Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries July
2025
June
2025
July
2024
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 476,000 481,500 470,100 -1.1% 1.3%
Total Private 398,300 396,700 393,200 0.4% 1.3%
Goods Producing 78,800 77,400 78,400 1.8% 0.5%
Service Providing 397,200 404,100 391,700 -1.7% 1.4%
Private Service Providing 319,500 319,300 314,800 0.1% 1.5%
Mining, Logging and Construction 34,500 33,300 33,100 3.6% 4.2%
Mining and Logging 1,400 1,300 1,400 7.7% 0.0%
Construction 33,100 32,000 31,700 3.4% 4.4%
  Construction of Buildings 8,400 8,200 7,800 2.4% 7.7%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5,900 5,400 5,300 9.3% 11.3%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 18,800 18,400 18,600 2.2% 1.1%
Manufacturing 44,300 44,100 45,300 0.5% -2.2%
  Durable Goods 27,700 27,600 28,100 0.4% -1.4%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,600 16,500 17,200 0.6% -3.5%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 93,200 92,900 93,300 0.3% -0.1%
  Wholesale Trade 22,700 22,800 22,900 -0.4% -0.9%
  Retail Trade 54,900 54,500 54,900 0.7% 0.0%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,600 15,600 15,500 0.0% 0.6%
Information 5,300 5,300 5,100 0.0% 3.9%
Financial Activities 28,100 27,500 27,700 2.2% 1.4%
Professional and Business Services 38,800 39,100 38,200 -0.8% 1.6%
Private Education and Health Services 78,500 78,700 77,500 -0.3% 1.3%
  Private Educational Services 5,500 5,800 5,600 -5.2% -1.8%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 73,000 72,900 71,900 0.1% 1.5%
    Hospitals 29,300 29,300 28,900 0.0% 1.4%
Leisure and Hospitality 56,300 56,600 54,000 -0.5% 4.3%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 19,300 19,200 19,000 0.5% 1.6%
Government 77,700 84,800 76,900 -8.4% 1.0%
  Federal Government 11,300 11,600 11,700 -2.6% -3.4%
  State Government 17,400 17,500 16,800 -0.6% 3.6%
    State Education 7,100 7,100 7,200 0.0% -1.4%
  Local Government 49,000 55,700 48,400 -12.0% 1.2%
    Local Education 21,400 27,600 21,500 -22.5% -0.5%
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.