Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries July
2021
June
2021
July
2020
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 443,600 446,200 422,700 -0.6% 4.9%
Total Private 368,900 365,900 353,800 0.8% 4.3%
Goods Producing 74,000 73,700 70,800 0.4% 4.5%
Service Providing 369,600 372,500 351,900 -0.8% 5.0%
Private Service Providing 294,900 292,200 283,000 0.9% 4.2%
Mining, Logging and Construction 29,300 29,000 28,300 1.0% 3.5%
Mining and Logging 1,200 1,100 1,100 9.1% 9.1%
Construction 28,100 27,900 27,200 0.7% 3.3%
  Construction of Buildings 6,600 6,500 6,400 1.5% 3.1%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5,900 5,700 5,700 3.5% 3.5%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 15,600 15,700 15,100 -0.6% 3.3%
Manufacturing 44,700 44,700 42,500 0.0% 5.2%
  Durable Goods 27,200 27,700 26,600 -1.8% 2.3%
  Non-Durable Goods 17,500 17,000 15,900 2.9% 10.1%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 87,400 86,800 84,400 0.7% 3.6%
  Wholesale Trade 21,200 21,100 20,900 0.5% 1.4%
  Retail Trade 52,700 52,400 50,300 0.6% 4.8%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 13,500 13,300 13,200 1.5% 2.3%
Information 4,800 4,800 5,000 0.0% -4.0%
Financial Activities 28,000 28,300 28,400 -1.1% -1.4%
Professional and Business Services 33,800 33,800 32,800 0.0% 3.0%
Education and Health Services 72,100 72,400 71,000 -0.4% 1.5%
  Educational Services 5,600 5,900 4,600 -5.1% 21.7%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 66,500 66,500 66,400 0.0% 0.2%
    Hospitals 27,200 27,100 26,900 0.4% 1.1%
Leisure and Hospitality 50,300 47,900 44,600 5.0% 12.8%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 18,500 18,200 16,800 1.6% 10.1%
Government 74,700 80,300 68,900 -7.0% 8.4%
  Federal Government 11,500 11,700 11,400 -1.7% 0.9%
  State Government 15,600 16,100 15,500 -3.1% 0.6%
    State Education 6,300 6,700 6,200 -6.0% 1.6%
  Local Government 47,600 52,500 42,000 -9.3% 13.3%
    Local Education 20,800 25,400 18,500 -18.1% 12.4%
Notes: 2021 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.
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