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
Electricians	$61,390	2,980	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$60,880	460	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$60,760	850	View salary detail
Customs and Border Protection Officers	$60,740	2,000	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$60,740	140	View salary detail
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$60,740	2,000	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$60,680	340	View salary detail
Food Service Managers	$60,640	1,270	View salary detail
Farm and Home Management Educators	$60,440	90	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$60,380	320	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$60,260	170	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$60,260	170	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$60,260	170	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$60,260	170	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$60,190	390	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$60,140	130	View salary detail
Commercial and Industrial Designers	$60,110	190	View salary detail
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary	$60,100	100	View salary detail
Chemical Plant and System Operators	$59,970	180	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$59,870	600	View salary detail
Clergy	$59,860	140	View salary detail
Tool and Die Makers	$59,770	60	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$59,700	300	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$59,500	2,050	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$59,300	180	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$58,930	180	View salary detail
Logging Equipment Operators	$58,740	50	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$58,690	6,470	View salary detail
Athletic Trainers	$58,620	150	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$58,470	390	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$58,340	200	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$58,320	600	View salary detail
Computer Programmers	$58,240	70	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$58,120	1,340	View salary detail
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	$58,000	40	View salary detail
Instructional Coordinators	$57,910	500	View salary detail
Labor Relations Specialists	$57,900	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$57,880	80	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$57,880	110	View salary detail
Healthcare Social Workers	$57,510	790	View salary detail
Biofuels Processing Technicians	$57,430	190	View salary detail
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$57,430	190	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$57,370	190	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$57,160	80	View salary detail
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$57,050	440	View salary detail
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	$56,780	—	View salary detail
Editors	$56,730	140	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$56,700	60	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$56,700	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$56,680	3,660	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.