Health Care & Social Assistance Labor Market Information

Unfilled openings in Health Care & Social Assistance in Minnesota 

Many Caring Career employers continue to struggle to hire the staff they need, a situation that was true prior to the pandemic and which was greatly exacerbated during the pandemic. The latest Job Vacancy Survey results from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development show a continued high number of vacancies in the Health Care & Social Assistance industry. While vacancies in the sector have declined from 45,000 openings in 2022 to 31,700 openings in 2024, the sector continues to have the most unfilled positions of any industry in Minnesota. 

Read this blog post about job vacancies across the Health Care & Social Assistance industry, trends and impacts plus tips for a successful workforce strategy in this sector:

• Minnesota's health care workforce: what employers need to know

The labor market situation for Health Care & Social Assistance varies across Minnesota. Check out these regional blogs from DEED’s Labor Market Information Office for more detail on various aspects of the health care hiring situation in your part of Minnesota in 2025: 

• Central Minnesota
• Northeast Minnesota 
• Northwest Minnesota
• Southeast Minnesota
• Southwest Minnesota
• Twin Cities Metro

For more information about labor market conditions in your part of Minnesota, reach out to your regional analyst.

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