Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries September
2024
August
2024
September
2023
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 470,100 471,800 467,700 -0.4% 0.5%
Total Private 387,000 393,400 385,400 -1.6% 0.4%
Goods Producing 77,900 78,300 76,700 -0.5% 1.6%
Service Providing 392,200 393,500 391,000 -0.3% 0.3%
Private Service Providing 309,100 315,100 308,700 -1.9% 0.1%
Mining, Logging and Construction 34,200 34,500 31,500 -0.9% 8.6%
Mining and Logging 1,200 1,300 1,300 -7.7% -7.7%
Construction 33,000 33,200 30,200 -0.6% 9.3%
  Construction of Buildings 8,100 8,200 7,400 -1.2% 9.5%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6,000 6,000 5,300 0.0% 13.2%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 18,900 19,000 17,500 -0.5% 8.0%
Manufacturing 43,700 43,800 45,200 -0.2% -3.3%
  Durable Goods 26,400 26,500 28,300 -0.4% -6.7%
  Non-Durable Goods 17,300 17,300 16,900 0.0% 2.4%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 91,300 93,600 91,700 -2.5% -0.4%
  Wholesale Trade 22,300 22,500 22,100 -0.9% 0.9%
  Retail Trade 53,400 55,100 53,500 -3.1% -0.2%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,600 16,000 16,100 -2.5% -3.1%
Information 5,000 5,200 5,200 -3.8% -3.8%
Financial Activities 26,600 27,000 27,800 -1.5% -4.3%
Professional and Business Services 38,100 38,500 37,500 -1.0% 1.6%
Private Education and Health Services 78,500 77,900 76,800 0.8% 2.2%
  Private Educational Services 7,900 6,400 7,700 23.4% 2.6%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 70,600 71,500 69,100 -1.3% 2.2%
    Hospitals 28,700 28,800 28,100 -0.3% 2.1%
Leisure and Hospitality 51,200 54,500 51,500 -6.1% -0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 18,400 18,400 18,200 0.0% 1.1%
Government 83,100 78,400 82,300 6.0% 1.0%
  Federal Government 11,800 11,800 11,700 0.0% 0.9%
  State Government 19,200 17,000 19,000 12.9% 1.1%
    State Education 9,700 7,400 9,700 31.1% 0.0%
  Local Government 52,100 49,600 51,600 5.0% 1.0%
    Local Education 27,300 22,500 27,500 21.3% -0.7%
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.