# Total employment (jobs, BEA) in South Dakota

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in South Dakota was 665,420 jobs in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

- Indicator id: `total_employment_jobs`
- Place id: `us-state-46`
- Unit: jobs
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested, no implied BEA endorsement)
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/south-dakota
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=total_employment_jobs&place=us-state-46

| 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 |