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Workforce
<br />• The Minneapolis -St. Paul metro offers a labor pool of • Minnesota's hard-working ethic is reflected in the fifth -
<br />over 1.7 million workers.
<br />Labor Force for Selected Metros, 2009
<br />Location
<br />Chicago -Naperville -Joliet, IL -IN -WI
<br />Minneapolis -St. Paul -Bloomington, MN -WI
<br />Detroit -Warren -Livonia, MI
<br />Cincinnati -Middletown, OH -KY -IN
<br />Indianapolis, IN
<br />Milwaukee -Waukesha, WI
<br />Employment
<br />4,099,878
<br />1,656,702
<br />1,647,435
<br />956,678
<br />827,148
<br />778,778
<br />highest labor force participation rate in the nation.
<br />Labor Force Participation Rates, 2009
<br />State
<br />Minnesota
<br />Wisconsin
<br />Illinois
<br />Ohio
<br />Indiana
<br />Michigan
<br />Labor Force Participation Rate
<br />71.9%
<br />70.2%
<br />66.8%
<br />66.0%
<br />65.1%
<br />63.1%
<br />Rank
<br />5
<br />12
<br />22
<br />25
<br />31
<br />41
<br />Employment for Selected Production Occupations by Location
<br />Occupation
<br />General and Operations Managers
<br />First -Line Supervisors/Managers of
<br />Production and Operating Workers
<br />Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
<br />Assemblers and Fabricators All Other
<br />Forging Machine Setters Operators and
<br />Tenders Metal and Plastic
<br />Rolling Machine Setters Operators and
<br />Tenders Metal and Plastic
<br />Cutting Punching and Press Machine
<br />Setters Operators and Tenders Metal
<br />and Plastic
<br />Grinding Lapping Polishing and Buffing
<br />Machine Tool Setters Operators Metal
<br />and Plastic
<br />Milling and Planing Machine Setters
<br />Operators and Tenders Metal and Plastic
<br />Metal -Refining Furnace Operators and
<br />Tenders
<br />Model Makers Metal and Plastic
<br />Molding Coremaking and Casting Machine
<br />Setters Operators Metal and Plastic
<br />Multiple Machine Tool Setters Operators
<br />and Tenders Metal and Plastic
<br />Tool and Die Makers
<br />Welders Cutters Solderers and Brazers
<br />Welding Soldering and Brazing Machine
<br />Setters Operators and Tenders
<br />Heat Treating Equipment Setters Operators
<br />and Tenders Metal and Plastic
<br />Lay -Out Workers Metal and Plastic
<br />Metal Workers and Plastic Workers All
<br />Other
<br />Production Workers All Other
<br />na: not available.
<br />Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, Occupational and Employment Statistics, May 2009.
<br />Minneapolis -St. Paul -
<br />Bloomington, MN -WI
<br />20,930
<br />8,410
<br />670
<br />7,480
<br />200
<br />370
<br />3,410
<br />1,590
<br />320
<br />220
<br />110
<br />3,310
<br />760
<br />1,380
<br />4,370
<br />260
<br />120
<br />40
<br />660
<br />5,730
<br />Chicago -Naperville -
<br />Joliet, IL -IN -WI
<br />Cincinnati -
<br />Middletown,
<br />OH -KY -IN
<br />Indianapolis,
<br />IN
<br />Milwaukee -
<br />Waukesha -West
<br />Allis, WI
<br />Detroit -Livonia -
<br />Dearborn, MI
<br />1,010
<br />160
<br />1,970
<br />21,100
<br />47,190
<br />22,780
<br />7,210
<br />5,190
<br />510
<br />450 5,530
<br />8,080
<br />5,770
<br />3,970
<br />1,650 660 na 550 na
<br />9,870 2,020 170 2,160 5,220
<br />1,090 60 na na 150
<br />3,660 700 na 240 290
<br />2,030 3,590 2,860
<br />9,100 420
<br />760 1,720 490
<br />3,090 120
<br />1,400 130 na 170 160
<br />960 na na 170 na
<br />440 na na 100 120
<br />4,490 1,050 na 2,750 440
<br />3,160 1,160 na 1,440 890
<br />3,270 640 110 1,460 1,630
<br />9,090 2,310 na 3,330 1,380
<br />1,020 1,260 na 390 na
<br />na 40 440 200
<br />40 na 50 na
<br />510 na 280 160
<br />2,140
<br />380
<br />1,480
<br />4,050
<br />Minnesota employers overwhelmingly praise the quality of the state's workforce. 6
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