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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries September
2026
 August
2026		 September
2025		 Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 474,100 476,400 472,600 -0.5% 0.3%
Total Private 392,700 399,900 389,600 -1.8% 0.8%
Goods Producing 77,100 78,600 76,300 -1.9% 1.0%
Service Providing 397,000 397,800 396,300 -0.2% 0.2%
Private Service Providing 315,600 321,300 313,300 -1.8% 0.7%
Mining, Logging and Construction 33,300 34,400 32,300 -3.2% 3.1%
Mining and Logging 1,200 1,200 1,200 0.0% 0.0%
Construction 32,100 33,200 31,100 -3.3% 3.2%
  Construction of Buildings 7,300 7,500 7,400 -2.7% -1.4%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5,800 5,800 5,400 0.0% 7.4%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 19,000 19,900 18,300 -4.5% 3.8%
Manufacturing 43,800 44,200 44,000 -0.9% -0.5%
  Durable Goods 27,400 27,700 27,400 -1.1% 0.0%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,400 16,500 16,600 -0.6% -1.2%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 90,300 91,500 92,200 -1.3% -2.1%
  Wholesale Trade 22,500 22,700 22,000 -0.9% 2.3%
  Retail Trade 52,300 53,200 53,800 -1.7% -2.8%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,500 15,600 16,400 -0.6% -5.5%
Information 4,800 4,800 5,000 0.0% -4.0%
Financial Activities 27,100 27,600 27,300 -1.8% -0.7%
Professional and Business Services 36,100 36,900 37,400 -2.2% -3.5%
Private Education and Health Services 81,700 81,100 80,400 0.7% 1.6%
  Private Educational Services 7,900 6,800 8,000 16.2% -1.3%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 73,800 74,300 72,400 -0.7% 1.9%
    Hospitals 28,800 28,900 28,600 -0.3% 0.7%
Leisure and Hospitality 57,000 60,500 52,300 -5.8% 9.0%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 18,600 18,900 18,700 -1.6% -0.5%
Government 81,400 76,500 83,000 6.4% -1.9%
  Federal Government 10,700 10,700 11,400 0.0% -6.1%
  State Government 19,200 17,100 19,200 12.3% 0.0%
    State Education 9,700 7,500 9,700 29.3% 0.0%
  Local Government 51,500 48,700 52,400 5.7% -1.7%
    Local Education 27,700 22,000 28,100 25.9% -1.4%
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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