How many job openings are there in Minnesota?

Minnesota had 135K job openings as of Dec 2025, per the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), the federal government's monthly labor-demand series.

How many people were hired in Minnesota recently?

Minnesota recorded 89K hires in Dec 2025, according to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. This tallies all payroll additions in the period, regardless of whether headcount grew overall.

What is the quits rate in Minnesota?

58K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Minnesota during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 1.9%. Economists treat the quits rate as a proxy for worker confidence in the job market, a rising rate usually means people feel secure enough to move on.

How many layoffs happened in Minnesota?

There were 28K layoffs and discharges in Minnesota during Dec 2025. The count covers every employer-initiated separation in the period, both permanent layoffs and for-cause discharges.

What are total separations in Minnesota?

Total separations in Minnesota reached 90K in Dec 2025. Separations is the broadest JOLTS turnover measure, it sums voluntary and involuntary departures plus retirements and internal transfers.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Minnesota Labor Market

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for Minnesota from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. State tables often lag the national release (see homepage disclosure).

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

135K
Job openings: 89K
Hires: 1.9%
Quits rate: 21st
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-27 Minnesota

135K openings · 4.3% rate · 89K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 135K
RATE 4.3%
RANK 21st
HIRE 89K
QUIT 1.9%
LAY 28K
YOY -8.2%
PHOTO Kentucky

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Kentucky (4.3%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Minnesota is 21st of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Kentucky →

Labor market health score

41/100

Minnesota, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions

A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.

Job openings rate B+ 4.3%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate F 2.9%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate F 1.9%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Tight rate band

Minnesota sits in the tightest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). Minnesota is 13th of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 13th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.3%).

Minnesota among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Minnesota openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Minnesota sits at 13th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Minnesota openings fell 8.2% year over year

Monthly job openings in Minnesota from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 4.3%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Minnesota sits: Tight but cautious

Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. Minnesota's own openings rate is 4.3% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 1.9% against a 2.2% average.