Minnesota Passes Wisconsin in Total Jobs

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Minnesota Passes Wisconsin in Total Jobs

By Jeff Van Wychen | July 12, 2018

 

 

 

 

Total 2017 employment in Minnesota eclipsed that of Wisconsin for the first time in history,* despite having over 200,000 fewer people. Just ten years ago, Minnesota had 93,000 fewer jobs than Wisconsin. The Gopher State now has 6,200 more jobs, according to the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).† In light of recent trends in job and wage growth in the two states, Minnesota has no reason to mimic Wisconsin’s conservative fiscal policies.

During the current business cycle—which began with the onset of the Great Recession in 2007—Minnesota’s employment growth has surpassed that of Wisconsin by nearly 100,000 jobs. In each year since 2010, Minnesota job growth has exceeded that of Wisconsin—a fact which University of Michigan Labor Economist Donald Grimes considers“somewhat remarkable.”

Even if we exclude public sector jobs, total Minnesota employment now surpasses Wisconsin employment. In 2017, Minnesota had 2,473,423 private sector jobs—757 more than Wisconsin (2,472,666). As with total employment, Minnesota’s private job growth has exceeded Wisconsin’s every year since 2010.

Throughout recent history, both states have participated in a national trend in which the number of goods-producing jobs has declined, while the number of service-providing jobs has increased. Wisconsin’s employment base is comprised of an unusually high percentage of goods-producing jobs—a fact which contributes to the state’s lackluster job growth vis-à-vis Minnesota and the rest of the nation.

However, this fact does not fully explain the sub-par job growth in the Badger State. If we examine the goods-producing and service-providing jobs separately, Wisconsin still underperforms Minnesota in each category. Since the beginning of the current business cycle in 2007, the rate of decline in goods-producing jobs has been significantly greater in Wisconsin than in Minnesota, while the rate of growth in service jobs has been significantly less.

The quality of jobs—as measured by wages—has also improved more rapidly in Minnesota than in Wisconsin. Throughout recent history, average annual pay‡ in Minnesota has exceeded that of Wisconsin. Since 2007, the size of the average annual pay gap between the two states has increased by $2,567 (41%) in nominal dollars (i.e., unadjusted for inflation) and by $1,414 (19%) in constant 2017 dollars. Over 80% of the growth in the pay gap between Minnesota.....

 

http://northstarpolicy.org/minnesota-passes-wisconsin-in-total-jobs

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Ok? what is the relevance of this? Not being snarky but I know very little about the two states , except I get sent to the upper peninsula of Wisconsin one time in early March and it was too cold

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3 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Ok? what is the relevance of this? Not being snarky but I know very little about the two states , except I get sent to the upper peninsula of Wisconsin one time in early March and it was too cold

Wisconsin was a conservative model state, while Minnesota was supposed to suffer because it didn't follow conservative orthodoxy. 

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12 hours ago, Póg mo said:

Wisconsin was a conservative model state, while Minnesota was supposed to suffer because it didn't follow conservative orthodoxy. 

Wisconsin is a conservative model state?  If anything, they are purple just like Michigan, so not really sure this is a big thing.

 

12 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Ok? what is the relevance of this? Not being snarky but I know very little about the two states , except I get sent to the upper peninsula of Wisconsin one time in early March and it was too cold

Wisconsin does not have an Upper Peninsula, Michigan does.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

2 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

Wisconsin is a conservative model state?  If anything, they are purple just like Michigan, so not really sure this is a big thing.

 

Wisconsin does not have an Upper Peninsula, Michigan does.

Ok let me regroup. I flew into Iron Mountain Michigan and then traveled by car to a paper mill in Niagara wisconsin? It was way too cold for a boy from the deep south

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2 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Ok let me regroup. I flew into Iron Mountain Michigan and then traveled by car to a paper mill in Niagara wisconsin? It was way too cold for a boy from the deep south

Especially if you do it in Winter!

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Just now, Bill & Katya said:

Especially if you do it in Winter!

It was March and the rivers were still frozen

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11 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

It was March and the rivers were still frozen

Up there Spring lasts about a week and starts at the first week of June.