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Rochester

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentPay
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jan 2025
County Employment and Wages in Minnesota — Third Quarter 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Mar 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages For Nurses In Minnesota’s Metropolitan Area — May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Rochester, MN — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024

Rochester, MN Economy at a Glance:

Rochester, MN

Data Series	Back Data	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		131.6	134.1	135.2	134.5	134.7	(p)135.2
Employment(1)		127.7	130.1	131.1	131.6	132.0	(p)132.1
Unemployment(1)		3.9	4.0	4.0	3.0	2.7	(p)3.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.9	3.0	3.0	2.2	2.0	(p)2.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		131.3	131.7	132.7	132.4	133.4	(p)133.6
12-month % change		3.8	4.4	5.7	6.4	6.0	(p)5.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	(p)5.1
12-month % change		-5.3	-5.3	-5.3	-3.6	-3.6	(p)-1.9
Manufacturing(3)		9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	(p)9.3
12-month % change		-2.1	-1.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		17.0	17.0	17.0	16.9	16.9	(p)17.4
12-month % change		-1.2	0.0	1.8	1.2	-0.6	(p)0.0
Information(3)		1.1	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.7	(p)0.7
12-month % change		0.0	-9.1	-9.1	-36.4	-36.4	(p)-36.4
Financial Activities(3)		2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	(p)2.7
12-month % change		-3.6	-3.6	-3.6	-3.6	-3.6	(p)-3.6
Professional and Business Services(3)		6.6	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.8	(p)6.7
12-month % change		-4.3	-1.5	-2.9	1.5	1.5	(p)0.0
Education and Health Services(3)		59.5	60.3	61.3	62.4	63.2	(p)63.5
12-month % change		10.2	11.0	12.7	15.1	14.5	(p)14.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		11.5	11.6	11.7	11.0	10.9	(p)10.5
12-month % change		-2.5	-1.7	0.0	-2.7	-1.8	(p)-3.7
Other Services(3)		3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.9	(p)3.9
12-month % change		0.0	2.6	2.6	0.0	2.6	(p)2.6
Government(3)		14.2	13.6	13.6	13.4	13.5	(p)13.8
12-month % change		5.2	3.0	4.6	3.9	2.3	(p)4.5
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. (p) Preliminary