Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area June 2025   June 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 83,534 81,974 1,560 1.9% 82,257 80,693 1,564 1.9%
Sioux Falls MSA* 179,124 175,876 3,248 1.8% 176,719 173,525 3,194 1.8%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,547 22,144 403 1.8% 22,616 22,208 408 1.8%
Brookings MiSA 19,557 19,161 396 2.0% 19,495 19,098 397 2.0%
Huron MiSA 9,328 9,162 166 1.8% 9,294 9,132 162 1.7%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,537 14,285 252 1.7% 14,427 14,168 259 1.8%
Pierre MiSA* 11,643 11,481 162 1.4% 11,570 11,387 183 1.6%
Spearfish MiSA 16,510 16,219 291 1.8% 15,868 15,574 294 1.9%
Vermillion MiSA 7,808 7,620 188 2.4% 7,676 7,504 172 2.2%
Watertown MiSA 17,063 16,753 310 1.8% 16,884 16,600 284 1.7%
Yankton MiSA 12,930 12,682 248 1.9% 12,682 12,460 222 1.8%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,257 3,072 185 5.7% 3,300 3,082 218 6.6%

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.