Local job numbers shoot up 5.8% year over year in August
MANKATO — Local job numbers grew 5.8% in August compared to a year earlier, continuing the trend of strong monthly job gains. Manufacturing jobs in...
MANKATO — Local job numbers grew 5.8% in August compared to a year earlier, continuing the trend of strong monthly job gains. Manufacturing jobs in Blue Earth and Nicollet counties, which make up the Mankato-North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area, grew 3.8% year over year, according to numbers released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Local service job numbers grew 6.3% while government added 13.2% to its job numbers compared to a year earlier. The local area added 3,184 jobs year over year, for a total of 58,204 jobs in the two counties.