What jobs pay in South Dakota

$57,610avg. a year, all jobs

$27.70 an hour · 457,380 employed

Average and median pay for 56 jobs in South Dakota, with pay by metro area. All figures are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

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South Dakota metro areas

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Sioux Falls, SD-MN

$60,390

178,590 jobs

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Pay for 56 jobs in South Dakota

Sorted by number of jobs. Jobs with too few workers or too little survey data in South Dakota aren't listed.

Job	Avg. pay	Jobs
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$30,900	15,150
Registered Nurses	$77,140	14,710
Retail Salespersons	$39,720	14,180
Cashiers	$31,320	12,860
Stockers and Order Fillers	$37,000	11,460
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,630	10,200
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$36,360	8,630
Waiters and Waitresses	$30,860	7,350
Nursing Assistants	$39,510	6,860
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$58,550	6,470
Customer Service Representatives	$42,940	6,120
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$42,030	6,120
Accountants and Auditors	$85,030	5,820
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$38,420	5,760
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$81,270	5,220
Light Truck Drivers	$44,100	4,820
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	$29,520	4,650
Carpenters	$51,330	4,560
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$52,680	4,290
General and Operations Managers	$153,020	4,280
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	$39,260	4,210
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$45,120	3,960
Bartenders	$31,940	3,930
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$41,290	3,820
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$61,860	3,660
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$31,990	3,540
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$49,790	3,450
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$53,960	3,360
Food Preparation Workers	$31,630	3,270
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$51,980	3,250
Management Analysts	$92,440	2,980
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$36,600	2,980
Electricians	$61,980	2,980
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$42,530	2,920
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$43,560	2,740
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	$31,550	2,550
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$48,800	2,550
Software Developers	$104,790	2,380
Childcare Workers	$29,720	2,370
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$78,970	2,360
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$53,290	2,130
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$37,630	2,120
Parts Salespersons	$46,410	2,100
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$44,140	2,080
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$53,320	2,050
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$54,990	2,050
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$59,330	2,050
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$55,660	2,010
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$64,320	2,000
Cooks, Short Order	$34,180	2,000
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$48,730	1,940
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$73,610	1,930
Cooks, Restaurant	$36,720	1,890
Insurance Sales Agents	$82,200	1,870
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	$30,510	1,850
Loan Officers	$85,970	1,820

Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.