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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industry August
2025
July
2025
August
2024
Percent Change
Last
Month
Last
Year
TOTAL 78,500 77,400 78,500 1.4% 0.0%
Total Private 67,700 67,100 67,400 0.9% 0.4%
Goods Producing 9,600 9,600 9,500 0.0% 1.1%
Service Providing 68,900 67,800 69,000 1.6% -0.1%
Private Service Providing 58,100 57,500 57,900 1.0% 0.3%
Mining, Logging and Construction 6,800 6,800 6,600 0.0% 3.0%
Manufacturing 2,800 2,800 2,900 0.0% -3.4%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 15,100 15,200 15,100 -0.7% 0.0%
   Wholesale Trade 2,900 2,900 2,800 0.0% 3.6%
   Retail Trade 10,400 10,500 10,400 -1.0% 0.0%
   Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 1,800 1,800 1,900 0.0% -5.3%
Information 700 700 700 0.0% 0.0%
Financial Activities 3,600 3,600 3,700 0.0% -2.7%
Professional and Business Services 7,500 7,500 7,400 0.0% 1.4%
Private Education and Health Services 13,800 13,800 13,400 0.0% 3.0%
Leisure and Hospitality 13,200 12,600 13,600 4.8% -2.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 4,200 4,100 4,000 2.4% 5.0%
Government 10,800 10,300 11,100 4.9% -2.7%
Notes: 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
Access historical Rapid City MSA nonfarm wage and salaried worker data.
See the definition of nonfarm wage and salaried workers.
See the definition of the Rapid City MSA.
See technical notes about nonfarm worker estimates.