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<br />Minneapolis-St Paul-~~;'~~
<br />,Metropolitan Statisticaigre~({ .,~€~ E
<br />After expanding by 1.7 percent or 29,300
<br />jobs (revised) in April,lWin Cities'
<br />nonfarm employment growth nan'owed
<br />to 1.2 percent, adding 20,600 jobs in
<br />May for a total of 1,801,700 jobs. All the
<br />supersectors gained jobs except Other
<br />Services (-500). Natural Resources and
<br />Construction showed the largest seasonal
<br />growth (+7,200), of which more than
<br />one of every two new jobs was in
<br />specialty trade contractors. Retail uade
<br />added 3,200 more workers. Professional
<br />and Business Services added 5,100 jobs,
<br />three in five of which stemmed from
<br />administrative and support services. As
<br />summer vacation season began,
<br />employment in arts, entertainment and
<br />recreation services increased by nearly
<br />3,000 jobs. ]n the year to May this
<br />MSA's economy gained 31,500 jobs, a
<br />two-fold increase over April's one-year
<br />gains. Of these, the sharpest increase
<br />was in Professional and Business
<br />rvices (+9,100). Hearth care and
<br />.,ucial services reported 4,100 new jobs,
<br />and local government educational
<br />services added 5,900 new jobs.
<br />Duluth Supel~ptl„
<br />In Dtduth, payrolls in the
<br />nonagricultural sector increased by
<br />1.6 percent or 2,100 jobs in May to
<br />132,600, making it 0.8 percent
<br />(+ 1,000) larger than a year ago.
<br />Roch~t~r,~;s
<br />Job growth in the Rochester MSA
<br />continued. Nonfarm businesses
<br />added 1,200 workers to their payrolls
<br />in May for a total of 105,800, after
<br />having added the same number the
<br />month before. Accounting for the
<br />largest part of this growth was the
<br />Natural Resources and Construction
<br />supersector (+400). Over the year
<br />there were just 900 more jobs-about
<br />70 percent of the average gains of the
<br />previous four months (+1,300). The
<br />12-month job addition stemmed
<br />largely from Educational and Health
<br />Services (+500).
<br />StC~l,,rd~
<br />i Businesses in this MSA registered a
<br />i healthy bounce in employment,
<br />growing at 1.2 percent in May and
<br />adding 1,200 jobs, compared with an
<br />average increase of 0.9 percent or 800
<br />jobs in the prior three months. The
<br />[ newly created jobs came largely from
<br />two seasonal supersectors: Natural
<br />i Resources and Construction (+500)
<br />Fargo-Moorhead' a6or markeC
<br />tightened in May. Nonagricultural
<br />firms added only 400-workers lto their
<br />payrolls, lifting total employment to
<br />114,400. The seasonaF increase in
<br />Natural Resources'and Construcdon- '`
<br />(+ 800) was largely: nullified by
<br />decreases in other major industries,
<br />especially Manufacturing (-100),
<br />Educational and Health Services
<br />(-200), and state government services
<br />(-500). In the yearto May firms hired-
<br />only.300 more workers, the smallest
<br />annual growth in fotir years. Most of
<br />this growth was concentrated in trade.
<br />(+400), and professional, scaeatific,
<br />and technical services (+300):
<br />GrandPiirksl~?l
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<br />Nonfarm employment ht this shared
<br />ND-MN Metro Area. appeared to
<br />slacken in May. Payrolls dropped by
<br />0.1 percent (-100 jobs) after jumping
<br />1.6 percent (+900) in April. But ove>
<br />the year employmentgrowth
<br />remained strong at 2.7 percent
<br />(+1,400). State goyernmenYseryices
<br />(-G00) was the main: reason for this
<br />small monthly contraction, despite
<br />seasonal job gains in!Natural
<br />Resources and Construction (+40p)
<br />and in trade (+ 100). 'Over-the.-year
<br />job growth owed largely to more
<br />hiring in Natural Resources and'
<br />Construction, trade, health care
<br />services,(each industry group by 300),
<br />and especially to Leisure and
<br />Hospitality Services C'+500).
<br />byTien'Cung
<br />~~ Minnesota Emp/oymentReview June 2006
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