Lead Jobs

Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 3,027 at the 2000 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line. The town was officially founded in 1876 after the discovery of gold. It is the site of the Homestake Mine, the largest, deepest and most productive gold mine in the Western Hemisphere before closing in 2001. Lead was originally founded as a company town by the Homestake Gold Mining Company, which ran the nearby Homestake mine. Phoebe Hearst, wife of one of the principals, was instrumental in making Lead a good place to live. She established the Hearst Free Public Library in town, and in 1900 the Hearst Free Kindergarten. She donated regularly to Lead's churches, and provided college scholarships to the children of mine and mill workers. Lead and the Homestake Mine have been selected as the site of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory, a proposed NSF facility for...more

Among the most common occupations in Lead are Service occupations, 34%; Sales and office occupations, 21%; and Management, professional, and related occupations, 18%. Approximately 78 percent of workers in Lead, South Dakota work for companies, 10 percent work for the government and 8 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in Lead, South Dakota are Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services, 34%; Educational, health and social services, 16%; and Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining, 13%. Simply Hired's Lead job listings indicate that the following industries in Lead are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Lead, South Dakota is $22,400, and the median income of households in Lead was $29,485.

According to our Lead Trends data, the number of Lead, South Dakota jobs has increased by 233% since October 2011.

Population of Lead Total population 3,027 Male 50.21% Female 49.79% Median age 37.2     Lead Housing Owner-occupied homes 68.4% Median cost of a home $45,700 Median mortgage payment $386 Renter-occupied homes 31.6% Vacant housing 20.9% Median monthly rent $429     Average Income Median for all male full-time $25,958 Median for all female full-time $18,841     Household Income Less than $10,000 10% $10,000 to $14,999 12% $15,000 to $24,999 20% $25,000 to $34,999 17% $35,000 to $49,999 23% $50,000 to $74,999 15% $75,000 to $99,999 2% $100,000 to $149,999 1% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 6% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 10% High school graduate 40% Some college, no degree 24% Associate's degree 4% Bachelor's degree 10% Graduate degree 5%     Marital Status Never married 27% Currently married 52% Separated 1% Widowed 8% Divorced 12%     Race White 97% Black or African American 0% Asian 0% Other 3%     Lead Commute Carpool 12.8% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 16 minutes