# Nonfarm payroll employment in Minnesota

Nonfarm payroll employment in Minnesota was 3,068,600 jobs in August 2026 (provisional). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `nonfarm_payroll_employment`
- Place id: `us-state-27`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Number of jobs on nonfarm payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of businesses and government agencies run by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Note: The monthly jobs count of the national Employment Situation report and the State Employment and Unemployment release. Counts jobs on nonfarm payrolls, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers full-time and part-time employees paid for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month, and excludes the self-employed, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers. For employed people from the household survey use employment_population_ratio; for May job counts by occupation use oews_employment.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, total nonfarm, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000000000000001) (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.55.TotalNonFarmStateWide.All)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, total nonfarm, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000000000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.55.TotalNonFarmStateWide.All. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/nonfarm-payroll-employment/minnesota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=nonfarm_payroll_employment&place=us-state-27

| Period | jobs |
|---|---:|
| 2026-08 | 3,068,600 (provisional) |
| 2026-07 | 3,067,100 |
| 2026-06 | 3,065,500 |
| 2026-05 | 3,055,700 |
| 2026-04 | 3,045,500 |
| 2026-03 | 3,027,000 |
| 2026-02 | 3,026,500 |
| 2026-01 | 3,033,400 |
| 2025-12 | 3,035,000 |
| 2025-11 | 3,034,300 |
| 2025-10 | 3,029,600 |
| 2025-09 | 3,028,200 |
| 2025-08 | 3,024,700 |
| 2025-07 | 3,021,700 |
| 2025-06 | 3,023,000 |
| 2025-05 | 3,031,300 |
| 2025-04 | 3,034,100 |
| 2025-03 | 3,022,200 |
| 2025-02 | 3,021,900 |
| 2025-01 | 3,022,200 |
| 2024-12 | 3,030,500 |
| 2024-11 | 3,026,700 |
| 2024-10 | 3,022,500 |
| 2024-09 | 3,021,000 |
| 2024-08 | 3,014,800 |
| 2024-07 | 3,013,100 |
| 2024-06 | 3,022,700 |
| 2024-05 | 3,016,100 |
| 2024-04 | 3,010,400 |
| 2024-03 | 3,014,200 |
| 2024-02 | 2,999,300 |
| 2024-01 | 2,996,700 |
| 2023-12 | 2,993,100 |
| 2023-11 | 2,993,900 |
| 2023-10 | 2,993,000 |
| 2023-09 | 2,992,700 |
| 2023-08 | 2,988,200 |
| 2023-07 | 2,988,000 |
| 2023-06 | 2,994,900 |
| 2023-05 | 2,982,100 |
| 2023-04 | 2,971,900 |
| 2023-03 | 2,976,800 |
| 2023-02 | 2,972,300 |
| 2023-01 | 2,967,700 |
| 2022-12 | 2,953,000 |
| 2022-11 | 2,955,100 |
| 2022-10 | 2,949,900 |
| 2022-09 | 2,946,900 |
| 2022-08 | 2,945,000 |
| 2022-07 | 2,942,400 |
| 2022-06 | 2,920,300 |
| 2022-05 | 2,926,800 |
| 2022-04 | 2,925,900 |
| 2022-03 | 2,911,000 |
| 2022-02 | 2,911,200 |
| 2022-01 | 2,895,200 |
| 2021-12 | 2,902,100 |
| 2021-11 | 2,896,700 |
| 2021-10 | 2,887,400 |
| 2021-09 | 2,851,600 |
| 2021-08 | 2,869,500 |
| 2021-07 | 2,868,400 |
| 2021-06 | 2,847,100 |
| 2021-05 | 2,844,000 |
| 2021-04 | 2,843,000 |
| 2021-03 | 2,834,000 |
| 2021-02 | 2,813,100 |
| 2021-01 | 2,800,400 |
| 2020-12 | 2,757,700 |
| 2020-11 | 2,802,800 |
| 2020-10 | 2,806,000 |
| 2020-09 | 2,772,200 |
| 2020-08 | 2,751,900 |
| 2020-07 | 2,715,800 |
| 2020-06 | 2,673,900 |
| 2020-05 | 2,599,900 |
| 2020-04 | 2,578,800 |
| 2020-03 | 2,978,600 |
| 2020-02 | 2,995,100 |
| 2020-01 | 2,994,000 |
| 2019-12 | 2,988,500 |
| 2019-11 | 2,988,500 |
| 2019-10 | 2,989,200 |
| 2019-09 | 2,987,000 |
| 2019-08 | 2,991,000 |
| 2019-07 | 2,987,100 |
| 2019-06 | 2,986,700 |
| 2019-05 | 2,985,200 |
| 2019-04 | 2,981,100 |
| 2019-03 | 2,975,200 |
| 2019-02 | 2,971,800 |
| 2019-01 | 2,974,000 |
| 2018-12 | 2,973,200 |
| 2018-11 | 2,974,300 |
| 2018-10 | 2,967,700 |
| 2018-09 | 2,969,300 |
| 2018-08 | 2,967,800 |
| 2018-07 | 2,966,900 |
| 2018-06 | 2,964,600 |
| 2018-05 | 2,959,400 |
| 2018-04 | 2,949,100 |
| 2018-03 | 2,958,000 |
| 2018-02 | 2,959,000 |
| 2018-01 | 2,956,700 |
| 2017-12 | 2,949,600 |
| 2017-11 | 2,948,100 |
| 2017-10 | 2,943,400 |
| 2017-09 | 2,946,000 |
| 2017-08 | 2,938,500 |
| 2017-07 | 2,938,400 |
| 2017-06 | 2,938,700 |
| 2017-05 | 2,930,100 |
| 2017-04 | 2,933,300 |
| 2017-03 | 2,938,600 |
| 2017-02 | 2,930,200 |
| 2017-01 | 2,927,800 |
| 2016-12 | 2,911,000 |
| 2016-11 | 2,913,000 |
| 2016-10 | 2,910,500 |
| 2016-09 | 2,912,800 |
| 2016-08 | 2,909,900 |
| 2016-07 | 2,902,900 |
| 2016-06 | 2,883,900 |
| 2016-05 | 2,892,900 |
| 2016-04 | 2,899,300 |
| 2016-03 | 2,886,500 |
| 2016-02 | 2,882,500 |
| 2016-01 | 2,878,900 |
| 2015-12 | 2,879,400 |
| 2015-11 | 2,878,700 |
| 2015-10 | 2,874,600 |
| 2015-09 | 2,863,900 |
| 2015-08 | 2,864,100 |
| 2015-07 | 2,863,500 |
| 2015-06 | 2,858,600 |
| 2015-05 | 2,860,100 |
| 2015-04 | 2,851,600 |
| 2015-03 | 2,843,900 |
| 2015-02 | 2,838,800 |
| 2015-01 | 2,833,800 |
| 2014-12 | 2,834,900 |
| 2014-11 | 2,830,600 |
| 2014-10 | 2,825,700 |
| 2014-09 | 2,821,900 |
| 2014-08 | 2,823,100 |
| 2014-07 | 2,818,800 |
| 2014-06 | 2,816,200 |
| 2014-05 | 2,810,300 |
| 2014-04 | 2,797,500 |
| 2014-03 | 2,794,900 |
| 2014-02 | 2,795,800 |
| 2014-01 | 2,792,800 |
| 2013-12 | 2,794,400 |
| 2013-11 | 2,793,100 |
| 2013-10 | 2,791,300 |
| 2013-09 | 2,787,500 |
| 2013-08 | 2,775,500 |
| 2013-07 | 2,760,700 |
| 2013-06 | 2,772,300 |
| 2013-05 | 2,768,600 |
| 2013-04 | 2,753,900 |
| 2013-03 | 2,769,600 |
| 2013-02 | 2,766,100 |
| 2013-01 | 2,758,600 |
| 2012-12 | 2,748,700 |
| 2012-11 | 2,746,600 |
| 2012-10 | 2,740,000 |
| 2012-09 | 2,738,800 |
| 2012-08 | 2,726,200 |
| 2012-07 | 2,714,400 |
| 2012-06 | 2,722,500 |
| 2012-05 | 2,718,000 |
| 2012-04 | 2,724,400 |
| 2012-03 | 2,717,700 |
| 2012-02 | 2,708,000 |
| 2012-01 | 2,704,900 |
| 2011-12 | 2,704,400 |
| 2011-11 | 2,699,000 |
| 2011-10 | 2,696,600 |
| 2011-09 | 2,703,500 |
| 2011-08 | 2,691,200 |
| 2011-07 | 2,665,200 |
| 2011-06 | 2,682,200 |
| 2011-05 | 2,681,600 |
| 2011-04 | 2,675,400 |
| 2011-03 | 2,667,300 |
| 2011-02 | 2,663,800 |
| 2011-01 | 2,661,200 |
| 2010-12 | 2,651,700 |
| 2010-11 | 2,652,100 |
| 2010-10 | 2,649,400 |
| 2010-09 | 2,634,200 |
| 2010-08 | 2,638,900 |
| 2010-07 | 2,635,900 |
| 2010-06 | 2,637,100 |
| 2010-05 | 2,638,000 |
| 2010-04 | 2,637,200 |
| 2010-03 | 2,625,800 |
| 2010-02 | 2,623,500 |
| 2010-01 | 2,625,400 |
| 2009-12 | 2,628,600 |
| 2009-11 | 2,627,700 |
| 2009-10 | 2,629,100 |
| 2009-09 | 2,617,600 |
| 2009-08 | 2,633,300 |
| 2009-07 | 2,641,000 |
| 2009-06 | 2,644,000 |
| 2009-05 | 2,658,600 |
| 2009-04 | 2,663,100 |
| 2009-03 | 2,677,000 |
| 2009-02 | 2,693,500 |
| 2009-01 | 2,708,200 |
| 2008-12 | 2,725,500 |
| 2008-11 | 2,738,900 |
| 2008-10 | 2,751,800 |
| 2008-09 | 2,757,300 |
| 2008-08 | 2,761,500 |
| 2008-07 | 2,764,100 |
| 2008-06 | 2,766,000 |
| 2008-05 | 2,768,700 |
| 2008-04 | 2,767,700 |
| 2008-03 | 2,775,800 |
| 2008-02 | 2,776,900 |
| 2008-01 | 2,772,900 |
| 2007-12 | 2,769,400 |
| 2007-11 | 2,768,700 |
| 2007-10 | 2,765,200 |
| 2007-09 | 2,768,100 |
| 2007-08 | 2,770,700 |
| 2007-07 | 2,773,500 |
| 2007-06 | 2,771,800 |
| 2007-05 | 2,768,600 |
| 2007-04 | 2,767,900 |
| 2007-03 | 2,768,600 |
| 2007-02 | 2,766,500 |
| 2007-01 | 2,764,900 |
| 2006-12 | 2,761,100 |
| 2006-11 | 2,754,000 |
| 2006-10 | 2,749,300 |
| 2006-09 | 2,756,900 |
| 2006-08 | 2,755,800 |
| 2006-07 | 2,756,900 |
| 2006-06 | 2,759,000 |
| 2006-05 | 2,750,800 |
| 2006-04 | 2,756,500 |
| 2006-03 | 2,761,700 |
| 2006-02 | 2,755,600 |
| 2006-01 | 2,754,800 |
| 2005-12 | 2,747,100 |
| 2005-11 | 2,741,800 |
| 2005-10 | 2,738,000 |
| 2005-09 | 2,736,900 |
| 2005-08 | 2,732,200 |
| 2005-07 | 2,728,200 |
| 2005-06 | 2,717,900 |
| 2005-05 | 2,721,600 |
| 2005-04 | 2,713,800 |
| 2005-03 | 2,693,700 |
| 2005-02 | 2,690,400 |
| 2005-01 | 2,682,100 |
| 2004-12 | 2,700,400 |
| 2004-11 | 2,693,500 |
| 2004-10 | 2,693,500 |
| 2004-09 | 2,686,200 |
| 2004-08 | 2,683,000 |
| 2004-07 | 2,682,200 |
| 2004-06 | 2,681,200 |
| 2004-05 | 2,680,300 |
| 2004-04 | 2,677,000 |
| 2004-03 | 2,658,700 |
| 2004-02 | 2,657,500 |
| 2004-01 | 2,654,000 |
| 2003-12 | 2,656,100 |
| 2003-11 | 2,652,800 |
| 2003-10 | 2,654,400 |
| 2003-09 | 2,658,900 |
| 2003-08 | 2,660,200 |
| 2003-07 | 2,656,400 |
| 2003-06 | 2,657,200 |
| 2003-05 | 2,662,600 |
| 2003-04 | 2,662,200 |
| 2003-03 | 2,658,100 |
| 2003-02 | 2,662,400 |
| 2003-01 | 2,661,600 |
| 2002-12 | 2,660,500 |
| 2002-11 | 2,664,000 |
| 2002-10 | 2,660,900 |
| 2002-09 | 2,668,100 |
| 2002-08 | 2,663,200 |
| 2002-07 | 2,667,800 |
| 2002-06 | 2,662,400 |
| 2002-05 | 2,659,800 |
| 2002-04 | 2,658,000 |
| 2002-03 | 2,659,400 |
| 2002-02 | 2,662,300 |
| 2002-01 | 2,664,000 |
| 2001-12 | 2,666,000 |
| 2001-11 | 2,671,700 |
| 2001-10 | 2,675,400 |
| 2001-09 | 2,678,400 |
| 2001-08 | 2,678,500 |
| 2001-07 | 2,684,600 |
| 2001-06 | 2,689,500 |
| 2001-05 | 2,694,300 |
| 2001-04 | 2,697,700 |
| 2001-03 | 2,705,000 |
| 2001-02 | 2,704,800 |
| 2001-01 | 2,700,000 |
| 2000-12 | 2,701,300 |
| 2000-11 | 2,698,200 |
| 2000-10 | 2,695,200 |
| 2000-09 | 2,694,400 |
| 2000-08 | 2,692,500 |
| 2000-07 | 2,685,600 |
| 2000-06 | 2,682,200 |
| 2000-05 | 2,678,600 |
| 2000-04 | 2,681,700 |
| 2000-03 | 2,671,500 |
| 2000-02 | 2,663,300 |
| 2000-01 | 2,651,000 |
| 1999-12 | 2,652,400 |
| 1999-11 | 2,647,000 |
| 1999-10 | 2,642,800 |
| 1999-09 | 2,626,500 |
| 1999-08 | 2,632,800 |
| 1999-07 | 2,631,600 |
| 1999-06 | 2,617,900 |
| 1999-05 | 2,613,000 |
| 1999-04 | 2,611,400 |
| 1999-03 | 2,597,300 |
| 1999-02 | 2,592,900 |
| 1999-01 | 2,589,800 |
| 1998-12 | 2,589,100 |
| 1998-11 | 2,580,100 |
| 1998-10 | 2,572,400 |
| 1998-09 | 2,556,100 |
| 1998-08 | 2,570,300 |
| 1998-07 | 2,562,600 |
| 1998-06 | 2,569,300 |
| 1998-05 | 2,567,000 |
| 1998-04 | 2,555,400 |
| 1998-03 | 2,549,700 |
| 1998-02 | 2,545,400 |
| 1998-01 | 2,540,600 |
| 1997-12 | 2,536,900 |
| 1997-11 | 2,529,900 |
| 1997-10 | 2,522,800 |
| 1997-09 | 2,516,500 |
| 1997-08 | 2,507,900 |
| 1997-07 | 2,506,200 |
| 1997-06 | 2,495,000 |
| 1997-05 | 2,489,400 |
| 1997-04 | 2,479,300 |
| 1997-03 | 2,476,600 |
| 1997-02 | 2,470,800 |
| 1997-01 | 2,465,100 |
| 1996-12 | 2,463,900 |
| 1996-11 | 2,461,300 |
| 1996-10 | 2,453,400 |
| 1996-09 | 2,448,500 |
| 1996-08 | 2,447,000 |
| 1996-07 | 2,444,000 |
| 1996-06 | 2,440,200 |
| 1996-05 | 2,436,900 |
| 1996-04 | 2,432,400 |
| 1996-03 | 2,431,100 |
| 1996-02 | 2,423,400 |
| 1996-01 | 2,419,000 |
| 1995-12 | 2,415,500 |
| 1995-11 | 2,408,300 |
| 1995-10 | 2,402,300 |
| 1995-09 | 2,394,900 |
| 1995-08 | 2,395,700 |
| 1995-07 | 2,389,600 |
| 1995-06 | 2,384,200 |
| 1995-05 | 2,377,100 |
| 1995-04 | 2,376,700 |
| 1995-03 | 2,375,000 |
| 1995-02 | 2,367,700 |
| 1995-01 | 2,359,200 |
| 1994-12 | 2,350,800 |
| 1994-11 | 2,346,800 |
| 1994-10 | 2,334,000 |
| 1994-09 | 2,335,900 |
| 1994-08 | 2,326,200 |
| 1994-07 | 2,320,200 |
| 1994-06 | 2,318,100 |
| 1994-05 | 2,313,300 |
| 1994-04 | 2,304,900 |
| 1994-03 | 2,299,300 |
| 1994-02 | 2,292,900 |
| 1994-01 | 2,284,700 |
| 1993-12 | 2,285,800 |
| 1993-11 | 2,277,800 |
| 1993-10 | 2,273,000 |
| 1993-09 | 2,256,300 |
| 1993-08 | 2,254,000 |
| 1993-07 | 2,251,300 |
| 1993-06 | 2,243,400 |
| 1993-05 | 2,243,000 |
| 1993-04 | 2,239,300 |
| 1993-03 | 2,236,600 |
| 1993-02 | 2,232,400 |
| 1993-01 | 2,230,000 |
| 1992-12 | 2,222,100 |
| 1992-11 | 2,216,100 |
| 1992-10 | 2,212,400 |
| 1992-09 | 2,204,700 |
| 1992-08 | 2,200,900 |
| 1992-07 | 2,197,000 |
| 1992-06 | 2,188,500 |
| 1992-05 | 2,189,200 |
| 1992-04 | 2,180,700 |
| 1992-03 | 2,174,900 |
| 1992-02 | 2,170,100 |
| 1992-01 | 2,169,800 |
| 1991-12 | 2,157,600 |
| 1991-11 | 2,148,300 |
| 1991-10 | 2,154,500 |
| 1991-09 | 2,150,200 |
| 1991-08 | 2,149,500 |
| 1991-07 | 2,145,000 |
| 1991-06 | 2,143,600 |
| 1991-05 | 2,141,000 |
| 1991-04 | 2,140,500 |
| 1991-03 | 2,138,700 |
| 1991-02 | 2,138,400 |
| 1991-01 | 2,143,000 |
| 1990-12 | 2,141,400 |
| 1990-11 | 2,142,200 |
| 1990-10 | 2,139,700 |
| 1990-09 | 2,142,200 |
| 1990-08 | 2,141,400 |
| 1990-07 | 2,138,800 |
| 1990-06 | 2,132,300 |
| 1990-05 | 2,131,100 |
| 1990-04 | 2,133,300 |
| 1990-03 | 2,130,600 |
| 1990-02 | 2,129,700 |
| 1990-01 | 2,123,600 |