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A labor survey conducted by the Crookston Development Authority (CDA) shows an educated, work ethic, skilled labor force available in Crookston. With the Expansion of UMC, the community will have college graduates, adept at computer technology, ready to be added to the available labor pool.

Labor Market Information

Crookston represents a healthy workforce with a low unemployment rate.

  Polk County
Total Employment
17,294
Available Workforce
18,137
Unemployment Rate
4.6%

Source: DEED - Labor Market Information: LAUS Annual Average 2003


For the most up-to-date labor market information on Crookston (Polk County), Minnesota, please visit the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) website.

For more information on Northwest Minnesota’s labor force, employers and students, check out the NW Minnesota Labor Force Assessment.

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Employment By Industry

  Polk County
Natural Resources and Mining
469
Construction
360
Manufacturing
1,584
Trade, Transportation and Utilities
2,231
Information
174
Financial Activities
343
Professional and Business Services
400
Education and Health Services
2,459
Leisure and Hospitality
1,126
Other Services
463
Government
2,556

Source: DEED - Labor Market Information: CEW Annual Data 2003

 

Occupations and Wages in Northwest Minnesota

Job Title Wage/Hr
Accountants and Auditors $21.78
Administrative Services Managers $27.62
Adult Literacy, Remedial Education, and GED Teachers and Instructors $19.32
Advertising and Promotions Managers $23.93
Advertising Sales Agents $13.47
Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sales Managers $31.83
Agricultural and Food Scientists $30.22
Agricultural Equipment Operators $9.87
Agricultural Inspectors $20.87
Agricultural Workers $10.25
Air Transportation Workers $25.79
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians $18.74
All other art and design workers $14.19
All other construction trades and related workers $19.57
All other counselors, social and religious workers $14.99
All other drafters, engineering, and mapping techn $18.83
All other financial, information, and record clerk $13.76
All other gaming workers $10.02
All other legal and related workers $14.32
All other printing workers $13.36
All other secretaries, administrative assistants, $11.95
Amusement and Recreation Attendants $7.94
Anesthesiologists $65.72
Animal Care and Service Workers $7.05
Animal Control Workers $13.34
Announcers $9.84
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate $21.80
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval $27.11
Architects, Surveyors, and Cartographers $23.03
Architectural and Civil Drafters $16.37
Architecture and Engineering Occupations $21.07
Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians $15.60
Art and Design Workers $12.90
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations $14.42
Assemblers and Fabricators $12.43
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other $11.77
Audio and Video Equipment Technicians $17.76
Audio-Visual Collections Specialists $20.98
Automotive Body and Related Repairers $16.78
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics $13.59
Baggage Porters and Bellhops $6.95
Bailiffs $11.54
Bakers $9.23
Bartenders $7.36
Bill and Account Collectors $13.71
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators $12.33
Biological Technicians $18.00
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $12.17
Brickmasons and Blockmasons $21.85
Broadcast Technicians $13.79
Brokerage Clerks $15.34
Budget Analysts $24.05
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations $8.82
Building Cleaning and Pest Control Workers $8.34
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists $15.39
Bus Drivers, School $13.21
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity $13.60
Business and Financial Operations Occupations $20.18
Business Operations Specialists $19.23
Business Operations Specialists, All Other $18.95
Butchers and Meat Cutters $11.68
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters $14.49
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians $25.41
Cargo and Freight Agents $17.78
Carpenters $15.76
Carpet Installers $22.99
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists $20.04
Cashiers $7.33
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers $16.23
Chefs and Head Cooks $10.01
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders $13.34
Chemists $22.02
Chief Executives $42.28
Child Care Workers $8.35
Child, Family, and School Social Workers $18.75
Civil Engineering Technicians $20.79
Civil Engineers $27.08
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators $16.15
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment $9.19
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders $11.72
Clergy $19.51
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists $26.08
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $13.28
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers $16.66
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food $6.90
Commercial and Industrial Designers $17.77
Communications Equipment Operators $10.35
Community and Social Services Occupations $14.75
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists $20.00
Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construction, Health and Safety, and Transportation $21.08
Computer and Information Systems Managers $33.07
Computer and Mathematical Occupations $21.75
Computer Operators $14.15
Computer Programmers $24.53
Computer Software Engineers, Applications $35.45
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software $23.33
Computer Specialists $21.76
Computer Specialists, All Other $24.02
Computer Support Specialists $15.93
Computer Systems Analysts $26.91
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers $13.75
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic $12.38
Conservation Scientists $26.34
Construction and Building Inspectors $19.40
Construction and Extraction Occupations $16.32
Construction Laborers $14.23
Construction Managers $28.26
Construction Trades Workers $16.35
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door $23.15
Conveyor Operators and Tenders $13.22
Cooks and Food Preparation Workers $8.69
Cooks, Fast Food $7.96
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria $10.49
Cooks, Restaurant $8.99
Cooks, Short Order $8.49
Correctional Officers and Jailers $15.84
Cost Estimators $19.57
Counselors, Social Workers, and Other Community and Social Service Specialists $14.68
Counter and Rental Clerks $7.27
Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop $6.92
Couriers and Messengers $10.43
Court Reporters $29.68
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks $15.72
Crane and Tower Operators $14.26
Credit Analysts $21.19
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks $11.42
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $16.38
Customer Service Representatives $11.91
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $12.83
Data Entry Keyers $9.98
Database Administrators $22.59
Demonstrators and Product Promoters $8.71
Dental Assistants $13.26
Dental Hygienists $25.56
Dentists $38.77
Desktop Publishers $15.07
Detectives and Criminal Investigators $25.56
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers $26.31
Dietetic Technicians $13.04
Dietitians and Nutritionists $22.48
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers $6.62
Dishwashers $6.85
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance $15.27
Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians $17.99
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $13.93
Driver/Sales Workers $13.23
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers $23.47
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas $17.55
Editors $18.54
Education Administrators, Postsecondary $29.27
Education Administrators, Preschool and Child Care Center/Program $17.16
Education, Training, and Library Occupations $18.07
Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors $16.53
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers $13.42
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians $18.66
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $20.79
Electrical and Electronics Drafters $20.22
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment $24.82
Electrical Engineers $28.40
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers $24.81
Electricians $20.26
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer $29.68
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs $16.03
Emergency Management Specialists $21.74
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics $11.08
Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists $18.21
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers $12.21
Engineering Managers $42.34
Engineers $27.10
Engineers, All Other $29.34
Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers $16.27
Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers $7.95
Environmental Engineering Technicians $17.65
Environmental Engineers $22.58
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health $16.16
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health $20.70
Etchers and Engravers $13.41
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators $15.74
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $14.69
Extraction Workers $11.24
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $10.06
Farm and Home Management Advisors $18.10
Farm Equipment Mechanics $13.64
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations $10.77
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers, All Other $10.89
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse $9.52
Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals $9.18
File Clerks $9.93
Financial Analysts $24.67
Financial Clerks $11.49
Financial Examiners $29.52
Financial Managers $36.70
Financial Specialists $21.79
Financial Specialists, All Other $21.64
Fire Fighters $13.55
Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers $13.66
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers $22.36
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Correctional Officers $20.68
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers $19.07
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers $16.25
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers $10.80
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand $16.83
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers $11.98
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers $16.97
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers $21.72
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Non-Retail Sales Workers $25.58
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers $17.24
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Personal Service Workers $13.12
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Police and Detectives $24.20
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers $17.69
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers $14.32
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators $16.50
First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Service Workers $16.17
First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Service Workers, All Other $8.53
Fish and Game Wardens $27.76
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors $7.98
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles $12.18
Floral Designers $9.35
Food and Beverage Serving Workers $6.74
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders $13.13
Food Batchmakers $11.53
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders $10.89
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations $7.39
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other $8.13
Food Preparation Workers $8.48
Food Processing Workers $10.75
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant $8.52
Food Service Managers $16.43
Forest and Conservation Technicians $16.03
Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers $14.20
Foresters $24.13
Funeral Attendants $6.47
Funeral Directors $17.95
Funeral Service Workers $6.58
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders $18.90
Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners $7.30
Gaming Supervisors $13.32
Gas Plant Operators $25.76
General and Operations Managers $28.76
Glaziers $12.75
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products $8.52
Graphic Designers $14.19
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand $12.88
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $11.45
Grounds Maintenance Workers $10.29
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists $8.24
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors $36.92
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners $26.36
Health Educators $12.89
Health professionals and technicians, all other $11.22
Health Technologists and Technicians $14.48
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations $20.21
Healthcare Support Occupations $10.27
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other $10.07
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers $17.35
Helpers, Construction Trades $11.21
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other $11.39
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters $11.03
Helpers--Carpenters $11.05
Helpers--Electricians $10.82
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers $9.25
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters $18.93
Helpers--Production Workers $10.32
Highway Maintenance Workers $15.77
Home Appliance Repairers $17.22
Home Health Aides $9.16
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop $7.58
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks $8.04
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping $15.51
Human Resources Managers $32.76
Hydrologists $28.08
Industrial Engineering Technicians $17.76
Industrial Engineers $27.80
Industrial Machinery Mechanics $17.63
Industrial Production Managers $30.36
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators $12.90
Information and Record Clerks $11.09
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $12.61
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations $15.39
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other $11.88
Instructional Coordinators $21.47
Insulation Workers $17.10
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks $15.52
Insurance Sales Agents $17.83
Interior Designers $15.77
Interpreters and Translators $14.10
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan $10.54
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $9.45
Job Printers $16.78
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates $51.02
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand $10.17
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers $10.33
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $13.99
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers $9.02
Law Clerks $19.23
Law Enforcement Workers $17.52
Lawyers $30.91
Lawyers, Judges, and Related Workers $33.60
Legal Occupations $21.48
Legal Secretaries $13.32
Legal Support Workers $16.32
Legislators $6.60
Librarians $20.99
Librarians, Curators, and Archivists $13.79
Library Assistants, Clerical $8.50
Library Technicians $10.57
Library, museum, training, and other education wor $10.74
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses $14.60
Life Scientists $25.37
Life Scientists, All Other $24.04
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations $21.09
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians $16.07
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other $16.84
Loan Interviewers and Clerks $12.33
Loan Officers $22.47
Lodging Managers $14.42
Machine Feeders and Offbearers $12.65
Machinists $14.96
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners $7.45
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service $13.40
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General $14.19
Maintenance Workers, Machinery $14.28
Management Analysts $22.90
Management Occupations $28.04
Managers, All Other $31.32
Manicurists and Pedicurists $8.17
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers $11.46
Market Research Analysts $25.35
Marketing Managers $32.25
Massage Therapists $15.88
Material Moving Workers $10.44
Material Moving Workers, All Other $11.14
Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Workers $11.30
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers $10.96
Mechanical Drafters $16.58
Mechanical Engineering Technicians $17.15
Mechanical Engineers $26.18
Media and Communication Equipment Workers $16.54
Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other $20.28
Media and Communication Workers $16.17
Media and Communication Workers, All Other $14.44
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians $16.30
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists $21.37
Medical and Health Services Managers $31.01
Medical and Public Health Social Workers $17.78
Medical Assistants $11.39
Medical Equipment Preparers $10.89
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians $13.02
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists $28.07
Medical Secretaries $11.45
Medical Transcriptionists $12.65
Meeting and Convention Planners $16.27
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers $18.07
Mental Health Counselors $13.24
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers $11.16
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers $13.83
Meter Readers, Utilities $19.65
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $13.46
Millwrights $17.06
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $12.38
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines $17.83
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $12.15
Motor Vehicle Operators $13.00
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other $8.72
Motorboat Mechanics $16.14
Motorcycle Mechanics $14.46
Multi-Media Artists and Animators $10.64
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic $12.75
Natural Sciences Managers $37.59
Network and Computer Systems Administrators $23.30
Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts $21.45
New Accounts Clerks $11.16
News Analysts, Reporters and Correspondents $12.20
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers $6.98
Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers $16.09
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants $10.32
Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides $9.94
Occupational and Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides $14.13
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists and Technicians $23.01
Occupational Therapist Assistants $16.18
Occupational Therapists $23.48
Office and Administrative Support Occupations $11.52
Office Clerks, General $10.55
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer $12.70
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators $17.03
Operations Specialties Managers $31.58
Opticians, Dispensing $12.56
Optometrists $48.59
Order Clerks $11.56
Other Construction and Related Workers $15.47
Other Education, Training, and Library Occupations $10.04
Other Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers $7.00
Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations $17.65
Other Healthcare Support Occupations $12.23
Other Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations $15.14
Other Management Occupations $28.10
Other Office and Administrative Support Workers $10.78
Other Personal Care and Service Workers $9.20
Other Production Occupations $11.42
Other Protective Service Workers $9.40
Other Sales and Related Workers $15.28
Other Teachers and Instructors $14.83
Other Transportation Workers $7.48
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics $11.58
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders $11.49
Packers and Packagers, Hand $8.40
Painters, Construction and Maintenance $15.99
Painters, Transportation Equipment $14.32
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers $10.16
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $10.49
Paralegals and Legal Assistants $16.80
Parts Salespersons $11.21
Patternmakers, Wood $10.85
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators $17.19
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks $13.75
Personal and Home Care Aides $10.10
Personal Appearance Workers $8.28
Personal Care and Service Occupations $8.80
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other $6.50
Personal Financial Advisors $11.29
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers $16.81
Pharmacists $41.36
Pharmacy Aides $9.61
Pharmacy Technicians $11.43
Photographers $12.28
Photographic Process Workers $13.45
Photographic Processing Machine Operators $8.98
Physical Scientists $22.48
Physical Scientists, All Other $26.45
Physical Therapist Aides $10.07
Physical Therapist Assistants $17.00
Physical Therapists $27.61
Physician Assistants $33.80
Pipelayers $16.25
Plant and System Operators $18.72
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters $14.19
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers $18.38
Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers $15.02
Postal Service Clerks $20.38
Postal Service Mail Carriers $19.72
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators $16.67
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents $23.47
Postsecondary Teachers $24.01
Power Distributors and Dispatchers $27.62
Prepress Technicians and Workers $16.75
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $12.44
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials $9.96
Primary, Secondary, and Special Education School Teachers $19.81
Printing Machine Operators $12.16
Printing Workers $13.99
Private Detectives and Investigators $15.45
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists $18.26
Procurement Clerks $10.91
Production Occupations $12.59
Production Workers, All Other $10.93
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks $14.93
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers $14.52
Protective Service Occupations $13.15
Protective Service Workers, All Other $8.50
Public Relations Managers $35.39
Public Relations Specialists $24.28
Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products $17.93
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products $20.08
Purchasing Managers $29.15
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians $21.11
Real Estate Sales Agents $24.06
Receptionists and Information Clerks $10.12
Recreation Workers $7.83
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians $13.08
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors $11.55
Registered Nurses $23.92
Rehabilitation Counselors $16.15
Religious Workers $18.14
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks $10.16
Respiratory Therapists $21.24
Respiratory Therapy Technicians $18.23
Retail Sales Workers $7.82
Retail Salespersons $8.35
Roofers $15.58
Sales and Related Occupations $8.75
Sales and Related Workers, All Other $15.95
Sales Engineers $29.26
Sales Managers $31.03
Sales Representatives, Services $16.75
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing $20.04
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products $19.50
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products $27.76
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood $12.68
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $13.42
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $12.93
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents $27.98
Security Guards $10.26
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers $15.65
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $10.95
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners $11.96
Service Station Attendants $7.53
Sewing Machine Operators $10.62
Sheet Metal Workers $16.70
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks $11.95
Social and Community Service Managers $23.09
Social and Human Service Assistants $12.31
Social Scientists and Related Workers $25.80
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other $28.31
Speech-Language Pathologists $22.47
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