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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industry June
2025
 May
2025		 June
2024 		Percent Change
Last
Month		 Last
Year
TOTAL 78,800 77,000 78,300 2.3% 0.6%
Total Private 66,900 64,900 66,300 3.1% 0.9%
Goods Producing 9,600 9,400 9,500 2.1% 1.1%
Service Providing 69,200 67,600 68,800 2.4% 0.6%
Private Service Providing 57,300 55,500 56,800 3.2% 0.9%
Mining, Logging and Construction 6,800 6,600 6,500 3.0% 4.6%
Manufacturing 2,800 2,800 3,000 0.0% -6.7%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 14,900 14,700 14,900 1.4% 0.0%
   Wholesale Trade 2,900 2,900 2,900 0.0% 0.0%
   Retail Trade 10,200 10,000 10,100 2.0% 1.0%
   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 7,400 7,600 1.4% -1.3%
Private Education and Health Services 13,900 13,700 13,300 1.5% 4.5%
Leisure and Hospitality 12,600 11,300 12,600 11.5% 0.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 4,100 4,100 4,000 0.0% 2.5%
Government 11,900 12,100 12,000 -1.7% -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.