- Home to LMIC
- Home to e-Labor Bulletin
- Overview of the Labor Market
- Economic Snapshot
- Tables of Most Current Data Available
- Nonfarm Wage & Salaried Workers
- Labor Supply
- Labor Force
- Annualized Pay of Workers Covered by Reemployment Assistance (formerly Unemployment Insurance)
- National Economic Indicators
- South Dakota Labor Bulletin Articles
- South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin Archive
- Subscribe
South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin
South Dakota City Labor Force
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Areas | August 2025 | August 2024 | |||||||
| Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Rate | Labor Force | Employment | Unemployment | Rate | ||
| Aberdeen | 15,064 | 14,731 | 333 | 2.2% | 15,240 | 14,949 | 291 | 1.9% | |
| Brandon | 6,290 | 6,166 | 124 | 2.0% | 6,232 | 6,144 | 88 | 1.4% | |
| Brookings | 13,224 | 12,898 | 326 | 2.5% | 13,110 | 12,802 | 308 | 2.3% | |
| Huron | 6,767 | 6,609 | 158 | 2.3% | 6,714 | 6,599 | 115 | 1.7% | |
| Mitchell | 8,944 | 8,770 | 174 | 1.9% | 8,900 | 8,756 | 144 | 1.6% | |
| Pierre | 7,508 | 7,373 | 135 | 1.8% | 7,501 | 7,382 | 119 | 1.6% | |
| Rapid City | 42,454 | 41,541 | 913 | 2.2% | 42,251 | 41,477 | 774 | 1.8% | |
| Sioux Falls | 121,054 | 118,425 | 2,629 | 2.2% | 120,223 | 118,016 | 2,207 | 1.8% | |
| Sioux Falls - Lincoln | 23,732 | 23,254 | 478 | 2.0% | 23,573 | 23,184 | 389 | 1.7% | |
| Sioux Falls - Minnehaha | 97,322 | 95,171 | 2,151 | 2.2% | 96,650 | 94,832 | 1,818 | 1.9% | |
| Spearfish | 7,504 | 7,355 | 149 | 2.0% | 7,289 | 7,161 | 128 | 1.8% | |
| Vermillion | 6,145 | 5,992 | 153 | 2.5% | 6,061 | 5,902 | 159 | 2.6% | |
| Watertown | 13,359 | 13,071 | 288 | 2.2% | 13,280 | 13,049 | 231 | 1.7% | |
| Yankton | 8,236 | 8,085 | 151 | 1.8% | 8,221 | 8,074 | 147 | 1.8% | |
Note: 2025 data is preliminary and subject to revision. Data may not sum to totals because of rounding. Source: Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
|||||||||