Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries February
2025
January
2025
February
2024
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 463,500 462,200 456,700 0.3% 1.5%
Total Private 379,500 380,200 374,200 -0.2% 1.4%
Goods Producing 72,700 72,500 72,100 0.3% 0.8%
Service Providing 390,800 389,700 384,600 0.3% 1.6%
Private Service Providing 306,800 307,700 302,100 -0.3% 1.6%
Mining, Logging and Construction 28,500 28,400 26,700 0.4% 6.7%
Mining and Logging 1,200 1,300 1,200 -7.7% 0.0%
Construction 27,300 27,100 25,500 0.7% 7.1%
  Construction of Buildings 7,000 7,000 6,600 0.0% 6.1%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3,800 3,800 3,400 0.0% 11.8%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 16,500 16,300 15,500 1.2% 6.5%
Manufacturing 44,200 44,100 45,400 0.2% -2.6%
  Durable Goods 27,300 27,100 28,300 0.7% -3.5%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,900 17,000 17,100 -0.6% -1.2%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 90,800 92,200 91,100 -1.5% -0.3%
  Wholesale Trade 22,300 22,800 22,300 -2.2% 0.0%
  Retail Trade 53,000 53,800 52,900 -1.5% 0.2%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,500 15,600 15,900 -0.6% -2.5%
Information 5,300 5,300 5,100 0.0% 3.9%
Financial Activities 27,400 27,400 27,300 0.0% 0.4%
Professional and Business Services 37,500 37,400 36,100 0.3% 3.9%
Private Education and Health Services 80,600 79,300 78,100 1.6% 3.2%
  Private Educational Services 8,000 7,400 8,200 8.1% -2.4%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 72,600 71,900 69,900 1.0% 3.9%
    Hospitals 29,200 29,000 28,100 0.7% 3.9%
Leisure and Hospitality 46,500 47,500 46,300 -2.1% 0.4%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 18,700 18,600 18,100 0.5% 3.3%
Government 84,000 82,000 82,500 2.4% 1.8%
  Federal Government 11,500 11,600 11,600 -0.9% -0.9%
  State Government 20,100 18,400 18,900 9.2% 6.3%
    State Education 9,900 8,800 10,000 12.5% -1.0%
  Local Government 52,400 52,000 52,000 0.8% 0.8%
    Local Education 29,100 28,700 28,900 1.4% 0.7%
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.