West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area
Cashiers publishes $29,290 here versus $32,880 nationally (-10.9%; 2,610metro-area jobs).
- Cashiers$29,290 in West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area sits 10.9% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,610 published local jobs).
Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4600003 · West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #442/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 280 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $282K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Joplin, MO-KS
- BOOK-MOST 279 rows · May 2025
Read with Joplin, MO-KS (+$1 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 West South Dakota nonmetrop…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers and Lawyers lead published employment inside West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 600 jobs · $124,530
- 2. Lawyers 250 jobs · $100,430
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 190 jobs · $122,930
- 4. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 190 jobs · $97,310
- 5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 160 jobs · $105,960
- 6. Software Developers 160 jobs · $96,990
- 7. Pharmacists 130 jobs · $139,950
- 8. Financial Managers 120 jobs · $135,270
- 9. Construction Managers 120 jobs · $115,920
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $134,130
- 11. Managers, All Other 110 jobs · $110,870
- 12. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $138,720
- 13. Education Administrators, All Other 70 jobs · $108,990
- 14. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $199,990
- 15. Financial and Investment Analysts 60 jobs · $104,330
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 50 jobs · $281,640
- 17. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $128,270
- 18. Natural Sciences Managers 50 jobs · $116,580
Occupations Tracked
280
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,987
employment-weighted, 279 complete rows
Top Salary
$281,640
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in West 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.
Lowest Paying Jobs in West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $24,110 |
| Dishwashers | $26,430 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $26,880 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $26,950 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $27,730 |
| Library Technicians | $27,800 |
| Childcare Workers | $28,360 |
| Animal Caretakers | $28,570 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,610 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,670 |
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 ($51,987 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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