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Average Business Operations Specialists, All Other Salary in South Dakota

Business Operations Specialists, All Other in South Dakota earn a median annual salary of $82,900, which is +2.0% compared to the national median. There are 990 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for South Dakota (state).

$82,900
South Dakota median annual wage
$40/hour median
+2.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $81,270
990
Local employment
2.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.30
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$53,910
25th
$69,910
Median
$82,900
75th
$106,840
90th
$129,880

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in South Dakota, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
88.6%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$93,581
Goods: 95.5%
Services: 79.7%
Rents: 67.6%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
District of Columbia$106,810Compare38,240
Maryland$100,740Compare38,450
Alabama$98,070Compare6,990
Washington$93,450Compare48,470
Hawaii$90,580Compare4,100
Alaska$90,150Compare2,160

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in South Dakota

South Dakota has salary data for 580 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Podiatrists.

Historical series

Trend for Business Operations Specialists, All Other in South Dakota

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Business Operations Specialists, All Other are projected to change by +3.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 108,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.