Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries November
2024
October
2024
November
2023
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 469,500 471,900 469,300 -0.5% 0.0%
Total Private 384,700 387,300 386,200 -0.7% -0.4%
Goods Producing 76,100 77,200 76,700 -1.4% -0.8%
Service Providing 393,400 394,700 392,600 -0.3% 0.2%
Private Service Providing 308,600 310,100 309,500 -0.5% -0.3%
Mining, Logging and Construction 32,900 33,600 31,400 -2.1% 4.8%
Mining and Logging 1,200 1,200 1,300 0.0% -7.7%
Construction 31,700 32,400 30,100 -2.2% 5.3%
  Construction of Buildings 7,600 7,900 7,400 -3.8% 2.7%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5,400 5,800 5,200 -6.9% 3.8%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 18,700 18,700 17,500 0.0% 6.9%
Manufacturing 43,200 43,600 45,300 -0.9% -4.6%
  Durable Goods 25,900 26,300 28,300 -1.5% -8.5%
  Non-Durable Goods 17,300 17,300 17,000 0.0% 1.8%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 92,500 92,500 93,300 0.0% -0.9%
  Wholesale Trade 22,500 22,700 22,800 -0.9% -1.3%
  Retail Trade 54,100 53,800 54,100 0.6% 0.0%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,900 16,000 16,400 -0.6% -3.0%
Information 5,100 5,100 5,100 0.0% 0.0%
Financial Activities 26,500 26,500 27,900 0.0% -5.0%
Professional and Business Services 38,400 38,200 37,500 0.5% 2.4%
Private Education and Health Services 79,500 79,200 78,600 0.4% 1.1%
  Private Educational Services 8,600 8,400 8,500 2.4% 1.2%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 70,900 70,800 70,100 0.1% 1.1%
    Hospitals 28,900 28,900 28,300 0.0% 2.1%
Leisure and Hospitality 48,100 50,300 48,400 -4.4% -0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 18,500 18,300 18,700 1.1% -1.1%
Government 84,800 84,600 83,100 0.2% 2.0%
  Federal Government 11,700 11,700 11,500 0.0% 1.7%
  State Government 19,700 19,300 19,100 2.1% 3.1%
    State Education 10,300 10,100 10,200 2.0% 1.0%
  Local Government 53,400 53,600 52,500 -0.4% 1.7%
    Local Education 29,500 29,400 29,000 0.3% 1.7%
Notes: 2024 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.