# Employment: Rapid City, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Employment: Rapid City, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 2.0% year on year in September 2025, compared with 1.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 79,070 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −7.7% (Apr 2020) to 10.9% (Apr 2021), averaging 1.3%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-39660.EMP.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/employment-rapid-city-sd-metropolitan-statistical-area-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 79,070 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 80,310 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 80,136 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 80,634 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 80,117 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 78,614 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 77,386 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 77,707 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 77,638 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 79,079 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 79,603 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 80,765 thousands | 2.0 |
| August 2025 | 81,989 thousands | 1.7 |
| July 2025 | 82,182 thousands | 1.5 |
| June 2025 | 82,071 thousands | 2.4 |
| May 2025 | 80,068 thousands | 2.6 |
| April 2025 | 77,948 thousands | 2.3 |
| March 2025 | 76,339 thousands | 2.1 |
| February 2025 | 76,042 thousands | 2.0 |
| January 2025 | 76,005 thousands | 2.1 |
| December 2024 | 77,286 thousands | 2.2 |
| November 2024 | 77,681 thousands | 1.2 |
| October 2024 | 78,364 thousands | 1.1 |
| September 2024 | 79,217 thousands | 1.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-39660.EMP.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-39660.EMP.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```