West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked.

Top 25 of 281 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$281,640	$135.41	50
2	Physicians, All Other	$239,200 or more	$115.00 or more	40
3	Chief Executives	$199,990	$96.15	60
4	Pharmacists	$139,950	$67.28	130
5	Physician Assistants	$138,720	$66.69	70
6	Financial Managers	$135,270	$65.03	120
7	Nurse Practitioners	$134,130	$64.49	110
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$129,990	$62.50	40
9	Dentists, General	$128,270	$61.67	50
10	General and Operations Managers	$124,530	$59.87	600
11	Medical and Health Services Managers	$122,930	$59.10	190
12	Natural Sciences Managers	$116,580	$56.05	50
13	Construction Managers	$115,920	$55.73	120
14	Sales Managers	$111,540	$53.62	40
15	Managers, All Other	$110,870	$53.30	110
16	Education Administrators, All Other	$108,990	$52.40	70
17	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$108,140	$51.99	40
18	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$105,960	$50.94	160
19	Financial and Investment Analysts	$104,330	$50.16	60
20	Human Resources Managers	$102,190	$49.13	40
21	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$101,850	$48.97	30
22	Information Security Analysts	$101,310	$48.71	40
23	Industrial Production Managers	$101,160	$48.63	50
24	Lawyers	$100,430	$48.29	250
25	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$97,310	$46.79	190

The full list of every published occupation here is on the West South Dakota nonmetropolitan 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.