Rapid City, South Dakota Job Growth

There were 69,800 jobs in Rapid City, South Dakota in February 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 73,208 employed persons for the month. Rapid City lost 400 jobs in February 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 312 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Rapid City job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	69,800	-400	+900
CPS	73,208	-312	+752

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 January 2019 at 70,200. Since then 400 jobs have been lost in Rapid City according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 73,846 for Rapid City in December 2018. 638 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
February 2019	69,800	-400	73,208	-312
January 2019	70,200	200	73,520	-326
December 2018	70,000	200	73,846	393
November 2018	69,800	600	73,453	518
October 2018	69,200	300	72,935	189
September 2018	68,900	-300	72,746	118
August 2018	69,200	0	72,628	-391
July 2018	69,200	-100	73,019	-149
June 2018	69,300	200	73,168	596
May 2018	69,100	400	72,572	126
April 2018	68,700	-200	72,446	-56
March 2018	68,900	0	72,502	46