Will AI take jobs in South Dakota?

How much of South Dakota's work is AI touching? In South Dakota, AI and robots touch about 2h 4m of the average worker's 8-hour shift, across the 533 jobs we can match to state data (429K workers). That's 6% less than the U.S. average of 2h 12m, and the 48th highest of 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico. Most of the workday, about 5h 56m, still goes to tasks with no documented AI or robot use.

Each job has the same time card in every state, so differences between states come only from the mix of jobs people do there. Pay and job counts are BLS May 2025 state figures; shift hours come from each job's time card.