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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industry May
2025
April
2025
May
2024
Percent Change
Last
Month
Last
Year
TOTAL 77,000 75,500 76,000 2.0% 1.3%
Total Private 64,900 63,500 64,000 2.2% 1.4%
Goods Producing 9,400 9,200 9,300 2.2% 1.1%
Service Providing 67,600 66,300 66,700 2.0% 1.3%
Private Service Providing 55,500 54,300 54,700 2.2% 1.5%
Mining, Logging and Construction 6,600 6,400 6,300 3.1% 4.8%
Manufacturing 2,800 2,800 3,000 0.0% -6.7%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 14,900 14,700 14,500 1.4% 2.8%
   Wholesale Trade 3,000 2,900 2,800 3.4% 7.1%
   Retail Trade 10,100 10,000 9,900 1.0% 2.0%
   Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 1,800 1,800 1,800 0.0% 0.0%
Information 700 700 700 0.0% 0.0%
Financial Activities 3,500 3,500 3,600 0.0% -2.8%
Professional and Business Services 7,400 7,400 7,300 0.0% 1.4%
Private Education and Health Services 13,700 13,700 13,300 0.0% 3.0%
Leisure and Hospitality 11,200 10,200 11,400 9.8% -1.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 4,100 4,100 3,900 0.0% 5.1%
Government 12,100 12,000 12,000 0.8% 0.8%
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.