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Minnesota Jobs Stable Over the Month and Grew Over the Year
Minnesota's monthly job growth was flat in December and the state's unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.1%, according to data released on January 22, 2026 by the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The private sector lost 1,700 jobs between November and December on a seasonally adjusted basis, for which the Local Government subsector made up with 1,700 jobs gained in the same period. The labor force increased by over 2,100 people and the labor force participation rate stayed at 68.2% over the month. Over the year, Minnesota gained more than 37,143 jobs, up 1.2%, compared to 0.3% nationally. The private sector gained 37,315 jobs, up 1.4%, compared to 0.5% nationally.
Eight supersectors gained jobs in Minnesota over the year while three supersectors lost jobs, compared to five supersectors nationally seeing jobs growth and six seeing declines. The Education and Health Services supersector saw the largest growth in Minnesota with 21,492 jobs gained, followed by Manufacturing, which gained 5,838 jobs. Professional & Business Services; Leisure and Hospitality; Trade, Transportation, and Utilities; Other Services; Construction; and Mining and Logging also added jobs.
$3.37 Million Raised for Highway 14 Interchanges at County Roads 3 and 5
Plans for Highway 14 Interchanges at County Roads 3 and 5
The City of Byron and Olmsted County partnered in the successful funding requests from Representative Finstad’s office and Olmsted County’s Corridors of Commerce funding program to raise approximately $3.37 million to initiate planning and design work on the Highway 14 interchanges at County Roads 3 and 5 in Byron.
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