Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in South Dakota

663 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in South Dakota for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Firefighters	$48,160	610	View salary detail
Carpenters	$48,140	4,560	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$48,100	3,450	View salary detail
Agricultural Equipment Operators	$48,060	240	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$48,010	330	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,980	1,150	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$47,900	420	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$47,900	1,290	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$47,840	200	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$47,800	320	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$47,790	560	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	$47,720	60	View salary detail
Roofers	$47,710	400	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$47,680	370	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$47,410	1,940	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$47,340	100	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$47,240	1,090	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$47,160	2,550	View salary detail
Glaziers	$47,140	220	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$47,050	340	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$47,000	1,710	View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	$46,940	60	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,910	130	View salary detail
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers	$46,890	50	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$46,860	610	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$46,850	40	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$46,840	90	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$46,690	170	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$46,620	1,120	View salary detail
Motorcycle Mechanics	$46,490	200	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$46,370	50	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,340	10,200	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$46,320	460	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$46,180	770	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$46,170	1,230	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$46,070	240	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,060	490	View salary detail
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,040	70	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$45,950	440	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$45,930	550	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$45,820	340	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$45,810	80	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$45,710	1,780	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$45,700	270	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$45,610	1,020	View salary detail
Animal Control Workers	$45,530	50	View salary detail
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	$45,520	80	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$45,370	2,100	View salary detail
Photographers	$45,330	190	View salary detail
Manicurists and Pedicurists	$45,310	250	View salary detail

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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.