Yankton, SD jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Yankton
- Client Service Associate Growth & Tax TrainingJackson Hewitt
- Process EngineerVishay
- Clinical Psychologist (Drug Abuse Program Coordinator) (GS-12)Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System
- Landscape Architect (Seasonal) (GS-7)National Park Service
- Customer Experience managerFive Below
- Finance ManagerState of South Dakota
- Senior EngineerTIUM Technology
- Manufacturing EngineerManitou Group
- Tax ManagerThinkingAhead Executive Search
- Associate EngineerVishay Intertechnology
Employers hiring most in Yankton
- Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System1 open role
- Five Below1 open role
- Jackson Hewitt1 open role
- Manitou Group1 open role
- National Park Service1 open role
- State of South Dakota1 open role
- Thinking Ahead1 open role
- ThinkingAhead Executive Search1 open role
- TIUM Technology1 open role
- Vishay1 open role
Yankton layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Yankton in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Yankton
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Mount Marty University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Yankton. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- South Dakota Workforce Development Council
Serves all of South Dakota
Yankton American Job Center
Yankton · Comprehensive · 605-773-3372
Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, Thursday 9 am to 5 pm
Yankton County economy
1.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.0% the month before
12,055
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
23,379
people in Yankton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,855
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.