demographic shift compared to 2003, when only about 10 percent of the region&apos;s construction workers were 55 years or older. Meanwhile, the percentage of workers that are 24 and younger in the industry hovers between 13 and 14 percent for the Northeast region and the state of Minnesota (see Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121117-ne-table2_tcm1045-322221.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Age Distribution of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Construction Industry&quot; alt=&quot;Age Distribution of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s Construction Industry&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121117-ne-table2&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;Construction in Northeast Minnesota was greatly affected by the recession in terms of the number of hours worked but has recently showed signs of momentum, according to DEED&apos;s new QED dataset. However, the aging of the workforce could cause potential disruption to this industry going forward at a region and state level. As people retire, it creates demand for new workers in tight labor market conditions where other industries are also looking to hire from the limited supply of workers. Reaching out to under-represented populations such as women and minorities &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/publications/trends/december-2016/diversifying-construction.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;may hold the answer to forthcoming workforce challenges&lt;/a&gt;. And datasets like QED help us better understand these industry challenges, as well as their responses.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/qed/research.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;For more articles with Quarterly Employment Demographics (QED)&lt;/a&gt;&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>322218</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:21Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Historically Low Unemployment Rates</Title><title>2017-11-27 UI Rates ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-319792&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-11-27T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>October’s release of LAUS showed historically low unemployment rate estimates for the Arrowhead region.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;October’s release of &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) showed historically low unemployment rate estimates for the Arrowhead region. Northeast Minnesota has a 3.2 percent unemployment rate while the city of Duluth is at 2.5 percent and Workforce Service Area 3 (7-county Arrowhead region minus the city of Duluth) is at 3.5 percent. Unemployment rates ranged from a low of 2.0 percent in Cook County to 4.7 percent in Koochiching County (Table 1). Unemployment rates this low have not been recorded this century in the region, and further indicate the tightening of the labor market in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112717-ne-table1_tcm1045-319794.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table of Data - Unemployment Rates for NE Minnesota, October 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Table of Data - Unemployment Rates for NE Minnesota, October 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112717-ne-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;Due to the seasonal nature of the economy in the region, September and October tend to have the lowest unemployment rates for the year. But the recent drop is larger than normal. The unemployment rate in the region fell two percentage points from last year’s 5.2 percent and has dropped nearly 5 percentage points since October 2009 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112717-ne-figure1_tcm1045-319795.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Graph - Northeast MN Unemployment Rates, October 2000-2017&quot; alt=&quot;Graph - Northeast MN Unemployment Rates, October 2000-2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112717-ne-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 low unemployment rates are welcomed by workers, rates this low could indicate challenges ahead for businesses. There were an estimated 5,200 unemployed workers in the region in October, but the latest release of 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; had nearly 10,000 job openings in the region for the second quarter of 2017. This indicates a very tight labor market as the number of job seekers per vacancy slipped below 1.0 this summer (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/112717-ne-figure2_tcm1045-319797.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Chart of Job seekers Per Vacancy 2000-2017&quot; alt=&quot;Chart of Job seekers Per Vacancy 2000-2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;112717-ne-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;In the face of this tight labor market, attraction and retention are key as the supply of labor is limited and job seekers have more options to choose from when deciding where to apply or work.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>319792</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:21Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2017-11-01 Veterans ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-317147&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-11-01T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>According to the American Community Survey, in the seven-county Arrowhead region, there are 28,540 veterans or 8.3 percent of the 342,388 veterans in the state.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In appreciation of those who have served our military, past and present, and their families, this month&apos;s Local Look blog post will focus on veterans in the region, their employment status statewide, and the available resources to assist them in gaining successful employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the American Community Survey, in the seven-county Arrowhead region, there are 28,540 veterans or 8.3 percent of the 342,388 veterans in the state. St. Louis County had over 16,000 veterans, or more than 57 percent of all the veterans in Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans with service during the Vietnam era make up nearly 40 percent of all veterans in Northeast Minnesota, similar to statewide numbers. In addition, there were about 6,400 veterans in Northeast Minnesota with service time during the Gulf War eras, a time frame that extends back to 1990 and goes to present day. This cohort exceeds the number of veterans from the Korean War and World War II in the region, but this younger cohort of veterans is still outnumbered by nearly 5,000 vets from the Vietnam War in the region (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot; title=&quot;Number of Veterans and Period of Services&quot; summary=&quot;Number of Veterans and Period of Services&quot; xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;10&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Table 1. Number of Veterans and Period of Service, Northeast Minnesota, 2015&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Aitkin Co.&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Carlton Co.&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Cook Co.&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Itasca Co.&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Koochiching Co.&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Lake Co.&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;St. Louis Co.&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;State of Minnesota&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Total Veterans&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2,004&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3,039&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;479&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4,437&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,174&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,091&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;16,316&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;28,540&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;342,388&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th colspan=&quot;10&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;Period of Service&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Gulf War veterans (9/2001 or later)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;78&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;297&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;29&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;342&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;38&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;33&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,788&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2,605&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;35,505&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Gulf War veterans (8/1990 to 8/2001)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;200&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;569&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;437&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;80&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;115&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2,315&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3,766&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;43,290&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Vietnam era veterans&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;868&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,039&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;206&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,852&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;490&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;429&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;6,293&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11,177&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;128,790&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Korean War veterans&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;277&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;297&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;74&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;618&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;135&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;206&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,728&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3,335&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;40,057&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;World War II veterans&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;132&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;195&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;35&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;293&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;150&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;145&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,345&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2,295&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;26,383&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;10&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot; class=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source: US Census Bureau&apos;s American Community Survey, 2011-2015 5-Year Estimates&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;Many of these veterans have come back and contributed to the local economy. The ongoing rebound of the economy from the 2008-2009 recession has provided better employment outcomes for our veterans in the past couple years. In Minnesota, the unemployment rate for veterans in 2016 dropped to 4.0 percent. This was about 5 percentage points less than it was during 2009 and 2010, during the peak of the recession.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Not only has there been a considerable decrease in the unemployment rate of veterans, the labor force participation rate has spiked up during the recovery period as well. The labor force participation rate for veterans 18-64 years old was at 76.3 percent in 2010, but has climbed over 4 percentage points and is now at 80.6 percent, about the same rate it was prior to the recession (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/110117-ne-figure1_tcm1045-317148.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Minnesota Unemployment Rate and Labor Force Participation Rate for Veterans&quot; alt=&quot;Minnesota Unemployment Rate and Labor Force Participation Rate for Veterans&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;110117-ne-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While the number of unemployed veterans has dropped and their participation in the labor force has increased, there still remains work to be done to ensure that those who have served in the military have meaningful economic opportunities when they return home. As the labor market tightens in the region and the state, businesses can attract and retain the skills, knowledge, and abilities that veterans provide to the workplace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When asking what businesses can do to successfully onboard veterans, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/employment-services/vets-reps.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Timothy Trumbull, a Local Veterans Employment Representative (LVER) with DEED in Northeast Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, said, &quot;Many military specialties are combat related, but there are many skills and experiences that every veteran possesses that translate well to the business world. Employers should recognize that veterans&apos; skill-sets might not be a direct match for the open position, but their technical aptitude will allow them to develop the skills quickly. Try to discover the specific duties veterans performed in the service, as they may surprise you with their versatility.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/employment-services/vets-reps.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED has employment services&lt;/a&gt; specifically targeted at veterans, with the aim of connecting employers searching for quality candidates and veterans searching for career opportunities. For example, here are three easy steps employers can take to successfully hire veterans:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol start=&quot;1&quot; type=&quot;1&quot; 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 Veterans Employment Representative, available at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careerforcemn.com/locations&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;WorkForce Centers&lt;/a&gt; in the region.&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;Veterans often face challenges when looking for employment, especially those that are readjusting to civilian life after military duty. Some of these barriers are similar to those faced by civilians such as securing child care and transportation, but dealing with physical disability and/or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/stigma-stops-veterans-getting-help-ptsd&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the stigma surrounding it&lt;/a&gt; can be hardships that the veteran must deal with in their search for meaningful employment.&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;Minnesota WorkForce Centers&lt;/a&gt; provide access to &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/employment-services/disabled-veterans.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Disabled Veterans Outreach Program Specialists&lt;/a&gt; (DVOPS) who provide intensive case managed services designed to assist veterans with the development and execution of a job search strategy, and provide one-to-one guidance on various aspects of job search. These may include, but are not limited to resume development, interviewing skills, networking and use of social media, and direct referral to employers with available jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you are a veteran and seeking employment, the steps below can help:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol start=&quot;1&quot; type=&quot;1&quot; 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;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;Beyond these resources, veterans seeking employment should also visit DEED&apos;s main page for &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 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;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Lastly, another resource for veterans is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.careeronestop.org/Veterans/default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CareerOneStop&lt;/a&gt;, where veterans can find information on skills, careers, wages, and more. There is a wealth of information for veterans to help them gain and retain employment including: Matching military skills to civilian careers, education options, transition resources, unemployment benefits, health care, food support, housing and energy assistance, as well as many other topics. This information is also available for specific veteran types, such as those with a disability and women veterans.&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 Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>317147</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:21Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</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:1045-313229&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-10-02T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Manufacturing is the sixth largest industry in Northeast Minnesota. It provides 8,443 jobs at 337 establishments.</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_24865921_tcm1045-313101.png&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Region Manufacturing Highlights&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast 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;northeast&quot; /&gt;Manufacturing is the sixth largest industry in Northeast Minnesota, behind health care and social assistance, retail trade, accommodation and food services, educational services and public administration. With 8,443 jobs at 337 establishments, manufacturing accounts for just 6 percent of total employment in the region. That&apos;s much less concentrated than 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;From 2011 to 2016, manufacturers in Northeast Minnesota lost just over 500 jobs, a decrease of 5.7 percent. Northeast Minnesota was one of only two planning regions in the state that lost manufacturing jobs since 2011, while the other four saw manufacturing job growth. Overall, the state of Minnesota gained about 16,600 manufacturing jobs during this time frame, a 5.5 percent increase.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Paper manufacturing is the largest sector with 2,001 jobs, but the region also has significant strength in machinery manufacturing (1,080 jobs) and fabricated metal product manufacturing (753 jobs). Northeast Minnesota also had just over 700 jobs apiece in transportation equipment manufacturing and wood product manufacturing, and just under 600 jobs in nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Manufacturing is one of the highest paying industries in the region. Total payroll in manufacturing reached $485 million in 2016. That accounted for 8.2 percent of total wages in Northeast Minnesota. Average annual wages in manufacturing in the region were $57,468 in 2016. That was nearly 38 percent higher than average annual wages across all industries. Manufacturing wages in the region increased 7.2 percent from 2011 to 2016, compared to a 10.0 percent wage increase across all industries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Northeast Spotlight: Fabricated Opportunities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;What the region may lack in quantity, it makes up in quality. The average annual wage for manufacturing jobs in the region is $57,468, almost $15,700 more per year than the average annual wage across all industries in the region. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite the smaller concentration of manufacturing in the region and its downward trend of employment, the fabricated metal product manufacturing subsector is an important industry to the regional economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In 2016, there were 753 jobs at 50 different businesses classified as fabricated metal product manufacturers in Northeast Minnesota. That made up 8.9 percent of all manufacturing jobs in the Arrowhead region, with only paper manufacturing and machinery manufacturing employing a bigger share of manufacturing jobs. However, since 2011, the fabricated metal product manufacturing has lost 117 jobs, a 13.4 percent decrease that doubles the downward trend of the manufacturing industry in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite the losses, the occupations within the fabricated metal product manufacturing sector provide higher wages and lower educational requirements than do many other jobs, and there are still ample opportunities in the region. Using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bls.gov&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistic&apos;s Industry-Occupation Matrix&lt;/a&gt;, the most common occupations within fabricated metal product manufacturing can be determined. Combined with DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupation Employment Statistics data program&lt;/a&gt;, the employment and wage ranges can be determined (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091517-northeast-table1_tcm1045-313232.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Employment and Wage Detail for Typical Fabrication Occupations in Northeast Minnesota 2017&quot; alt=&quot;Employment and Wage Detail for Typical Fabrication Occupations in Northeast Minnesota 2017&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091517-northeast-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The educational requirements for most fabricated metal product manufacturing-related occupations are typically high school or vocational training. General and Operations Managers are an exception to this, with 73 percent of openings in Minnesota requiring a bachelor&apos;s degree, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/educational-requirements-occupations/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Educational Requirements for Occupations&lt;/a&gt; (see Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/091517-northeast-table2_tcm1045-313233.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Educational Requirements for Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Occupations in Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Educational Requirements for Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing Occupations in Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;091517-northeast-table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With vocational training playing an instrumental role for placement into many of these career fields, Northeast Minnesota and its higher education system has programs in place to fill the future pipeline for these jobs. Hibbing Community College, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.itascacc.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Itasca Community College&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mesabirange.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mesabi Range College&lt;/a&gt; all provide industrial technology programs, while Mesabi and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lsc.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Lake Superior College&lt;/a&gt; both provide welding programs. The Applied Learning Institute is another resource in the region that has the ability to prepare people for future careers in the manufacturing industry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite the smaller concentration and recent contraction of jobs in manufacturing, there still is great opportunity within this industry in the region.&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 Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>313229</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:20Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Profile: Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2017-08-14 Regional ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-309788&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-08-14T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>The total number of people living in Northeast has been stable over time, but as the population ages, where are replacement workers?</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;To highlight the updated 2017 Regional Profile, this month&apos;s blog post will focus on &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/northeast-lmi.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Northeast Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;&apos;s stable and aging population, and its impact on the regional economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;An important, if not worrisome, aspect of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s population is that it has remained relatively stable over the past 16 years. Census data show that the Northeast has grown by 3,009 people since 2000, a 0.9 percent increase; all other regions, with the exception of &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/regional-lmi/southwest-lmi.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Southwest Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, have increased population by at least 30,000 people. The state of Minnesota gained 600,473 residents since 2000, with Northeast Minnesota contributing very little to the overall gains in population (Table 1). In addition, Northeast Minnesota saw a decrease of 721 people in the past year, dropping from 325,803 people in 2015.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/081417-ne-table1_tcm1045-309785.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table of Population Change 2000-2016&quot; alt=&quot;Table of Population Change 2000-2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;081417-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While the total number of people living in the region has not changed much over time, the population continues to grow older.  Since 2000, the number of people aged 55 years and older – which includes the baby boom generation, people who were born between 1946 and 1964 – increased by 30,133 people, a 35.2 percent jump. With 115,838 people aged 55 years or older, this age cohort now represents 35.7 percent of the total population in Northeast Minnesota, compared to just 28.6 percent of the overall state&apos;s population (Figures 1 and 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/081417-ne-figure12_tcm1045-309787.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Graph of Northeast Minnesota Population Pyramid 2000-2016 and Graph of Percentage of Population by Age Group 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Graph of Northeast Minnesota Population Pyramid 2000-2016 and Graph of Percentage of Population by Age Group 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;081417-ne-figure12&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Population and its growth are important factors for regional economic success, and a stable and aging population in Northeast Minnesota should be a cause for concern, especially considering the decrease in labor force the region has already experienced since 2009. In the depths of the recession, Northeast Minnesota&apos;s labor force reached its peak with nearly 170,000 available workers, but by 2016 the region had only 162,219 workers, a 4.4 percent reduction to the overall workforce.  Simultaneously, the state of Minnesota increased its workforce by 2.6 percent and gained nearly 80,000 workers since the recession (Figure 3).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/081417-ne-figure3_tcm1045-309786.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Graph of Annual Labor Force Estimates&quot; alt=&quot;Graph of Annual Labor Force Estimates&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;081417-ne-figure3&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If Northeast Minnesota&apos;s population grows at the rate projected by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/admin/demography/data-by-topic/population-data/our-projections/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota State Demographic Center&lt;/a&gt; and current labor force participation rates by age group remain unchanged, the region&apos;s labor force is expected to continue to decrease significantly. Projections show that Northeast Minnesota would lose about 9,000 workers by 2030, a 5.7 percent decrease from the projected labor force in 2020, adding to the expected loss of 3,500 workers from 2016 to 2020 (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/081417-ne-table2_tcm1045-309784.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Table of Northeast Minnesota Labor Force Projections 2020-2030&quot; alt=&quot;Table of Northeast Minnesota Labor Force Projections 2020-2030&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;081417-ne-table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Without an increase to the population in the region and/or increasing labor force participation rates across all age groups, the shrinking supply of workers will remain a challenge for businesses. The continuing decrease of the labor force, caused by an aging and not increasing population, will likely continue to cause tight labor market conditions, forcing employers to respond to changing labor force availability.&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 Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>309788</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:19Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>University of Minnesota’s Natural Resource Research Institute (NRRI)</Title><title>2017-07-24 NRRI ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-304612&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-07-24T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>How NRRI&apos;s integrated approach is used to innovate regional economic and environmental solutions.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;From Lake Superior to the Iron Range, and the forest and lakes in-between, Northeast Minnesota is renowned for its natural resources and economic and cultural opportunities. However, industries that rely heavily on natural resources – mining, wood product manufacturing, and paper manufacturing – have experienced more than a 15 percent reduction in jobs in the past five years (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/072417-ne-table1_tcm1045-304624.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Employment Statistics 2016&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Employment Statistics 2016&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;072417-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/nrri_tcm1045-304621.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Natural Resources Research Institute&quot; alt=&quot;Natural Resources Research Institute&quot; style=&quot;width: 50%;&quot; class=&quot;photoRightNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;nrri&quot; /&gt;Innovation is needed to help reverse this distressing trend, and one place has set its sights on providing solutions: Natural Resources Research Institute.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) is a non-profit applied research organization affiliated with the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Research facilities are located in Duluth and Coleraine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Established by the Minnesota state legislature in 1983 in response to the difficulties the region&apos;s natural resource-based industries (including taconite mining and forestry products) endured at that time, the institution has focused on initiatives that foster the economic development of Minnesota&apos;s natural resources in an environmentally sound manner to promote private-sector employment.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The balance of economic reverence in relation to the management of the environment and natural resources in the region and throughout the state is still at the core of its mission. NRRI works to deliver solutions that:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Develop sustainable, natural resource-based industries&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Inform environmental management and policy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Support business and entrepreneurial opportunities&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Assist industry and communities in defining and maintaining the social license&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/chem-lab-tour_tcm1045-304618.jpg&quot; title=&quot;chem-lab-tour&quot; alt=&quot;chem-lab-tour&quot; style=&quot;width: 40%;&quot; class=&quot;photoLeftNoBorder&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;chem-lab-tour&quot; /&gt;A tour of their Duluth facility – once a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Semi-Automatic Ground Environment&lt;/a&gt; site during the Cold War housing enormous computers and network systems to support NORAD&apos;s air defense system against a Soviet air attack – shows how their integrated approach to applied research of natural resources is utilized to innovate successful economic and environmental solutions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For example, NRRI recently announced a major breakthrough in processing valuable titanium dioxide from the mineral &apos;ilmenite&apos; which is found in localized, high concentrations of 1.1 billion-year-old rocks in Northeastern Minnesota. This successful pilot demonstration opens the possibilities to spur jobs related to this undeveloped mineral resource and help diversify mining. Titanium dioxide is used in paints, plastics, paper, rubber and other products and can be used in manufacturing jet engines, aircraft, ships, bicycles, and golf clubs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;NRRI&apos;s project results are being marketed to potential mine developers in the pursuit of a processing center in the region one day. This high-value mineral, which sells for about $3,200 per ton, significantly more than $60 per ton that processed taconite iron ore currently sells for, could enhance mining jobs and opportunities. While there haven&apos;t been any environmental impact studies related to the mining or processing of titanium dioxide, ilmenite is found inside rock that has low-sulfur content, which reduces the concern that it would lead to acid mine runoff.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Wood is another abundant natural resource, and the NRRI helps the forest products industry develop new high-value products and reshape manufacturing processes to better adapt to changing economic conditions. While paper manufacturing has been hit hard by technological advances that have replaced the need for sheets of paper, there is still potential for products produced from trees and plants. For example, the bark of a birch tree contains antioxidants that can be extracted to make soaps and other medicinal and pharmaceutical products.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The NRRI works with small businesses and entrepreneurs to develop and scale-up chemical processes that utilize this and other natural resources with the aim of commercial development. It also utilizes thermal modification processes of wood to create higher value for the existing wood species in the region which allows the forest industry to be more competitive with new production opportunities and increased demand for exports.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The NRRI also provides business and entrepreneurial support when research and development assistance is needed for continued growth. NRRI has supported the growth of &lt;a href=&quot;https://lolldesigns.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Loll Designs&lt;/a&gt; by conducting weathering and accelerated aging tests on the outdoor furniture manufacturer&apos;s products. For &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.epicureancs.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Epicurean&lt;/a&gt;, a culinary supplies manufacturing business, NRRI is developing new products out of wood fiber scraps that come from their signature cutting boards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Water is another important resource, and there are a number of strategic initiatives taken up by the institute, including the monitoring of wetlands around the Great Lakes. NRRI has a world-class staff of scientists – from water ecologist to forest biologists – to provide insight to the state&apos;s environmental challenges. Lastly, as part of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.d.umn.edu/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;University of Minnesota Duluth&lt;/a&gt; system, the NRRI employs 40 to 100 students throughout the year as they mentor their professional development and provide opportunities and audiences for an assortment of research projects.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Helping to create higher-value products in environmentally responsible ways helps the vitality of Northeast Minnesota&apos;s economy and continues to drive much of the NRRI&apos;s applied research. A tour of the facilities just begins to demonstrate the research institute&apos;s capabilities. Research in renewable energy storage and transforming low-value biomass to high-value products are other collaborations in driving solutions for the marketplace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Innovation, collaboration, and enthusiasm in providing market-driven solutions to the challenges that natural resource industries face help to define the Natural Resources Research Institute, and sets it up as significant resource for communities, businesses and entrepreneurs. To discover more of their research and initiatives, visit their website or contact them to schedule a tour.&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 Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>304612</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:18Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Health Care Revitalizes the Economy</Title><title>2017-06-22 Health Care ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-301253&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-06-22T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Health care and social assistance now make up nearly 24 percent of employment.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite economic fluctuations in the region across other industries, health care and social assistance providers in Northeast Minnesota continually added jobs over the past 16 years. Health care and social assistance accounted for 16.9 percent of total jobs in 2000, but after gaining just over 10,000 jobs from 2000 to 2016, the industry now comprises 23.8 percent of total employment, the highest share it has ever provided. While the number of jobs across the total of all industries has expanded 1.2 percent from 2000 to 2016, the health care and social assistance industry has jumped 42.5 percent (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062217-ne-figure1_tcm1045-301257.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Employment Tends&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Industry Employment Tends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062217-ne-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Health care and social assistance has become an increasingly important part of Northeast Minnesota’s economy over the past decade, adding just over 4,000 jobs from 2006 to 2016, a 13.8 percent rise. That was enough to compensate for losses across all other industries, which saw a decline in the past 10 years. And although the region saw a decline of 1,035 jobs in the past year, health care continued expanding and added 436 net new jobs, a 1.3 percent increase.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Already the largest employing sector, hospitals also saw the largest and fastest increase in jobs over the past decade, though some of that was due to acquisitions, where hospitals took over offices of physicians, which appeared to lose jobs from 2006 to 2016. The region also saw significant job growth in nursing and residential care facilities, especially at other residential care facilities, which nearly tripled in size, and community care and assisted living facilities for the elderly, which jumped over 45 percent. Individual and family services gained over 600 net new jobs from 2006 to 2016, and residential developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities added over 450 jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The biggest job gain in the past year occurred at general medical and surgical hospitals, which expanded by 440 jobs since 2015, followed by strong gains in offices of other health practitioners, nursing care facilities, other residential care facilities, and outpatient care centers (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062217-ne-table1_tcm1045-301255.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance Industry Trends&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Health Care &amp;amp; Social Assistance Industry Trends&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062217-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The steady increase in health care and social assistance employment since 2000 has led to a growing number of &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;job vacancies&lt;/a&gt; across Northeast Minnesota as well, with the exception of a brief decline in hiring activity during the Great Recession from 2008 to 2010. In fact, the 2,155 job vacancies reported by health care and social assistance employers in the fourth quarter of 2016 was the highest number ever posted, besting the record set in 2014. It was also nearly a 500 percent increase in job postings compared to the low point set in 2009 (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/062217-ne-figure2_tcm1045-301256.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Healthcare &amp;amp; Social Assistance Industry Job Vacancies&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Healthcare &amp;amp; Social Assistance Industry Job Vacancies&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;062217-ne-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 Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>301253</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:18Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>In and Out</Title><title>2017-05-12 In and Out ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-295434&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-05-12T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Arrowhead is a net importer of labor – having more jobs than workers to take them.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to commuting data from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau&lt;/a&gt;, the vast majority – about 80 percent – of workers who live in Northeast Minnesota also work within the region. The Arrowhead is a net importer of labor, having slightly more jobs than available workers; drawing in workers from surrounding counties but also having residents drive outside the region to find work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/051217-ne-table1_tcm1045-295435.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Inflow/Outflow Job Counts&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Inflow/Outflow Job Counts&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;051217-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In sum, 120,402 workers both lived and worked in the seven-county region, accounting for just over 80 percent of the jobs; while another 29,859 workers drove into Northeast Minnesota for work, comprising the other 20 percent of the workforce. In comparison, 27,778 residents live in the region but commute to surrounding counties for work (Table 1 and Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/051217-ne-figure1_tcm1045-295436.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Labor Shed&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Labor Shed&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;051217-ne-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Home to Duluth, St. Louis County is the largest employment center in the region and was the biggest draw for workers, followed by Itasca, Carlton, Koochiching, Lake, Aitkin and Cook counties. Employers draw workers from their home counties, and also recruit workers from Douglas and Bayfield counties in Wisconsin, as well as Pine County to the south and Crow Wing, Cass and Beltrami counties to the west.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In contrast, the region also sends over 10,000 workers to the Twin Cities, primarily into Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, and Dakota County; as well as nearly 4,000 workers to Douglas County, Wisconsin. Over 3,000 residents in the region also commute to jobs in Crow Wing, Beltrami, and Cass County.&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 Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>295434</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:18Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Job Vacancies Remain High, but Over Half are Part-Time in 2016</Title><title>2017-04-21 Job Vacancies ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-290786&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-04-21T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>These three – mining, information, and finance and insurance – offered health care benefits for nearly all openings, but accounted for only 155 vacancies.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The number of job vacancies remained high in Northeast Minnesota, with employers reporting just over 6,000 open positions in the fourth quarter of 2016. That was the fifth highest number ever posted in the region, down from the record peak of 8,410 vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2014 (Chart 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042117-ne-chart1_tcm1045-290787.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancies&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancies&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042117-ne-chart1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The median wage offer across all job vacancies was $12.47, which was also down compared to the $13.80 offer posted in the fourth quarter of 2015. Much of this was due to a shift in the type of vacancies posted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For example, the percent of openings that were part-time jumped from 36 percent in 2015 to 56 percent in 2016, while the percent of vacancies that required post-secondary education dropped from 43 percent to 33 percent. Employers placed the same premium on prior work experience, with about one-third of openings requiring at least one year of experience in both 2015 and 2016.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The other noticeable drop in compensation for vacancies in 2016 showed up in the percent that provided health care benefits – just 41 percent offered health care in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to 59 percent of openings in the fourth quarter of 2015.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Three industries offered health care benefits for almost all of their openings: mining, information, and finance and insurance; but combined, accounted for only 155 of the region’s total vacancies. Public Administration and Manufacturing both offered health care in about 80 percent of their job postings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Job seekers looking for higher compensation will want to focus on industries that offer higher wages and health care benefits. The industries listed above, as well as professional and technical services, other services, health care and social assistance, and transportation and warehousing may have an easier time attracting candidates because of the combination of better wages and benefits (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/042117-ne-table1_tcm1045-290788.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancy Detail&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancy Detail&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;042117-ne-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;For more about job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota, contact Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>290786</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:16Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Recruiting Today for Construct Tomorrow</Title><title>2017-03-16 Recruiting Today ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-288731&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-03-16T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>The construction industry, driven by demand, is looking for workers. Most skills needed can be learned on the job. </ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Though the name of the event was “Construct Tomorrow,” job seekers looking for a job today learned that they might want to focus on the construction industry in Northeast Minnesota. To generate interest, DEED participated along with representatives of building contractors and trade unions at the Construct Tomorrow event at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on March 7 and 8, 2017.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The goal was to show high school students, parents, and other job seekers the different types of careers and training available in the building trades. According to the Construct Tomorrow site, the event was led by construction trades trainers (skilled teachers that show people how to become electricians, plumbers, or carpenters) and contractors (businesses that manage construction projects).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employers have created these events because they are looking for workers – “people who want to work hard every day and make great money and love what they do.” Recent events in Hinckley and Duluth are related to the construction industry taking on a higher profile in Northeast Minnesota after a surge of job openings during last summer’s construction season.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Due to current demand, several construction careers have risen to the top of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oid/OidSelect.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand&lt;/a&gt; list in Northeast Minnesota:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/031617-ne-table1_tcm1045-288734.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Construction-related Occupations in Demand&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Construction-related Occupations in Demand&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;031617-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In addition to high demand, these occupations also provide high wages. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=119021&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Construction Managers&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=172051&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Civil Engineers&lt;/a&gt; both earned more than $75,000 at the median, while &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472111&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Electricians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472152&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Plumbers&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472073&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Construction Equipment Operators&lt;/a&gt; had median annual wages around $60,000 in the Arrowhead region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While a couple of the occupations require a bachelor’s degree, most construction careers can be learned through on the job training. People wouldn’t even need a high school diploma to start working as &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472061&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Construction Laborers&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472141&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Painters&lt;/a&gt;, as well as several other construction occupations that aren’t in as high of demand in the region, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472082&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tapers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472181&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Roofers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472044&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tile and Marble Setters&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472051&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472081&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=474071&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Septic Tank Servicers&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472151&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pipelayers&lt;/a&gt;. Despite low educational requirements and relatively low demand, most of these jobs still offer high wages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Likewise, there are several construction jobs that can be started with a high school diploma before transitioning into a career through an apprenticeship, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472031&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Carpenters&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472111&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Electricians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472111&amp;amp;geog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Plumbers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=518021&amp;amp;geog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=499044&amp;amp;geog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Millwrights&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472121&amp;amp;geog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Glaziers&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472021&amp;amp;geog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Brickmasons and Blockmasons&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=472221&amp;amp;geog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Structural Iron and Steel Workers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;People interested in hard-working, high-paying opportunities might be interested in exploring the construction field. There is a large amount of information available on these careers, and a growing number of employers engaged in getting the message out to students and job seekers in the region.&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 Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>288731</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:16Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>It Takes a Village</Title><title>2017-02-16 It Takes a Village ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-282203&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-02-24T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Northeast boasts over 40 Computer Systems Design and Related Services establishments providing 650 jobs and over $11 million in quarterly payroll. The 2000 picture was far different: Just 261 jobs. About 83 percent of those jobs are located in Duluth.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Back in 1999, the University of Minnesota, Duluth (UMD) and Lake Superior College committed to become two of the first tenants in a new technology center situated in downtown Duluth. The plan for the Soft Center and Duluth Technology Village was to create a campus that joined computer software entrepreneurs and businesses, local colleges and universities, and well-trained students; all with a goal of creating hundreds of high-paying jobs in Duluth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;However, an article in the Duluth News-Tribune recapped how &quot;the Tech Village&apos;s completion coincided with the crash of the technology industry in the late 1990s,&quot; significantly altering the launch and success of the campus and changing the type of companies that currently occupy the space. But while the Technology Village didn’t attract software and information technology companies as quickly or easily as planned, it’s important to note that the region and the city of Duluth have still seen a huge increase in employment at Computer Systems Design and Services firms since 2000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the most recent 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 &amp;amp; Wages (QCEW) program&lt;/a&gt;, Northeast Minnesota is now home to 41 Computer Systems Design and Related Services establishments providing 650 jobs and more than $11 million in quarterly payroll. That is up from just 261 jobs back in 2000, a whopping 150 percent increase (Figure 1)! About 82.5 percent of those jobs are located in the city of Duluth, with another 9 percent found in other parts of St. Louis County and the last 8.5 percent spread through the rest of the seven-county Arrowhead region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021617-ne-figure1_tcm1045-282228.jpg&quot; title=&quot;021617-ne-figure1&quot; alt=&quot;021617-ne-figure1&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021617-ne-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;At a technical level, the Computer Systems Design and Services industry comprises “establishments primarily engaged in providing expertise in the field of information technologies through one or more of the following activities: (1) writing, modifying, testing, and supporting software to meet the needs of a particular customer; (2) planning and designing computer systems that integrate computer hardware, software, and communication technologies; (3) on-site management and operation of clients&apos; computer systems and/or data processing facilities; and (4) other professional and technical computer related advice and services.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As originally envisioned, workers in this industry do enjoy high-paying jobs. Through the second quarter of 2016, average annual wages in Computer Systems Design were $68,796 at firms in the region, compared to $40,768 across all industries in Northeast Minnesota. Wages in the industry increased almost 50 percent since 2000, the equivalent of a $22,620 raise.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The largest occupations in this industry include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021617-ne-table1_tcm1045-282227.jpg&quot; title=&quot;021617-ne-table1&quot; alt=&quot;021617-ne-table1&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021617-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As a precursor to the high wages, many computer and information technology-related occupations require bachelor’s degrees. In addition to UMD and Lake Superior College, several higher education institutions have been training workers for these positions to meet the needs of employers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While these jobs should be in high demand due to the high growth and high wages, it is interesting to see that they are primarily filled by males. Data from DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/static/explore.html#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) program&lt;/a&gt; shows that 63 percent of jobs in the Computer Systems Design industry are held by men, and just 37 percent of the workforce is female. However, the share of women workers is increasing over time, rising from 32.6 percent in 2000 and increasing nearly 10 percent since the low in 2006 (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/021617-ne-figure2_tcm1045-282229.jpg&quot; title=&quot;021617-ne-figure2&quot; alt=&quot;021617-ne-figure2&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;021617-ne-figure2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For more information about the Computer Systems Design industry in Northeast Minnesota, contact Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>282203</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:16Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Growing Up</Title><title>2017-01-20 Growing Up ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-274638&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2017-01-20T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Duluthians and MSA neighbors are working more and earning more in 2016.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With the release of December’s job numbers, the Duluth MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) ended 2016 with positive year-over-year job growth. According to DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/ces/Default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Current Employment Statistics&lt;/a&gt;, total nonfarm employment in the Duluth-Superior MSA (St. Louis and Carlton counties in Minnesota and Douglas County in Wisconsin) ended at 133,896 jobs in December 2016, up 254 jobs, or 0.2 percent, compared to December 2015 (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/012017-ne-figure1_tcm1045-274643.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Total Nonfarm Employment in the Duluth MN-WI MSA&quot; alt=&quot;Total Nonfarm Employment in the Duluth MN-WI MSA&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;012017-ne-figure1&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;The private sector accounted for all the job gains in the Duluth MSA over the year, adding 345 jobs for a 0.3 percent increase; government employers cut 91 jobs, a -0.3 percent decline. Average hours worked per week also increased for private-sector workers, climbing to 33.4 hours in December 2016, which was nearly two hours more per week than December 2006. Likewise, average private-sector earnings climbed to $24.76, up from $19.92 in 2006.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Strong year-over-year job gains in leisure and hospitality, education and health services, financial activities, and professional and business services offset declines in trade, transportation and utilities, information, and goods-producing industries like mining and manufacturing (Figure 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/012017-ne-figure2_tcm1045-274645.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Year-Over-Year Employment Change by Industry&quot; alt=&quot;Year-Over-Year Employment Change by Industry&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;012017-ne-figure2&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 Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>274638</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:16Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Low Wage Occupations</Title><title>2016-12-12 Low Wage Occupations ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-268570&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-12-12T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Of the top 10 occupations by employment, only Registered Nurses have a median hourly wage greater than the median wage for all occupations.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&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; program the median hourly wage for all occupations in Northeast Minnesota is $16.61, meaning half of the workers employed in the region make less and the other half make more. Median wages vary greatly by occupation, ranging from a low of $8.88 per hour for Restaurant Hosts and Hostesses to more than $100 per hour for Physicians and Surgeons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Interestingly, by the number of jobs, you will find sizable employment in occupations that have lower median hourly wages than the median for all occupations. For example, with 5,140 people employed in the region, Retail Salespersons are the largest occupation, and their median hourly wage is $10.09.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the top 10 occupations by employment in the region, only Registered Nurses have a median hourly wage greater than the median wage for all occupations, while the other nine jobs that employ the largest amount of people have lower median wages. Employment estimates of the top 10 occupations represent 24.1 percent of total employment in the region, indicating their common presence in the makeup of the regional economy (Table 1.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121216-ne-table1_tcm1045-268577.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Top 10 Largest Occupations by Employment in NE Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Top 10 Largest Occupations by Employment in NE Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121216-ne-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;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; can be used to better understand the current hiring demand in the regional economy. The most recent results show the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp?id=1045-256819&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;highest number of job vacancies recorded in the region&lt;/a&gt; since the survey’s inception in 2001. While this is good news, many of the job openings in the region share the characteristic of having lower median hourly wages.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employers in the region reported 8,055 job vacancies in the second quarter of 2016, but 40 percent of those openings were found in the top 10 occupations, and nine of those had median wage offers that fell below the OES median wage for all occupations. There is significant demand for Registered Nurses in the region, with more than 250 job vacancies reported in the second quarter of 2016, and a median wage offer of $30.41. But this is the only occupation in the top 10 occupations based on the number of job vacancies that has a median wage offer greater than the OES median wage of all occupations in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Employers reported 1,139 job vacancies for Construction Laborers, but with a median wage offer of $12.43. Heavy and Tractor Trailer Truck Drivers had 535 job vacancies with a median wage offer of $15.95. Other occupations with a considerable number of vacancies include: Personal Care Aides, Nursing Assistants, Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, Cooks, Waiters and Waitresses, Cashiers, and Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers. All of these occupations had median wage offers between $8.55 and $12.87, considerably less than the median wage for all occupations in the region (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121216-ne-table2_tcm1045-268579.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Top 10 Occupations by Job Vacancies in NE Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Top 10 Occupations by Job Vacancies in NE Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121216-ne-table2&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;Looking at future demand, DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/employment-outlook/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Employment Outlook data tool&lt;/a&gt; shows 10-year projections of employment growth or decline by occupation in Northeast Minnesota. With occupation projections, the data tool offers an estimate of how many hires will be due to the growth in that particular occupation and how many hires will be needed to replace existing workers in the occupation that will retire or leave the occupation. Combining those numbers reflects the total number of hires for an occupation during the ten-year period. Just over half (52.1%) of the future hiring is projected to be in occupations that have lower median wages than the total of all occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Again, Registered Nurse is the only occupation in the top 10 for projected hiring needs that has a median wage that is greater than the median wage of all occupations. RNs are expected to experience growth of 219 new jobs in the region, in addition to nearly 900 replacement hires for Registered Nurses that are currently working but would leave the occupation. Other health care occupations, such as Personal Care Aides, Home Health Aides, and Nursing Assistants, have considerable hiring needs due to growth and replacement as well, but have low median hourly wages associated with them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The top three occupations based on total hiring needs are Cashiers, Retail Salespersons, and Waiters and Waitresses. None of these occupations show much hiring due to growth, but they do show major hiring for replacement needs, and the median wage is much lower than the median wage for all occupations in the region (Table 3).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/121216-ne-table3_tcm1045-268581.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Top 10 Occupations by Total Hires in NE Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Top 10 Occupations by Total Hires in NE Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;121216-ne-table3&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;Low-wage occupations have a notable presence in the regional economy, especially in the job opportunities that are currently open and available for those looking for work, as well as those that will have hiring needs going forward. Considering that DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cost of Living tool&lt;/a&gt; shows that workers in a typical family arrangement (a family of three with one full-time worker, one part-time worker and one child) would have to earn $15.00 an hour to meet basic needs in Northeast Minnesota, these facts should offer insight to those interested in seeing a strong and successful economy in the region.&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 Erik White at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt; or at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>268570</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:11Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Veterans in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2016-11-08 Veterans in  ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-262964&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-11-08T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>How does Duluth-based Minnesota Power retain employees who are veterans?</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In appreciation for those who have served our military, past and present, and their families, this month’s Local Look blog post will focus on facts about veterans in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, in the 7-county Arrowhead region there are 29,442 veterans, or 8.3 percent of the 355,366 veterans in the state. St. Louis County has nearly 17,000 veterans, or more than 57 percent of all the veterans in Northeast Minnesota.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Veterans with service during the Vietnam era make up 40 percent of all veterans in Northeast Minnesota, with similar numbers statewide. However, there are 5,886 veterans in Northeast Minnesota with service time during the Gulf War era, a time frame that extends back to 1990 and goes to the present day. This cohort of veterans nearly matches the number of veterans from the Korean War and World War II in the region, while this younger cohort of veterans outnumbers those from before the Vietnam era in the state (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/110816-ne-table1_tcm1045-262968.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;110816-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The recent rebound of the economy from the 2008-2009 recession has provided better employment outcomes for veterans. In the Duluth Metropolitan Statistical Area – which includes St. Louis and Carlton counties in Minnesota and Douglas County in Wisconsin – the unemployment rate for veterans in 2015 was 3.5 percent. This was nearly 8 percentage points less than the unemployment rate for veterans in 2010 (Table 2). Not only did the unemployment rate drop significantly for veterans in the region during the last five years, the unemployment rate for veterans is now lower than it is for non-veterans in the region, a condition that was not true in 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/110816-ne-table2_tcm1045-262969.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;110816-ne-table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While the number of unemployed veterans has shrunk considerably since 2010, there still remains significant work to be done to ensure that those who defend America’s ideals and values have meaningful economic opportunities when they return home. As the labor market tightens in the region and the state, businesses will want to attract and retain the skills, knowledge, and abilities that veterans provide to the workplace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Because of their training and experiences, veterans provide strong leadership, ethics, competencies, technical abilities, and teamwork within diverse groups. And businesses are beginning to understand the potential that veterans can offer to their workplace.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Beyond the Yellow Ribbon&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.allete.com/careers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Power&lt;/a&gt;, an ALLETE Company which provides electricity services to Northeast Minnesota, has recognized how important veterans are to the company mission and is the first Duluth-based company designated as a “Yellow Ribbon Company” for its support for veterans, active-duty service members, and their families.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Overseen by the Minnesota Department of Military Affairs, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.btyr.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Beyond the Yellow Ribbon&lt;/a&gt; program supports service members, veterans, and their families by connecting them with career counseling, professional development, and employment resources. To earn a Yellow Ribbon designation, companies must build relationships with local military leaders, identify which employees have military connections, and commit to hiring supporting and retaining veterans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If you were to ask Human Resources from Minnesota Power about the best strategy in attracting and retaining the services of veterans, awareness is the key message. From posting jobs on veteran- specific job boards and attending veteran-hiring job fairs, Minnesota Power is aware of the skills that veterans provide, and targeting their recruitment pitches.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Another aspect of awareness is directed to veterans already on staff. Minnesota Power held a military appreciation picnic last summer to honor their veterans and families and to acknowledge their commitment and dedication.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;How does Minnesota Power retain their veterans?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Jennifer Peterson, Policy Manager in State Government Affairs for Minnesota Power – and an Intelligence Officer with the 148th Fighter wing, Minnesota Air National Guard – shared why she nominated her manager for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.esgr.mil/Employer-Awards/ESGR-Awards-Programs.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriot Award&lt;/a&gt;. “When I was deployed to Afghanistan, my manager emailed me about a position in our department that had opened up and encouraged me to apply for it remotely. Even though I was away on military duty, my manager made sure I was not out of sight, out of mind.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While care packages and honoring events are important, remembering that veterans are concerned about professional development is key for any business looking to retain its veterans. For more information about &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/veteran-services/index.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Veterans Employment Services&lt;/a&gt; available through DEED.&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 Erik White at 218-302-8413 or email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;erik.white@state.mn.us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>262964</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:11Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Transportation Equipment Manufacturing to the Rescue</Title><title>2016-10-14 Transportation Equipment ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-260377&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-10-14T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>The average annual wage for manufacturing jobs in the region was 36 percent higher than the average annual wage across all industries.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While manufacturing has a lower concentration in the Northeast regional than the state average, what it lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality. As noted, the average annual wage for manufacturing jobs in the region was 36 percent higher – over $15,000 more per year in 2015 – than the average annual wage across all industries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite overall decreases in manufacturing employment in the region, transportation equipment manufacturing has been the fastest growing sub-sector in Northeast Minnesota in the last five years, and recent business development ensures its importance to the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In 2015, there were 625 jobs at 11 different businesses classified as transportation equipment manufacturers in Northeast Minnesota. That made up 7.3 percent of all manufacturing jobs in the Arrowhead region, with only paper, wood, machinery, and fabricated metal products employing a bigger share of manufacturing jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Since 2011, the transportation equipment manufacturing subsector has gained 146 jobs, a 30.5 percent increase. That is a significant amount when you consider all of manufacturing sectors in the region combined to lose 362 jobs in the last five years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;An important manufacturer in this growing subsector is Cirrus Aircraft in Duluth, which produces and sells personal aircraft. Earlier this year, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) awarded Cirrus Aircraft a $4 million loan from the Minnesota Investment Fund to “help Cirrus bring its one-of-a-kind single-engine jet to market, while creating 150 good new jobs in Duluth,” according to Lt. Governor Tina Smith.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The loan can be forgiven if the company meets its hiring and investment commitments in the new $12.7 million facility, while the new jobs will pay up $14 an hour plus benefits. Orders for the new jet are soaring, and the manufacturer expects to begin delivery of its single engine jet soon as it completes certification. This project fuels economic vitality in the region and provides an example of successful partnership between manufacturers and DEED in adding and retaining high-quality jobs in Northeast 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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>260377</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:11Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Job Vacancies on the Rise in Northeast</Title><title>2016-09-22 Job Vacancies Rise ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-256819&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-09-22T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Tight labor market – 1.3 job seekers per vacancy – with construction and health care leading the way in job openings. One surprise: Only 26 percent of job openings require post-secondary education.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The latest results from &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED’s Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; – which tracks the number of job openings, wage offers, and education requirements by occupation and industry, by region and statewide – shows that Northeast Minnesota reported 8,055 job vacancies for the 2nd Quarter of 2016, an increase in job openings compared to the 4th quarter of 2015 (5,335) and the 2nd quarter of 2015 (6,213).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The newest results indicate that the Arrowhead region is still in a tight labor market. Not only did the number of job vacancies increase, the median hourly wage offer continued to increase. In the 2nd quarter of 2016, the median wage offered was $14.03, an increase of $0.23 from the previous result in the 4th quarter of 2015 and $2.50 more than wage offered for vacant jobs a year ago (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/092016-ne-table1_tcm1045-256820.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Job Vacancy Results for Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Job Vacancy Results for Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;092016-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With 8,055 job vacancies for just 10,250 unemployed workers, the region now has a ratio of 1.3 job seekers per job vacancy. Seven years ago, during the height of the recession, employers reported just 1,518 job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota, but there were 16,837 unemployed people in the region, which created a ratio of 11.1 job seekers per job vacancy (Figure 1). In comparison, the state of Minnesota had 97,580 job vacancies and 112,725 unemployed workers in the 2nd quarter of 2016, creating a ratio of 1.2 job seekers per vacant job, also indicating a tight labor market statewide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/092016-ne-figure1_tcm1045-256822.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Job Vacancies and Unemployment&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Job Vacancies and Unemployment&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;092016-ne-figure1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the 8,055 job vacancies reported in Northeast Minnesota during the 2nd quarter of 2016, 30 percent were part-time and 42 percent required one or more years of experience. Only 26 percent of all job openings in the Arrowhead region required post-secondary education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Construction and Extraction occupations had the most openings in the area: 1,638 vacancies and a median hourly wage offer of $13.55. This is considerably more job vacancies than has been reported and indicates growth in the construction industry in Northeast Minnesota. Many vacancies were for construction laborers, including highway maintenance occupations. Several large construction activities are underway, including the Hwy 53 relocation project in Virginia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The Healthcare industry continued to see large numbers of job vacancies, as well. Healthcare Practitioners and Technical occupations had 878 job vacancies and Healthcare Support and Personal Care had about 440 job vacancies each. The former had a greater median hourly wage offer and fewer part-time vacancies; but there continues to be a range of job opportunities in health care in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other occupations in demand include Food Preparation and Serving with 995 openings, though many of these positions did not require post-secondary education and had low median hourly wage offers. At the other end of the spectrum, there were 268 Education and Training and 166 Management job openings, where more than 80 percent of these vacancies required post-secondary education and median wage offers ranged between $19.32 and $36.80 (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/092016-ne-table2_tcm1045-256821.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancy Survey Results&quot; alt=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Job Vacancy Survey Results&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;092016-ne-table2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recent job vacancy results indicate that the region is still experiencing tight labor market conditions with construction and health care leading the way in offering job opportunities. There is a wide range of demand in terms of the number of openings, the amount of education and experience required, and the median wages offered. There continues to be demand for jobs that don’t require post-secondary education and have lower wages and are more likely to be part-time positions, as well as demand for higher-skilled, higher paying jobs.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>256819</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:11Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Major Milestone</Title><title>2016-07-01 Major Milestone ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303966&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-07-01T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Employment finally bests pre-recession peak.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;After six years of slow but steady recovery, Northeast Minnesota’s economy reached a major milestone in 2015, surpassing its pre-recession count of jobs. Arrowhead employers reported 142,526 jobs in 2015, which amounted to 100 more jobs than the region’s pre-recession peak of 142,425 jobs in 2007.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;After losing over 5,600 jobs during the recession, Northeast Minnesota employers have now regained all the jobs lost and climbed to a new employment high in 2015. After growing slowly from 2009 through 2012, the biggest gains occurred in the past three years (Chart 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;Number of Jobs in Northeast Minnesota&quot; title=&quot;Number of Jobs in Northeast Minnesota&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/070616-ne-chart1_tcm1045-248749.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;070616-ne-chart1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data from DEED’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) shows that the state reached its breakeven point in 2013, led by strong growth in the Northwest, Southeast, Twin Cities and Central. With the recent growth in the Arrowhead, only the Southwest region is still below its pre-recession employment peak.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using data from all establishments covered by the state’s Unemployment Insurance program, which covers about 97 percent of Minnesota employment, QCEW is a census of employment and wages that provides data by industry and ownership type at the state, region, county, and minor civil division level. The data shows that five of the seven counties in the Arrowhead gained jobs since 2011, with just Lake and Koochiching counties showing decreases. Carlton and Cook experienced more than a five percent increase in covered jobs in the past five years, with Carlton adding 752 and Cook increasing by 221 jobs. St. Louis County has more than two-thirds of all the jobs in the region and also has the highest average annual wage at $43,004. In the last year, St. Louis County gained 789 jobs and increased employment by 4.1 percent since 2011, with 3,800 jobs added (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;Employment Statistics for the 7-County Arrowhead Region&quot; title=&quot;Employment Statistics for the 7-County Arrowhead Region&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/070616-ne-table1_tcm1045-248750.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;070616-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;QCEW also allows examination of employment and wage data by specific industry. In Northeast Minnesota, Health Care and Social Assistance is the largest industry with 33,088 jobs, or 23.2 percent of all jobs in the region, also providing more than $1.5 billion in payroll in 2015. The Construction industry gained 1,165 jobs in the last five years, including 315 since 2014, and has grown by more than 20 percent since 2011. Likewise, the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services industry also grew by more than 20 percent since 2011, with 778 covered jobs gained. Retail Trade and Accommodation and Food Services make up about 23 percent of all jobs in the region, but their average annual wages are considerably lower than average annual wage for all industries in Northeast Minnesota (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;Northeast Minnesota Employment Statistics&quot; title=&quot;Northeast Minnesota Employment Statistics&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/070616-ne-table2_tcm1045-248752.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;070616-ne-table2&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303966</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:09Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Minority Owned Businesses in Northeast Minnesota</Title><title>2016-06-29 Minority Owned ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-254003&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-06-29T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>The Arrowhead had over 1,000 minority-owned businesses and sales of $143.5 million in 2012.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/econ/overview/mu0200.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Survey of Business Owners&lt;/a&gt; provides details on the number of businesses in Northeast Minnesota that are either fully- or equally-owned by minorities – data that isn’t readily available anywhere else. Though it was just 4.3 percent of all classifiable firms, the 7-county Arrowhead region was home to 1,079 minority-owned firms with sales of $143.5 million in 2012.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Interestingly, the vast majority of these businesses are self-employed operations without paid employees, accounting for 897 of the 1,079 firms. Instead, only 182 of these minority-owned firms had paid employees, but they provided more than 1,665 jobs in the Arrowhead region and more than $36.5 million dollars in annual payroll (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Over three-fourths (77.5%) of the minority-owned firms with paid employees in the region are located in St. Louis County, as well as 56.3 percent of minority-owned firms without paid employees. Aitkin County (6.9%) and Carlton County (6.1%) have the highest percent of total firms that are minority-owned, while Cook (3.1%), Itasca (2.6%), and Lake County (1.8%) have the lowest percentages. Overall, the entire region is less diverse than the state, where nearly 50,000 minority-owned businesses make up about 10 percent of total firms (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/082316-ne-table1_tcm1045-254004.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Minority-Owned Businesses in Northeast Minnesota&quot; alt=&quot;Minority-Owned Businesses in Northeast Minnesota&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xlink:title=&quot;082316-ne-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;One way in which DEED is helping to build an economy that works for everyone, everywhere in Minnesota, is by providing grant funding for nonprofits that will use the funds to make loans to Minnesota businesses that are majority-owned and operated by minorities, low-income persons, women, veterans, and/or persons with disabilities in its new Minnesota Emerging Entrepreneur Program (MEEP).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Requests for Proposals are currently being accepted, with a deadline of September 30, 2016. Interested organizations can find for more information about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/about/contracts/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;open Request for Proposal on DEED&apos;s 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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>254003</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:09Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Employment Recovery, Business Loss</Title><title>2016-06-01 Employment Recovery ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303968&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-06-01T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Small businesses see biggest drop.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://eig.org/recoverymap&quot;&gt;Recent national analysis&lt;/a&gt; from the Economic Innovation Group found that business formation in small towns and rural communities was less likely than in the past, and that much of the growth of new businesses during the recovery from the 2009 recession occurred in &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/22/a-very-bad-sign-for-all-but-americas-biggest-cities/?tid=pm_business_pop_b&quot;&gt;metropolitan areas&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Intrigued by that idea, we used &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/static/explore.html#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Census of Employment and Wage data&lt;/a&gt; – which includes all businesses and employment covered by the Unemployment Insurance program – and found that Northeast Minnesota lost 654 businesses from 2010-2014, despite recovering more than 4,160 jobs during this time frame.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;St. Louis County, the largest county in the region by size and population, experienced a net loss of 396 establishments from 2010-2014, a 7 percent decrease, despite gaining nearly 3,000 jobs. In fact, all seven counties of Northeast Minnesota witnessed a decrease in the number of firms, while five of the seven counties had employment gains. The state as a whole netted 939 new businesses, a 0.6 percent increase, while gaining more than 165,983 jobs during this time frame (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;Establishment and Employment Change in Northeast Minnesota&quot; title=&quot;Establishment and Employment Change in Northeast Minnesota&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/061116_ne_table1_tcm1045-246264.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;061116-ne-table1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;When breaking down the changes by industry, the same picture of employment gains and business losses remains. In the planning region, there were 146 fewer construction businesses in 2014 than in 2010, despite more than 1,000 new jobs. Public Administration had 20 percent reduction in the number of firms in the region, but still managed to add new jobs. With the exception of Other Services, every super-sector recorded a reduction in establishments from 2010-2014, but a rise in jobs (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;Establishment and Employment Change by Sector in Northeast Minnesota&quot; title=&quot;Establishment and Employment Change by Sector in Northeast Minnesota&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/061116_ne_table2_tcm1045-246265.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;061116-ne-table2&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Further, we used the &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html&quot;&gt;Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns&lt;/a&gt; dataset to examine the change in the number of businesses in Northeast Minnesota by the classification of size of business by the number of employees. More than half of all businesses in Northeast Minnesota have one to four employees, but this size class experienced the sharpest decline from 2010, with 322 less establishments. Those with five to nine employees stayed stable over the time period, while those with 10 to 19 employees decreased just 3.1 percent. Businesses with 20 to 49 employees had the greatest numeric gain, with 38 net new businesses in this classification in 2014. The largest employers in the region also saw increases: There were 14 net new businesses with 100 or more employees in 2014 than there were in 2010 (Table 3).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; alt=&quot;Change in Number of Businesses by Size in Northeast Minnesota&quot; title=&quot;Change in Number of Businesses by Size in Northeast Minnesota&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/061116_ne_table3_tcm1045-246266.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;061116-ne-table3&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;While the gain of jobs during the economic recovery following the recession has garnered a lot of discussion, understanding the transformation that businesses have undergone also leads to valuable insight. Despite job gains in Northeast Minnesota, every county had a loss in the number of businesses, every sector was impacted, and small businesses have seen the biggest drop while establishments with more than 100 employees have increased considerably.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Continue to check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Local Look&lt;/a&gt; as we explore this topic.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303968</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:09Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Graduate Employment Outcomes</Title><title>2016-05-02 Graduate Employment ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303969&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-05-02T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>LSC grads stay in region.</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/data-tools/graduate-employment-outcomes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Graduate Employment Outcomes&lt;/a&gt; (GEO) data tool shows how graduates of Minnesota post-secondary institutions are doing in the state’s labor market after completing their programs. This partnership between DEED and the Office of Higher Education (OHE) provides information about the wage earnings, industry and region of employment, and full-time employment status of graduates from Minnesota schools.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These outcomes can also be filtered by other indicators, including: graduation year, school location, award type, institution type, and instructional programs. Information for each of Minnesota’s 141 higher education institutions and the academic programs offered was recently added as a selectable feature. &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/press-releases/index.jsp?id=1045-190850&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Go here for the press release&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;This wealth of information can help prospective students and their families find information on and make comparisons across specific schools and education programs. The tool can answer the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;How many graduates found jobs, especially full-time, year-round jobs?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How much were graduates earning one year, two years and four years after graduation?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What industries are graduates employed in, and are those related to the areas they trained in? How do wages differ by industry for the same programs?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How many graduates are employed in the same region where they attended school? How many relocated to a different region of the state, and how do wages differ by region for the same programs?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How many graduates re-enrolled in school to continue their educations after graduation?&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Together these data can help students make decisions on what educational programs to pursue and at what schools. The information can also help students and their families make decisions on how much educational debt to take on in comparison to potential future earnings from those programs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;An example of the valuable information that is available through GEO shows that &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.lsc.edu/&quot;&gt;Lake Superior College&lt;/a&gt; in Duluth had 653 graduates with wage records in Minnesota one year after graduation from all of its academic programs for the 2012-2013 academic year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of this subtotal of all graduates from 2012-2013 academic year, the median hourly wage 1 year after graduation was $14.98 and increased to $17.00 two years after graduation for those with wage records in Minnesota. The data also shows that Lake Superior College benefits the local labor force as 67.2 percent of all graduates from 2010-2013 earned wages in Northeast Minnesota (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Students can also analyze specific programs that are offered at Lake Superior College using the GEO data. One of the largest programs, health professions and related, had 223 graduates with wage records in Minnesota from the 2012-2013 academic year, earning a median hourly wage of $20.09 just two years after graduation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Liberal arts and sciences, general studies was the largest program with 243 graduates reporting wage records in Minnesota two years after graduation, receiving a median hourly wage of $13.81. Because many graduates from this program further their academic pursuits by enrolling in 4-year programs, the lower median wage also reflects the jobs that these graduates take while completing a bachelor’s or higher degree. Interestingly, the top industry of employment for these graduates was Health Care and Social Assistance, reflecting the opportunities that this industry offers in the region, especially for those who do not further their education after graduation with a liberal arts associate degree.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For all academic programs at Lake Superior College, the top region of employment was Northeast Minnesota, indicating the college’s importance in placing people in jobs that the regional economy offers (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;052416-ne-table2&quot; title=&quot;052416-ne-table2&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/052416-ne-table2_tcm1045-244522.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;052416-ne-table2&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The GEO tool can provide invaluable information for those pursuing higher education and should be used to determine the outcomes that education institutions and programs offer throughout the state of Minnesota to make an informed decision about one’s own education pursuit. For more information about this data tool, contact your local &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/lmi-help/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Labor Market Analyst&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:deed.lmi@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;DEED’s Helpline.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303969</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:09Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>New Job Vacancy Survey Results</Title><title>2016-04-01 New Job Vacancy ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303971&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-04-01T17:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Look to health care in tight labor market.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Here are the latest results from &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED’s Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt;, which tracks the number of job openings, wage offers, and education requirements by occupation and industry, by region and statewide. Northeast Minnesota reported 5,335 job vacancies for 4th quarter of 2015, a decrease in job openings compared to the 2nd quarter of 2015 (6,213) and the 4th quarter of 2014 (8,410).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Despite the drop off in vacancies, the newest results indicate that the Arrowhead region is still in a tight labor market. For starters, the median hourly wage offered for all job openings continued to increase considerably. In the 4th quarter of 2015, the median wage offered was $13.80, an increase of $2.27 from the previous result in the 2nd quarter of 2015 and $2.93 more than wage offered for vacant jobs a year ago (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Six years ago, employers reported just 1,346 job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota. At the same time, during the height of the recession, there were 16,488 unemployed people in the region, which created a ratio of 11.7 job seekers per job vacancy. That ratio has now dropped to 2.2 job seekers per job vacancy in the 4th quarter of 2015, as there were 5,335 job vacancies for just 12,070 unemployed workers in the region (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Meanwhile, Minnesota reported 96,114 job vacancies and 98,000 unemployed workers in the 4th quarter of 2015, creating a 1.0 job seeker per vacant job ratio, the lowest ratio recorded since the survey was introduced in 2001.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of the 5,335 job vacancies reported during the 4th quarter of 2015, 36 percent were part-time and 35 percent required one or more years of experience. Interestingly, 43 percent of all job openings in the Arrowhead region required post-secondary education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The occupation group with the most openings in the area was Health Care Practitioners and Technical Occupations, with 789 vacancies and a median hourly wage offer of $21.64. Almost all of these job vacancies required post-secondary education, which is considerably higher than the other health care occupation groups such as Health Care Support and Personal Care and Service. Those two occupation groups also had about 780 job vacancies in the region, but their median wage offer was in the $11.00 an hour range, and only about half required post-secondary education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other occupations in demand included Sales with 513 vacancies and Food Preparation with 484 openings, though many of these positions did not require post-secondary education and had lower median hourly wage offers. At the other end of the spectrum, there were 219 Computer and Mathematical and 235 Architecture and Engineering job openings in the Arrowhead region. More than 50 percent of these vacancies required post-secondary education and median hourly wage offers ranged between $17.50 and $25.50 (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;width: 619px; height: 413px;&quot; alt=&quot;040616_ne_table2&quot; title=&quot;040616_ne_table2&quot; src=&quot;/deed/assets/040616_ne_table2_tcm1045-226435.jpg&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;040616_ne_table2&quot; /&gt; 
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;These results indicate that the region is still in a tight labor market, with the highest demand being for various health care occupations that are reporting many vacancies. While the median hourly wage offer for all vacancies in Northeast Minnesota is the highest that has ever been reported, there are still many job vacancies that are part-time and/or have lower median hourly wage offers.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303971</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:07Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Northeast&apos;s Cost of Living</Title><title>2016-02-26 Cost of Living ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303967&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-02-26T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Third lowest cost of living among region.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As part of the implementation of the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.doleta.gov/wioa/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)&lt;/a&gt;, Minnesota is working on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/about/what-we-do/objectives-plans/wioa.jsp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;combined state plan&lt;/a&gt; to consider challenges and opportunities that exist in the workforce development system. The plan’s vision statement is:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;To have a healthy economy where all Minnesotans have&lt;/em&gt; – &lt;em&gt;or are on a path to&lt;/em&gt; – &lt;em&gt;meaningful employment and a family-sustaining wage, and where all employers are able to fill jobs in demand.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For this Local Look post, we will focus on the family-sustaining wage aspect and analyze what that looks like for Northeast Minnesota. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED’s &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cost of Living&lt;/a&gt; data tool provides a guideline for how much it costs to live in Minnesota by providing a yearly estimate of the basic needs for individuals and families by county, region and state. Utilizing federal and state data, costs are estimated for seven categories: food, housing, health care, transportation, child care, other necessities and net taxes. The total costs from these categories represent neither poverty-level living nor a middle class living, but rather a simple living standard that meets basic needs for health and safety. It does not include costs associated with savings, vacations, entertainment and more. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In Northeast Minnesota, the typical family – which consists of a partnered couple with 1 full-time and 1 part-time worker, and one child – has a yearly basic cost of living of $43,560. To provide for their basic needs, an hourly wage of $13.96 would be needed for both the full-time and part-time worker of this family unit. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;For a single full-time worker with no children, a wage of $10.52 would be enough to provide for their basic needs; while a single full-time worker with two children would need a wage of $24.40 to provide for the health and safety of their family. For a family of five with two full-time workers and three children, an hourly wage of $15.20 would be needed by both wage earners (Table 1). &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/cost-living1_tcm1045-222208.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Cost of Living in NE MN&quot; alt=&quot;Cost of Living in NE MN&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;Not only does the cost of living fluctuate based on family size and makeup, but the amount needed to sustain the basic needs of the family depends on the region of the state they live in. As shown in Northeast Minnesota, the yearly cost of $43,560 is estimated for a typical family, partnered with one full-time and one part-time worker, with one child. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;That is considerably less than the $55,896 cost of living estimated for a typical family residing in the seven-county Twin Cities metro area. An hourly wage of $17.92 is required to meet that cost of living. Child care, housing, and taxes are all considerably greater in the Twin Cities area than they are in Northeast, which is reflected across the data tool results. In fact, the Arrowhead region has the third lowest cost of living of the six planning regions in the state (Table 2). While not presented here, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/col/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cost of Living tool&lt;/a&gt; also shows estimates for all 87 counties in Minnesota. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/cost-living2_tcm1045-222209.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Cost of Living for a Typical Family - Partnered (One Full-time, One Part-Time) with One Child&quot; alt=&quot;Cost of Living for a Typical Family - Partnered (One Full-time, One Part-Time) with One Child&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;cost-living2&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With Minnesota’s emphasis on family-sustaining wages in its coordination with WIOA, the cost of living becomes an important factor. DEED’s Cost of Living tool provides estimates for basic needs based on different family arrangements and locations. This information can be helpful to highlight the opportunities and challenges that exist in the workforce development system, which we will continue to monitor.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303967</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:07Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Preparing for the Silver Tsunami</Title><title>2016-01-29 Silver ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303972&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-01-29T18:04:56Z</Date><ShortDescription>Sappi prepares for workforce turnover.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Previous editions of Local Look have explored the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp?id=1045-303981&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;tightening labor market in Northeast Minnesota&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp?id=1045-303970&quot;&gt;the older population&lt;/a&gt; in the region. This month we highlight examples of workforce development strategies occurring in the region to retain and help transition workers and their knowledge base to the needed jobs in the area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/find-a-job/targeted-services/older/&quot;&gt;Senior Community Service Employment Program&lt;/a&gt; is a statewide program with local agencies providing the services that help people age 55 and older who meet eligibility guidelines get on-the job- training and current work experience through paid community service assignments. With Northeast Minnesota’s older population, this program is ideal for retirees who wish to return to work part time, or older adults who are unemployed and wish to learn new skills.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aeoa.org/employment-and-training/senior-community-service-employment-scsep-program&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency&lt;/a&gt; (Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis counties), Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services (Aitkin and Carlton counties), and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.duluthmn.gov/workforce-development/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Duluth Workforce Development&lt;/a&gt; (City of Duluth) provide this service in Northeast Minnesota. Not only does this program help transition older workers to needed jobs in the region, it can benefit businesses who partner with this program to offer different job opportunities to help alleviate their hiring demands.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/business/financing-business/training-grant/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Program&lt;/a&gt; coordinates businesses and educational institutions to train or retrain workers, expand work opportunities, and keep high-quality jobs in the state. Recently, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College and Sappi Fine Paper partnered up and received a $350,000 grant from the Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Program to help address problems associated with workers who retire. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A business who faces a wave of retirees not only needs to replace the outgoing workers by hiring new workers, it also has to replace the knowledge and abilities leaving with the experienced retiring workers. To help this transition, the Cloquet Paper Mill and the local community college are developing an in-house training system for Sappi employees and then teaching them how to use it.  The computerized, user-friendly system will be used to identify, document, and transfer employees’ knowledge so that critical information can be passed on from retiring workers to new hires, making the transition smoother for the employer and potential employees.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With a tightening labor market and an older labor force, we expect to see many different workforce development strategies to deal with the demand of the local economy, and we will continue to monitor the situation here at the Local Look and highlight those initiatives in the region.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303972</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:07Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Sometimes it&apos;s Hard to Let Go</Title><title>2016-01-15 Let Go ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303970&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2016-01-15T18:04:56Z</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;As we reset the calendar for 2016, it&apos;s important to understand how the region&apos;s aging population will affect future labor market and economic conditions.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using data from the newly released 2010-2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, table 1 provides median age statistics for Northeast Minnesota. Median ages in the region are higher than the state of Minnesota&apos;s, with the exception of the city of Duluth, due to the large number of college students. Aitkin and Cook counties both have median ages of over 50 years old, making them among the oldest counties in the state. Meanwhile, the city of Duluth has a median age of 33.3 years -- four years younger than the state&apos;s median -- signaling education and job opportunities for young adults in the area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The release of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/data-releases/2014/release.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;new 2010-2014 5-year estimates from the American Community Survey&lt;/a&gt; in December allows for non-overlapping comparison with the 2005-2009 5-year estimates. With this comparison, we can determine which counties are getting older, quicker. Aitkin, Cook, and Lake counties have had their median age increase by more than two years since 2009. On the other end of the spectrum, Carlton and St. Louis counties saw their median age increase by only .2 years in the past five years, while the state of Minnesota&apos;s median age increased by .6 years during this time frame (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/let-go1_tcm1045-222211.jpg&quot; title=&quot;NE MN median age statistics&quot; alt=&quot;NE MN median age statistics&quot; style=&quot;width: 50%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;let-go1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;An important aspect of age when it comes to the labor market is the percent of those that have reached the traditional age of retirement. As previous &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp#/list/appId/1/filterType//filterValue//page/1/sort//order/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Local Look&lt;/a&gt; posts have noted, the region is experiencing a tight labor market, and these conditions may be exacerbated with more and more of the baby boom generation reaching age 65. Five of the seven counties in the Arrowhead region have more than 20 percent of their population aged 65 years and older, compared to only 13.6 percent of the population for the whole state.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The population aged 65 years and older increased by more than 2.5 percent since 2009 in Aitkin, Cook, and Lake counties. In contrast, the percentage of population aged 65 years and older increased by less than 1.0 percentage point during the same time period in Carlton, Koochiching, and St. Louis counties (Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/let-go2_tcm1045-222212.jpg&quot; title=&quot;NE MN age statistics, 2005-2014&quot; alt=&quot;NE MN age statistics, 2005-2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 50%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;let-go2&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There are ways the regional economy can moderate the impact of an aging population. For example, retaining workers that have reached the traditional age of retirement can help limit the need for replacement workers, while keeping legacy knowledge and experience in-house. Another method is to recruit and retain younger workers from other regions in Minnesota and the country by highlighting the advantages of living and working in Northeast Minnesota.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303970</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:07Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>The Job Market is A-Changing</Title><title>2015-12-15 Changing ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303981&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-12-15T16:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>How to keep employees coming in the door.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;As the holiday season approaches in anticipation of winter, noticeable changes in the local job market continue. The latest &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp?id=1045-303984&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey&lt;/a&gt; results indicate a tightening labor market, and recent headlines announced &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/3890797-duluths-unemployment-rate-nears-historic-low&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;historically low unemployment&lt;/a&gt; for the city of Duluth. Despite more &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/11/17/cliffs-temporarily-idles-northshore-mining&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;layoffs in the mining industry&lt;/a&gt; affecting the region&apos;s economy, Northeast Minnesota still has plenty of job opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;There were more than 6,200 job openings reported in the most recent Job Vacancy Survey in Northeast Minnesota, the second highest number ever recorded. Currently, the ratio of job seekers per vacancy has dropped to 1.5, as there were 6,213 job vacancies in the 2nd quarter of 2015 and 9,251 unemployed workers in the Arrowhead region. During the 2nd quarter of 2009, there were only 1,518 job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota. At the same time, there were 17,806 unemployed workers in the region, creating a ratio of 11.7 job seekers per job vacancy. The tightening of the labor market has created an environment that favors the job seeker (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/job-market1_tcm1045-222210.jpg&quot; title=&quot;NE job vacancies and unemployment&quot; alt=&quot;NE job vacancies and unemployment&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;job-market1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Because of the smaller pool of job seekers, businesses in the region are competing with one another to attract and retain these available workers. Recent data from the Job Vacancy Survey shows that the median wage offer rose to $11.53, a $2.00 increase compared to the offer for vacant jobs in the 2nd quarter of 2013.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Anecdotally, wage increases and hiring bonuses are being marketed to attract applicants to open positions, especially for low-wage positions such as retail cashiers or food preparation workers. Incentives for current workers are also being offered, such as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fox21online.com/news/local-news/nursing-shortage-car-giveaway-improves-morale/36553774&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;health care facility offering a new car&lt;/a&gt; to an employee who had perfect attendance during the month. These actions suggest a changing labor market in which attraction and retention of workers is key.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If your business is struggling to get applicants for open job positions, the local &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/workforce-centers/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;WorkForce Centers&lt;/a&gt; and the business services representatives located regionally can be of great assistance. They can post your job openings to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks&lt;/a&gt;, the state&apos;s free online job bank, and find candidates within the database. They can also set up hiring events at the WorkForce Centers, provide recruitment and retention strategies, tell you about tax credits and hiring incentives, and offer most of these services at no cost to your business. To contact a business services representative visit mn.gov/deed.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303981</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:04Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Racial Disparities in the NE and Minnesota</Title><title>2015-11-30 Racial ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303987&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-11-30T16:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>Reducing racial disparities takes all hands.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;U.S. Census Bureau data released earlier this fall indicates widening racial disparities in Minnesota. The median household income for Black or African American Minnesotans fell more than $4,500 to an estimate of $27,000 in 2014, the only racial group to see their household income estimate drop during the past year. In comparison, household income for Whites increased more than $2,000 from 2013 to 2014, to a median of $64,000.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In contrast, according to &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/current-econ-highlights/alternative-unemployment.jsp&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Alternative Measures of Unemployment in Minnesota&lt;/a&gt;, the unemployment rate for Black or African Americans in Minnesota increased from 10.2 percent in September 2014 to 16.0 percent in September 2015. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for Whites dropped to 2.8 percent, and the overall state unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent (Figure 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Similar racial disparities can also be seen in Northeast Minnesota. Using the 2011-2013 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates, data show that the Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Statistical Area -which includes St. Louis and Carlton counties in Minnesota and Douglas County in Wisconsin - had considerable differences in income and unemployment rates between the races.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Household incomes are lower in the Duluth MSA for all race categories than they are in Minnesota, but the income gap between whites and non-whites is substantial in the region. Whites had a median household income estimate of $48,045, significantly higher than the average income of $18,321 for Blacks in the Duluth MSA. The unemployment rate for Black or African American was more than three times that of the rate for Whites, 23.7 percent compared to 7.2 percent. Workers of Two or More Races had an unemployment rate 22.9 percent, and American Indians had a rate of 17.1 percent, indicating barriers to employment for the largest minority groups in the region (Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/racial-disparities1_tcm1045-222218.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Duluth MSA economic characteristics by race, 2013&quot; alt=&quot;Duluth MSA economic characteristics by race, 2013&quot; style=&quot;width: 443px; height: 243px;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;racial-disparities1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Addressing this racial inequality has become a priority for Governor Mark Dayton as he has led &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.startribune.com/in-st-cloud-gov-mark-dayton-calls-for-more-funding-to-fight-racial-disparities/332558492/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;community forums&lt;/a&gt; across the state, &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.twincities.com/2015/11/30/mark-dayton-seeks-15m-to-tackle-minnesota-racial-disparities/&quot;&gt;engaged business leaders&lt;/a&gt;, and created the Office of Career and Business Opportunity housed within DEED with a stated purpose to identify and help break down barriers to employment and business opportunities for people of color. In Duluth, &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/cmah/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage&lt;/a&gt; hosted a community event to discuss the disparities with DEED representatives, the Department of Human Rights, and local politicians.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If Minnesota expects continued economic growth it will need to address these racial disparities, as much of the labor force sustainability will depend on people of color and new immigrants replacing the wave of retirees. According to data from the Minnesota State Demographic Center, from 2015-2030, it is expected that Minnesota&apos;s labor force growth rate will be less than an annual rate of 0.3 percent. Due to an even older and more homogenized population in Northeast Minnesota, getting all hands to help and reducing barriers to employment is imperative to future economic success in the region.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303987</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:04Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Making Machines that Make Things</Title><title>2015-10-15 Making Machines ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303985&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-10-15T15:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>Paper is king -- no surprise there.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The moment northeast Minnesota&apos;s vast timber stands come into view, no one is surprised to learn that paper is king of the region&apos;s manufacturing industries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;But there&apos;s genuine amazement that the rustic Northwoods are also home to a cluster of manufacturers that build highly sophisticated machines used in a wide variety of other manufacturing processes and operations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Some companies even make machines that make other machines. Cool, huh?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Machinery manufacturing is one of the area&apos;s most important sub-sectors, helping not only other manufacturing industries but the region&apos;s significant mining and construction industries. This manufacturing specialty is also a vital source of jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Last year, there were 1,134 positions at 31 different companies classified as machinery manufacturers in the northeast. That made up 13.3 percent of all manufacturing jobs in the region, with only paper manufacturing providing a larger share of manufacturing jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The machinery manufacturing sub-sector has gained 172 net new jobs since 2010. That&apos;s remarkable employment growth for this niche when you consider that all manufacturing industries combined gained a total of 214 jobs in the region over the same period.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Typical occupations in the industry include CNC (computer numerical control) machine tool operators, engine and other machine assemblers, machinists, mechanical engineers, team assemblers, tool and die makers, welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers. Several of these rate five stars in our &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand Tool&lt;/a&gt;, meaning that they are jobs in very high demand in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With a long list of high-wage and high-demand occupations, expect machinery manufacturing to continue to make a considerable impact on the region&apos;s economy.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303985</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:03Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Hot off the Presses: New Job Vacancy Numbers</Title><title>2015-09-22 Job Vacancies ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303984&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-09-22T15:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>Regional increase matches statewide.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED recently released new data from their &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/job-vacancy/&quot;&gt;Job Vacancy Survey Program&lt;/a&gt;, reflecting the number of job openings, typical wage offerings, and typical education requirements by occupation and industry, by region and statewide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Job vacancies in Northeast Minnesota climbed to 6,213 in the 2nd quarter of 2015, a 15.7 percent increase from the same period a year ago. That matched the statewide increase, though the number of job vacancies actually dropped in the region from 8,410 openings during 4th Quarter 2014 while the state saw the number of job vacancies increase by about 10% during this time frame (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/new-vacancies1_tcm1045-222213.png&quot; title=&quot;NE MN job vacancy survey results&quot; alt=&quot;NE MN job vacancy survey results&quot; style=&quot;width: 50%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;new-vacancies1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The greatest percent of vacancies in Northeast were found in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical, Personal Care and Service, Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance, and Food Preparation occupations, which each had at least 600 job vacancies in the most recent period. The median wage offer for all job vacancies in the region was $11.53, with about 40% of the openings considered part-time, which is defined as less than 35 hours per week. Only about one-third of the job vacancies required post-secondary education or work experience as a qualification for the position (see Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The results of the recent Job Vacancy Survey continue indicate a tightening of the labor market here in Northeast Minnesota. With only 1.4 unemployed workers for each job vacancy, businesses will be forced to tap different sources to replace retiring Baby Boomers or other workers and attract and retain them. For example, the median wage offer for job vacancies has increased considerably with the latest survey, and we have already examined the wage growth in the region that has occurred recently, which will be a benefit from a tighter labor market to workers in the region. Other options, such as flexible scheduling or offering benefits for part-time work, may become more common as companies try to fill their workforce needs.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303984</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:02Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Older Employees in the Workforce</Title><title>2015-08-17 Older Workforce ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303986&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-08-17T15:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>The times they have a-changed.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With Millennials entering the workforce and Baby Boomers preparing their exit, the workforce has undergone significant transformation since the start of the century. The Baby Boom generation - those born between 1946 and 1964 - make up the largest generation in the population and are approaching the age of retirement from the workforce. This demographic trend is reflected in the growth of the number of jobs held by workers aged 55 years and over.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://qwiexplorer.ces.census.gov/static/explore.html#x=0&amp;amp;g=0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Quarterly Workforce Indicators&lt;/a&gt; data program and focusing just on the variable of Full Quarter Employment (Stable) - which measures the number of jobs that are held on both the first and last day of the quarter with the same employer - we can determine the age of jobholders in the region. Since 2005, there has been an increase of about 13,000 jobs held by workers aged 55 years or older in Northeast Minnesota. This age cohort held about 16.5% of the total jobs in 2005, but now holds 24.3% of all jobs (See Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
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Table 2 uses the same dataset and variable to determine the industries that have the greatest amount of and reliance on older workers in Northeast Minnesota. Education and Health Services - including schools, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and social assistance - have about 10,000 jobs that are held by older workers. Local government, mining, and professional and technical services are other industries that have large numbers and high percentages of jobs that are held by older workers.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Due to the age of the workforce in these industries, there will be a need to replace these workers as they reach the age of retirement, which could cause stress or limit the region&apos;s potential growth. While attraction and retention of younger workers will be an important strategy, industries shouldn&apos;t forget about continuing to work with those who are older.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Older workers are often seen as valuable to the workplace because they bring values of loyalty, reliability, productivity, as well as a wealth of experience and belief in a job well-done. Not to mention that you typically don&apos;t need to tell them to put away their phones or that their appearance needs to be more professional. But there are other challenges that can affect the contributions of older workers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;In addition to the natural aging of the workforce, perhaps the most prominent change since the turn of the century is the advancement of technology and its role in the workplace. Job duties have changed and new types of jobs have been created to incorporate the technology upgrades.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The advancement and prominence of technology in the workplace can be a barrier for older workers seeking employment even as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/04/03/older-adults-and-technology-use/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;older adults have increasingly embraced technology&lt;/a&gt; in their everyday life. For older workers, even finding out what jobs are available can be a burden as newspaper classifieds are no longer the main source for employment opportunities. Instead, most job banks are online and many applications are now done on a computer; and it might take much longer to hear back from the employer during the hiring process than in the past. Technological skills will need to be gained, especially for those who haven&apos;t worked for a while, but training can be hard to find.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The best resource for those seeking employment, especially those who are older, is your &lt;a href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/job-seekers/workforce-centers/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;local WorkForce Center&lt;/a&gt;. Jobseekers will find friendly and helpful staff who can offer advice and guidance ranging from an introduction to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks&lt;/a&gt;, Minnesota&apos;s online job bank, to trainings on basic computer skills and interview and resume reviews. The WorkForce Center is your one-stop shop for overcoming the challenges of getting a job.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303986</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:02Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Raise at the Top</Title><title>2015-07-15 Raise Top ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303988&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-07-15T15:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>Analyzing wage growth.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Previous editions of the Local Look have analyzed the &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp?id=1045-303991&quot;&gt;real wage growth in Northeast Minnesota&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp?id=1045-303982&quot;&gt;role recovering jobs in high-wage industries&lt;/a&gt; has had on increased earnings in the region. A different approach to analyze wage growth is through &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)&lt;/a&gt; program, which surveys about 21,000 businesses in Minnesota to produce detailed wage estimates for more than 800 occupations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;According to OES data, many jobs in the region have increased their wages over time, but at very different rates. The occupational groups with higher growth to their mean wages tend to be those that had higher wages to start with.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Business and financial, architecture and engineering, legal, and computer and mathematical occupations have seen the biggest growth, with non-inflation adjusted increases of more than $4.00 from 2009 to 2014. Interestingly, production and construction occupations have also added to their mean wage during the recovery from the recession. Jobs with lower wages - such as food preparation, sales, building and grounds cleaning and maintenance, and personal care occupations - tended to show smaller amounts of growth or declines (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/raise-top1_tcm1045-222219.png&quot; title=&quot;Mean wages by occupation group, Duluth metropolitan statistical area 2009-2014&quot; alt=&quot;Mean wages by occupation group, Duluth metropolitan statistical area 2009-2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;raise-top1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1 shows that different occupation groups saw different amounts of wage growth, but the same trends also occurred within each occupational group. Higher-paying and higher-skilled jobs tended to see bigger wage increases than lower-paying and lower-skilled jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The health care field provides a great example. Already one of the highest-paying jobs, Dentists saw wages jump by an incredible $22.63 since 2009; while Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists saw their wages decrease or stay relatively the same. A similar relationship exists for Pharmacists, who have seen wage increases of nearly $5.00 an hour, compared to Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Aides, where wages increased less than 1 dollar (see Table 2).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Wages and earnings have increased during the recovery from the recession, a distinguishing attribute for the region. Much of the gains, however, occurred for those occupations with higher skills or greater wages while low-wage jobs remained stagnant in pay. Going forward, this may be a catalyst to more wage growth as businesses look to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.npr.org/2015/04/03/397316872/while-pay-holds-steady-for-most-low-wage-workers-get-a-boost&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;attract&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.startribune.com/seiu-contract-kicks-in-for-27-000-home-care-aides-in-state/311086561/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;retain&lt;/a&gt; workers at all pay and skill levels. We&apos;ll continue to monitor the situation at the Local Look.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303988</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:02Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Silver Lining to the Iron Ore Downturn</Title><title>2015-06-10 Silver Lining ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303989&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-06-10T15:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>Overall economy is improving.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/3756638-hardship-hits-iron-range&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Recent events&lt;/a&gt; have rocked the mining industry in Northeast Minnesota, with layoffs and salaried positions being cut. Despite the downturn in this particular industry, the overall economy in the region is seeing an increase in the number of job openings and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/3756625-northeastern-minnesota-jobless-rate-dropped-april&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;drop in unemployment&lt;/a&gt;, perhaps providing some relief for those who have been affected by the idling of mining companies throughout the Arrowhead.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;We can determine the most common occupations throughout the mining industry by using DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://mn.gov/deed/data/data-tools/occupational-staffing/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupational Staffing Pattern tool&lt;/a&gt;. Table 1 highlights the particular occupations that are needed for mining purposes including: truck drivers, mechanics, equipment operators, electricians, excavators, and construction laborers. Some of these positions are not entirely dependent on the mining industry - &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oid/Results_9Columns.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oid/Results_9Columns.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;electricians&lt;/a&gt;, for example, are in demand in other industries in the region.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Other occupations that are more directly related to mining activities and might not find as much demand in different industries. Earth Drillers are vital jobs within the mining industry, but may have limited opportunities for employment elsewhere. There are, however, skills that an earth driller has that might transfer to different occupations completely, creating more job possibilities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;DEED&apos;s &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/ota/OccupationSelectA.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;JobSTAT tool&lt;/a&gt; helps jobseekers see new opportunities by matching occupations that rely on the skills that are used with their past job(s) and with new jobs, including information on local job openings, typical wages, and training options in the region. For the Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers occupation, the skills used match up well with &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/ota/OccupationMatch.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Solderers and Brazers&lt;/a&gt;, an occupation that is in demand in other industries in the region. For those looking to making a career change, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/ota/OccupationSelectA.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;JobSTAT tool&lt;/a&gt; can help to identify those positions with similar skill sets and analyze potential skill gaps.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;A silver lining to the setback of mining layoffs is that there are job openings available and businesses looking to hire in the region. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minnesotaworks.net/default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MinnesotaWorks&lt;/a&gt;, the state of Minnesota&apos;s free online job bank, is a great resource to seek those opportunities out. Whether you are looking for a similar job position, or seeking out a new career, DEED has got you covered with the tools to make that transition!&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303989</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:51:01Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Employment Opportunities for Teens</Title><title>2015-05-13 Teen Employment ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303990&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-05-13T15:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>It&apos;s a great time to look for work.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With schools nearing the conclusion of another year and students making their summer plans, it&apos;s a great time to look at the job market and employment opportunities for teenagers.&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;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. If, however, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=352011andgeog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;flipping burgers&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=412031andgeog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;stocking shelves&lt;/a&gt; doesn&apos;t entice them, data shows teens also find other job opportunities like &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=373011andgeog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;landscaping&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=434081andgeog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;resort staff&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=211019andgeog=2709NE0000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;summer-activity counselors&lt;/a&gt;, and more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&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;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Teens in Northeast Minnesota had an unemployment rate of 22 percent in 2013, which was higher than every planning region in the state except the Twin Cities metro area. 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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;The spread of teen unemployment rates throughout Northeast Minnesota is quite dramatic. At 1 percent, Cook County has the lowest unemployment rate for teens in the state, while Lake, St. Louis, and Aitkin counties have teen jobless rates near 25 percent. A closer look shows that Cook County has an estimated 100 teenagers in its labor force, with only one being unemployed, while St Louis County had more than 6,200 teens in its labor force, and with about 1,500 of them being unemployed. Cook County&apos;s small population makes it hard to get an accurate measurement of teen unemployment, though, because margins of error effect American Community Survey estimates (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/teens1_tcm1045-222224.png&quot; title=&quot;Labor force and unemployment rates for teens, NE MN 2009-2013&quot; alt=&quot;Labor force and unemployment rates for teens, NE MN 2009-2013&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;teens1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With low unemployment rates settling over Minnesota and much of the Northeast region, employers will be looking to hire teenagers to fill their vacant positions this summer - something that may have been missing during the recession and its subsequent recovery.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;It&apos;s a good time for that summer job search and 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;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/teens2_tcm1045-222225.png&quot; title=&quot;Unemployment rates, 16 - 19 year olds&quot; alt=&quot;Unemployment rates, 16 - 19 year olds&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;teens2&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Contact &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303990</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:59Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>A Closer Look at Area&apos;s Wage Growth</Title><title>2015-04-16 Closer Look ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303982&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-04-16T15:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>Wage growth up-close.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Last month&apos;s &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://mn.gov/deed/data/locallook/northeast/northeast-blog.jsp?id=1045-303991&quot;&gt;Local Look post&lt;/a&gt; showed that average hourly earnings increased faster than inflation in Northeast Minnesota, resulting in real wage growth. Despite &lt;a href=&quot;http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/19/news/companies/walmart-wages/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;recent headlines&lt;/a&gt; of major companies in low-paying industries (such as Retail Trade and Accommodation and Food Services) increasing wages, the rise in average earnings per hour for private employees in Northeast Minnesota has more to do with job gains in high-paying industries. This month, we used 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 data tool&lt;/a&gt; to analyze wages for the industries that have added jobs in the region since the recession.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 1 shows the industries that gained the largest number of jobs in Northeast Minnesota from the 3rd quarter of 2009 to the 3rd quarter of 2014. Since 2009, when the effects of the recession were the greatest, the region has added 6,032 new jobs in the total of all industries. The region&apos;s highest-paying industry - Mining - saw the greatest increase in jobs during this time frame and accounted for more than a third of the region&apos;s net new jobs with more than 2,050 added. The Construction, Educational Services, Accommodation and Food Services, and Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services industries also had considerable growth over this five-year period. The Health Care and Social Assistance industry had more modest growth, but it is important to note that the industry has gained more than 1,000 jobs total since the 3rd quarter of 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/closer-look-1_tcm1045-222204.png&quot; title=&quot;NE MN employment statistics, 3rd quarter 2009 - 2014&quot; alt=&quot;NE MN employment statistics, 3rd quarter 2009 - 2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;closer-look1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Table 2, which shows the average weekly wages associated with the different industries, demonstrates that mining&apos;s average weekly wage of $1,727 is more than double the average weekly wage for all industries in Northeast Minnesota. Other high paying industries that have also gained jobs since the recession include those mentioned above. The Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services industry is right behind Mining with an average weekly wage of $1,104. It is followed by Construction ($1,074), Health Care and Social Assistance ($912), and Education Services ($865).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/closer-look-2_tcm1045-222205.png&quot; title=&quot;NE MN employment statistics, 3rd quarter 2014&quot; alt=&quot;NE MN employment statistics, 3rd quarter 2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;closer-look2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Of course, Northeast Minnesota also saw job growth in lower-paying industries such as Accommodation and Food Services, which had an average weekly wage of $286, but the impact was dwarfed by the gains in high-paying industries. As we&apos;ve seen through job gains and average weekly wages, Mining was the clear driver of wage growth in the region during the recovery.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Unfortunately, recent events will impact the future of the mining industry and the regional economy, so we will continue to monitor effects here at the Local Look.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303982</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:59Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Show Me the Wage Growth</Title><title>2015-03-10 Wage Growth ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303991&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-03-10T15:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>Is wage growth keeping pace with job growth?</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Even as unemployment rates continue to drop and the number of jobs has rebounded to pre-recession levels in many industry sectors, a conspicuous element of the recovery is the absence of wage growth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Since 2009, inflation-adjusted average pay in the United States has risen only slightly. Here in Minnesota, we&apos;re at 3.6 percent unemployment and we&apos;re still not seeing wage growth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Data from 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 (CES)&lt;/a&gt; program, however, indicates that earnings have increased in Northeast Minnesota. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/ces/Default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)&lt;/a&gt;, which includes St. Louis and Carlton Counties in Minnesota and Douglas County in Wisconsin, has seen an increase of $4.54 to its average earnings per hour for all private employees since 2008. This increase is substantial in that average earnings in Duluth are now closer to the state average, which was $25.77 in 2014; and the amount of growth was only exceeded by the Rochester MSA, which grew $9.08 from 2008 to 2014 (see Table 1).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/show-me-1_tcm1045-222221.png&quot; title=&quot;Average hourly earnings information for MN and metropolitan statistical areas&quot; alt=&quot;Average hourly earnings information for MN and metropolitan statistical areas&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;show-me1&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Because the estimates presented in Table 1 are not adjusted for inflation, the difference is a reflection of net earnings growth and not real wage growth. Table 2 takes into account the effect inflation has on wage growth over time, and can better illustrate the growth of purchasing power that may result because of increased earnings in Northeast Minnesota.
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/show-me-2_tcm1045-222222.png&quot; title=&quot;Duluth-Superior metropolitan statistical area real earnings growth vs. inflation, 2008-2014&quot; alt=&quot;Duluth-Superior metropolitan statistical area real earnings growth vs. inflation, 2008-2014&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;show-me2&quot; /&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;If earnings in the Duluth-Superior MSA grew at the same rate as inflation since 2008, they would be an estimated $22.01 per hour in 2014, based on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Calculator&lt;/a&gt;. The actual average earning per hour for all private-sector employees was $24.56 in 2014, an hourly difference of $2.55 from the inflation-adjusted estimate.
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Data shows the Duluth-Superior MSA has seen considerable real wage growth since the recession, a trend that counters the prevailing state and national narrative of wage stagnation. What is the cause of this growth in wages? One hint is the area&apos;s industry mix and noticeable amount of jobs gained in high-paying industries. Check back to our region&apos;s next blog for the investigation and explanation of the wage growth in Northeast 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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303991</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:59Z</pubdate></list><list><metadata><Type><Description/><Title>local-look-northeast</Title><Id>250950</Id><Key/></Type><DublinCore><Description/><Audience/><Title/><Publisher/><Source/><Rights/><Identifier/><Format/><Language>eng</Language><SubjectControlled/></DublinCore></metadata><Title>Community Colleges in the Region</Title><title>2015-02-09 Community College ARTICLE</title><url>&lt;custom:Link urlOnly=&quot;true&quot; type=&quot;Component&quot; destination=&quot;tcm:1045-303983&quot; templateURI=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot; origin=&quot;tcm:0-0-0&quot;  /&gt;</url><Date>2015-02-09T16:31:51Z</Date><ShortDescription>The impact of community colleges in the region.</ShortDescription><Subtitle/><publication>1045</publication><BodyText>&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Community colleges have been making headlines since President Obama recently announced his proposal to make two years of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/09/fact-sheet-white-house-unveils-america-s-college-promise-proposal-tuitio&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;community college free&lt;/a&gt; for responsible students.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Even if the President&apos;s proposal ultimately is unsuccessful, students will find community colleges are an affordable option.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;They cost less than four-year universities, require fewer credits to earn a degree, and still lead to rewarding and well-paying jobs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;With cost, time commitment, and expected outcomes to consider, the pursuit of higher education is both an important and a challenging decision for individuals to make. In our growing, global economy, community and technical colleges are increasingly essential in developing a workforce with the skills necessary for success.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Several of the highest demand jobs in Northeast Minnesota require an associate&apos;s degree, including the top occupation in demand: &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=291141andgeog=2708R03000.&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;registered nurses&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=173012andgeog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Electrical and electronics drafters&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=173023andgeog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;engineering technicians&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=151152andgeog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;computer network support specialists&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=151134andgeog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;web developers&lt;/a&gt; also made the list of the region&apos;s top occupations in demand. Various health care positions also appear, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=291126andgeog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;respiratory therapists&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=292031andgeog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;cardiovascular technologists&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=312011andgeog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;occupational therapists&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/projections/detail.asp?code=312021andgeog=2708R03000&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;physical therapy assistants&lt;/a&gt;. All of these jobs pay more than $40,000 per year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/comm-colleges-1_tcm1045-222207.png&quot; title=&quot;NE MN&apos;s top 19 occupations in demand requiring an associate&apos;s degree&quot; alt=&quot;NE MN&apos;s top 19 occupations in demand requiring an associate&apos;s degree&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;comm-college1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Pondering your future career and post-secondary education? Our &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oid/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Occupations in Demand tool&lt;/a&gt; is a must-use tool for any prospective college student. It allows you to see current demand and median wages for all kinds of occupations, as well as identify which local community and technical colleges provide related educational programs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Looking for the right school? Here a list of different associate degree programs have had great success placing graduates into well-paying jobs, generated by our &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/etd/default.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Graduate Employment Outcomes tool&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/deed/assets/comm-college-2_tcm1045-222206.png&quot; title=&quot;Graduate employment outcomes for associate&apos;s degree programs one year after graduation, greater minnesota 2011-2012&quot; alt=&quot;Graduate employment outcomes for associate&apos;s degree programs one year after graduation, greater minnesota 2011-2012&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot; xlink:title=&quot;comm-college2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Undeniable Impact&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Seven community and technical colleges in Northeast Minnesota (located in Duluth, Cloquet, Hibbing, Grand Rapids, Vermillion, International Falls, and Virginia) have been an integral part of the region&apos;s economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml&quot;&gt;Responding to growing demand for health care services in the region, registered nurse programs graduated nearly 1,200 people in 2011-2012, bout 80 percent of whom reported a median hourly wage of $25.17 one year after graduation. Likewise, several other programs that trained workers for jobs in demand in the region saw relatively high placement rates and wages.&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:erik.white@state.mn.us&quot;&gt;Erik White&lt;/a&gt; at 218-302-8413.&lt;/p&gt;</BodyText><Author>Erik White</Author><id>303983</id><pubdate>2023-11-02T14:50:59Z</pubdate></list></results>