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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Minnesota, Wisconsin > Minneapolis-St. Paul

Minneapolis-St. Paul

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Minneapolis-St. Paul Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2025
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2025
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
Consumer Expenditures in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
County Employment and Wages in Minnesota — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — First Quarter 2025 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2025
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2024
Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area – July 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Aug 2025
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Minneapolis (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages For Nurses In Minnesota’s Metropolitan Area — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release May 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area — June 2025 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2025
Average Energy Prices, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington – December 2024 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2025
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Economy at a Glance:
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,080.2 2,085.1 2,093.6 2,104.8 2,092.0 (p)2,089.3

Employment(1)

 2,006.8 2,023.5 2,028.2 2,027.5 2,012.9 (p)2,003.8

Unemployment(1)

 73.4 61.6 65.5 77.3 79.1 (p)85.5

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.7 3.8 (p)4.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,967.3 1,982.5 2,015.2 2,025.5 2,009.0 (p)2,006.8

12-month % change

 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 (p)0.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 79.9 86.1 93.8 96.7 98.9 (p)101.0

12-month % change

 -0.7 -0.1 1.1 0.6 1.5 (p)3.4

Manufacturing(3)

 200.3 201.6 203.1 203.7 204.2 (p)203.6

12-month % change

 0.4 1.4 1.9 0.9 0.9 (p)1.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 340.0 340.9 344.4 346.7 345.1 (p)343.4

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.6 0.3 (p)0.2

Information(3)

 27.3 27.0 26.9 27.0 27.0 (p)26.9

12-month % change

 -1.4 -2.2 -1.8 -2.5 -2.5 (p)-2.9

Financial Activities(3)

 140.8 140.5 140.4 141.2 142.1 (p)141.6

12-month % change

 -2.2 -2.4 -2.4 -2.8 -2.7 (p)-2.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

 285.1 290.4 293.4 293.9 291.6 (p)291.2

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 (p)-0.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 380.2 378.8 381.4 377.4 379.0 (p)383.7

12-month % change

 4.1 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.5 (p)4.4

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 171.4 176.5 188.0 194.9 196.6 (p)196.7

12-month % change

 -3.7 -3.8 -2.2 -0.9 0.3 (p)-0.4

Other Services(3)

 78.7 76.8 77.7 78.0 77.0 (p)77.4

12-month % change

 2.5 -0.3 -0.3 -1.5 -3.5 (p)-2.8

Government(3)

 263.6 263.9 266.1 266.0 247.5 (p)241.3

12-month % change

 2.9 2.8 3.0 2.9 4.0 (p)0.7

Consumer Price Index: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

CPI-U, All items(4)

 304.173   305.618   307.881  

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   2.2   2.4   1.8  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 300.586   301.653   303.691  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   2.0   2.0   1.6  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary