Total employment (jobs, BEA) in South Dakota
Total employment (jobs, BEA) in South Dakota was 665,420 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 47th highest of 51 states in 2025.
Total employment (jobs, BEA) in South Dakota, 1969 to 2025
All 57 values
| Period | jobs |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 665,420 |
| 2024 | 663,654 |
| 2023 | 655,967 |
| 2022 | 645,191 |
| 2021 | 628,432 |
| 2020 | 608,889 |
| 2019 | 612,275 |
| 2018 | 611,762 |
| 2017 | 602,435 |
| 2016 | 598,149 |
| 2015 | 593,274 |
| 2014 | 589,822 |
| 2013 | 581,419 |
| 2012 | 574,997 |
| 2011 | 566,491 |
| 2010 | 558,161 |
| 2009 | 556,495 |
| 2008 | 561,052 |
| 2007 | 551,970 |
| 2006 | 538,721 |
| 2005 | 527,756 |
| 2004 | 518,411 |
| 2003 | 509,653 |
| 2002 | 509,549 |
| 2001 | 511,664 |
| 2000 | 512,377 |
| 1999 | 501,684 |
| 1998 | 490,715 |
| 1997 | 484,646 |
| 1996 | 479,226 |
| 1995 | 472,046 |
| 1994 | 464,396 |
| 1993 | 442,481 |
| 1992 | 431,189 |
| 1991 | 420,472 |
| 1990 | 409,374 |
| 1989 | 395,870 |
| 1988 | 387,779 |
| 1987 | 381,298 |
| 1986 | 366,030 |
| 1985 | 364,778 |
| 1984 | 362,378 |
| 1983 | 352,537 |
| 1982 | 344,304 |
| 1981 | 347,563 |
| 1980 | 352,638 |
| 1979 | 359,364 |
| 1978 | 354,884 |
| 1977 | 342,003 |
| 1976 | 335,977 |
| 1975 | 326,343 |
| 1974 | 326,414 |
| 1973 | 322,850 |
| 1972 | 309,069 |
| 1971 | 306,132 |
| 1970 | 304,839 |
| 1969 | 303,105 |
Compared with United States
| Place | 2025 |
|---|---|
| South Dakota | 665,420 |
| United States | 218,324,700 |
South Dakota compared with nearby places
- Under 900K
- 900K to 1.8M
- 1.8M to 2.7M
- 2.7M to 4.2M
- 4.2M to 6.6M
- 6.6M and over
Rankings
Definition
Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.
Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.
How to cite
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), South Dakota, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip
MLA 9
SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), South Dakota, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/south-dakota. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), South Dakota, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/south-dakota.
Harvard
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), South Dakota, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/south-dakota (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{bureau_total_employment_jobs_bea_2025,
author = {{U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis}},
title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), South Dakota, 1969 to 2025}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/south-dakota. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in South Dakota was 665,420 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 47th highest of 51 states in 2025.
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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.
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665,420 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 1969 in this series.