Current Employment Statistics Jobs Data

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When it comes to judging the economic strength of a particular region relative to jobs, one of the best sources is CES data from the MN Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), which measures the number of paid employees in a particular region, excluding self-employment and farm jobs.

Greater Mankato
Current Employment Statistics (CES)
(Mankato-North Mankato, MN MSA, which includes all of Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties)

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual Average
2018	58,135	58,702	58,550	58,868	58,977	59,384	57,694	58,736	60,339	61,982			59,144
2017	56,502	57,070	57,270	57,912	57,693	56,837	55,251	56,335	58,481	60,217	59,601	58,911	57,673
2016	56,235	57,050	56,933	57,210	56,982	55,769	54,513	55,192	57,305	59,001	58,211	57,614	56,835
2015	54,486	55,375	55,344	56,055	55,936	55,565	54,264	54,968	56,622	58,439	58,173	57,749	56,081
2014	54,169	54,880	54,550	54,972	55,349	55,206	53,376	53,520	55,190	56,547	56,316	56,081	55,013
2013	53,634	54,201	54,204	54,558	54,979	54,958	52,699	53,268	55,173	56,826	56,167	56,119	54,732
2012	52,708	53,027	53,248	53,944	53,625	53,832	52,469	52,104	53,986	55,343	54,936	54,736	53,663
2011	52,131	52,484	52,694	53,666	53,875	54,053	52,231	52,558	53,811	54,683	54,114	53,518	53,318
2010	51,247	51,530	51,729	52,349	52,563	52,696	50,913	50,477	51,748	53,641	53,741	53,066	52,142