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Rapid City

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayIndustry price indexes
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Rapid City — May 2019	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2020
Rapid City Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2021

Rapid City, SD Economy at a Glance:

Rapid City, SD

Data Series	Back Data	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	Mar 2021	Apr 2021	May 2021	June 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		73.9	75.6	74.6	75.7	77.3	(p)80.3
Employment(1)		71.4	72.8	72.1	73.3	74.9	(p)77.6
Unemployment(1)		2.5	2.8	2.5	2.4	2.4	(p)2.7
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.4	3.7	3.4	3.2	3.1	(p)3.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		65.1	66.2	66.1	66.9	68.8	(p)71.4
12-month % change		-2.7	-1.0	-1.0	11.5	8.0	(p)6.9
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	(p)5.3
12-month % change		2.1	6.5	4.2	2.0	-1.9	(p)-1.9
Manufacturing(3)		2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	(p)3.0
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	3.6	11.5	7.4	(p)7.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		13.4	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.8	(p)14.0
12-month % change		1.5	3.8	4.6	17.1	12.2	(p)6.9
Information(3)		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	(p)0.7
12-month % change		-12.5	-12.5	-12.5	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	(p)3.5
12-month % change		-2.8	-2.8	-2.8	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		5.8	5.9	5.7	5.5	5.7	(p)5.8
12-month % change		-1.7	-1.7	-5.0	-5.2	-3.4	(p)-4.9
Education and Health Services(3)		12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	(p)12.4
12-month % change		-0.8	-0.8	0.0	7.8	5.1	(p)4.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		7.7	8.0	7.8	8.6	10.1	(p)12.1
12-month % change		-11.5	-8.0	-8.2	53.6	27.8	(p)26.0
Other Services(3)		3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	(p)3.5
12-month % change		-5.7	0.0	0.0	13.3	9.4	(p)6.1
Government(3)		10.8	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.1	(p)11.1
12-month % change		-4.4	-3.5	-3.5	4.7	5.7	(p)6.7
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