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Average Installation, Maintenance, And Repair Workers, All Other Salary in Rapid City, SD

Installation, Maintenance, And Repair Workers, All Other in Rapid City, SD earn a median annual salary of $57,200, which is +17.6% compared to the national median. There are 90 workers employed locally in this occupation.

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

$57,200
Rapid City, SD median annual wage
$28/hour median
+17.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $48,640
90
Local employment
1.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.01
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$39,190
25th
$43,800
Median
$57,200
75th
$75,750
90th
$80,660

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 Rapid City, SD, 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
89.2%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$64,154
Goods: 95.5%
Services: 79.1%
Rents: 72.6%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Urban Honolulu, HI$80,180Compare690
Anchorage, AK$76,360Compare40
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$75,750Compare1,340
Hattiesburg, MS$69,040Compare180
Alexandria, LA$66,340Compare160
Lebanon, PA$64,980Compare80

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 Rapid City, SD

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Computer And Information Systems Managers$158,690N/A
Pharmacists$153,5301.07
Computer Network Architects$150,370N/A
Financial Managers$148,3900.25
Logisticians$146,6900.94
Architectural And Engineering Managers$146,6200.44
General And Operations Managers$128,2900.39
Dentists, General$126,5701.45

Rapid City, SD has salary data for 305 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Computer And Information Systems Managers.

Historical series

Trend for Installation, Maintenance, And Repair Workers, All Other in Rapid City, SD

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Installation, Maintenance, And Repair Workers, All Other are projected to change by +2.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 21,500 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.