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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industry October
2024
September
2024
October
2023
Percent Change
Last
Month
Last
Year
TOTAL 76,000 76,200 75,300 -0.3% 0.9%
Total Private 63,400 63,800 63,400 -0.6% 0.0%
Goods Producing 9,300 9,400 9,200 -1.1% 1.1%
Service Providing 66,700 66,800 66,100 -0.1% 0.9%
Private Service Providing 54,100 54,400 54,200 -0.6% -0.2%
Mining, Logging and Construction 6,400 6,500 6,200 -1.5% 3.2%
Manufacturing 2,900 2,900 3,000 0.0% -3.3%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 15,100 15,000 14,700 0.7% 2.7%
   Wholesale Trade 2,800 2,800 2,800 0.0% 0.0%
   Retail Trade 10,400 10,400 10,000 0.0% 4.0%
   Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 1,900 1,800 1,900 5.6% 0.0%
Information 800 800 800 0.0% 0.0%
Financial Activities 3,600 3,600 3,800 0.0% -5.3%
Professional and Business Services 7,100 7,100 7,200 0.0% -1.4%
Private Education and Health Services 13,100 13,000 13,000 0.8% 0.8%
Leisure and Hospitality 10,600 11,100 10,900 -4.5% -2.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 3,800 3,800 3,800 0.0% 0.0%
Government 12,600 12,400 11,900 1.6% 5.9%
Notes: 2024 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.