Marcia Hultman

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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

South Dakota Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industries May
2025
April
2025
May
2024
Percent Change
Last Month Last
Year
TOTAL 475,600 468,800 473,400 1.5% 0.5%
Total Private 390,400 384,700 389,500 1.5% 0.2%
Goods Producing 76,100 75,300 76,600 1.1% -0.7%
Service Providing 399,500 393,500 396,800 1.5% 0.7%
Private Service Providing 314,300 309,400 312,900 1.6% 0.4%
Mining, Logging and Construction 32,400 31,300 31,100 3.5% 4.2%
Mining and Logging 1,300 1,300 1,300 0.0% 0.0%
Construction 31,100 30,000 29,800 3.7% 4.4%
  Construction of Buildings 7,800 7,600 7,100 2.6% 9.9%
  Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5,200 4,600 4,900 13.0% 6.1%
  Specialty Trade Contractors 18,100 17,800 17,800 1.7% 1.7%
Manufacturing 43,700 44,000 45,500 -0.7% -4.0%
  Durable Goods 27,200 27,400 28,200 -0.7% -3.5%
  Non-Durable Goods 16,500 16,600 17,300 -0.6% -4.6%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 92,900 91,300 92,800 1.8% 0.1%
  Wholesale Trade 23,100 22,600 22,800 2.2% 1.3%
  Retail Trade 54,300 53,500 54,100 1.5% 0.4%
  Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 15,500 15,200 15,900 2.0% -2.5%
Information 5,300 5,200 5,100 1.9% 3.9%
Financial Activities 27,300 27,200 27,500 0.4% -0.7%
Professional and Business Services 37,700 38,100 37,700 -1.0% 0.0%
Private Education and Health Services 80,100 80,300 79,400 -0.2% 0.9%
  Private Educational Services 7,500 7,900 7,900 -5.1% -5.1%
  Health Care and Social Assistance 72,600 72,400 71,500 0.3% 1.5%
    Hospitals 29,100 29,100 28,700 0.0% 1.4%
Leisure and Hospitality 52,100 48,200 51,800 8.1% 0.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 18,900 19,100 18,600 -1.0% 1.6%
Government 85,200 84,100 83,900 1.3% 1.5%
  Federal Government 11,500 11,600 11,800 -0.9% -2.5%
  State Government 19,500 19,700 18,500 -1.0% 5.4%
    State Education 9,800 10,000 9,600 -2.0% 2.1%
  Local Government 54,200 52,800 53,600 2.7% 1.1%
    Local Education 29,000 29,200 28,800 -0.7% 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.