Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries August
2025
July
2025
August
2024
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 476,900 476,200 472,500 0.1% 0.9%
Total Private 398,100 398,300 394,900 -0.1% 0.8%
Goods Producing 78,500 78,700 78,000 -0.3% 0.6%
Service Providing 398,400 397,500 394,500 0.2% 1.0%
Private Service Providing 319,600 319,600 316,900 0.0% 0.9%
Mining, Logging and Construction 34,400 34,300 32,900 0.3% 4.6%
Mining and Logging 1,300 1,400 1,300 -7.1% 0.0%
Construction 33,100 32,900 31,600 0.6% 4.7%
  Construction of Buildings 8,400 8,400 7,800 0.0% 7.7%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5,600 5,600 5,400 0.0% 3.7%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 19,100 18,900 18,400 1.1% 3.8%
Manufacturing 44,100 44,400 45,100 -0.7% -2.2%
  Durable Goods 27,500 27,700 27,900 -0.7% -1.4%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,600 16,700 17,200 -0.6% -3.5%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 93,300 93,300 93,100 0.0% 0.2%
  Wholesale Trade 22,800 22,700 22,700 0.4% 0.4%
  Retail Trade 54,900 55,100 54,900 -0.4% 0.0%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,600 15,500 15,500 0.6% 0.6%
Information 5,300 5,300 5,200 0.0% 1.9%
Financial Activities 27,700 28,000 27,700 -1.1% 0.0%
Professional and Business Services 39,300 38,800 38,000 1.3% 3.4%
Private Education and Health Services 78,600 78,800 78,700 -0.3% -0.1%
  Private Educational Services 5,700 5,600 6,400 1.8% -10.9%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 72,900 73,200 72,300 -0.4% 0.8%
    Hospitals 29,200 29,400 29,000 -0.7% 0.7%
Leisure and Hospitality 56,100 56,100 55,300 0.0% 1.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 19,300 19,300 18,900 0.0% 2.1%
Government 78,800 77,900 77,600 1.2% 1.5%
  Federal Government 11,500 11,400 11,800 0.9% -2.5%
  State Government 17,800 17,400 17,000 2.3% 4.7%
    State Education 7,500 7,100 7,400 5.6% 1.4%
  Local Government 49,500 49,100 48,800 0.8% 1.4%
    Local Education 22,500 21,500 22,300 4.7% 0.9%
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 South Dakota nonfarm wage and salaried worker data.
See the definition of nonfarm wage and salaried workers.
See technical notes about nonfarm worker estimates.