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Minnesota: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Minnesota from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20264.5%#39 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20253.9%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 20253.17M+1.1% on a year earlier
Employed, 20253.05M124,499 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
2.6M2.8M3M3.2M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20253.9%3,171,5373,047,038124,499
20243.1%3,137,5603,039,32398,237
20232.8%3,107,5363,021,12686,410
20222.4%3,069,6302,995,07874,552
20213.7%3,048,8442,936,648112,196
20206.3%3,117,6632,922,198195,465
20193.3%3,105,1013,002,700102,401
20183.0%3,070,5102,978,08292,428
20173.4%3,064,0732,958,466105,607
20163.9%3,033,3542,916,011117,343
20153.8%3,015,4552,901,421114,034
20144.2%2,987,1462,860,428126,718
20135.0%2,967,9992,818,472149,527
20125.7%2,955,2462,787,823167,423
20116.6%2,958,5442,764,588193,956
20107.4%2,943,1792,725,505217,674
20097.7%2,929,5032,703,117226,386
20085.4%2,915,3552,757,599157,756
20074.6%2,900,0782,766,647133,431
20064.1%2,890,0492,772,715117,334
20054.1%2,881,0602,762,650118,410
20044.6%2,895,4482,761,101134,347
20034.8%2,892,7702,755,268137,502
20024.4%2,872,2892,745,712126,577
20013.7%2,848,5792,742,059106,520
20003.1%2,800,3482,713,42286,926
19992.7%2,747,5012,672,07775,424
19982.7%2,716,8042,644,11272,692
19973.2%2,687,8452,601,25886,587
19963.8%2,666,8602,564,207102,653
19953.7%2,628,8392,532,37696,463
19944.0%2,577,8242,473,780104,044
19934.9%2,510,1222,386,012124,110
19925.1%2,457,4942,332,934124,560
19915.1%2,421,4592,297,783123,676
19904.7%2,385,3882,272,919112,469
19894.3%2,324,1802,223,262100,918
19884.3%2,295,3962,196,67298,724
19875.1%2,271,6492,154,755116,894
19865.5%2,238,7772,115,062123,715
19856.0%2,224,0902,090,206133,884
19846.4%2,211,2182,070,487140,731
19838.0%2,175,4012,000,289175,112
19827.8%2,155,3061,986,836168,470
19815.8%2,141,9952,018,817123,178
19805.8%2,102,4871,980,706121,781
19794.3%2,046,3391,958,14088,199
19784.0%1,978,5031,899,96778,536
19775.3%1,919,7491,818,464101,285
19765.8%1,848,7171,741,662107,055

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.