East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area
Registered Nurses publishes $78,280 here versus $97,550 nationally (-19.8%; 2,790metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $28,390 locally versus $35,230 nationally (-19.4%).
- Registered Nurses$78,280 in East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area sits 19.8% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,790 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$28,390 in East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area sits 19.4% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,200 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,080 in East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area sits 11.6% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (4,140 published local jobs).
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$45,140 in East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area sits 10.9% below the national Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $50,670 (3,300 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4600002 · East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #389/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 390 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $396K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Hickory-Lenoir-M…
- BOOK-FULL 385 rows · May 2025
Read with Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC ($24 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around East South Dakota nonmetrop…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,210 jobs · $136,720
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 290 jobs · $111,150
- 3. Financial Managers 240 jobs · $156,260
- 4. Pharmacists 240 jobs · $138,510
- 5. Construction Managers 240 jobs · $115,270
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 190 jobs · $124,070
- 7. Personal Financial Advisors 170 jobs · $204,320
- 8. Managers, All Other 170 jobs · $111,390
- 9. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 150 jobs · $134,730
- 10. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $128,450
- 11. Financial and Investment Analysts 130 jobs · $123,320
- 12. Sales Managers 120 jobs · $147,700
- 13. Dentists, General 110 jobs · $155,250
- 14. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $280,900
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $225,360
- 16. Human Resources Managers 90 jobs · $109,220
- 17. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $151,790
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 70 jobs · $161,890
Occupations Tracked
390
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,854
employment-weighted, 385 complete rows
Top Salary
$396,460
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General and Operations Managers | $136,720 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $111,150 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $156,260 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $138,510 |
| 5 | Construction Managers | $115,270 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,070 |
| 7 | Personal Financial Advisors | $204,320 |
| 8 | Managers, All Other | $111,390 |
| 9 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $134,730 |
| 10 | Physician Assistants | $128,450 |
| 11 | Financial and Investment Analysts | $123,320 |
| 12 | Sales Managers | $147,700 |
| 13 | Dentists, General | $155,250 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $280,900 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $225,360 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $109,220 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $151,790 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $161,890 |
| 19 | Nurse Anesthetists | $260,990 |
| 20 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $396,460 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $160,020 |
| 22 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $131,210 |
| 23 | Natural Sciences Managers | $126,590 |
| 24 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $115,210 |
| 25 | Engineers, All Other | $127,560 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Teachers and Instructors, All Other | $23,920 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $26,660 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $27,160 |
| Childcare Workers | $27,440 |
| Dishwashers | $27,540 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $27,980 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,230 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,390 |
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | $28,430 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,550 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in SD
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside SD. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($53,854 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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