Business phone system for temporary help services in Minneapolis, MN-WI

Temporary help services in Minneapolis, MN-WI by the numbers

There were 502 temporary help services in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area in 2023, according to Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 561320, Temporary Help Services). Together they reported 25,401 mid-March employees and $1.4 billion of payroll for the year. That ranks 15th of the 637 metro and micropolitan areas where Census published a count for this industry.

With 3.8 million residents in the Census 2024 estimate, that is 13.4 temporary help services per 100,000 people, 18.8% above the national rate of 11.2. Establishments average 50.6 employees, 46.9% below the U.S. average of 95.3. Payroll per employee comes to $54,361, 11.8% above the national $48,635.

How big temporary help services in Minneapolis, MN-WI are

Of the temporary help services in Minneapolis, MN-WI that had employees in March 2023, 39.8% had fewer than five (the U.S. share is 37.2%). 47.8% had fewer than ten. When a business has only a few people, whoever is free answers the phone, and calls that arrive while everyone is busy go to voicemail unless they are routed somewhere else.

What temporary help services in Minneapolis, MN-WI use the phone for

Staffing agencies fill shifts on short notice, so the phone is constantly in use with workers and clients. Early-morning call-outs require quick action.

Typical inbound and outbound calls for temporary help services in Minneapolis, MN-WI:

• The agency calls workers about open shifts.
• A client calls for extra workers tomorrow.
• A client calls about a timesheet.

Calls after closing time

Call-outs and shift requests arrive early and late, so after-hours routing matters.

Callata transcribes voicemail and triages it for urgency, so the first callback in the morning can go to the caller who needs it most.

Callata vs. per-seat pricing for temporary help services in Minneapolis, MN-WI

The average temporary staffing agency in Minneapolis, MN-WI has 50.6 employees, so a 51-person team is a reasonable benchmark. Priced per seat, 51 users would run $1,530.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $1,272.45 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 51 people cost $1,019.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $6,132. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Getting a local number in Minneapolis, MN-WI

NANPA records place the exchanges of the area's named cities and towns in 8 area codes. 651 has the most, with 58 of 263 exchanges (22%). Callata's plan includes up to 3 local numbers; you can pick them in the area codes your workers and clients recognize, subject to carrier inventory, or port the number you already have for free.

What temporary help services in Minneapolis, MN-WI get with Callata

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Minneapolis, MN-WI, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.