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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industry March
2025
February
2025
March
2024
Percent Change
Last
Month
Last
Year
TOTAL 74,300 74,000 72,400 0.4% 2.6%
Total Private 62,300 62,100 60,500 0.3% 3.0%
Goods Producing 9,000 8,900 8,900 1.1% 1.1%
Service Providing 65,300 65,100 63,500 0.3% 2.8%
Private Service Providing 53,300 53,200 51,600 0.2% 3.3%
Mining, Logging and Construction 6,200 6,100 5,900 1.6% 5.1%
Manufacturing 2,800 2,800 3,000 0.0% -6.7%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 14,400 14,500 14,000 -0.7% 2.9%
   Wholesale Trade 2,800 2,800 2,800 0.0% 0.0%
   Retail Trade 9,800 9,900 9,500 -1.0% 3.2%
   Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 1,800 1,800 1,700 0.0% 5.9%
Information 700 700 700 0.0% 0.0%
Financial Activities 3,600 3,600 3,600 0.0% 0.0%
Professional and Business Services 7,300 7,200 7,000 1.4% 4.3%
Private Education and Health Services 13,600 13,600 13,200 0.0% 3.0%
Leisure and Hospitality 9,600 9,600 9,300 0.0% 3.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 4,100 4,000 3,800 2.5% 7.9%
Government 12,000 11,900 11,900 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.