Average Physician Assistants Salary in Rapid City, SD

Physician Assistants in Rapid City, SD earn a median annual salary of $122,160, which is -8.3% compared to the national median. There are 130 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).

$122,160

Rapid City, SD median annual wage

$59/hour median

-8.3%

Difference vs national median

National median is $133,260

130

Local employment

1.8 jobs per 1,000 workers

1.78

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $93,810
25th: $109,370
Median: $122,160
75th: $145,550
90th: $150,630

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

$137,012

Goods: 95.5%
Services: 79.1%
Rents: 72.6%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$215,600	Compare	N/A
Napa, CA	$183,930	Compare	N/A
Vallejo, CA	$180,540	Compare	130
Modesto, CA	$178,520	Compare	200
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$167,090	Compare	1,980
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$166,730	Compare	1,160

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 Rapid City, SD

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$158,690	N/A
Pharmacists	$153,530	1.07
Computer Network Architects	$150,370	N/A
Financial Managers	$148,390	0.25
Logisticians	$146,690	0.94
Architectural And Engineering Managers	$146,620	0.44
General And Operations Managers	$128,290	0.39
Dentists, General	$126,570	1.45

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 Physician Assistants in Rapid City, SD

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Physician Assistants are projected to change by +20.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 12,000 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.