Rapid City, SD metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Rapid City Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Rapid City, SD metro area

Figures describe the Rapid City, SD metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Rapid City city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (5 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 310 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Rapid City, SD metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Chief Executives	$301,420	$144.91	70
2	Anesthesiologists	$239,200 or more	$115.00 or more	Not published
3	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$239,200 or more	$115.00 or more	30
4	Family Medicine Physicians	$230,530	$110.83	130
5	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$211,990	$101.92	70
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$196,800	$94.62	80
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$163,860	$78.78	Not published
8	Financial Managers	$160,280	$77.06	120
9	Dentists, General	$158,140	$76.03	90
10	Pharmacists	$140,340	$67.47	210
11	Sales Managers	$134,010	$64.43	80
12	Physician Assistants	$130,740	$62.86	150
13	General and Operations Managers	$130,410	$62.70	700
14	Natural Sciences Managers	$129,960	$62.48	30
15	Nurse Practitioners	$124,160	$59.69	190
16	Medical and Health Services Managers	$122,930	$59.10	190
17	Construction Managers	$120,560	$57.96	240
18	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$115,600	$55.58	40
19	Managers, All Other	$109,350	$52.57	90
20	Information Security Analysts	$108,030	$51.94	90
21	Administrative Services Managers	$107,200	$51.54	80
22	Human Resources Managers	$105,990	$50.96	40
23	Electrical Engineers	$105,330	$50.64	110
24	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$104,480	$50.23	40
25	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$104,380	$50.18	60

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Rapid City metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.