Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Area Labor Force

Not Seasonally Adjusted


Area November 2025   November 2024
Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate Labor Force Employment Unemployment Rate
Rapid City MSA 81,310 79,588 1,722 2.1% 80,782 79,341 1,441 1.8%
Sioux Falls MSA* 175,484 171,937 3,547 2.0% 175,772 172,991 2,781 1.6%
Aberdeen MiSA 22,172 21,727 445 2.0% 22,337 21,958 379 1.7%
Brookings MiSA 20,470 20,018 452 2.2% 20,074 19,709 365 1.8%
Huron MiSA 8,921 8,741 180 2.0% 8,919 8,775 144 1.6%
Mitchell MiSA* 14,461 14,187 274 1.9% 14,602 14,377 225 1.5%
Pierre MiSA* 11,082 10,882 200 1.8% 11,326 11,173 153 1.4%
Spearfish MiSA 15,447 15,127 320 2.1% 15,427 15,157 270 1.8%
Vermillion MiSA 8,706 8,496 210 2.4% 8,530 8,364 166 1.9%
Watertown MiSA 16,679 16,349 330 2.0% 16,723 16,457 266 1.6%
Yankton MiSA 12,129 11,898 231 1.9% 12,445 12,263 182 1.5%
Dewey-Ziebach LMA 3,130 2,998 132 4.2% 3,125 3,011 114 3.6%

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.