Huron, SD jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Economic Assistance Benefits SpecialistState of South Dakota
- Innovation Division DirectorSouth Dakota Wheat Growers
- Outside Sales RepresentativeBuilders FirstSource
- Wildlife Refuge Specialist (GS-9/11)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Employers hiring most in Huron
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- South Dakota Wheat Growers1 open role
- State of South Dakota1 open role
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service1 open role
Huron layoffs
No layoff notices naming Huron 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.
Pennington 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 4.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 1.7%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+897 jobs), construction (+630 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Huron. 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
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Huron. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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
Serves all of South Dakota
Huron American Job Center
Huron · Comprehensive · 605-773-3372
8am - 5pm Monday - Friday
Pennington County economy
1.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
1.8% the month before
59,596
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
112,081
people in Pennington County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,768
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
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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