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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)*

Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industry July
2025
June
2025
July
2024
Percent Change
Last
Month
Last
Year
TOTAL 180,900 183,000 180,900 -1.1% 0.0%
Total Private 165,200 165,400 165,400 -0.1% -0.1%
Goods Producing 29,600 29,400 29,300 0.7% 1.0%
Service Providing 151,300 153,600 151,600 -1.5% -0.2%
Private Service Providing 135,600 136,000 136,100 -0.3% -0.4%
Mining, Logging and Construction 13,900 13,800 13,300 0.7% 4.5%
Manufacturing 15,700 15,600 16,000 0.6% -1.9%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 37,300 37,300 37,800 0.0% -1.3%
   Wholesale Trade 9,400 9,500 9,500 -1.1% -1.1%
   Retail Trade 20,000 20,000 20,600 0.0% -2.9%
   Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 7,900 7,800 7,700 1.3% 2.6%
Information 2,700 2,700 2,600 0.0% 3.8%
Financial Activities 14,500 14,300 14,900 1.4% -2.7%
Professional and Business Services 17,600 17,900 17,900 -1.7% -1.7%
Private Education and Health Services 38,000 38,500 37,400 -1.3% 1.6%
Leisure and Hospitality 18,500 18,400 18,600 0.5% -0.5%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 7,000 6,900 6,900 1.4% 1.4%
Government 15,700 17,600 15,500 -10.8% 1.3%
Notes: 2025 data is preliminary and subject to revision. Data may not sum to totals because of rounding.
*Beginning with data for January 2025, the Sioux Falls MSA designation has been changed to include Rock County of Minnesota as well as Lincoln, Minnehaha, McCook and Turner counties of South Dakota as it formerly did.
Source: Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Access historical Sioux Falls MSA nonfarm wage and salaried worker data.
See the definition of nonfarm wage and salaried workers.
See the definition of the Sioux Falls MSA.
See technical notes about nonfarm worker estimates.