Are you moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota, or even just considering doing so? If you are, then you're probably interested in your prospects for employment in the city. Will you be able to find a position in your field or will you end up stocking shelves in a wastewater treatment chemicals warehouse for minimum wage? Well, general prospects for employment are pretty good. The unemployment rate is 7%, equal to the state average and lower than the national average. Here are some of the more active job sectors.
For Men
The top Minneapolis job sectors among males in the workforce are education, which employs 10% of working men, and professional services, which employs 9%. This means that the prospects are very good for trained white collar professionals like Burlington lawyers or Los Angeles Spanish teachers. Other sectors that make the top list include tourism, health care, finance, administration, and construction, in that order.
For Women
Minneapolis businesses don't discriminate against women, but the females in the city's workforce tend to gravitate toward different careers. Health care careers like doctor and
MRI shielding technician share top spot with educational careers like teacher and principal, each employing 13% of the female workforce. Tourism employs a further 10% and professional services 9%. Other popular job sectors include (from most to least popular) finance, administration, and social services.
Top Industries
Above are the industries with the highest employment numbers, but are they the same industries that bring in the most money for Minneapolis? Yes and no. The biggest moneymakers are manufacturing (which includes everything from processing dairy products to keel repair), high technology, and finance, some of which show up in the employment lists. Overall the economy is quite varied, so there is no one type of career that will have an especially difficult time finding work.
Biggest Employers
So where should you start looking for a job? The largest employers in the city are the most likely to have open positions, but be sure not to neglect smaller outfits. The State of Minnesota is the city's #1 employer, followed by the U.S. Government and Target (of department store fame). The University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic (famed for cancer research) are next, then comes Allina Health and Northwest Airlines. Rounding out the list are Fairview Health Services, 3M Innovations (makers of adhesives like high temperature tape and post-it notes), and Wells Fargo Financial.
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