Sources & References
Metro Job Market Pulse · Sioux Falls, SD MSA · October 2026
Every advertised-pay, job-posting and industry figure in this briefing comes from WageScape's own database of active job postings. The sources below back the external facts cited in the written analysis.
Sources cited in this report
This Month's Takeaways
South Dakota average weekly wage fell 0.9% year-over-year through June 2026
USA Facts — State wage trend data
Construction added 800 jobs statewide in August 2026, a 2.4% gain
South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation — State sector employment data
Local Economic Conditions
Sioux Falls MSA unemployment rate rose to 1.9% in July 2026
SiouxFalls.Business — Metro unemployment rate reporting
South Dakota labor force participation fell to 66.5% in August 2026
South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation — State labor force participation data
Looking Ahead
South Dakota BLS unemployment data for September scheduled for October 20, 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics — State employment data release schedule
National wage growth slowed to 3.0% against 3.4% inflation
Bureau of Labor Statistics — National wage and inflation data, September 2026
How the numbers are calculated
- Advertised pay is the median of the pay ranges employers publish in active job postings in this metro. It is not survey or payroll data.
- Percent changes compare the latest six full months with the six months before that, for the same metro and sector.
- Sectors group postings by the employer's industry (NAICS) classification into ten sectors. Where a metro has too few postings in a sector, the state figure is used instead.
- Role pay trends use the same comparison windows. "Stable" means a change of less than 3%; "moderate" 3–10%; "significant" more than 10%.
Official data for comparison