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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

Rapid City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industry August
2026
 July
2026		 August
2025		 Percent Change
Last
Month		 Last
Year
TOTAL 78,600 78,000 78,900 0.8% -0.4%
Total Private 68,000 67,700 68,500 0.4% -0.7%
Goods Producing 9,700 9,700 9,600 0.0% 1.0%
Service Providing 68,900 68,300 69,300 0.9% -0.6%
Private Service Providing 58,300 58,000 58,900 0.5% -1.0%
Mining, Logging and Construction 6,900 6,900 6,800 0.0% 1.5%
Manufacturing 2,800 2,800 2,800 0.0% 0.0%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 14,200 14,300 15,000 -0.7% -5.3%
   Wholesale Trade 2,800 2,800 2,800 0.0% 0.0%
   Retail Trade 9,600 9,700 10,300 -1.0% -6.8%
   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 3,700 3,700 -2.7% -2.7%
Professional and Business Services 7,400 7,500 7,600 -1.3% -2.6%
Private Education and Health Services 14,200 14,200 13,900 0.0% 2.2%
Leisure and Hospitality 14,200 13,500 13,900 5.2% 2.2%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 4,000 4,100 4,100 -2.4% -2.4%
Government 10,600 10,300 10,400 2.9% 1.9%
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
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