Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Sioux Falls, SD

461 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Sioux Falls, SD for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$60,980	170	View salary detail
Clergy	$60,970	90	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$60,960	630	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$60,820	2,540	View salary detail
Food Service Managers	$60,670	530	View salary detail
Biofuels Processing Technicians	$60,650	60	View salary detail
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$60,650	60	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$60,610	150	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$60,530	140	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$60,310	60	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$60,130	90	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$60,130	90	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$60,130	90	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$60,130	90	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$60,060	260	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$59,580	30	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$59,500	90	View salary detail
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$59,430	230	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$59,270	110	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$59,200	200	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$59,190	720	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$59,180	140	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$58,880	70	View salary detail
Architectural and Civil Drafters	$58,860	210	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$58,770	80	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$58,650	60	View salary detail
Athletic Trainers	$58,620	60	View salary detail
Healthcare Social Workers	$58,510	260	View salary detail
Brokerage Clerks	$58,370	—	View salary detail
Commercial and Industrial Designers	$58,310	80	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$58,120	40	View salary detail
Instructional Coordinators	$57,910	180	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$57,840	1,340	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$57,840	100	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$57,820	—	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$57,410	130	View salary detail
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$57,360	520	View salary detail
Labor Relations Specialists	$56,900	70	View salary detail
Occupational Therapy Assistants	$56,180	40	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$56,070	110	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$55,690	180	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$55,200	850	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$55,000	810	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$55,000	810	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$54,760	70	View salary detail
Web Developers	$54,300	140	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$54,080	450	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$53,920	30	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$53,920	70	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$53,850	310	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.