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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Sioux Falls, SD-MN wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Sioux Falls, SD-MN at $669,020/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $58,508 adjusts to about $64,556 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 90.6. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for SD before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.