Sioux Falls ranks among most recovered cities for employment
Sioux Falls’ unemployment has shown one of the strongest recoveries in the nation, according to a report out this week.
Sioux Falls’ unemployment has shown one of the strongest recoveries in the nation, according to a report out this week.
Unemployment figures in the Sioux Falls area continue to head in a positive direction, dropping to 4.2 percent for August, compared with 5.5 percent in July.
The number of South Dakotans filing for initial jobless claims appears to be getting back to about where it was before the pandemic.
Unemployment numbers are trending in the right direction. Here’s how Sioux Falls and South Dakota wrapped up July.
Unemployed workers in South Dakota will have to begin searching for a job in August to keep their state jobless benefits.
While there was a week-over-week increase of South Dakotans filing new claims for unemployment, the number of those continuing to receive benefits dropped by 1,200.
New claims for unemployment showed an increase in the most recent week, and continuing claims haven’t changed much.
The number of new weekly jobless claims processed in South Dakota dropped to 576, a decrease of 334 claims from the prior week’s total of 910.
The unemployment rate for the Sioux Falls MSA was 9.5 percent in May, almost the same as the jobless rate for all of South Dakota.
The number of South Dakotans claiming continued unemployment dropped by about 1,000 people in the most recent report.