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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries August
2026
 July
2026		 August
2025		 Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 475,600 475,600 474,000 0.0% 0.3%
Total Private 399,100 399,600 396,500 -0.1% 0.7%
Goods Producing 78,700 78,900 77,700 -0.3% 1.3%
Service Providing 396,900 396,700 396,300 0.1% 0.2%
Private Service Providing 320,400 320,700 318,800 -0.1% 0.5%
Mining, Logging and Construction 34,400 34,700 33,300 -0.9% 3.3%
Mining and Logging 1,200 1,200 1,300 0.0% -7.7%
Construction 33,200 33,500 32,000 -0.9% 3.8%
  Construction of Buildings 7,500 7,700 7,600 -2.6% -1.3%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5,800 5,900 5,600 -1.7% 3.6%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 19,900 19,900 18,800 0.0% 5.9%
Manufacturing 44,300 44,200 44,400 0.2% -0.2%
  Durable Goods 27,800 27,600 27,600 0.7% 0.7%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,500 16,600 16,800 -0.6% -1.8%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 91,100 92,400 93,500 -1.4% -2.6%
  Wholesale Trade 22,700 22,900 22,500 -0.9% 0.9%
  Retail Trade 52,800 53,500 54,700 -1.3% -3.5%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,600 16,000 16,300 -2.5% -4.3%
Information 4,900 4,900 5,100 0.0% -3.9%
Financial Activities 27,200 27,300 27,500 -0.4% -1.1%
Professional and Business Services 36,900 37,600 38,100 -1.9% -3.1%
Private Education and Health Services 81,200 80,200 79,700 1.2% 1.9%
  Private Educational Services 6,800 6,000 6,500 13.3% 4.6%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 74,400 74,200 73,200 0.3% 1.6%
    Hospitals 28,900 28,900 28,700 0.0% 0.7%
Leisure and Hospitality 60,400 59,300 55,900 1.9% 8.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 18,700 19,000 19,000 -1.6% -1.6%
Government 76,500 76,000 77,500 0.7% -1.3%
  Federal Government 10,700 10,600 11,500 0.9% -7.0%
  State Government 17,100 16,800 17,100 1.8% 0.0%
    State Education 7,500 7,200 7,500 4.2% 0.0%
  Local Government 48,700 48,600 48,900 0.2% -0.4%
    Local Education 22,000 21,100 22,300 4.3% -1.3%
Notes: 2026 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
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