Pay distribution $29,580 10th $33,970 25th $45,880 75th $52,740 90th
Half of Bakers in the Sioux Falls metro area earn more than $40,280 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $33,970 and $45,880.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $29,580 $33,970 $40,280 $45,880 $52,740 Hourly $14.22 $16.33 $19.36 $22.06 $25.36
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Sioux Falls metro areathis metro area
$40,280 median for Sioux Falls metro area; middle half earns $33,970 to $45,880
$38,340 median for South Dakota; middle half earns $33,870 to $44,130
$37,160 median for United States; middle half earns $32,660 to $44,360
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +5% vs South Dakota overall and +8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $30,773 $39,707 $48,640 Aguadilla, PR — $21,840 Guayama, PR — $21,840 Arecibo, PR — $22,150 Mayaguez, PR — $22,170 Ponce, PR — $22,270 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,400 Alexandria, LA — $25,740 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $26,210 Hammond, LA — $26,240 Monroe, LA — $27,340 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $27,370 Beckley, WV — $27,440 Victoria, TX — $27,490 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $27,550 Valdosta, GA — $27,580 Hattiesburg, MS — $27,780 Charleston, WV — $28,010 Baton Rouge, LA — $28,020 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,040 Lafayette, LA — $28,040 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $28,100 Laredo, TX — $28,110 Wheeling, WV-OH — $28,190 Columbus, GA-AL — $28,360 Lake Charles, LA — $28,510 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $28,530 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $28,590 Tyler, TX — $28,690 El Paso, TX — $28,810 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $28,860 Morristown, TN — $28,870 San Angelo, TX — $28,940 Johnstown, PA — $29,030 Canton-Massillon, OH — $29,220 Logan, UT-ID — $29,220 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $29,300 Lima, OH — $29,330 Cleveland, TN — $29,420 Fayetteville, NC — $29,470 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $29,500 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $29,520 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $29,570 Lynchburg, VA — $29,650 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,710 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $29,770 Jackson, MS — $29,810 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $29,870 Wichita Falls, TX — $29,910 Roanoke, VA — $29,930 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $29,950 Manhattan, KS — $30,010 Jonesboro, AR — $30,060 Killeen-Temple, TX — $30,080 Longview, TX — $30,150 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $30,150 Dalton, GA — $30,170 Harrisonburg, VA — $30,200 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $30,250 Waco, TX — $30,280 Mobile, AL — $30,330 Morgantown, WV — $30,330 Texarkana, TX-AR — $30,370 Jacksonville, NC — $30,420 Toledo, OH — $30,440 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $30,460 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $30,480 Monroe, MI — $30,520 Wichita, KS — $30,630 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $30,700 Johnson City, TN — $30,720 Corpus Christi, TX — $30,750 Amarillo, TX — $30,760 Clarksville, TN-KY — $31,190 Springfield, OH — $31,200 Twin Falls, ID — $31,360 Dothan, AL — $31,440 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $31,460 Odessa, TX — $31,480 Richmond, VA — $31,500 Lawton, OK — $31,530 Pocatello, ID — $31,570 Columbia, MO — $31,690 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $31,760 Midland, MI — $31,820 Altoona, PA — $31,850 Knoxville, TN — $31,890 Rome, GA — $31,990 Mansfield, OH — $32,210 College Station-Bryan, TX — $32,350 Idaho Falls, ID — $32,400 Topeka, KS — $32,400 Albany, GA — $32,550 Lawrence, KS — $32,710 Gettysburg, PA — $32,740 Mankato, MN — $33,080 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $33,080 Greenville, NC — $33,130 State College, PA — $33,140 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $33,210 Oklahoma City, OK — $33,230 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $33,330 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $33,330 Bay City, MI — $33,340 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $33,350 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $33,400 Tulsa, OK — $33,400 Rocky Mount, NC — $33,540 Winchester, VA-WV — $33,540 Charlottesville, VA — $33,580 Utica-Rome, NY — $33,630 Winston-Salem, NC — $33,640 Warner Robins, GA — $33,700 Niles, MI — $33,730 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $33,760 Erie, PA — $33,790 Columbia, SC — $33,800 Birmingham, AL — $33,830 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $33,830 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $33,940 Bowling Green, KY — $33,990 Huntsville, AL — $34,080 Sherman-Denison, TX — $34,080 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,080 Terre Haute, IN — $34,090 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $34,160 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $34,180 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $34,210 Las Cruces, NM — $34,210 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $34,290 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,350 Jefferson City, MO — $34,370 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $34,380 Wilmington, NC — $34,430 Bloomington, IL — $34,440 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $34,460 Peoria, IL — $34,470 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $34,540 Springfield, IL — $34,540 Elmira, NY — $34,560 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $34,590 Fond du Lac, WI — $34,600 Jackson, TN — $34,630 Kokomo, IN — $34,640 Lewiston, ID-WA — $34,650 Spartanburg, SC — $34,820 Grand Island, NE — $34,850 Springfield, MO — $34,850 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $34,920 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $34,950 Midland, TX — $34,970 Albuquerque, NM — $35,040 New Haven, CT — $35,040 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $35,100 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $35,100 Savannah, GA — $35,190 Gainesville, FL — $35,210 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $35,220 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $35,330 Pittsburgh, PA — $35,340 Boise City, ID — $35,350 Farmington, NM — $35,360 Wausau, WI — $35,380 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $35,410 Sandusky, OH — $35,420 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $35,430 Tallahassee, FL — $35,450 Gainesville, GA — $35,470 St. George, UT — $35,480 Yuma, AZ — $35,530 Kansas City, MO-KS — $35,650 Williamsport, PA — $35,690 Columbus, IN — $35,700 Port St. Lucie, FL — $35,700 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $35,700 Reading, PA — $35,730 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $35,750 Lubbock, TX — $35,750 Ann Arbor, MI — $35,770 York-Hanover, PA — $35,790 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $35,810 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $35,810 St. Louis, MO-IL — $35,830 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $35,840 Great Falls, MT — $35,850 Lexington Park, MD — $35,860 Rockford, IL — $35,870 Bloomington, IN — $35,900 Homosassa Springs, FL — $35,900 Akron, OH — $35,920 Burlington, NC — $35,950 Flint, MI — $35,950 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $35,970 Ithaca, NY — $35,970 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,980 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $36,000 Ocala, FL — $36,070 Rochester, NY — $36,080 Traverse City, MI — $36,090 Cleveland, OH — $36,140 Jackson, MI — $36,150 Saginaw, MI — $36,150 Appleton, WI — $36,160 Lancaster, PA — $36,160 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $36,210 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $36,240 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $36,260 Asheville, NC — $36,270 Fort Wayne, IN — $36,280 Lincoln, NE — $36,290 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $36,290 Ogden, UT — $36,320 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $36,360 Lebanon, PA — $36,380 Vineland, NJ — $36,380 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $36,400 Kingston, NY — $36,410 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $36,410 Sebring, FL — $36,420 Columbus, OH — $36,430 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $36,430 Omaha, NE-IA — $36,430 Goldsboro, NC — $36,440 Evansville, IN — $36,490 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $36,500 Ames, IA — $36,520 Eau Claire, WI — $36,560 Binghamton, NY — $36,570 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $36,570 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $36,580 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $36,580 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $36,590 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $36,600 Pueblo, CO — $36,640 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $36,700 Duluth, MN-WI — $36,710 Walla Walla, WA — $36,780 Battle Creek, MI — $36,830 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,830 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,840 Jacksonville, FL — $36,850 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,870 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $36,880 Helena, MT — $36,890 Fargo, ND-MN — $36,900 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,920 Glens Falls, NY — $36,930 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,950 Bismarck, ND — $36,960 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,970 Santa Fe, NM — $36,980 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $37,000 Missoula, MT — $37,070 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $37,080 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $37,100 Salem, OR — $37,110 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $37,140 Iowa City, IA — $37,140 Redding, CA — $37,140 Corvallis, OR — $37,180 Carson City, NV — $37,220 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $37,230 Springfield, MA — $37,250 Greeley, CO — $37,290 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $37,300 Kenosha, WI — $37,320 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $37,350 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $37,380 Cedar Rapids, IA — $37,390 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $37,400 Bangor, ME — $37,400 Worcester, MA — $37,420 Abilene, TX — $37,430 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $37,440 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $37,460 Syracuse, NY — $37,500 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $37,520 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $37,540 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $37,580 Madison, WI — $37,590 Tucson, AZ — $37,590 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $37,610 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $37,670 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $37,680 Green Bay, WI — $37,680 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $37,690 Rapid City, SD — $37,690 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $37,770 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,770 Colorado Springs, CO — $37,780 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $37,800 Grand Junction, CO — $37,890 Grants Pass, OR — $37,890 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $37,960 Casper, WY — $37,970 Dover, DE — $37,980 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $38,020 Anchorage, AK — $38,020 Pittsfield, MA — $38,260 Cheyenne, WY — $38,270 Barnstable Town, MA — $38,340 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $38,430 Portland-South Portland, ME — $38,460 Billings, MT — $38,490 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $38,570 Flagstaff, AZ — $38,580 Reno, NV — $38,650 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $38,650 Montgomery, AL — $38,720 Visalia, CA — $38,750 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $38,760 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $38,890 Sheboygan, WI — $38,900 Punta Gorda, FL — $38,940 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $39,070 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $39,080 Bend, OR — $39,190 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $39,220 Fresno, CA — $39,260 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $39,260 Modesto, CA — $39,450 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $39,470 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $39,500 Kankakee, IL — $39,570 Yuba City, CA — $39,580 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $39,840 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $39,890 Chico, CA — $40,000 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $40,000 Yakima, WA — $40,020 Rochester, MN — $40,090 Medford, OR — $40,280 St. Cloud, MN — $40,280 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $40,280 El Centro, CA — $40,580 Boulder, CO — $40,660 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $40,880 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $40,960 Dubuque, IA — $41,160 Salinas, CA — $41,310 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $41,380 Longview-Kelso, WA — $41,510 Bozeman, MT — $41,600 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $41,790 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $42,180 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $42,270 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $42,470 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $42,490 Tuscaloosa, AL — $42,580 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $42,770 Albany, OR — $42,810 Merced, CA — $42,900 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $42,910 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $42,920 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $43,080 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $43,090 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $43,440 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $43,630 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $43,760 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $43,850 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $44,220 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $44,650 Vallejo, CA — $44,970 Bellingham, WA — $45,210 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $45,480 Napa, CA — $46,360 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $46,600 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $46,960 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $47,020 Urban Honolulu, HI — $47,150 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,180 Chambersburg, PA — $48,640 Sioux Falls metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Sioux Falls metro area has the 39th-highest published median for this occupation among the 371 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in South Dakota Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for bakers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Sioux Falls metro areathis page
$40,280 median for Sioux Falls metro area; middle half earns $33,970 to $45,880
$37,690 median for Rapid City metro area; middle half earns $32,750 to $39,740
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .