Auto body & paint in South Dakota 194 establishments · 904 employees · 2024
Firms (SD)
194
Employment
904
Avg Annual Pay
$58,189
State Rank
#40 of 52
How South Dakota compares to national
Metric
South Dakota
National
South Dakota vs. U.S.
Establishments
194
35,605
0.5% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$58,189
$67,509
-$9,320 (-13.8%)
Location quotient
1.64
1.00
64% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
4.7
7.2
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Year-over-year firm growth
-2.5%
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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 1.64 means auto body & paint are 64% over-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 811121. 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