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Hughes County, SD jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Hughes County’s unemployment rate is 1.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 28 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Hughes County economy

  • 1.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    1.8% the month before

  • 9,161

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 17,732

    people in Hughes County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $78,981

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 48%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Hughes County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Hughes County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Hughes County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. State of South Dakota13 open roles
  2. GPAC2 open roles
  3. Amend Treatment1 open role
  4. Delta Dental of South Dakota1 open role
  5. Duluth News Tribune1 open role
  6. Eliassen Group1 open role
  7. Humana1 open role
  8. Jazz Pharmaceuticals1 open role
  9. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical1 open role
  10. RTX1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Pierre American Job Center

    Pierre · Affiliate · 605-773-3372

    Monday - Friday Call for an appointment

Cities in Hughes County

Other South Dakota counties

All of South Dakota

Laid off or looking for work in Hughes County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from South Dakota’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.