Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries January
2023
December
2022
January
2022
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 447,800 455,100 436,100 -1.6% 2.7%
Total Private 368,700 374,200 357,600 -1.5% 3.1%
Goods Producing 68,600 71,100 67,700 -3.5% 1.3%
Service Providing 379,200 384,000 368,400 -1.3% 2.9%
Private Service Providing 300,100 303,100 289,900 -1.0% 3.5%
Mining, Logging and Construction 23,200 25,300 23,500 -8.3% -1.3%
Mining and Logging 1,100 1,200 1,000 -8.3% 10.0%
Construction 22,100 24,100 22,500 -8.3% -1.8%
  Construction of Buildings 5,700 6,000 5,800 -5.0% -1.7%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3,000 3,400 3,100 -11.8% -3.2%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 13,400 14,700 13,600 -8.8% -1.5%
Manufacturing 45,400 45,800 44,200 -0.9% 2.7%
  Durable Goods 28,700 29,000 27,600 -1.0% 4.0%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,700 16,800 16,600 -0.6% 0.6%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 90,300 92,100 86,800 -2.0% 4.0%
  Wholesale Trade 22,300 22,400 21,300 -0.4% 4.7%
  Retail Trade 53,500 54,700 51,600 -2.2% 3.7%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 14,500 15,000 13,900 -3.3% 4.3%
Information 5,200 5,300 5,200 -1.9% 0.0%
Financial Activities 27,800 28,100 27,800 -1.1% 0.0%
Professional and Business Services 36,000 36,500 35,300 -1.4% 2.0%
Private Education and Health Services 76,700 76,500 74,200 0.3% 3.4%
  Private Educational Services 8,000 8,100 7,200 -1.2% 11.1%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 68,700 68,400 67,000 0.4% 2.5%
    Hospitals 28,400 28,200 27,300 0.7% 4.0%
Leisure and Hospitality 46,600 46,700 43,600 -0.2% 6.9%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 17,500 17,900 17,000 -2.2% 2.9%
Government 79,100 80,900 78,500 -2.2% 0.8%
  Federal Government 11,200 11,300 11,200 -0.9% 0.0%
  State Government 17,400 18,100 17,100 -3.9% 1.8%
    State Education 8,700 9,500 8,400 -8.4% 3.6%
  Local Government 50,500 51,500 50,200 -1.9% 0.6%
    Local Education 27,700 28,300 27,700 -2.1% 0.0%
Notes: 2023 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.