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
Optometrists	$102,320	190	View salary detail
Plant and System Operators, All Other	$57,430	190	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$49,920	190	View salary detail
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$84,150	190	View salary detail
Biofuels Processing Technicians	$57,430	190	View salary detail
Commercial and Industrial Designers	$60,110	190	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$42,260	190	View salary detail
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$63,350	190	View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$51,420	190	View salary detail
Natural Sciences Managers	$128,140	180	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$58,930	180	View salary detail
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$102,500	180	View salary detail
Chemical Plant and System Operators	$59,970	180	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$59,300	180	View salary detail
Surveyors	$77,190	180	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$67,200	180	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$52,000	180	View salary detail
Geodetic Surveyors	$77,190	180	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$50,800	180	View salary detail
Water Resource Specialists	$128,140	180	View salary detail
Clinical Research Coordinators	$128,140	180	View salary detail
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	$73,820	180	View salary detail
Database Administrators	$82,540	170	View salary detail
Geneticists	$73,920	170	View salary detail
Fence Erectors	$48,380	170	View salary detail
Gambling Dealers	$36,190	170	View salary detail
Biologists	$73,920	170	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$60,260	170	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$60,260	170	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$60,260	170	View salary detail
Chemists	$67,440	170	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$60,260	170	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$46,690	170	View salary detail
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$65,890	170	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$73,920	170	View salary detail
Emergency Medicine Physicians	$393,870	170	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$73,920	170	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$73,920	170	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$61,550	160	View salary detail
Gambling Cage Workers	$33,300	160	View salary detail
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$280,520	160	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$41,580	160	View salary detail
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$31,980	160	View salary detail
Computer Hardware Engineers	$101,400	160	View salary detail
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	$29,190	160	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$50,500	160	View salary detail
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	$76,000	160	View salary detail
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$76,570	160	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$69,530	150	View salary detail
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$98,090	150	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.