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Average Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs Salary in Sioux Falls, SD-MN

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Sioux Falls, SD-MN earn a median annual salary of $51,150, which is -0.7% compared to the national median. There are 100 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Sioux Falls, SD-MN (metro area).

$51,150
Sioux Falls, SD-MN median annual wage
$25/hour median
-0.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $51,500
100
Local employment
0.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.56
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$48,730
25th
$48,730
Median
$51,150
75th
$56,700
90th
$62,000

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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN, 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
90.6%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$56,438
Goods: 95.5%
Services: 80.7%
Rents: 77.6%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$95,060Compare1,180
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$80,260Compare2,770
Madison, WI$75,540Compare220
Salinas, CA$72,810Compare340
New Haven, CT$71,420Compare170
Vallejo, CA$71,360Compare110

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 Sioux Falls, SD-MN

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$221,0203.94
Pediatricians, General$217,9901.21
Family Medicine Physicians$217,4602.92
Architectural And Engineering Managers$170,9900.39
Dentists, General$170,8600.72
Computer And Information Systems Managers$168,6400.25
Financial Managers$165,2500.46
Marketing Managers$145,390N/A

Sioux Falls, SD-MN has salary data for 405 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Sioux Falls, SD-MN

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs are projected to change by +1.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 14,000 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.