{"id":5688,"date":"2019-05-17T10:17:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T14:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greatermankatoblog.com\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2024-01-04T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T21:16:24","slug":"april-2019-employment-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatermankato.com\/so\/blog\/april-2019-employment-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2019 Employment Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development released the April 2019\u00a0employment figures on Thursday. The Mankato \u2013 North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) saw a gain of <a href=\"https:\/\/greatermankato.com\/so\/current-employment-statistics-jobs-data\/\">501 jobs or 0.9% year-over-year in the month of April. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Private sector hourly earning have significantly increased over the last two years. Since April of 2017, wages have increased 12.3%; to $26.87 per hour. 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