State overview · MN · Census CBP 2023
Minnesota Industry Benchmarks
Employment, establishments, and payroll for 912 industries in Minnesota. Drill into any industry for a Minnesota-specific view, then cross-reference the national page for margins.
- 2.8M
- Workers
- 154K
- Establishments
- 912
- Industries tracked
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · Minnesota
Minnesota employs 2,788,620 workers across 912 tracked industries, led by Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (150,335 workers) among the 402 detailed industries with published employment.
No single sector dominates Minnesota (lead 17%; top-three 40%). Margins stay on national industry pages.
Minnesota sector employment mix
Share of private-sector employment by NAICS-2 sector (Census CBP 2023). Tile area = workers.
Minnesota spreads employment across sectors: the largest, Health Care and Social Assistance, is only 17% of 2,788,620 private-sector workers (about the 69th percentile of states by employment). No single NAICS-2 block dominates the private labor market here.
Not ranked: 1 of 20 sectors has no published employment figure. Census County Business Patterns applies 2% or more noise to those cells, and PlainBizBench publishes only low-noise figures rather than estimating. Total employment, shares and the mix on this page sum only the sectors with a published figure. How we handle withheld data.
| Sector | Workers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care and Social Assistance (62) | 482,616 | 17% |
| Manufacturing (31) | 325,317 | 12% |
| Retail Trade (44) | 306,468 | 11% |
| Top-three cumulative 40% - no single NAICS-2 block dominates. | ||
Profit margins are national (IRS SOI); open any industry row below, then the matching national industry page for profitability.
Census CBP firm roll
County Business Patterns MN DISTRIBUTED · CBP
#16/51 · 2,788,620 workers · 154,084 firms
- EMP 2,788,620
- EST 154,084
- RANK #16/51
- PCT 69th pct
- LEAD Health Care and Soci…
- SHARE 17% lead
- BAND distributed
- DENS 18.1 /firm
- BOOK 912 NAICS
- PHOTO Washington
Nearest employment-scale peer: Washington (2,749,118 workers)
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Minnesota ranks #16 of 51 states and territories by total private-sector employment (level-2 sector totals, the same non-double-counted aggregate shown above). Margins stay on national industry pages (IRS SOI). Read with this state → · Lead 6-digit industry →
MN in the employment-scale neighbourhood
Top Industries by Employment
Not ranked: 442 of 844 detailed industries have no published employment figure. Census County Business Patterns applies 2% or more noise to those cells, and PlainBizBench publishes only low-noise figures rather than estimating. Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (2,687), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (1,494) and Portfolio Management (1,166) report more establishments than Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices, so Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices leads only among the 402 detailed industries with published employment. How we handle withheld data.
Breadth peers near Minnesota's private employment
Nearest other states by Census CBP level-2 private employment (2,788,620 in Minnesota), excluding MN.
Source: Census Bureau County Business Patterns (CBP) 2023 · MN
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