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Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
Nonfarm Worker Levels
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Industry | January 2023 |
December 2022 |
January 2022 |
Percent Change |
|
| Last Month |
Last Year |
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| TOTAL | 71,700 | 72,900 | 68,500 | -1.6% | 4.7% |
| Total Private | 60,300 | 61,300 | 57,400 | -1.6% | 5.1% |
| Goods Producing | 8,400 | 8,600 | 8,000 | -2.3% | 5.0% |
| Service Providing | 63,300 | 64,300 | 60,500 | -1.6% | 4.6% |
| Private Service Providing | 51,900 | 52,700 | 49,400 | -1.5% | 5.1% |
| Mining, Logging and Construction | 5,300 | 5,500 | 5,100 | -3.6% | 3.9% |
| Manufacturing | 3,100 | 3,100 | 2,900 | 0.0% | 6.9% |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 14,500 | 15,000 | 13,800 | -3.3% | 5.1% |
| Wholesale Trade | 2,800 | 2,800 | 2,600 | 0.0% | 7.7% |
| Retail Trade | 9,700 | 10,100 | 9,300 | -4.0% | 4.3% |
| Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities | 2,000 | 2,100 | 1,900 | -4.8% | 5.3% |
| Information | 700 | 700 | 700 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Financial Activities | 3,700 | 3,700 | 3,500 | 0.0% | 5.7% |
| Professional and Business Services | 7,000 | 7,000 | 6,500 | 0.0% | 7.7% |
| Private Education and Health Services | 12,800 | 12,900 | 12,600 | -0.8% | 1.6% |
| Leisure and Hospitality | 9,700 | 9,800 | 8,800 | -1.0% | 10.2% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 3,500 | 3,600 | 3,500 | -2.8% | 0.0% |
| Government | 11,400 | 11,600 | 11,100 | -1.7% | 2.7% |
| Notes: 2023 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. |
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