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Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Estimates of wages and employment by occupation, updated quarterly. Regional detail available.  Also known as The Salary Survey.

About OES

Job Vacancy Survey (JVS)
Semiannual estimate of job vacancies by industry and occupation. Regional detail available.
About JVS
Employment Projections *10-year employment projections by industry, occupation and Planning Region.  
*Regional and state-wide high-growth high-pay occupations and industries.  
*One-year employment forecasts by occupation and industry, updated quarterly.
*Presentation on 2006 to 2016 Employment Projections
About Employment Projections

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
Quarterly census of employment and wages by industry. Regional and local industry detail available. (Informally called the ES-202 Program.)

About QCEW


Current Monthly Employment (CES)
Monthly estimates of employment by industry. Detail for MSAs available.

About CES


Local Area Unemployment Statistics ( LAUS)
Monthly estimates of labor force, employed, unemployed, and unemployment rates.  Regional and local detail available.

About LAUS

Employee Benefits Survey, 2005
Summary of employee benefits offered by Minnesota employers, participation levels and the extent of cost sharing. 
About Employee Benefits Survey
Occupations In Demand (OID) OID provides a listing of job opportunities in high demand now for all regions in Minnesota. The lists also display, for each occupation, the typical wage, long-term employment outlook, the typical training (or degree) required to work in a field, as well as information on related training programs offered around the state. About OID

ALMIS Employer Search

View, print and download lists of employers based on various selection criteria.  For registered users only.  See terms and conditions (right-hand column) if you are interested in becoming a registered user.
Terms and conditions of data users and uses
Wage Distribution

Annual wage distribution for industries and regions.

 About Wage Distribution statistics
Local Employment Dynamics (LED)


This program provides data on the dynamics of the workforce, including turnover, new hires and separations by detailed geography, industry and demographics.  This program is also known as Longitudinal Employment-Household Dynamics (LEHD).

About LED
M3D Metro Mapping Tool
Generate maps and reports on worker origins and destinations, employment, housing, land use, services and many other types of economic, planning and development data for the Twin Cities seven county metro region.
 
Census 2000 Reports
Detailed demographics, social and economic characteristics of the population, from U.S. Census 2000. Small area data available.
About Census 2000
Unemployment Insurance Statistics (UI Stats)
Monthly count of initial UI claims by industry and region. Other UI program data available.
About UI Stats

Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS)
Quarterly summary of mass layoffs in Minnesota. About MLS

Occupational Staffing Patterns
State staffing pattern matrix developed from OES and QCEW. About Occupational Staffing Patterns
SOC Code Search
Searches a database of hundreds of thousands of lay-titles to match your occupation with the closest BLS-defined SOC Code.
 
Consumer Price Indexes
Price indexes for tracking price inflation.
About CPI
OnTheMap: Worker Origins and Destinations OnTheMap is an on-line tool that maps data on where people work and workers live with companion reports on worker ages, earnings, industry distribution, and local workforce indicators. Data for a total of 42 states including Minnesota are currently available.  

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