Release Dates
| Reference Month of Data | Release of U.S. Data | Release of Statewide Labor Force & Nonfarm Worker Data | Release of all Monthly Data and South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin |
Release of Seasonally Adjusted Labor Force Data for Metrpolitan Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2011 | 01/06/12 | 01/18/12 | 01/27/12 | 02/01/12 |
| January 2012 | 02/03/12 | 03/01/2012 | 03/09/12 | 03/23/2012 |
| February 2012 | 03/09/12 | 03/22/2012 | 03/26/12 | 04/10/2012 |
| March 2012 | 04/06/12 | 04/19/2012 | 04/27/12 | 05/02/2012 |
| April 2012 | 05/04/12 | 05/17/2012 | 05/25/12 | 05/30/2012 |
| May 2012 | 06/01/12 | 06/14/2012 | 06/22/12 | 06/27/2012 |
| June 2012 | 07/06/12 | 07/19/2012 | 07/27/12 | 08/01/2012 |
| July 2012 | 08/03/12 | 08/16/2012 | 08/24/12 | 08/29/2012 |
| August 2012 | 09/07/12 | 09/20/2012 | 09/28/12 | 10/03/2012 |
| September 2012 | 10/05/12 | 10/18/2012 | 10/26/12 | 10/30/2012 |
| October 2012 | 11/02/12 | 11/16/2012 | 11/21/12 | 11/28/2012 |
| November 2012 | 12/07/12 | 12/20/2012 | 12/28/12 | 01/08/2013 |
| December 2012 | 01/04/13 | 01/17/2013 | 01/25/13 | 01/30/2013 |
| Each year, there is a lag in the publication of January estimates due to data benchmarking, which is a time-consuming but important process to ensure accuracy of data. For more information on benchmarking, please visit our technical notes page. |