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Sioux Falls

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Sioux Falls Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Nov 2019
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Sioux Falls — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2019
Sioux Falls, SD Economy at a Glance:
Sioux Falls, SD
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2022
Sept
2022
Oct
2022
Nov
2022
Dec
2022
Jan
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

165.6 164.3 164.3 164.2 (p)162.8 (p)161.2

Employment(1)

162.3 161.8 161.4 161.4 (p)159.7 (p)158.1

Unemployment(1)

3.3 2.5 3.0 2.8 (p)3.2 (p)3.1

Unemployment Rate(2)

2.0 1.5 1.8 1.7 (p)2.0 (p)1.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

170.9 170.5 170.8 170.8 (p)170.0  

12-month % change

4.2 4.6 4.4 3.9 (p)4.4  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

11.9 11.8 11.5 11.3 (p)10.4  

12-month % change

8.2 10.3 6.5 3.7 (p)1.0  

Manufacturing(3)

14.8 14.7 14.7 14.7 (p)14.9  

12-month % change

2.1 2.1 2.1 1.4 (p)3.5  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

34.2 33.7 34.0 34.7 (p)35.2  

12-month % change

3.0 2.7 3.0 3.3 (p)3.5  

Information(3)

2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 (p)2.6  

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Financial Activities(3)

15.1 14.9 14.9 15.1 (p)15.1  

12-month % change

-1.3 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 (p)0.0  

Professional and Business Services(3)

18.2 18.3 18.3 17.8 (p)17.4  

12-month % change

11.0 13.0 14.4 9.9 (p)14.5  

Education and Health Services(3)

36.0 35.9 36.3 36.5 (p)36.6  

12-month % change

5.6 4.1 3.4 4.0 (p)3.4  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

17.3 16.3 15.9 15.6 (p)15.4  

12-month % change

7.5 3.2 3.2 2.6 (p)4.1  

Other Services(3)

6.3 6.4 6.6 6.7 (p)6.6  

12-month % change

3.3 6.7 8.2 11.7 (p)10.0  

Government(3)

14.5 15.9 16.0 15.8 (p)15.8  

12-month % change

-1.4 6.0 5.3 3.9 (p)5.3  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary