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.
| 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
Other SD Counties
The largest counties in SD by total employment.
- Minnehaha County 138,555 jobs
- Pennington County 62,113 jobs
- Lincoln County 29,694 jobs
- Brown County 19,809 jobs
- Codington County 17,261 jobs
- Lawrence County 13,566 jobs
- Yankton County 13,092 jobs
- Davison County 12,547 jobs