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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	Dec 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Rapid City — May 2020	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2021
Rapid City Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Dec 2021

Rapid City, SD Economy at a Glance:

Rapid City, SD

Data Series	Back Data	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sept 2021	Oct 2021
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		77.3	79.8	79.5	79.1	76.3	(p)75.5
Employment(1)		74.9	77.1	77.4	76.8	74.6	(p)73.6
Unemployment(1)		2.4	2.7	2.0	2.3	1.8	(p)1.9
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.1	3.4	2.6	2.9	2.3	(p)2.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		68.8	71.3	70.6	71.0	69.8	(p)68.3
12-month % change		8.0	6.7	3.2	1.4	1.9	(p)1.2
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		5.1	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.4	(p)5.5
12-month % change		-1.9	0.0	0.0	-3.7	-1.8	(p)3.8
Manufacturing(3)		2.9	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	(p)2.9
12-month % change		7.4	7.1	7.1	3.6	3.6	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		13.8	14.0	13.9	14.3	13.9	(p)13.9
12-month % change		12.2	6.9	3.7	2.9	4.5	(p)3.7
Information(3)		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	(p)0.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	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		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		5.7	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.7	(p)5.8
12-month % change		-3.4	-4.9	-6.6	-4.9	-5.0	(p)-1.7
Education and Health Services(3)		12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	(p)12.5
12-month % change		5.1	4.2	2.5	2.5	2.5	(p)2.5
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		10.1	12.0	12.6	12.8	10.6	(p)8.8
12-month % change		27.8	25.0	13.5	5.8	5.0	(p)-2.2
Other Services(3)		3.5	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	(p)3.5
12-month % change		9.4	9.1	5.9	2.9	2.9	(p)2.9
Government(3)		11.1	10.9	9.7	9.9	11.1	(p)11.2
12-month % change		5.7	4.8	-1.0	-1.0	0.9	(p)0.0
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