Largest Employers

Company Name	Employment	Product/Service
Creative Home Furnishings	55	Textiles
Dakotacare	35	Medical Claims Processing
Dakota Fiberglass	26	Fiberglass Buckets, Boats, etc.
Dakota Foundry	34	Foundry
Dakota Tube	50	Hydraulic Lines
EDP	16	Machining
ESCO	33	Commercial Signs
Lake Area Hospital	65	Health Services
Mereen Johnson	30	Industrial Tools
Powdertech	14	Powder Coating

Labor Force Statistics

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment	Rate
May 2008	2,840	2,730	110	3.9%

Labor force estimates include all civilians not in institutions, 16 years of age and older, who are classified as employed or unemployed. Labor force levels are given by place of residence and represent a count of employed and unemployed people. Labor force estimates are developed by the South Dakota Department of Labor in cooperation with the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Labor Supply

May 2008	Area Labor Supply (Brown, Marshall, Day Counties)	4,165
May 2008	Day County Labor Supply	430

Labor supply can be defined as the number of persons who would be available to staff a new or expanding business in an area. Labor supply can be categorized into two groups: those who currently hold jobs (and would like to change) and those who, for a variety of reasons, do not have jobs. It includes workers who live in the area and also workers who would commute into the area to work. Labor supply data is developed by the South Dakota Department of Labor.

 Annual Pay of Covered Workers by Industry

Day County Area Labor Profile

	Area Information				Statewide Information
Industry	Number of Workers	Percent of Total	Area Annual Pay		Number of Workers	Percent of Total	Statewide Annual Pay
Natural Resources/Mining	62	3%	$20,278		4,099	1%	$29,253
Construction	88	4%	$35,812		21,832	6%	$33,653
Manufacturing	297	15%	$27,500		41,393	11%	$35,515
Trade/Transportation/Utilities	*	*	*		79,318	21%	$28,102
Information	*	*	*		6,953	2%	$36,781
Financial Activities	102	5%	$25,192		29,228	8%	$38,547
Professional/Business Services	35	2%	$25,635		25,563	7%	$34,344
Education/Health Services	315	16%	$17,901		53,600	14%	$34,850
Leisure/Hospitality Services	166	8%	$7,202		42,465	11%	$11,440
Other Services	49	2%	$20,261		10,311	3%	$21,579
Total Government	448	22%	$23,752		69,093	18%	$32,326

* data was suppressed to prevent disclosure of confidential information.

Reference date for annual pay is 2006
This table includes the following Area: Day County

Note: Some industries may not include out-of-state data due to confidential information. If data for stated time period is not available for out-of-state counties, most current data available is used.

Source: South Dakota Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Center

Quarterly Occupational Wage Data

Day County Area Labor Profile

Occupation	East Average Wage
Accountants and Auditors	$23.23
Bookkeeping Accounting and Auditing Clerks	$11.89
Cashiers	$8.02
Customer Service Representatives	$12.32
Laborers and Freight Stock and Material Movers Hand	$9.94
Packers and Packagers Hand	$9.58
Retail Salespersons	$9.99
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers	$9.33
Team Assemblers	$10.90

Wages Updated to 1st Quarter -2008
This table includes the following regions: East,

Note: Out of State Data is not included in this table.

Source: South Dakota Department of Labor, Labor Market Information Center at http://www.state.sd.us/dol/lmic/occupationalwages.html