Rapid City, South Dakota Job Growth

There were 61,700 jobs in Rapid City, South Dakota in April 2020 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 65,975 employed persons for the month. Rapid City lost 7,700 jobs in April 2020 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 7,487 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Rapid City job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	April 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	61,700	-7,700	-7,000
CPS	65,975	-7,487	-6,096

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Rapid City, South Dakota Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Rapid City as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Rapid City, South Dakota

CES employment for Rapid City peaked in February 2020 at 70,000. Since then 8,300 jobs have been lost in Rapid City according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 73,462 for Rapid City in March 2020. 7,487 jobs have been lost in Rapid City since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Rapid City, South Dakota Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
April 2020	61,700	-7,700	65,975	-7,487
March 2020	69,400	-600	73,462	211
February 2020	70,000	100	73,251	323
January 2020	69,900	300	72,928	92
December 2019	69,600	300	72,836	105
November 2019	69,300	-300	72,731	123
October 2019	69,600	600	72,608	121
September 2019	69,000	100	72,487	107
August 2019	68,900	-100	72,380	92
July 2019	69,000	300	72,288	73
June 2019	68,700	-100	72,215	69
May 2019	68,800	100	72,146	75