Rapid City Jobs

Rapid City is a city in Pennington County, South Dakota, USA. As of the 2005 census estimate, the city had a total population 62,167. Rapid City is the hub of the Black Hills and the primary city in a metro of 118,763. It is the county seat of Pennington County and the second largest city in South Dakota after Sioux Falls. Rapid City is also the principal city of and is included in the Rapid City, South Dakota Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Rapid City Journal is the daily newspaper. Rapid City is known as the "Gateway City" to the Black Hills. The most common sources of revenue for Rapid City are banking, development, agriculture, and tourism.

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Among the most common occupations in Rapid City are Management, professional, and related occupations, 31%. Sales and office occupations, 28%. and Service occupations, 16%. Approximately 75 percent of workers in Rapid City, South Dakota work for companies, 14 percent work for the government and 6 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Rapid City Jobs are for physical therapist jobs, financial advisor jobs, administrative assistant jobs, store manager jobs, business sales manager jobs and registered nurse jobs.

The leading industries in Rapid City, South Dakota are Educational, health and social services, 21%; Retail trade, 14%; and Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services, 10%. Simply Hired's Rapid City job listings indicate that the following industries in Rapid City are hiring the most workers: Paint & Wallpaper Stores, Retail Lumberyards, Home Centers, Hardware Stores and General Merchandise Stores.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Rapid City, South Dakota is $26,449, and the median income of households in Rapid City was $35,978.

Rapid City has an unemployment rate of 4.8%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Rapid City Trends data, the number of Rapid City, South Dakota jobs has decreased by 42% since September 2006.

Population of Rapid City Total population 59,607 Male 49.03% Female 50.97% Median age 34.8     Rapid City Housing Owner-occupied homes 59.3% Median cost of a home $89,700 Median mortage payment $561 Renter-occupied homes 40.7% Vacant housing 4.5% Median monthly rent $496     Average Income Median for all male full-time $30,985 Median for all female full-time $21,913     Household Income Less than $10,000 10% $10,000 to $14,999 7% $15,000 to $24,999 17% $25,000 to $34,999 16% $35,000 to $49,999 19% $50,000 to $74,999 18% $75,000 to $99,999 7% $100,000 to $149,999 4% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 2%

Education Less than 9th grade 4% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 8% High school graduate 27% Some college, no degree 26% Associate's degree 8% Bachelor's degree 18% Graduate degree 9%     Marital Status Never married 27% Currently married 52% Separated 2% Widowed 6% Divorced 12%     Race White 87% Black or African American 1% Asian 1% Other 11%     Rapid City Commute Carpool 9.9% Public transportation 0.8% Average travel time 16 minutes

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