Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Rapid City, SD

381 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Rapid City, SD for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$56,330	670	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$56,040	120	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$55,850	360	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$55,850	360	View salary detail
Transportation Security Screeners	$55,530	40	View salary detail
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$55,520	170	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$53,840	30	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$53,740	60	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$53,040	240	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$52,990	40	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$52,970	50	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$52,680	30	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$52,680	30	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$52,680	30	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$52,680	30	View salary detail
Web Developers	$52,600	60	View salary detail
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$52,220	340	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$52,190	70	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$52,140	100	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$51,980	50	View salary detail
Computer Network Support Specialists	$51,950	60	View salary detail
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$51,940	40	View salary detail
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$51,940	40	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$51,690	200	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$51,630	40	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$51,340	70	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$50,990	70	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$50,710	130	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$50,650	70	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$50,490	420	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Workers	$50,110	40	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$50,080	180	View salary detail
Physical Therapist Assistants	$50,010	40	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$49,990	80	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$49,940	30	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$49,940	30	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$49,490	190	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$49,460	110	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$49,100	170	View salary detail
Carpenters	$48,640	870	View salary detail
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	$48,440	170	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$48,440	50	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$48,440	50	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$48,440	50	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$48,440	50	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$48,360	40	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$48,350	60	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$48,310	70	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$48,300	470	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$48,250	110	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.