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
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$41,710	110	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$41,380	340	View salary detail
Choreographers	$41,080	40	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$40,690	240	View salary detail
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$40,690	50	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$40,330	170	View salary detail
Recreation Workers	$39,850	100	View salary detail
Photographers	$39,780	30	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$39,720	40	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$39,440	150	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$39,420	270	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$39,300	90	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$39,280	40	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$39,130	430	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$38,970	80	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$38,830	70	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$38,760	60	View salary detail
Tellers	$38,630	200	View salary detail
Skincare Specialists	$38,580	30	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$38,520	1,010	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$38,500	1,280	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$38,440	170	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$38,050	420	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$38,050	420	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$37,990	30	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$37,990	1,240	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$37,960	550	View salary detail
Airfield Operations Specialists	$37,940	60	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$37,920	130	View salary detail
Bakers	$37,690	50	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$37,550	40	View salary detail
Tire Repairers and Changers	$37,220	50	View salary detail
Security Guards	$37,150	240	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$37,150	1,580	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$37,060	80	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$36,900	40	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$36,870	260	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$36,610	60	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$36,120	160	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$36,110	60	View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$35,960	130	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$35,910	390	View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$35,640	40	View salary detail
Parking Attendants	$35,600	30	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$35,540	60	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$35,450	90	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$35,000	50	View salary detail
School Bus Monitors	$35,000	40	View salary detail
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$34,890	310	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$34,880	1,520	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.