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Minnesota's employers slashed 16,700 jobs last month to boost the state's unemployment rate to 8.4 percent.
While the number was far from the nation's 9.5 percent jobless rate for June, state results were still a disappointment because Minnesota had experienced several months of relatively flat job losses. The state's jobless rate was 8.1 percent in May.
"Leading indicators still leave us with the facts that jobs in Minnesota have not recovered as fast as we had hoped," said Dan McElroy, commissioner of the state's Department of Employment and Economic Development.
The construction sector lost 3,900 jobs in June, manufacturing lost 3,700 jobs and professional and business services lost 3,500. In contrast to the big improvement the state saw in May, the leisure and hospitality industry lost 3,000 jobs. Logging and mining jobs fell by 1,000, government, services and information jobs fell a respective 800, 800 and 700. Education and health care jobs also fell by 700.
There were a few job gains. The retail, trade, transpiration and utilities sector added 800 jobs last month, while the financial activities sector saw a bump of 600 positions.
McElroy repeatedly stressed that there are resources available to help and that job seekers should contact a state workforce center in their region or call 1-888-GET-JOBS to find out about jobs.
"There are programs available that can help," he said. "We have unprecedented amount of dollars available largely because of stimulus dollars but also because of state funds for programs in our workforce centers. And we have more people in our workforce centers than we have in a long time."
Dee DePass • 612-673-7725
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