Brookings County, SD

FIPS 46011 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Brookings County had an annual average of 14,939 jobs across 1,335 establishments, paying $0.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

14,939

+0.3% YoY

Establishments

1,335

Total Wages

$0.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$56,474

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Brookings County, SD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 1,742 81 $367 $33.3M
541 NAICS 541 751 196 $1,495 $58.4M
311 NAICS 311 582 9 $1,579 $47.8M
238 NAICS 238 550 84 $1,175 $33.6M
621 NAICS 621 500 53 $1,089 $28.3M
455 NAICS 455 499 7 $583 $15.1M
424 NAICS 424 407 48 $1,749 $37.0M
522 NAICS 522 348 33 $2,172 $24.2M
112 NAICS 112 338 28 $981 $17.2M
623 NAICS 623 310 12 $650 $10.5M
444 NAICS 444 304 13 $805 $12.7M
561 NAICS 561 303 95 $892 $14.1M
813 NAICS 813 258 26 $917 $12.3M
236 NAICS 236 245 51 $1,086 $13.8M
332 NAICS 332 235 4 $1,074 $13.1M
624 NAICS 624 228 29 $578 $6.8M
457 NAICS 457 221 18 $459 $5.3M
484 NAICS 484 208 42 $1,129 $12.2M
713 NAICS 713 205 18 $295 $3.1M
441 NAICS 441 203 14 $1,055 $11.1M
812 NAICS 812 199 30 $545 $5.6M
423 NAICS 423 190 44 $1,539 $15.2M
524 NAICS 524 176 34 $1,171 $10.7M
237 NAICS 237 163 13 $1,670 $14.1M
721 NAICS 721 161 12 $443 $3.7M
459 NAICS 459 127 26 $653 $4.3M
449 NAICS 449 126 17 $676 $4.4M
611 NAICS 611 123 28 $469 $3.0M
811 NAICS 811 107 29 $969 $5.4M
221 NAICS 221 75 5 $2,200 $8.6M
551 NAICS 551 66 7 $1,822 $6.3M
458 NAICS 458 65 12 $405 $1.4M
926 NAICS 926 59 9 $1,261 $3.8M
425 NAICS 425 53 8 $3,113 $8.6M
491 NAICS 491 45 7 $1,231 $2.9M
562 NAICS 562 40 4 $1,212 $2.5M
513 NAICS 513 37 10 $930 $1.8M
922 NAICS 922 32 4 $1,288 $2.1M
327 NAICS 327 31 4 $1,207 $1.9M
517 NAICS 517 29 5 $1,377 $2.1M
924 NAICS 924 27 3 $1,866 $2.6M
523 NAICS 523 26 11 $1,957 $2.6M
493 NAICS 493 24 3 $1,084 $1.4M
518 NAICS 518 20 14 $2,930 $3.1M
516 NAICS 516 19 5 $941 $0.9M
928 NAICS 928 19 1 $1,398 $1.4M
923 NAICS 923 19 5 $1,215 $1.2M
814 NAICS 814 13 6 $651 $0.5M
323 NAICS 323 10 4 $1,205 $0.6M
921 NAICS 921 6 3 $1,231 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

144

jobs · $72,228 avg pay

Private

14,795

jobs · $56,319 avg pay

SD Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

2.2%

April 2026

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