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Average Stockers And Order Fillers Salary in Rapid City, SD

Stockers And Order Fillers in Rapid City, SD earn a median annual salary of $35,900, which is -3.2% compared to the national median. There are 1,680 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).

$35,900
Rapid City, SD median annual wage
$17/hour median
-3.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $37,090
1,680
Local employment
23.4 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.30
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$26,860
25th
$29,700
Median
$35,900
75th
$38,840
90th
$43,170

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
$40,265
Goods: 95.5%
Services: 79.1%
Rents: 72.6%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Greeley, CO$45,990Compare2,390
Cheyenne, WY$45,590Compare1,680
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$44,910Compare10,750
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$44,630Compare26,230
Bend, OR$44,500Compare1,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$44,410Compare29,750

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 Stockers And Order Fillers in Rapid City, SD

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Stockers And Order Fillers are projected to change by +8.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 472,300 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.