Minneapolis Jobs

Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Hennepin County. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities, these two cities form the core of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.2 million residents. The city of Minneapolis' population is estimated at 372,811 people as of 2005. Once a hub for timber and flour milling, Minneapolis is the primary business center in the expanse between Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington. The city's 6,400 acres of public parks are located within six city blocks of every home and designed for year-round recreational use. The third-largest theater market in the United States, Modern Minneapolis, settled in 1854, became an important flour manufacturing center in the late 19th century as mills utilized hydropower...more

The economy of Minneapolis today is based in commerce, finance, rail and trucking services, health care, and industry. Smaller components are in publishing, milling, food processing, graphic arts, insurance, and high technology. Industry produces metal and automotive products, chemical and agricultural products, electronics, computers, precision medical instruments and devices, plastics, and machinery. The largest business headquartered in Minneapolis, Target Corporation, grew from the store George Dayton built on Nicollet Avenue in 1902. Ameriprise Financial, Carlson Companies, Donaldson Company, Goldner Hawn, PepsiAmericas, RBC Dain Rauscher, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, U.S. Bancorp, Xcel Energy, and Valspar Corporation are based in the city as are the law firms Faegre & Benson and Dorsey & Whitney. The headquarters of Allina Hospitals & Clinics is in the historic million-square foot Midtown Exchange on Lake Street. Cargill, Dairy Queen, General Mills, Medtronic, and Nash...more

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Among the most common occupations in Minneapolis are Management, professional, and related occupations, 39%. Sales and office occupations, 21%. and Service occupations, 18%. Approximately 75 percent of workers in Minneapolis, Minnesota work for companies, 12 percent work for the government and 4 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Minneapolis Jobs are for business analyst jobs, project manager jobs, sales specialist jobs, sales associate jobs, inside sales jobs and service specialist jobs.

The leading industries in Minneapolis, Minnesota are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 21%; Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 14%; and Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services, 11%. Simply Hired's Minneapolis job listings indicate that the following industries in Minneapolis are hiring the most workers: Computer Makers, Computer Equipment Mfg, Computer Storage Device Mfg, Equity Research and Investment Advisers.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Minneapolis, Minnesota is $38,471, and the median income of households in Minneapolis was $41,829.

Minneapolis has an unemployment rate of 8.8%, compared the national average of 6.9%.

According to our Minneapolis Trends data, the number of Minneapolis, Minnesota jobs has increased by 6% since April 2008.

Population of Minneapolis Total population 350,260 Male 50.53% Female 49.47% Median age 32.1     Minneapolis Housing Owner-occupied homes 53.3% Median cost of a home $226,900 Median mortgage payment $1,008 Renter-occupied homes 46.7% Vacant housing 8.5% Median monthly rent $705     Average Income Median for all workers $27,005 Median for all male full-time $41,042 Median for all female full-time $35,900     Household Income Less than $10,000 11% $10,000 to $14,999 7% $15,000 to $24,999 13% $25,000 to $34,999 11% $35,000 to $49,999 15% $50,000 to $74,999 18% $75,000 to $99,999 10% $100,000 to $149,999 9% $150,000 to $199,999 3% $200,000 or more 2%

Education Less than 9th grade 7% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 7% High school graduate 19% Some college, no degree 18% Associate's degree 6% Bachelor's degree 28% Graduate degree 15%     Marital Status Never married 47% Currently married 37% Separated 2% Widowed 4% Divorced 10%     Race White 67% Black or African American 17% Asian 6% Other 10%     Minneapolis Commute Carpool 12.8% Public transportation 12.5% Average travel time 21 minutes

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