Lincoln County, SD

FIPS 46083 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lincoln County had an annual average of 29,694 jobs across 2,515 establishments, paying $1.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

29,694

+3.2% YoY

Establishments

2,515

Total Wages

$1.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$65,125

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 Lincoln County, SD, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — — — —
621 NAICS 621 2,321 161 $1,622 $195.8M
611 NAICS 611 2,153 34 $924 $93.5M
622 NAICS 622 1,981 7 $1,297 $133.6M
722 NAICS 722 1,886 89 $411 $40.3M
238 NAICS 238 1,639 218 $1,179 $100.5M
541 NAICS 541 1,591 374 $1,835 $151.8M
522 NAICS 522 1,458 72 $2,140 $162.2M
524 NAICS 524 1,239 113 $1,848 $119.1M
561 NAICS 561 1,204 158 $1,103 $69.1M
236 NAICS 236 956 122 $1,483 $73.7M
332 NAICS 332 859 13 $1,257 $56.1M
337 NAICS 337 798 10 $1,205 $50.0M
624 NAICS 624 784 57 $532 $21.7M
423 NAICS 423 618 141 $1,853 $59.6M
445 NAICS 445 613 19 $505 $16.1M
455 NAICS 455 587 16 $588 $17.9M
441 NAICS 441 485 28 $1,412 $35.6M
424 NAICS 424 459 69 $1,676 $40.0M
457 NAICS 457 398 31 $545 $11.3M
623 NAICS 623 395 9 $614 $12.6M
484 NAICS 484 363 52 $1,271 $24.0M
531 NAICS 531 342 104 $1,081 $19.2M
812 NAICS 812 339 54 $672 $11.9M
713 NAICS 713 337 27 $308 $5.4M
921 NAICS 921 337 11 $1,063 $18.6M
811 NAICS 811 309 64 $881 $14.1M
444 NAICS 444 293 17 $984 $15.0M
237 NAICS 237 260 29 $1,919 $25.6M
721 NAICS 721 250 11 $544 $7.1M
813 NAICS 813 240 25 $649 $8.1M
523 NAICS 523 236 50 $3,313 $40.7M
333 NAICS 333 194 8 $1,322 $13.3M
112 NAICS 112 156 7 $1,125 $9.1M
459 NAICS 459 155 23 $911 $7.3M
517 NAICS 517 150 6 $1,178 $9.2M
458 NAICS 458 150 12 $889 $6.9M
221 NAICS 221 147 7 $2,288 $17.5M
456 NAICS 456 137 19 $946 $6.7M
449 NAICS 449 131 10 $1,286 $8.8M
711 NAICS 711 122 18 $424 $2.7M
325 NAICS 325 105 4 $1,450 $7.9M
321 NAICS 321 98 7 $1,091 $5.6M
326 NAICS 326 96 3 $1,108 $5.5M
516 NAICS 516 80 6 $1,327 $5.5M
111 NAICS 111 67 13 $710 $2.5M
513 NAICS 513 60 16 $1,842 $5.8M
488 NAICS 488 55 8 $1,052 $3.0M
814 NAICS 814 48 21 $336 $0.8M
491 NAICS 491 44 7 $1,058 $2.4M
532 NAICS 532 43 6 $1,211 $2.7M
323 NAICS 323 43 5 $873 $1.9M
492 NAICS 492 39 4 $865 $1.8M
327 NAICS 327 34 4 $1,489 $2.7M
425 NAICS 425 33 12 $1,473 $2.5M
525 NAICS 525 26 5 $2,201 $3.0M
922 NAICS 922 17 3 $1,257 $1.1M
518 NAICS 518 14 14 $2,069 $1.5M
926 NAICS 926 8 3 $1,426 $0.6M
924 NAICS 924 6 1 $1,571 $0.5M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

57

jobs · $60,231 avg pay

State Government

43

jobs · $52,751 avg pay

Local Government

2,036

jobs · $49,016 avg pay

Private

27,558

jobs · $66,345 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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