South Dakota · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in South Dakota
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in South Dakota, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 32,000 people in South Dakota worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $51,720.
Employment in production occupations in South Dakota grew 13.0% from 2004 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.3× as concentrated in South Dakota as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.25). 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.
- 32,000Employment, 2025
- $51,720Mean annual wage
- 7.0%Share of South Dakota jobs
- 1.25Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 28,300; 2005 29,100; 2006 30,100; 2007 30,600; 2008 31,100; 2009 27,800; 2010 27,500; 2011 29,000; 2012 30,400; 2013 30,600; 2014 31,300; 2015 31,400; 2016 31,100; 2017 31,100; 2018 32,100; 2019 32,800; 2020 31,900; 2021 32,400; 2022 33,100; 2023 32,900; 2024 32,500; 2025 32,000.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31,989 | $51,724 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 32,453 | $49,545 | 1.3% |
| 2023 | 32,865 | $47,741 | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 33,073 | $45,997 | 2.1% |
| 2021 | 32,402 | $43,920 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 31,907 | $41,649 | 2.8% |
| 2019 | 32,836 | $38,406 | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 32,072 | $37,142 | 3.0% |
| 2017 | 31,127 | $35,794 | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 31,062 | $34,647 | 1.0% |
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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Production occupations in South Dakota, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production 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.