Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries June
2025
May
2025
June
2024
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 482,200 475,000 475,500 1.5% 1.4%
Total Private 397,300 389,900 393,100 1.9% 1.1%
Goods Producing 78,000 76,400 78,000 2.1% 0.0%
Service Providing 404,200 398,600 397,500 1.4% 1.7%
Private Service Providing 319,300 313,500 315,100 1.9% 1.3%
Mining, Logging and Construction 33,600 32,500 32,300 3.4% 4.0%
Mining and Logging 1,300 1,300 1,400 0.0% -7.1%
Construction 32,300 31,200 30,900 3.5% 4.5%
  Construction of Buildings 8,200 7,900 7,400 3.8% 10.8%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5,400 5,200 5,100 3.8% 5.9%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 18,700 18,100 18,400 3.3% 1.6%
Manufacturing 44,400 43,900 45,700 1.1% -2.8%
  Durable Goods 27,800 27,300 28,400 1.8% -2.1%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,600 16,600 17,300 0.0% -4.0%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 93,000 92,600 93,600 0.4% -0.6%
  Wholesale Trade 22,800 23,000 22,900 -0.9% -0.4%
  Retail Trade 54,600 54,200 54,900 0.7% -0.5%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,600 15,400 15,800 1.3% -1.3%
Information 5,300 5,300 5,100 0.0% 3.9%
Financial Activities 27,400 27,300 27,800 0.4% -1.4%
Professional and Business Services 39,100 37,700 38,200 3.7% 2.4%
Private Education and Health Services 78,600 79,900 77,600 -1.6% 1.3%
  Private Educational Services 5,800 7,600 6,000 -23.7% -3.3%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 72,800 72,300 71,600 0.7% 1.7%
    Hospitals 29,400 29,000 28,800 1.4% 2.1%
Leisure and Hospitality 56,700 51,800 53,800 9.5% 5.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 19,200 18,900 19,000 1.6% 1.1%
Government 84,900 85,100 82,400 -0.2% 3.0%
  Federal Government 11,600 11,500 11,900 0.9% -2.5%
  State Government 17,500 19,500 16,700 -10.3% 4.8%
    State Education 7,100 9,800 7,200 -27.6% -1.4%
  Local Government 55,800 54,100 53,800 3.1% 3.7%
    Local Education 27,700 29,000 27,100 -4.5% 2.2%
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.