In Northeast Minnesota government jobs represented 18.4% of employment, trailing only Northwest Minnesota's 20.4%, as a share of total employment by region.
The unemployment rate held at 2.9% in Minnesota in June, on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Minnesota's official unemployment rate is a useful indicator of the health of the state's economy, but it does not tell the whole story.
An analysis of the current month’s employment picture broken out by Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) Survey conducted by the BLS shows that the number of job openings increased by 4,000 or 1.9% in Minnesota to 210,000 in May on a seasonally adjusted basis.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing 0.1 percent in May.
