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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industry May
2026
 April
2026		 May
2025		 Percent Change
Last
Month		 Last
Year
TOTAL 78,000 75,700 77,300 3.0% 0.9%
Total Private 65,900 63,600 65,200 3.6% 1.1%
Goods Producing 9,500 9,200 9,500 3.3% 0.0%
Service Providing 68,500 66,500 67,800 3.0% 1.0%
Private Service Providing 56,400 54,400 55,700 3.7% 1.3%
Mining, Logging and Construction 6,700 6,400 6,500 4.7% 3.1%
Manufacturing 2,800 2,800 3,000 0.0% -6.7%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 14,300 13,900 14,400 2.9% -0.7%
   Wholesale Trade 2,800 2,800 2,800 0.0% 0.0%
   Retail Trade 9,700 9,300 9,700 4.3% 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 3,700 3,600 3,600 2.8% 2.8%
Professional and Business Services 7,300 7,300 7,400 0.0% -1.4%
Private Education and Health Services 14,200 14,200 13,700 0.0% 3.6%
Leisure and Hospitality 12,100 10,600 11,900 14.2% 1.7%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 4,100 4,100 4,000 0.0% 2.5%
Government 12,100 12,100 12,100 0.0% 0.0%
Notes: 2026 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.