Brookings, SD jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Brookings
- Chief Financial OfficerBoys and Girls Club of the Northern Plains
- Corporate Communications ManagerDaktronics
- Marketing Strategist - TransportationDaktronics
- Strategy AnalystDaktronics
- Buyer/PlannerDaktronics
- Remote Search Consultant / RecruiterGPAC
- Transportation Engineer - Project Managergpac
- Chief Financial OfficerBoys and Girls Club of the Northern Plains
Employers hiring most in Brookings
- Daktronics4 open roles
- Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Plains2 open roles
- gpac1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
Brookings layoffs
No layoff notices naming Brookings in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Brookings
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota State University | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Institute of Lutheran Theology | Private non-profit 4-year |
Brookings County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 3.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 9.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 1.4%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Brookings. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Poll: Voters split on Thune and Trump job performanceSouth Dakota News Watch · Oct 28, 2026
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in South Dakota? How to file for unemployment in South Dakota (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- South Dakota Workforce Development Council
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Brookings County economy
1.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
1.7% the month before
19,652
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
34,968
people in Brookings County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,341
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from South Dakota’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. South Dakota unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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