The work force in a 30 mile radius of New Ulm is approximately 86,500. The unemployment rate for Brown County (New Ulm is the county seat of Brown County) was 3.6% in July of 2006. The neighboring counties unemployment rates for the same period ranged from 2.9% in Nicollet County and 3.0% in Blue Earth County to 3.7% in Watonwan. New Ulm has available workers.

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Labor Costs
According to the Minnesota Department of Economic Security, the average weekly wage in Brown County in the 1st quarter of 2006 (the most current data available) was $577. By comparison, the state wide average weekly wage for the same period was $828, or more than 43% higher than the average Brown County wage! New Ulm labor is significantly less expensive than the state wide average.

Brown County First Quarter 2006

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For more information, go to Minnesota Workforce Centers.

Quotes from New Ulm Employers on the Labor Force - New Ulm employers boast about the quality of their employees:

Mark Pollock, then Kraft Plant Manager says the New Ulm Kraft work force “take a tremendous amount of pride in being able to produce a quality product at a low cost.” Pollock also noted that Kraft employees recently achieved one million hours worked without a loss-time accident.

Ron Peterson, Plant Manager for 3M's 950 employee plant in New Ulm says, "The New Ulm Plant is among the highest 3M plants in attendance with more than half of the employees posting perfect records." Peterson continues, "We have some people who have been here 25, 30 years with perfect attendance."

Tom Zitzmann, Plant Manager of Holm Industries 180 employee plant in New Ulm says, "The staff at Holm are renowned as good workers."

Nancy Fogelberg, President of American Artstone (38 employees) in New Ulm says "There is a high quality work ethic here that is very difficult to find elsewhere."

Emil Lonardo, President of Quality Motion Control Technologies (140 employees) says, "the New Ulm workers have a tremendous loyalty to the company" and “that loyalty is a big advantage that QMC has over its competitors".

If you would like to be able to boast about your workforce New Ulm is the place to be. The New Ulm area has a large, available, low cost and dedicated work force!