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Rapid City, South Dakota

City · South Dakota, United States

Applications on record
798
FY2025
114
FY2026 to 30 June
108
Share of U.S. total
0.01%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$75,000
Median wage$75,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Applications by fiscal year — Rapid City, South Dakota

57114FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
57114FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200829
FY200920
FY201023
FY201125
FY201221
FY201317
FY201414
FY201535
FY201626
FY201722
FY201848
FY201929
FY202032
FY202161
FY202245
FY202343
FY202486
FY2025114
FY2026*108
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*395118
FY2025257118
FY202425529
FY202321202
FY202217244
FY202125306
FY20207178
FY20197175
FY20184422
FY20173154
FY20164175
FY20150269
FY20140122
FY20130152
FY20120156
FY201101213
FY20100203
FY20090146
FY200801415
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications for jobs in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Applications by employer
  1. South Dakota State University191
  2. Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Inc.75
  3. Rapid City Regional Hospital53
  4. Avant Healthcare Professionals49
  5. Diamond Hospitality, LLC19
  6. Sodaco Inc.19
  7. Atlantis, LLC16
  8. Genuine Builders Inc.14
  9. Kana Hospitality13
  10. South Dakota School of Mines and Tech11
  11. Chrisbro Hospitality, LLC11
  12. Phase Technologies, LLC10
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and routes

SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.

Occupations
  1. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary93
  2. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners84
  3. Registered Nurses65
  4. Physicians, All Other58
  5. General Internal Medicine Physicians36
  6. Cooks, Restaurant25
  7. Construction Laborers23
  8. Physics Teachers, Postsecondary22
  9. Chemical Engineers20
  10. Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks16
Visa routes
  1. H-1B450
  2. H-2B non-agricultural workers177
  3. PERM labour certification137
  4. E-3 (Australia)12
  5. H-1B1 (Singapore)2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $75,000; middle half $66,560 to $97,941 · median prevailing wage $65,686 (marker) · 153 applications.

$60k$150k$240k$330k$420k
$60k$150k$240k$330k$420k
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in South Dakota

Rapid City, South Dakota ranks #3 of 82 cities in South Dakota by work visa applications on record, with 5.90% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in South Dakota
3 of 82
Share of South Dakota's city applications
5.90%
Share of U.S. total
0.01%
Cities in South Dakota with the most applications
  1. Sioux Falls, SD4,065
  2. Huron, SD881
  3. Rapid City, SD798
  4. Brookings, SD726
  5. Aberdeen, SD660
  6. Pierre, SD378
  7. Vermillion, SD291
  8. Keystone, SD263
  9. Watertown, SD243
  10. Custer, SD226
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Job titles with their own pages

Titles with at least 30 labor condition applications here since FY2022.

  • Registered Nurse Float Pool
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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