South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin
June 2023
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In 2022 the number of covered wage and salaried workers equaled 96.0% of South Dakota's wage and salaried workers. (See the Summary of South Dakota Covered Workers & Annual Pay .)
There were 368,531 South Dakota workers employed in private establishments in 2022. (See the Covered Workers & Annual Pay Table .)
South Dakota’s Financial Activities industry supersector had a worker loss of -0.5% from 2021 to 2022, the only private supersector to note a decline over the year. (See the Summary of South Dakota Covered Workers & Annual Pay .)
There were 1,103 Manufacturing establishments in South Dakota in 2022. (See the Establishments, Workers & Annual Pay Table .)
The average annual pay in South Dakota’s Specialty Trade Contractors industry in 2022 was $55,780. (See the Narrative Analysis with Tables & Graphs for the Construction Supersector .)
Compared to other sectors, the Health Care and Social Assistance sector has the highest level of employment and largest amount of total wages paid out in South Dakota. See the Narrative Analysis with Tables & Graphs for the Health Care and Social Assistance Supersector .)
The Education & Health Services supersector in South Dakota had 11 establishments with 500+ workers in 2022, more than any other supersector. (See Covered Workers & Annual Pay by Establishment Size .)
Lake County had 5,152 covered workers in 2022. (See Covered Workers by County .)McCook County noted a 13.5% increase in average annual pay from 2021 to 2022, the most of all 66 counties. (See Annual Pay for Covered Workers by County .)The Rapid City MSA had 724 Construction establishments with zero to nine employees in 2022, while the Sioux Falls MSA had 1,166. So the answer is Sioux Falls . (See Rapid City MSA by Establishment Size & Supersector and Sioux Falls MSA by Establishment Size & Supersector .)
