ST. PAUL, MN (KDAL) – Minnesota’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is at 8.6 percent in June compared to 9.9 percent in May.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says many in the state that were laid off early in the COVID-19 pandemic are starting to return to work but the rate remains more than double what is was before the pandemic.
The national rate is 11.1 perecnt, down from 13.3 percent in May. The Wisconsin unemployment rate is down to 8.5 percent after topping 12 percent in May.
In the Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Statistical Area, the over the year employment growth rate was down by 8.2 percent.
