South Dakota Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$29,490	15,150	View salary detail
Baristas	$29,490	15,150	View salary detail
Acute Care Nurses	$78,060	14,710	View salary detail
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$78,060	14,710	View salary detail
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$78,060	14,710	View salary detail
Critical Care Nurses	$78,060	14,710	View salary detail
Registered Nurses	$78,060	14,710	View salary detail
Retail Salespersons	$34,370	14,180	View salary detail
Cashiers	$29,780	12,860	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$37,650	11,460	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,340	10,200	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$35,480	8,630	View salary detail
Waiters and Waitresses	$28,990	7,350	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$38,800	6,860	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$58,690	6,470	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$40,650	6,120	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$41,700	6,120	View salary detail
Accountants and Auditors	$78,880	5,820	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$38,280	5,760	View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$77,210	5,220	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$43,240	4,820	View salary detail
Carpenters	$48,140	4,560	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$50,130	4,290	View salary detail
General and Operations Managers	$137,400	4,280	View salary detail
Bartenders	$29,400	3,930	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$38,980	3,820	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$38,980	3,820	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$56,680	3,660	View salary detail
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$29,950	3,540	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$48,100	3,450	View salary detail
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$51,050	3,360	View salary detail
Food Preparation Workers	$30,430	3,270	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$49,440	3,250	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$35,370	2,980	View salary detail
Electricians	$61,390	2,980	View salary detail
Management Analysts	$83,620	2,980	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$40,640	2,920	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$43,680	2,740	View salary detail
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	$29,920	2,550	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$47,160	2,550	View salary detail
Software Developers	$96,310	2,380	View salary detail
Childcare Workers	$27,940	2,370	View salary detail
Nannies	$27,940	2,370	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$77,690	2,360	View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers	$77,690	2,360	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$50,980	2,130	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$36,730	2,120	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$45,370	2,100	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$44,290	2,080	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$51,100	2,050	View salary detail

Metropolitan areas in this state

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.