South Dakota · SOC 47-0000 · Annual, 2025
Construction and extraction occupations in South Dakota
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 47-0000 in South Dakota, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 26,300 people in South Dakota worked in construction and extraction occupations (SOC 47-0000), with an average annual wage of $59,000.
Employment in construction and extraction occupations in South Dakota grew 14.5% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.4× as concentrated in South Dakota as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.38). Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 26,300. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for South Dakota are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 26,300Employment, 2025
- $59,000Mean annual wage
- 5.7%Share of South Dakota jobs
- 1.38Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 19,700; 2005 20,600; 2006 21,200; 2007 21,500; 2008 21,700; 2009 20,400; 2010 19,900; 2011 20,000; 2012 20,100; 2013 20,400; 2014 21,000; 2015 21,700; 2016 22,200; 2017 21,700; 2018 22,200; 2019 22,600; 2020 23,000; 2021 23,600; 2022 24,100; 2023 25,400; 2024 26,000; 2025 26,300.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26,284 | $59,004 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 26,004 | $56,412 | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 25,369 | $54,309 | 5.2% |
| 2022 | 24,114 | $51,567 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 23,618 | $49,637 | 2.9% |
| 2020 | 22,959 | $47,574 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 22,631 | $44,448 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 22,173 | $42,953 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 21,670 | $41,273 | 2.2% |
| 2016 | 22,151 | $41,120 | 2.2% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Construction and extraction occupations in South Dakota, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for construction and extraction occupations in South Dakota. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.