{"id":661760,"date":"2026-05-24T05:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/661760\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T05:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T05:27:16","slug":"new-data-shows-rochester-area-job-losses-mounting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/661760\/","title":{"rendered":"New Data Shows Rochester Area Job Losses Mounting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News<\/a>) – After a lengthy period of strong job gains, job losses continued to mount in the Rochester <\/a>area last month.<\/p>\n

More Than 1,100 Jobs Lost Over the Past Year<\/p>\n

The latest jobs data released by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development <\/a>indicate that overall employment in the Rochester Metropolitan Statistical Area shrank by nearly 1,100 positions from April of last year through last month. That equates to a negative job growth rate <\/a>of nearly 1% and follows the year-over-year loss of approximately 100 jobs reported for March.<\/p>\n

Sharp Contrast With Strong 2025 Growth<\/p>\n

By comparison, the jobs data from April 2025 showed a year-over-year gain of more than 6,300 jobs, representing a job growth rate of 5.1%.<\/p>\n

Every Major Minnesota Metro Posts Job Losses<\/p>\n

Every large metropolitan area in the state recorded year-over-year job losses in April. The monthly report shows the Twin Cities<\/a> area experienced a loss of 8,700 jobs for a negative job growth rate of 0.4%, while Duluth p<\/a>osted a negative job growth rate of 0.9% with a net loss of about 1,200 jobs.<\/p>\n

St. Cloud<\/a> and Mankato <\/a>both recorded negative job growth rates of 0.8%, with St. Cloud reporting a net loss of 835 jobs and Mankato seeing a decline of about 500 jobs.<\/p>\n

Statewide Job Growth Remains Weak<\/p>\n

Statewide, the annual job growth rate was only one-tenth of a percentage point, with a net gain of a little more than 4,000 jobs.<\/p>\n

\"KROC-AMMinnesota Unemployment Rate Remains Above National Level<\/p>\n

The report indicates Minnesota’s economy experienced a net gain of nearly 16,000 jobs from March through April, while the size of the state’s labor force shrank by more than 10,000 people. That resulted in a seasonally adjusted jobless rate<\/a> of 4.5%, matching the unemployment<\/a> rate reported for March. It also marked another month in which Minnesota’s jobless rate was higher than the national unemployment rate of 4.3%.<\/p>\n

The 10 Most Common Crimes In Minnesota<\/p>\n

These are the most common crimes in Minnesota as of 2026, according to data from the FBI and research done by the Injury Lawyer Team.<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Lauren Wells<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) – After a lengthy period of strong job gains, job losses continued to mount…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,81856,101,289583,17111,983,268168,149855,289505,126876,145],"class_list":["post-661760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-duluth","tag-economy","tag-job-growth-rate","tag-jobless-rate","tag-local-news","tag-mankato","tag-rochester-minnesota","tag-st-cloud","tag-twin-cities","tag-unemployment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}