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Article: South Dakota and United States.(Business Highlights)
- Article from:
- South Dakota Business Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Labor Market
Only one of South Dakota's major industries--information--posted an annual decline in employment from 2007 to 2008 with the loss of 200 workers. Overall, South Dakota nonfarm employment added 5,000 workers for this period. Education and health services accounted for 2,100 of the added workers.
According to preliminary estimates for February 2009, nonfarm wage and salaried employment in South Dakota was down 0.7 percent, or 2,700 jobs, over February 2008. The goods producing industries of natural resources, mining, construction and manufacturing accounted for a total of 3,800 job losses. Manufacturing alone lost 2,500 jobs for this period. ...