Hughes County, SD

FIPS 46065 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Hughes County had an annual average of 10,868 jobs across 941 establishments, paying $0.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

10,868

-0.6% YoY

Establishments

941

Total Wages

$0.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$61,733

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 Hughes County, SD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 666 41 $410 $14.2M
923 NAICS 923 581 10 $1,815 $41.5M
926 NAICS 926 560 19 $1,986 $36.9M
541 NAICS 541 528 144 $1,745 $46.9M
922 NAICS 922 483 13 $2,210 $40.0M
921 NAICS 921 482 10 $2,451 $34.4M
621 NAICS 621 390 44 $1,849 $37.5M
561 NAICS 561 326 64 $1,108 $18.8M
624 NAICS 624 309 17 $826 $13.3M
522 NAICS 522 293 20 $2,005 $27.0M
444 NAICS 444 254 12 $943 $12.4M
424 NAICS 424 233 22 $1,544 $18.7M
441 NAICS 441 226 16 $1,165 $13.7M
238 NAICS 238 223 48 $1,143 $13.3M
813 NAICS 813 205 35 $1,134 $12.1M
524 NAICS 524 190 27 $1,911 $18.9M
492 NAICS 492 164 11 $1,002 $8.6M
457 NAICS 457 150 13 $494 $3.8M
236 NAICS 236 147 33 $1,138 $8.7M
721 NAICS 721 132 16 $512 $3.5M
445 NAICS 445 126 6 $662 $4.3M
611 NAICS 611 116 18 $1,010 $6.1M
713 NAICS 713 100 11 $274 $1.4M
459 NAICS 459 93 17 $596 $2.9M
237 NAICS 237 81 12 $1,802 $7.6M
812 NAICS 812 79 14 $505 $2.1M
531 NAICS 531 75 14 $1,248 $4.9M
523 NAICS 523 70 18 $2,835 $10.3M
924 NAICS 924 67 9 $1,900 $5.1M
811 NAICS 811 56 16 $1,037 $3.0M
449 NAICS 449 46 9 $1,032 $2.5M
516 NAICS 516 46 4 $901 $2.1M
112 NAICS 112 39 5 $1,044 $2.1M
456 NAICS 456 38 4 $640 $1.3M
115 NAICS 115 30 7 $912 $1.4M
925 NAICS 925 23 4 $1,516 $1.8M
518 NAICS 518 22 7 $1,999 $2.3M
491 NAICS 491 20 3 $1,372 $1.5M
532 NAICS 532 19 5 $1,007 $1.0M
513 NAICS 513 9 6 $1,412 $0.6M
484 NAICS 484 7 4 $1,522 $0.5M
814 NAICS 814 3 4 $805 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

267

jobs · $100,792 avg pay

State Government

2,763

jobs · $71,660 avg pay

Local Government

784

jobs · $53,100 avg pay

Private

7,054

jobs · $57,336 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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