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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	Sep 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Rapid City — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2024
Rapid City Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Aug 2024

Rapid City, SD Economy at a Glance:

Rapid City, SD

Data Series	Back Data	Feb 2024	Mar 2024	Apr 2024	May 2024	June 2024	July 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		77.4	77.6	78.3	80.0	81.1	(p)82.5
Employment(1)		75.3	76.1	76.7	78.4	79.4	(p)81.0
Unemployment(1)		2.0	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.7	(p)1.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		2.6	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	(p)1.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		72.4	73.2	73.5	75.7	77.2	(p)77.1
12-month % change		2.3	3.1	1.9	1.1	0.1	(p)0.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		5.6	5.7	5.9	6.2	6.6	(p)6.7
12-month % change		1.8	3.6	1.7	1.6	4.8	(p)4.7
Manufacturing(3)		2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	(p)3.0
12-month % change		-3.3	-3.3	-3.3	-3.3	-3.3	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		14.5	14.8	14.6	14.9	15.3	(p)15.9
12-month % change		2.8	5.0	2.1	1.4	2.0	(p)6.0
Information(3)		0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	(p)0.8
12-month % change		14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		3.7	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.6	(p)3.6
12-month % change		2.8	2.8	0.0	0.0	-2.7	(p)-2.7
Professional and Business Services(3)		7.0	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	(p)7.3
12-month % change		1.4	2.9	2.9	1.4	0.0	(p)1.4
Education and Health Services(3)		12.9	12.9	12.8	13.0	13.0	(p)13.0
12-month % change		0.8	0.0	-0.8	0.0	1.6	(p)1.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		9.5	9.7	9.9	11.1	12.0	(p)12.1
12-month % change		5.6	6.6	3.1	0.0	-3.2	(p)-6.9
Other Services(3)		3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	(p)3.9
12-month % change		5.6	5.6	5.6	2.7	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		11.7	11.8	12.0	12.1	11.9	(p)10.8
12-month % change		0.9	1.7	3.4	2.5	-0.8	(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