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South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Industries | May 2018 |
April 2018 |
May 2017 |
Percent Change |
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| Last Month | Last Year |
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| TOTAL | 445,300 | 434,300 | 439,400 | 2.5% | 1.3% |
| Total Private | 363,000 | 353,100 | 358,100 | 2.8% | 1.4% |
| Goods Producing | 69,800 | 66,700 | 66,800 | 4.7% | 4.5% |
| Service Providing | 375,500 | 367,600 | 372,600 | 2.2% | 0.8% |
| Private Service Providing | 293,200 | 286,400 | 291,300 | 2.4% | 0.7% |
| Mining/Logging/Construction | 25,100 | 22,300 | 24,000 | 12.6% | 4.6% |
| Mining and Logging | 1,000 | 900 | 1,000 | 11.1% | 0.0% |
| Construction | 24,100 | 21,400 | 23,000 | 12.6% | 4.8% |
| Construction of Buildings | 5,700 | 5,200 | 5,600 | 9.6% | 1.8% |
| Heavy/Civil Engineering Construction | 4,100 | 3,300 | 3,900 | 24.2% | 5.1% |
| Speciality Trade Contractors | 14,300 | 12,900 | 13,500 | 10.9% | 5.9% |
| Manufacturing | 44,700 | 44,400 | 42,800 | 0.7% | 4.4% |
| Durable Goods | 28,900 | 28,700 | 27,500 | 0.7% | 5.1% |
| Non-Durable Goods | 15,800 | 15,700 | 15,300 | 0.6% | 3.3% |
| Trade, Transportation & Utilities | 87,300 | 85,300 | 87,800 | 2.3% | -0.6% |
| Wholesale Trade | 20,900 | 20,600 | 21,300 | 1.5% | -1.9% |
| Retail Trade | 52,800 | 51,500 | 53,100 | 2.5% | -0.6% |
| Transportation/Warehousing/Utilities | 13,600 | 13,200 | 13,400 | 3.0% | 1.5% |
| Information | 5,800 | 5,600 | 5,800 | 3.6% | 0.0% |
| Financial Activities | 29,800 | 29,600 | 29,300 | 0.7% | 1.7% |
| Professional Business Services | 32,900 | 32,400 | 31,400 | 1.5% | 4.8% |
| Education/Health Service | 73,500 | 72,700 | 72,000 | 1.1% | 2.1% |
| Educational Services | 7,600 | 7,500 | 7,800 | 1.3% | -2.6% |
| Health Care/Social Assistance | 65,900 | 65,200 | 64,200 | 1.1% | 2.7% |
| Hospitals | 25,800 | 25,600 | 25,100 | 0.8% | 2.8% |
| Leisure/Hospitality | 46,600 | 43,700 | 48,200 | 6.6% | -3.3% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 17,300 | 17,100 | 16,800 | 1.2% | 3.0% |
| Government | 82,300 | 81,200 | 81,300 | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Federal Government | 11,400 | 11,300 | 11,400 | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| State Goverment | 19,300 | 19,400 | 19,300 | -0.5% | 0.0% |
| State Education | 9,900 | 10,300 | 9,800 | -3.9% | 1.0% |
| Local Government | 51,600 | 50,500 | 50,600 | 2.2% | 2.0% |
| Local Education | 27,800 | 27,900 | 27,100 | -0.4% | 2.6% |
| Notes: 2018 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. Produced 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. |
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