SIOUX FALLS MSA NONFARM WAGE AND SALARIED WORKERS

S I O U X FA L L S B U S I N E S S I N D E X

154,000
153,000

produced by AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY for the SIOUX FALLS BUSINESS JOURNAL

152,000

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April 2016 survey
CONDITIONS IN YOUR BUSINESS COMPARED TO LAST MONTH
Prices paid for purchased materials and products
62.5
70.0
Prices received for your products and services
63.3
Inventory of finished products or goods for sale

151,000

10 20

30 40

50

60 70 80 90 100

LINCOLN COUNTY TAXABLE SALES

April 2016

April 2015

Change

Beresford
$1,354,361
$1,573,648
Canton
3,084,035
3,107,717
Fairview
8,617
17,296
Harrisburg
4,299,902
3,323,603
Hudson
437,205
410,807
Lennox
2,348,905
,106,125
Sioux Falls (so. of 57th St.) 16,295,893
14,995,448
Tea
5,927,749
5,568,530
Worthing
505,842
671,811
Other
1,042,462
634,048
Lincoln County total
35,304,972
32,409,034
South Dakota total
1,684,136,881 1,662,332,607

March 2016

Change

-13.9%
$992,590
-0.8
2,697,869
-50.2
23,156
+29.4
3,026,651
+6.4
332,175
+11.5
1,864,486
+8.7
13,732,915
+6.5
5,244,694
-24.7
610,889
+64.4
710,806
+8.9
29,236,231
+1.3 1,480,840,934

+36.4%
+14.3
-62.8
+42.1
+31.6
+26.0
+18.7
+13.0
-17.2
+46.7
+20.8
+13.7

150,000
149,000
148,000

2015

147,000

2016

146,000
145,000

JAN.

FEB.

MAR. APRIL

SELECTED SECTORS

MAY

JUNE

JULY

April 2016

April 2015

Manufacturing
13,400
Retail trade
18,900
Financial activities
16,300
Education/health services 30,900
Leisure/hospitality
14,600
Total SF MSA
153,000

13,500
18.100
16,000
30,400
14,300
148,800

AUG. SEPT.

% of change

-0.7
+4.4
+1.9
+1.6
+2.1
+2.8

OCT.

NOV.

DEC.

March 2016 % of change

13,500
19,000
16,300
31,000
14,200
152,300

-0.7
-0.5
0.0
-0.3
+2.8
+0.5

SIOUX FALLS MSA UNEMPLOYMENT

April 2016

Sioux Falls
South Dakota
United States
Sioux Falls figures

April 2015

2.2%
2.6%
4.7%
3,156

March 2016

2.6
3.1
5.1
3,729

2.4
2.9
5.1
3,599

Source: South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation

Source: South Dakota Department of Revenue

SIOUX FALLS HOME SALES

Houses on market (May)
Sold
Average sale price
Days on market
Source: Realtor Association of the Sioux Empire

2016

Jan. 1-May 24

2015
1,535

1,446

1,623

1,384

$184,699

$202,009
98

98

STOCK PRICES

May 31, 2016

June 2, 2015

52-week high 52-week low

Great Western Bancorp

$34.02

23.42

34.24

22.68

Meta Financial Group

$49.78

41.08

53.51

36.22

NorthWestern

$57.97

51.13

62.51

48.44

Raven Industries

$20.20

19.16

22.36

12.88

Source: www.nasdaq.com
Sioux Falls Business Journal