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Red Wing, MN 55066
651.385.3638
Fax: 651.388.4782

Workforce

Employment by Occupations & Wages in Southeastern Minnesota

Local Workforce
Red Wing
Goodhue
County
Goodhue &
adjacent
counties
Mpls/St Paul MN
WI MSA
Total labor force
8,359
25,217
298,267
1,939,304
Employed
7,960
24,148
287,368
2,822,297
Unemployed
399
1,069
10,899
117,007
Unemployment Rate
4.8%
4.2%
3.7%
4.0%

Source: DEED's Local Area Unemployment Statistics (annual average for 2006)
NOTE: "Goodhue and adjacent" is based on the city's labor shed: Goodhue, Dakota, Wabasha, Pierce and Pepin

 

Job Title
Wage/Hr
Accountants & Auditors
$23.34
Assemblers & Fabricators
$12.14
Bookkeeping, Acct'ing & Auditing Clerks
$14.64
Crushing & Mixing Mach. Opers. & Tenders
$14.65
Electrical and Electron Engineering Technicans         $19.93
General Managers & Top Executives
$32.87
General Office Clerks
$12.07
Hand Packers & Packagers
$8.87
Machine Feeders & Offbearers
$13.01
Maintenance Repairers, General Utility
$16.33
Sales Representatives
$20.88
Secretaries, Except Legal & Medical
$17.80
Stock Clerks, Stockroom or Warehouse
$9.01
Computer Systems Analysts
$32.27
Truck Drivers, Heavy or Tractor Trailer
$17.18
Welders & Cutters

$16.00

Total, All Occupations in SE MN         $15.04

DEED's Occupational Employment Statistics, Wage data from 2007, 1st Quarter

Employment By Industry

(Full wage and employment data for Southeast Minnesota is available at http://www.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/tools/oes.htm )


Industry


Red Wing


Goodhue
County

Goodhue & Adjacent Counties*


Seven-County Metro Area

Total, all industries

10,199

20,989

213,638

1,611,194

Natural Resources and Mining

NA

283

1,629

3,590

Construction

NA

711

13,371

75,509

Manufacturing

2,218

3,786

26,365

185,220

Trade, Transportation and Utilities

2,001

4,556

51,296

309,958

Wholesale Trade

166

560

NA

83,769

Retail Trade

1,671

2,731

27,366

168,958

Transportation and Warehousing

N/A

585

11,220

51,986

Utilities

NA

682

NA

5,244

Information

143

233

NA

40,410

Financial Activities

371

81

NA

136,729

Professional And Business Services

645

1,278

20,098

254,207

Education and Health Services

2,208

4,040

37,699

314,725

Leisure and Hospitality

953

1,890

NA

146,644

Other Services

4035

710

8,569

54,892

Public Administration

9050

1,210

7,520

64,656

*City's labor shed (area providing employees): Goodhue, Dakota, Wabasha, Pierce, and Pepin counties. Source: DEED's Quarterly Census of employment and Wages (annual averages for 2006)

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