Sioux Falls, SD-MN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.6) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Sioux Falls, SD-MN moved from $46,720 in May 2024 to $47,970 in May 2025 (+2.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Sioux Falls, SD-MN sits -0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Sioux Falls, SD-MN
Registered Nurses publishes $75,350 here versus $97,550 nationally (-22.8%; 7,680metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $29,920 locally versus $35,230 nationally (-15.1%).
- Registered Nurses$75,350 in Sioux Falls, SD-MN sits 22.8% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (7,680 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$29,920 in Sioux Falls, SD-MN sits 15.1% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,550 published local jobs).
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$42,560 in Sioux Falls, SD-MN sits 10.5% below the national Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive median of $47,540 (2,060 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$78,740 in Sioux Falls, SD-MN sits 9.2% above the national Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products median of $72,080 (2,210 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Sioux Falls, SD-MN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 43620 · Sioux Falls, SD-MN $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #242/528
- RPP-LOW 90.6
- OCC-MID 391 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $669K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Fort Wayne, IN
- BOOK-FULL 387 rows · May 2025
Read with Fort Wayne, IN ($11 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN
Where Sioux Falls, SD-MN already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Pharmacists lead published employment inside Sioux Falls, SD-MN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,730 jobs · $142,730
- 2. Pharmacists 690 jobs · $148,330
- 3. Financial Managers 500 jobs · $163,580
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 500 jobs · $130,390
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 450 jobs · $127,670
- 6. Construction Managers 430 jobs · $119,490
- 7. Personal Financial Advisors 310 jobs · $121,350
- 8. Physician Assistants 290 jobs · $135,790
- 9. Family Medicine Physicians 260 jobs · $258,910
- 10. Chief Executives 250 jobs · $282,170
- 11. Nurse Anesthetists 230 jobs · $243,560
- 12. Human Resources Managers 230 jobs · $134,420
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 210 jobs · $162,240
- 14. Sales Managers 210 jobs · $135,930
- 15. Computer Network Architects 200 jobs · $127,760
- 16. Managers, All Other 190 jobs · $128,720
- 17. Dentists, General 130 jobs · $181,140
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 100 jobs · $172,250
Occupations Tracked
391
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,508
employment-weighted, 387 complete rows
Top Salary
$669,020
Radiologists
Cost of Living
90.6
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Sioux Falls, SD-MN, 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 | $142,730 |
| 2 | Pharmacists | $148,330 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $163,580 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $130,390 |
| 5 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $127,670 |
| 6 | Construction Managers | $119,490 |
| 7 | Personal Financial Advisors | $121,350 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $135,790 |
| 9 | Family Medicine Physicians | $258,910 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $282,170 |
| 11 | Nurse Anesthetists | $243,560 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $134,420 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $162,240 |
| 14 | Sales Managers | $135,930 |
| 15 | Computer Network Architects | $127,760 |
| 16 | Managers, All Other | $128,720 |
| 17 | Dentists, General | $181,140 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $172,250 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $147,550 |
| 20 | Optometrists | $124,470 |
| 21 | Radiologists | $669,020 |
| 22 | Pediatricians, General | $257,610 |
| 23 | Sales Engineers | $125,630 |
| 24 | Natural Sciences Managers | $151,830 |
| 25 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $122,240 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Sioux Falls, SD-MN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Childcare Workers | $28,030 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $28,230 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $29,130 |
| Dishwashers | $29,540 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,830 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $29,920 |
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | $29,990 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $30,130 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $30,150 |
| Bartenders | $30,180 |
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 ($58,508 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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