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South Dakota e-Labor Bulletin

Sioux Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)*

Nonfarm Worker Levels

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Industry August
2026
 July
2026		 August
2025		 Percent Change
Last
Month		 Last
Year
TOTAL 184,500 185,400 184,100 -0.5% 0.2%
Total Private 168,400 169,700 168,300 -0.8% 0.1%
Goods Producing 28,800 28,800 29,100 0.0% -1.0%
Service Providing 155,700 156,600 155,000 -0.6% 0.5%
Private Service Providing 139,600 140,900 139,200 -0.9% 0.3%
Mining, Logging and Construction 13,100 13,200 13,300 -0.8% -1.5%
Manufacturing 15,700 15,600 15,800 0.6% -0.6%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 37,700 38,100 38,300 -1.0% -1.6%
   Wholesale Trade 9,200 9,300 9,300 -1.1% -1.1%
   Retail Trade 20,200 20,400 20,600 -1.0% -1.9%
   Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities 8,300 8,400 8,400 -1.2% -1.2%
Information 2,500 2,600 2,700 -3.8% -7.4%
Financial Activities 15,100 15,200 14,900 -0.7% 1.3%
Professional and Business Services 17,600 18,100 17,900 -2.8% -1.7%
Private Education and Health Services 39,600 39,700 38,900 -0.3% 1.8%
Leisure and Hospitality 20,300 20,300 19,400 0.0% 4.6%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 6,800 6,900 7,100 -1.4% -4.2%
Government 16,100 15,700 15,800 2.5% 1.9%
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 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.
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