Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area August 2025   August 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 83,176 81,391 1,785 2.1% 82,872 81,309 1,563 1.9%
Sioux Falls MSA* 176,989 173,175 3,814 2.2% 175,911 172,737 3,174 1.8%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,099 21,629 470 2.1% 22,334 21,928 406 1.8%
Brookings MiSA 19,294 18,835 459 2.4% 19,105 18,695 410 2.1%
Huron MiSA 9,166 8,970 196 2.1% 9,112 8,956 156 1.7%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,444 14,170 274 1.9% 14,446 14,190 256 1.8%
Pierre MiSA* 11,462 11,262 200 1.7% 11,435 11,252 183 1.6%
Spearfish MiSA 16,203 15,865 338 2.1% 15,739 15,446 293 1.9%
Vermillion MiSA 7,859 7,665 194 2.5% 7,735 7,550 185 2.4%
Watertown MiSA 16,732 16,398 334 2.0% 16,652 16,370 282 1.7%
Yankton MiSA 12,523 12,268 255 2.0% 12,466 12,251 215 1.7%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,165 2,984 181 5.7% 3,210 3,038 172 5.4%

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.