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419 Bush Street
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

South East

MN

Mpls/St Paul MN
WI MSA
Total labor force
8,383
25,625
274,636
1,836,266
Employed
7,795
23,835
257,687
1,718,472
Unemployed
588
1,790
16,949
117,794
Unemployment Rate
7%
7%
6.2%
6.4%

Source: DEED's Local Area Unemployment Statistics (data from December 2008)

 

Job Title
Wage/Hr
Accountants & Auditors
$25.25
Assemblers & Fabricators
$14.13
Bookkeeping, Acct'ing & Auditing Clerks
$15.50
Crushing & Mixing Mach. Opers. & Tenders
$14.80
Electrical and Electron Engineering Technicans         $21.17
General Managers & Top Executives
$46.16
General Office Clerks
$12.87
Hand Packers & Packagers
$9.19
Machine Feeders & Offbearers
$15.32
Maintenance Repairers, General Utility
$17.10
Sales Representatives
$24.01
Secretaries, Except Legal & Medical
$17.17
Stock Clerks, Stockroom or Warehouse
$9.50
Computer Systems Analysts
$36.04
Truck Drivers, Heavy or Tractor Trailer
$17.80
Welders & Cutters

$17.28

Total, All Occupations in SE MN         $16.06

4th Quarter 2008, DEED's Occupational Employment Statistics, Wage data from 2007, 2nd 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

South East

MN


Seven-County Metro Area

Total, all industries

10,249

21,562

235,385

1,622,746

Natural Resources and Mining

NA

332

2,522

4,521

Construction

NA

750

9,368

66,373

Manufacturing

2,207

3,670

40,283

178,941

Trade, Transportation and Utilities

1,892

4,806

43,102

320,080

Wholesale Trade

196

709

6,976

83,102

Retail Trade

1,502

2,477

27,703

164,526

Transportation and Warehousing

N/A

651

6,970

66,686

Utilities

NA

820

1,451

5,765

Information

193

271

3,457

43,456

Financial Activities

386

830

8,372

133,687

Professional And Business Services

648

1,380

13,664

256,767

Education and Health Services

2,332

4,198

75,311

336,329

Leisure and Hospitality

1,018

3,336

21,985

157,388

Other Services

424

729

6,569

55,822

Public Administration

904

1,257

10,508

67,294

*City's labor shed (area providing employees): Source: DEED's Quarterly Census of employment and Wages (annual averages 2nd quarter 2008, data from 2007)

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