Full-service restaurants in South Dakota 637 establishments · 12,902 employees · 2024
Firms (SD)
637
Employment
12,902
Avg Annual Pay
$24,558
State Rank
#48 of 52
How South Dakota compares to national
Metric
South Dakota
National
South Dakota vs. U.S.
Establishments
637
265,872
0.2% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$24,558
$30,527
-$5,969 (-19.6%)
Location quotient
0.72
1.00
28% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
20.3
20.2
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Year-over-year firm growth
-2.0%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.72 means full-service restaurants are 28% under-represented in South Dakota's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 722511. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json