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
Financial and Investment Analysts	$99,150	820	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$62,140	820	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$49,460	800	View salary detail
Healthcare Social Workers	$57,510	790	View salary detail
Information Security Analysts	$116,640	770	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$46,180	770	View salary detail
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$32,780	750	View salary detail
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$97,310	740	View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$44,410	740	View salary detail
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$86,780	730	View salary detail
Biofuels Production Managers	$107,490	720	View salary detail
Biomass Power Plant Managers	$107,490	720	View salary detail
Hydroelectric Production Managers	$107,490	720	View salary detail
Geothermal Production Managers	$107,490	720	View salary detail
Industrial Production Managers	$107,490	720	View salary detail
Quality Control Systems Managers	$107,490	720	View salary detail
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	$49,800	690	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$50,530	690	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$36,400	690	View salary detail
Anesthesiologist Assistants	$133,200	680	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$105,680	680	View salary detail
Physician Assistants	$133,200	680	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$88,390	680	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$48,160	670	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$39,310	660	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$39,200	660	View salary detail
Recreation Workers	$42,270	650	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$29,590	650	View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$36,050	650	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$65,170	640	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$61,770	630	View salary detail
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	$64,630	630	View salary detail
Dental Hygienists	$92,210	630	View salary detail
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	$30,310	630	View salary detail
Personal Financial Advisors	$128,720	620	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$36,310	620	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$49,410	610	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$46,860	610	View salary detail
Firefighters	$48,160	610	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$43,240	610	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$36,800	600	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$59,870	600	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$58,320	600	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$49,560	590	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$43,930	590	View salary detail
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers	$119,470	570	View salary detail
Loss Prevention Managers	$119,470	570	View salary detail
Wind Energy Operations Managers	$119,470	570	View salary detail
Wind Energy Development Managers	$119,470	570	View salary detail
Managers, All Other	$119,470	570	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.