Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries June
2026
May
2026
June
2025
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 481,000 475,700 477,800 1.1% 0.7%
Total Private 398,400 392,800 394,900 1.4% 0.9%
Goods Producing 78,000 76,200 77,700 2.4% 0.4%
Service Providing 403,000 399,500 400,100 0.9% 0.7%
Private Service Providing 320,400 316,600 317,200 1.2% 1.0%
Mining, Logging and Construction 34,100 32,500 33,100 4.9% 3.0%
Mining and Logging 1,200 1,200 1,300 0.0% -7.7%
Construction 32,900 31,300 31,800 5.1% 3.5%
  Construction of Buildings 7,600 7,100 7,600 7.0% 0.0%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5,800 5,500 5,500 5.5% 5.5%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 19,500 18,700 18,700 4.3% 4.3%
Manufacturing 43,900 43,700 44,600 0.5% -1.6%
  Durable Goods 27,500 27,200 27,800 1.1% -1.1%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,400 16,500 16,800 -0.6% -2.4%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 92,500 91,800 93,700 0.8% -1.3%
  Wholesale Trade 22,600 22,500 22,700 0.4% -0.4%
  Retail Trade 53,900 53,500 54,500 0.7% -1.1%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 16,000 15,800 16,500 1.3% -3.0%
Information 5,000 4,900 5,100 2.0% -2.0%
Financial Activities 27,300 26,900 27,600 1.5% -1.1%
Professional and Business Services 37,300 36,000 38,100 3.6% -2.1%
Private Education and Health Services 80,800 82,300 79,100 -1.8% 2.1%
  Private Educational Services 6,300 8,200 6,100 -23.2% 3.3%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 74,500 74,100 73,000 0.5% 2.1%
    Hospitals 29,000 28,700 28,600 1.0% 1.4%
Leisure and Hospitality 58,600 55,900 54,500 4.8% 7.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 18,900 18,800 19,100 0.5% -1.0%
Government 82,600 82,900 82,900 -0.4% -0.4%
  Federal Government 10,900 10,700 11,600 1.9% -6.0%
  State Government 16,800 18,700 16,700 -10.2% 0.6%
    State Education 7,200 9,700 7,100 -25.8% 1.4%
  Local Government 54,900 53,500 54,600 2.6% 0.5%
    Local Education 27,300 28,600 27,600 -4.5% -1.1%
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
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.