Codington County, SD jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Codington County’s unemployment rate is 1.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Codington County economy

1.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
1.7% the month before
16,496
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,556
people in Codington County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,080
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Codington County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 1.5%, down 0.2 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Codington County. 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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Codington County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Codington County 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.

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Employers hiring most in Codington County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Performance Health3 open roles
Valley Queen Cheese Factory2 open roles
Enercept1 open role
First Interstate Bancsystem1 open role
First Interstate Bank1 open role
Flexcompute1 open role
Sentryusa1 open role
Terex1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Codington County. 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

Watertown American Job Center
Watertown · Comprehensive · 605-773-3372
Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Cities in Codington County

Watertown11 jobs

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from South Dakota’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. South Dakota unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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