Community Profile: Employment

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (MnDEED) tracks employment levels through the unemployment insurance program and can provide the total number of employees who are covered by unemployment insurance and whose job sites are located within a particular community. On a statewide basis, MnDEED estimates that 97 percent of all jobs are covered by unemployment insurance (including the self-employed, insurance and real estate salespeople, and others who work only on a commission basis). Therefore, the number of covered employees, as calculated by MnDEED, is adjusted by a factor of three percent to account for Bloomington employees who are not covered by unemployment insurance. The statewide three percent adjustment is used because the actual percentage of Bloomington employees not covered by unemployment insurance is not known.

MnDEED provides information on a quarterly basis. Significant seasonal changes do take place, particularly in a community such as Bloomington with a high level of retail employment. The employment figures provided are per job, whether part time or full time. Individuals may have more than one job within Bloomington and, in that case, would be counted more than once.

Visit the Minnesota Workforce Center Web site for additional information regarding employment data and opportunities.

Estimated Employment

Year
Quarter
Year Average
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
1995 92,048 92,974 93,844 96,229 93,774
1996 94,994 97,614 98,284 99,502 97,598
1997 94,833 98,016 99,409 102,868 98,782
1998 101,342 102,439 102,895 104,111 102,697
1999 101,612 102,686 102,746 106,844 103,472
2000 105,195 107,602 107,673 107,502 106,993
2001 102,722 101,592 100,278 100,347 101,235
2002 95,699 97,094 94,034 94,995 95,456
2003 93,211 93,746 94,747 97,608 94,780
2004 93,159 95,398 96,201 97,200 96,636
2005 94,598 96,089 96,455 97,841 96,996
2006 91,594 92,965 93,698 94,656 94,079
2007 92,667 93,859 93,643 94,787 93,923
2008 93,240 93,789 92,989 90,628 93,757
2009 88,154 87,176 86,617 87,661 87,402
2010 86,283 89,033 89,013 90,618 88,737
2011 89,358

 

Source: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (MnDEED) adjusted. Year average is not based on an average of the quarterly employment estimates.

Top Ten employers in 2011

Employer Employees
Mall of America Tenants (retail/entertainment) and Hospitality Association (hotels/restaurants) 13,000
Health Partners (health insurance provider) 2,490
Bloomington School District (education) 1,826
Seagate Technology (computers/manufacturing) 1,600
Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, NA 1,523
Express Scripts (pharmacy benefit management) 1,261
Donaldson Companies, Inc. (automotive equipment) 1,150
The Toro Company (lawn equipment/snowblowers) 876
Normandale Community College (post-secondary education) 631
Polar Semiconductor, Inc. 583

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