About Minnesota's Industries
Minnesota has a diverse economy, with many employment opportunities across multiple industries. This range of industries with many employment opportunities means you have multiple career paths to follow and abundant choices when you consider your future employment plans in Minnesota.
Drive for 5
Minnesota’s Drive for 5 initiative focuses on connecting people with employment in the construction trades, education, health care and social assistance (sometimes called the caring professions), information technology and manufacturing. This initiative is focused on those five occupational groupings because they are in high demand, are projected to be high growth, and provide career paths that lead to family-sustaining wages.
- Construction
- Educational Services
- Health Care and Social Assistance
- Information Technology
- Manufacturing
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Explore industries in-depth
Take a deeper dive on Minnesota’s industry sectors with information on wages, projected growth and more for the state as a whole and broken out by region:
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Learn more about Minnesota's Industries
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