St. Cloud, Minnesota Job Growth

There were 111,800 jobs in St Cloud, Minnesota in October 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 109,925 employed persons for the month. St Cloud lost 100 jobs in October 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 63 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare St Cloud job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	111,800	-100	+1,800
CPS	109,925	-63	+1,497

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

St Cloud, Minnesota Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for St Cloud as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for St Cloud, Minnesota

CES employment for St Cloud peaked in September 2018 at 111,900. Since then 100 jobs have been lost in St Cloud according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 110,815 for St Cloud in May 2018. 890 jobs have been lost in St Cloud since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

St Cloud, Minnesota Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
October 2018	111,800	-100	109,925	-63
September 2018	111,900	600	109,988	-154
August 2018	111,300	0	110,142	-581
July 2018	111,300	0	110,723	-24
June 2018	111,300	200	110,747	-68
May 2018	111,100	400	110,815	495
April 2018	110,700	100	110,320	194
March 2018	110,600	200	110,126	247
February 2018	110,400	0	109,879	672
January 2018	110,400	200	109,207	550
December 2017	110,200	200	108,657	123
November 2017	110,000	0	108,534	106