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South Dakota jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

South Dakota’s unemployment rate is 2.0%. 447 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 4 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

South Dakota economy

  • 2.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.1% the month before

  • 485,944

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 899,194

    people in South Dakota

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $72,421

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

South Dakota layoffs

  • 4

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 87

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 4

    employers

WARN notices filed in South Dakota, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
JeniusBank—2—State record
ConduentConduent1—State record
Republic National Distributing CompanyRepublic National Distributing Company53—State record
Christ The King SchoolSioux Falls31—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in South Dakota

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. GPAC32 open roles
  2. State of South Dakota32 open roles
  3. Valley Queen Cheese Factory13 open roles
  4. Terex12 open roles
  5. The Bancorp Bank, National Association9 open roles
  6. Trinzic9 open roles
  7. gpac8 open roles
  8. Veterans Health Administration8 open roles
  9. Sammons Financial6 open roles
  10. Augustana University5 open roles
  11. Eide Bailly5 open roles
  12. First Bank & Trust5 open roles

Higher education in South Dakota

  • 15

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 67,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in South Dakota

Largest colleges in South Dakota
CollegeCityTypeStudents
South Dakota State UniversityBrookingsPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of South DakotaVermillionPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Augustana UniversitySioux FallsPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Black Hills State UniversitySpearfishPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Dakota State UniversityMadisonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Kairos UniversitySioux FallsPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Mount Marty UniversityYanktonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Northern State UniversityAberdeenPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Oglala Lakota CollegeKylePublic 4-year1,000–4,999
South Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid CityPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
University of Sioux FallsSioux FallsPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchellPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

All 15 South Dakota colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving South Dakota. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

10 American Job Centers in South Dakota

Job fairs and business events in South Dakota

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in South Dakota.

Conferences in South Dakota

Industry conferences and trade shows held in South Dakota, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 2 with dates announced.

All conferences

South Dakota counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

South Dakota cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in South Dakota?

See what to do first, what South Dakota unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from South Dakota’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. South Dakota unemployment benefits.