Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries March
2025
February
2025
March
2024
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 464,300 462,300 460,400 0.4% 0.8%
Total Private 380,500 378,800 377,200 0.4% 0.9%
Goods Producing 73,500 72,700 73,300 1.1% 0.3%
Service Providing 390,800 389,600 387,100 0.3% 1.0%
Private Service Providing 307,000 306,100 303,900 0.3% 1.0%
Mining, Logging and Construction 29,200 28,600 27,800 2.1% 5.0%
Mining and Logging 1,200 1,200 1,200 0.0% 0.0%
Construction 28,000 27,400 26,600 2.2% 5.3%
  Construction of Buildings 7,200 7,100 6,700 1.4% 7.5%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4,000 3,800 3,700 5.3% 8.1%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 16,800 16,500 16,200 1.8% 3.7%
Manufacturing 44,300 44,100 45,500 0.5% -2.6%
  Durable Goods 27,500 27,300 28,400 0.7% -3.2%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,800 16,800 17,100 0.0% -1.8%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 91,100 91,100 91,200 0.0% -0.1%
  Wholesale Trade 22,400 22,400 22,500 0.0% -0.4%
  Retail Trade 53,300 53,200 52,900 0.2% 0.8%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,400 15,500 15,800 -0.6% -2.5%
Information 5,300 5,300 5,100 0.0% 3.9%
Financial Activities 27,500 27,400 27,300 0.4% 0.7%
Professional and Business Services 37,400 36,800 36,500 1.6% 2.5%
Private Education and Health Services 80,900 80,400 78,400 0.6% 3.2%
  Private Educational Services 7,900 7,800 8,000 1.3% -1.3%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 73,000 72,600 70,400 0.6% 3.7%
    Hospitals 29,000 29,100 28,200 -0.3% 2.8%
Leisure and Hospitality 45,900 46,400 47,100 -1.1% -2.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 18,900 18,700 18,300 1.1% 3.3%
Government 83,800 83,500 83,200 0.4% 0.7%
  Federal Government 11,500 11,500 11,700 0.0% -1.7%
  State Government 19,500 19,600 18,900 -0.5% 3.2%
    State Education 9,900 9,900 10,000 0.0% -1.0%
  Local Government 52,800 52,400 52,600 0.8% 0.4%
    Local Education 29,300 29,100 29,200 0.7% 0.3%
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.