State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025
South Dakota Labor Market
BLS JOLTS state totals for South Dakota: openings, hires, quits, and layoffs by month, with industry mix where the extract includes it. State releases may trail the national headline.
- 20K
- Job openings
- 17K
- Hires
- 3.4%
- Quits rate
- 18th
- Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)
BLS JOLTS turnover passport
Series extract JOLTS-46 South Dakota
20K openings · 4.1% rate · 17K hires · Dec 2025
- OPEN 20K
- RATE 4.1%
- RANK 18th
- HIRE 17K
- QUIT 3.4%
- LAY 6K
- YOY -4.8%
- PHOTO Texas
Openings-rate peers
Photo peer: Texas (4.1%)
South Dakota is 18th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Texas →
Labor market health score
Labor market health score
73/100
South Dakota, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions
A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.
- Job openings rate C 4.1%
Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
- Hires rate C+ 3.6%
Hires as a share of employment, latest month
- Quits rate A+ 3.4%
Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal
South Dakota is 46th of 51 by openings volume but 16th by latest-month openings rate, so size is not tightness.
Tight rate band
South Dakota sits in the tightest openings-rate third
Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). South Dakota is 16th of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 16th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.1%).
South Dakota sits at 16th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.
South Dakota openings fell 4.8% year over year
Monthly job openings in South Dakota from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 4.1%.
Openings vs. quits
Where South Dakota sits: Hot & confident
Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. South Dakota's own openings rate is 4.1% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 3.4% against a 2.2% average.
How South Dakota Compares
South Dakota's JOLTS metrics ranked against all 51 states and DC, Dec 2025.
Compare openings-rate peers
ABS(openings_rate) nationwide, not same-region neighbors.
States with similar quits rates
ABS(quits_rate) nationwide, a second lattice independent of openings-rate peers.
Data sourced from official public datasets for South Dakota (16th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.1%); volume 46th of 51). See our methodology.
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