Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area September 2025   September 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 82,278 80,741 1,537 1.9% 80,952 79,734 1,218 1.5%
Sioux Falls MSA* 177,052 173,871 3,181 1.8% 176,415 174,014 2,401 1.4%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,157 21,764 393 1.8% 22,289 21,989 300 1.3%
Brookings MiSA 19,817 19,471 346 1.7% 19,743 19,466 277 1.4%
Huron MiSA 9,044 8,879 165 1.8% 8,964 8,836 128 1.4%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,397 14,157 240 1.7% 14,498 14,305 193 1.3%
Pierre MiSA* 11,386 11,207 179 1.6% 11,389 11,252 137 1.2%
Spearfish MiSA 16,078 15,794 284 1.8% 15,641 15,421 220 1.4%
Vermillion MiSA 8,509 8,357 152 1.8% 8,342 8,219 123 1.5%
Watertown MiSA 16,760 16,470 290 1.7% 16,729 16,513 216 1.3%
Yankton MiSA 12,507 12,288 219 1.8% 12,541 12,383 158 1.3%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,156 3,032 124 3.9% 3,097 2,981 116 3.7%

Notes:
2025 data is preliminary and subject to revision. Data may not sum to totals because of rounding.
*Beginning with data for January 2025, designations for the areas with an asterisk (*) have changed. Data for 2024 reflect the prior area designations. For example, the January 2025 data for the Sioux Falls MSA includes Rock County of Minnesota as well as Lincoln, Minnehaha, McCook and Turner counties of South Dakota as it formerly did. For more information, see the definition links below.

Source: Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Access historical labor force data.
See the definition of labor force.
See the definition of MSA.
See the definition of MiSA.
See the definition of LMA.
See technical notes about labor force data.