From 2022 to 2023, employment in Rochester, MN grew at a rate of 0.201%, from 65k employees to 65.2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Rochester, MN, are Health Care & Social Assistance (27,038 people), Retail Trade (5,617 people), and Manufacturing (5,033 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Rochester, MN, though some of these residents may live in Rochester, MN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.