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U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General Federal Agents Arrest Arizona Produce Company Owner in Foreign Labor Visa Fraud and Illegal Firearms Investigation
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General issued the following news release:
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U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General Federal Agents Arrest Arizona Produce Company Owner in Foreign Labor Visa Fraud and Illegal Firearms Investigation
Federal agents with the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with significant support from the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, executed three federal criminal search warrants last week in southern Arizona. The warrants
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WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General issued the following news release:
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U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General Federal Agents Arrest Arizona Produce Company Owner in Foreign Labor Visa Fraud and Illegal Firearms Investigation
Federal agents with the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with significant support from the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, executed three federal criminal search warrants last week in southern Arizona. The warrantstargeted two locations in Rio Rico and one in Nogales.
The coordinated enforcement action is part of an ongoing investigation into alleged foreign labor visa fraud and federal firearms violations. The subject of the investigation is the owner of an Arizona produce repacking company that employed illegal foreign workers at its facility.
During the execution of the search warrants, agents discovered multiple firearms allegedly possessed by the subject, a previously convicted felon who is prohibited under federal law from possessing firearms. The investigation remains ongoing, and no additional information is being released at this time.
"This is exactly the kind of aggressive enforcement the American people deserve. These coordinated efforts, working with President Trump and Vice President Vance's White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud demonstrate our unwavering commitment to protecting federal programs and safeguarding AMERICAN workers," said Anthony P. D'Esposito, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor. "With the support of our partners across the Department of Labor, the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, and federal law enforcement agencies, we will continue to aggressively investigate foreign labor schemes and ensure those who break the law are held accountable."
For additional information on DOL OIG, please visit oig.dol.gov. If you suspect wrongdoing involving DOL programs or operations, contact the DOL-OIG Hotline at (800) 347-3756 or oig.dol.gov/hotlinecontact.htm.
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Original text here: https://www.oig.dol.gov/public/Press%20Releases/OIG-Press-Release-072126.htm
Reclamation Announces 60-Day Public Comment Period for Long-Term Water Service Contract With Tuolumne Utilities District
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release:
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Reclamation announces 60-day Public Comment Period for Long-Term Water Service Contract with Tuolumne Utilities District
FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on a draft long-term water service contract with the Tuolumne Utilities District. The proposed contract would provide for the storage and conveyance of up to 6,000 acre-feet of Central Valley Project water annually from the New Melones Unit.
Under the proposed contract, Reclamation would
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WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release:
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Reclamation announces 60-day Public Comment Period for Long-Term Water Service Contract with Tuolumne Utilities District
FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on a draft long-term water service contract with the Tuolumne Utilities District. The proposed contract would provide for the storage and conveyance of up to 6,000 acre-feet of Central Valley Project water annually from the New Melones Unit.
Under the proposed contract, Reclamation wouldprovide Tuolumne Utilities District with up to 6,000 acre feet of Central Valley Project water from existing New Melones Unit contract supplies within the Eastside Division. As an in basin contractor, Tuolumne Utilities District has priority to this water, which would be delivered based on hydrologic conditions and Central Valley Project operations either through releases from New Melones Reservoir or by reducing interim deliveries to Stockton East Water District or Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District, consistent with their contract provisions.
The proposed contract would authorize Tuolumne Utilities District to deliver up to 6,000 acre feet of surface water annually within Tuolumne County, including subcontract to Chicken Ranch Rancheria for municipal, industrial, and irrigation uses. This supply would supplement and support Tuolumne Utilities District's existing water service commitments within the New Melones Unit and the broader Stanislaus River Basin. Tuolumne Utilities District provides water service across Tuolumne County to agricultural, residential, commercial, and industrial customers.
Written comments on this draft contract must be received by close of business on September 21, 2026, and sent to Chanthea Khoun, Repayment Specialist, Central California Area Office, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630, or email to ckhoun@usbr.gov.
For more information or to request a copy of the draft contract, call 916-537-7052 or email ckhoun@usbr.gov.
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The Bureau of Reclamation is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior and is the nation's largest wholesale water supplier and second largest producer of hydroelectric power. Our facilities also provide substantial flood control, recreation opportunities, and environmental benefits.
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Original text here: https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/news-release/5372
PPPL to Lead Genesis Mission Project to Create an AI Operator for Crucial Fusion Energy Heating System
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news:
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PPPL to lead Genesis Mission project to create an AI operator for crucial fusion energy heating system
The research team will also create a digital twin of the beam-wave interactions inside a gyrotron
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) will lead a critical fusion energy research project and partner on seven other initiatives as a part of the Genesis Mission: the national initiative to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for scientific
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WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news:
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PPPL to lead Genesis Mission project to create an AI operator for crucial fusion energy heating system
The research team will also create a digital twin of the beam-wave interactions inside a gyrotron
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) will lead a critical fusion energy research project and partner on seven other initiatives as a part of the Genesis Mission: the national initiative to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for scientificdiscovery. Announced July 22, 2026, these awards will support the Lab's mission to harness on Earth the fusion energy that drives the sun and stars, while leading discoveries in plasma science and technology.
The Genesis Mission is a historic national initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy, which is building the world's most powerful integrated science discovery platform. By uniting government, industry, academia and philanthropy, it is accelerating breakthroughs in energy, scientific discovery and national security through a new platform that combines AI, supercomputing, quantum systems and advanced scientific instruments.
The goal of the Phase I Request for Application awards is to identify promising pathways toward transformative scientific capabilities and establish a foundation for future investment and scale. Project teams will design and demonstrate research workflows that integrate AI with scientific investigation, while rigorously evaluating whether those approaches can accelerate discovery, improve predictive capabilities, enhance experimentation or generate new scientific insights.
Under the direction of Principal Research Physicist Syun'ichi Shiraiwa, the PPPL-led project will use AI to improve electron cyclotron heating (ECH): a crucial method for heating the plasma in fusion systems that use magnetic fields to hold the plasma. The research team will develop an AI system to autonomously operate the high-power gyrotrons used for ECH. The researchers will also build a digital twin, or virtual replica, to accelerate simulations of the physics inside a gyrotron and high-frequency gyrotron development needed by the fusion industry. Researchers from Rice University, the Naval Research Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory and Sophelio will collaborate on this project.
In addition, two Genesis Mission projects will be led by researchers with joint appointments at PPPL and Princeton University:
* Toward a Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiments (FLARE) Digital Twin: Accelerating Experimental Research Using Neural Networks -- Hantao Ji, a distinguished research fellow at PPPL, principal investigator on FLARE and professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University
* Foundation Model Platform for Fusion Energy: A Multi-modal Multidevice Learning -- Egemen Kolemen, a staff research physicist at PPPL and Princeton University professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
PPPL was also selected as a partner on five other Genesis Mission projects. The following researchers will lead the Lab's work on each:
* Core Accelerated Trajectories With Augmented Learning by Sim-to-experiment Transfer -- Nathaniel Ferraro, deputy head of theory
* Automatic Performance Portability for Distributed Scientific Workflows on the Genesis Mission Platform -- Shantenu Jha, head of computational sciences
* AI-based Adaptive Low-temperature Plasma for Healthcare, Agriculture and Advanced Manufacturing -- Yevgeny Raitses, managing principal research physicist
* Data-driven Discovery of Multicomponent Plasma Fluid Dynamics -- Ammar Hakim, principal research physicist
* AI-driven Rapid Discovery of Plasma Deposition for Novel Materials for Next-generation Semiconductor Devices -- Igor Kaganovich, principal research physicist
"The national labs and industry have a shared set of interests and priorities and very complementary capabilities, with laboratories delivering knowledge and industry delivering products. That really opens the aperture toward driving fusion and plasma science forward together," said Laura Berzak Hopkins, PPPL's deputy director for research and chief research officer.
For more information, visit PPPL's Genesis Mission project page (https://www.pppl.gov/research/projects/genesis-mission-ai4fusion).
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Original text here: https://www.pppl.gov/news/2026/pppl-lead-genesis-mission-project-create-ai-operator-crucial-fusion-energy-heating-system
FCC Adopts Groundbreaking Overhaul of Space Bureau's Licensing Process
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release:
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FCC Adopts Groundbreaking Overhaul of Space Bureau's Licensing Process
A New 'Licensing Assembly Line' Will Support the Dynamic Space Economy
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In a landmark decision marking the latest Trump Administration win for American space superiority, the Federal Communications Commission voted to overhaul and modernize the Commission's space and earth station licensing process. These signature reforms put into action the Commission's long-term vision for accelerating the Space Bureau's work.
In roughly
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WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release:
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FCC Adopts Groundbreaking Overhaul of Space Bureau's Licensing Process
A New 'Licensing Assembly Line' Will Support the Dynamic Space Economy
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In a landmark decision marking the latest Trump Administration win for American space superiority, the Federal Communications Commission voted to overhaul and modernize the Commission's space and earth station licensing process. These signature reforms put into action the Commission's long-term vision for accelerating the Space Bureau's work.
In roughly18 months, the Commission began and finished a systematic regulatory overhaul of industry-wide regulations. Instead of adjusting its regulations around the edges, the Commission proposed to discard the legacy Part 25 rules in their entirety and instead rebuild its rules from first principles through a new Part 100. The speed and ambition at which the Commission executed these reforms is historically unprecedented within the federal government and something many have considered unimaginable. The new rules promise to massively accelerate space and earth station licensing, create a faster, more predictable "licensing assembly line," enhance space safety, and remove outdated regulations to support America's vibrant commercial space economy.
Additional Background Information
The United States is already the world leader in commercial space, and the industry is rapidly moving to build the space infrastructure of the future. The Commission's action today ensures that the United States remains the best place for the space industry to build, operate, and license innovative space-based systems. Today's Report and Order overhauls and modernizes the Commission's space and earth station licensing process in a number of areas:
* Adopts a new rule section (part 100) that would revise many legacy rules (part 25) from first principles, including surety bond requirements, license terms, processing rounds, and other application filing frameworks.
* Replaces the FCC's traditional licensing process with a "licensing assembly line" where applications are modularized and processed more efficiently.
* Increases the speed of application processing, provides more predictability for companies, and gives the FCC new tools to promote today's space innovators.
* Establishes bright-line criteria as to when an application serves the public interest, while providing clarity on the exceptional circumstances that warrant more considered review.
* Promotes space safety by requiring satellite operators to share space situational awareness data.
* Eliminates a large swath of unnecessary licensing and operating rules, consistent with the agency's Delete, Delete, Delete proceeding.
* Seeks comment (in a Further Notice) on the establishment of a space-based experimental licensing regime and further reforms to space and earth station application processing and licensing.
Action by the Commission July 22, 2026 by Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 26-47). Chairman Carr, Commissioners Gomez and Trusty approving. Chairman Carr and Commissioner Trusty issuing separate statements.
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Original text here: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-423287A1.pdf
DOE Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Announces First Genesis Mission Projects Selected to Accelerate AI-Driven Scientific Discovery
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release:
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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Announces First Genesis Mission Projects Selected to Accelerate AI-Driven Scientific Discovery
Nearly 300 projects selected from historic RFA response spanning all 50 states to accelerate breakthroughs in energy, discovery science, and national security.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the first projects selected under the Genesis Mission Request for Applications (RFA) as part of President Trump's historic Genesis Mission. The national portfolio
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WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release:
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Secretary of Energy Chris Wright Announces First Genesis Mission Projects Selected to Accelerate AI-Driven Scientific Discovery
Nearly 300 projects selected from historic RFA response spanning all 50 states to accelerate breakthroughs in energy, discovery science, and national security.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the first projects selected under the Genesis Mission Request for Applications (RFA) as part of President Trump's historic Genesis Mission. The national portfolioof research teams will help develop and demonstrate AI-enabled scientific workflows designed to accelerate breakthroughs in energy, discovery science, and national security.
Designed to double America's scientific productivity, the Genesis Mission brings together DOE's world-class scientific capabilities, advanced AI, high-performance computing, and the nation's leading researchers to transform how scientific discovery is conducted and strengthen American leadership in science and technology.
"America has no shortage of bold ideas or talented scientists, and the response to the Genesis Mission proves that," said U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. "The 278 projects selected today represent the very best of our nation's scientific enterprise. The remarkable number of high-quality proposals we received demonstrates that America's innovation pipeline is strong, and it points to even greater opportunities for future investment and continued expansion of the Genesis Mission portfolio."
The Genesis Mission RFA generated the largest response to a funding opportunity in DOE history. Following a rigorous merit review process, the selected projects represent:
* 278 awards: 87 led by DOE and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) National Laboratories, 168 led by universities, 19 led by companies, and 4 led by nonprofit organizations.
* 342 participating institutions: 16 DOE and NNSA National Laboratories, 142 universities, 157 companies, 13 nonprofit organizations, and 14 other institutions.
These projects will address some of the nation's most pressing energy, scientific, and engineering challenges, including in nuclear energy, critical mineral extraction, intelligent chip design, and commercial fusion energy.
Among the selected projects, the largest is a three-year, $60 million investment in nuclear energy that will harness AI to help deliver nuclear facilities faster and safer while cutting operating costs to provide Americans with affordable, reliable, and secure energy.
"The extraordinary response to this Genesis Mission application process demonstrates that America's scientific community is ready to reimagine how discovery happens," said Under Secretary for Science Dr. Dario Gil. "Through the Genesis Mission, we are bringing together the nation's leading researchers, institutions, and technology partners to build the next generation of scientific capability. We look forward to seeing these teams demonstrate new research workflows that accelerate discovery and reveal what is possible when AI and science advance together."
With today's selections, research teams will begin developing and demonstrating AI-enabled scientific workflows designed to accelerate scientific discovery across DOE's mission areas. Awardees will gain access to the Genesis Mission Platform, including AI agent frameworks, advanced AI models and software made available through industry partners, and high-performance computing resources across DOE's National Laboratories and partner facilities. Together, these capabilities will enable researchers to rapidly design, test, and refine new approaches to accelerate scientific discovery.
Read additional information about today's announcement (https://science.osti.gov/Funding-Opportunities/Award). Learn more about the Genesis Mission (https://www.energy.gov/undersecretaryforscience/genesis-mission/genesis-mission).
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Selection for award negotiations is not a commitment by DOE to issue an award or provide funding. Before funding is issued, DOE and applicants will undergo a negotiation process, and DOE may cancel negotiations and rescind the selection for any reason during that process
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Original text here: https://www.energy.gov/articles/secretary-energy-chris-wright-announces-first-genesis-mission-projects-selected-accelerate
BLS: Americans Age 15 and Over Read for an Average of 16 Minutes Per Day in 2025
WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 22, 2026, from Economics Daily:
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Americans age 15 and over read for an average of 16 minutes per day in 2025
In 2025, Americans aged 15 and over spent an average of 16 minutes per day reading for personal interest, compared with 2.6 hours watching TV.
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Chart: Average hours per day spent in selected leisure and sports activities by age, 2025 annual averages
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The average time spent on leisure and sports activities was highest for those aged 65 and over
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WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 22, 2026, from Economics Daily:
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Americans age 15 and over read for an average of 16 minutes per day in 2025
In 2025, Americans aged 15 and over spent an average of 16 minutes per day reading for personal interest, compared with 2.6 hours watching TV.
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Chart: Average hours per day spent in selected leisure and sports activities by age, 2025 annual averages
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The average time spent on leisure and sports activities was highest for those aged 65 and over(7.1 hours per day) and lowest for people between 35 and 44 (3.9 hours per day). Those between 55 and 64 years of age spent an average of 15 minutes per day participating in sports, exercise, and recreation, while people between 15 and 24 spent about 34 minutes on those activities.
Not surprisingly, individuals aged 55 and over (and more likely to be retired) spent more time relaxing, thinking, socializing and communicating than those in younger age groups. People between the ages of 55 and 64 spent about 40 minutes a day socializing and communicating and about 22 minutes a day relaxing and thinking. Those 65 and over spent about 34 minutes a day on each of these activities, while those between the ages of 25 and 34 spent about 15 minutes a day relaxing and thinking in 2025.
These data are from the American Time Use Survey (https://www.bls.gov/tus/). For more information, see "American Time Use Survey -- 2025 Results (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/atus_06252026.htm)." We also have more charts (https://www.bls.gov/charts/american-time-use/) on activities and time use.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Americans age 15 and over read for an average of 16 minutes per day in 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/americans-age-15-and-over-read-for-an-average-of-16-minutes-per-day-in-2025.htm (visited July 22, 2026).
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View original text plus charts and tables here: https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/americans-age-15-and-over-read-for-an-average-of-16-minutes-per-day-in-2025.htm
BLS Midwest Region Issues Report on Occupational Employment and Wages in Rapid City May 2025
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 23 (TNSLrpt) -- Occupational Employment and Wages in Rapid City May 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Region - July 22, 2026
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Workers in the Rapid City, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.81 in May 2025, compared to the nationwide average of $33.54, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that higher paying major occupational groups included management ($60.57), healthcare practitioners and technical
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CHICAGO, Illinois, July 23 (TNSLrpt) -- Occupational Employment and Wages in Rapid City May 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Midwest Region - July 22, 2026
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Workers in the Rapid City, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.81 in May 2025, compared to the nationwide average of $33.54, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that higher paying major occupational groups included management ($60.57), healthcare practitioners and technical($49.93), and computer and mathematical ($47.66). Lower paying occupations included food preparation and serving related ($15.69), building and grounds cleaning and maintenance ($17.04), and personal care and service ($18.26). (See table A.)
Occupational groups with the highest employment shares in the Rapid City area included office and administrative support (11.8 percent), food preparation and serving related (11.4 percent), and sales and related (11.1 percent). Major occupational groups on the lower end of local employment included legal (0.6 percent); arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media (1.0 percent); and life, physical, and social science (1.2 percent).
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Table A. Occupational employment and wages by major occupational group, United States and the Rapid City metropolitan area, May 2025
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One occupational group--office and administrative support--was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Rapid City had 8,710 jobs in office and administrative support, accounting for 11.8 percent of local area employment, compared to the 11.4-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $20.94, compared to the national wage of $24.79.
Some of the larger detailed occupations within the office and administrative support group included bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (1,720); receptionists and information clerks (1,240); and customer service representatives (1,010). Among the higher paying jobs in this group were cargo and freight agents ($32.38) and postal service mail carriers ($30.03). At the lower end of the wage scale were hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ($15.04) and mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ($17.73). (Detailed data for the office and administrative support occupations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to https://data.bls.gov/oes/#/area/0039660/2025.)
Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.00 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Rapid City area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in some of the occupations within the office and administrative support group. For instance, hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks were employed at 4.57 times the national rate in Rapid City, and receptionists and information clerks, at 2.87 times the U.S. average. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks had a location quotient of 1.12 in Rapid City, indicating that this particular occupation's local and national employment shares were similar.
The statistics in this release are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support. State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data: in this case, the South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation.
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Federal Government Shutdown
Because of the lapse in federal appropriations from October 1 through November 12, 2025, additional collection and processing time were required for the May 2025 OEWS survey panel once appropriations resumed. The response rate for the May 2025 survey panel was within the normal range and no additional modifications to the OEWS methodology and procedures were necessary as a result of the shutdown.
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Technical Note
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey is a semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OEWS data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 530 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, most 4-digit, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. Full OEWS data tables (https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm) are available online.
Additional information about the OEWS estimates and methodology is available in the national Technical Notes (https://www.bls.gov/oes/2025/may/oes_tec.htm). The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 66.2 percent based on establishments and 67.2 percent based on weighted sampled employment. Sample sizes and response rates by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area are available on the Additional OEWS data sets (https://www.bls.gov/oes/additional.htm) page.
Metropolitan area definitions
The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
The Rapid City, SD Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Custer County, Meade County, and Pennington County.
For more information
Answers to frequently asked questions (https://www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm) about the OEWS data, as well as general program documentation (https://www.bls.gov/oes/oes_doc.htm), are available on the OEWS website (https://www.bls.gov/oes/).
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.
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Table 1. Employment and wage data for office and administrative support occupations, Rapid City metropolitan area, May 2025
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View original text plus charts and tables here: https://www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/news-release/2026/occupationalemploymentandwages_rapidcity_20260722.htm
