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Surgical Technologists · SOC 29-2055

Surgical Technologists Salary in the Rapid City Metro Area

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.

Median annual wage$61,960
Median hourly wage$29.79

Surgical Technologists in the Rapid City, SD metro area earned a median of $61,960 per year ($29.79 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $45,310 at the 10th percentile to $75,940 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Surgical Technologists in the Rapid City metro area earn more than $61,960 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $59,870 and $63,220.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$45,310$59,870$61,960$63,220$75,940
Hourly$21.78$28.79$29.79$30.40$36.51

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.

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How this area compares

  • Rapid City metro areathis metro area
    $61,960
  • South Dakotastate (SD)
    $59,870
  • United Statesnational
    $64,650

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +3% vs South Dakota overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$26,880$53,533$80,187$106,840Arecibo, PR — $26,880Ponce, PR — $27,230San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $30,620Mayaguez, PR — $31,200Anniston-Oxford, AL — $42,720Decatur, AL — $46,060Valdosta, GA — $46,410San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,820Dothan, AL — $47,100Hattiesburg, MS — $48,610Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $48,790Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $49,060Charleston, WV — $49,110Montgomery, AL — $49,130Tuscaloosa, AL — $49,190Morgantown, WV — $49,390Jonesboro, AR — $49,590Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $49,600Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $49,880Mobile, AL — $49,910Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $50,120Logan, UT-ID — $50,290Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $50,500Warner Robins, GA — $50,640Corpus Christi, TX — $50,710Rome, GA — $50,900Alexandria, LA — $50,960Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $51,070Casper, WY — $51,440Birmingham, AL — $51,520Huntsville, AL — $51,710Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $51,770Albuquerque, NM — $51,780Altoona, PA — $52,060Tallahassee, FL — $52,190Clarksville, TN-KY — $52,510Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $52,780Lafayette, LA — $53,770Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $53,850Wichita, KS — $53,950Saginaw, MI — $54,470Knoxville, TN — $54,900Billings, MT — $54,920Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $55,980Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $56,510Joplin, MO-KS — $56,750Monroe, LA — $56,790Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $57,000Paducah, KY-IL — $57,570Rocky Mount, NC — $57,570Dalton, GA — $57,590Youngstown-Warren, OH — $57,980College Station-Bryan, TX — $58,110Columbus, GA-AL — $58,170Salisbury, MD — $58,180Amarillo, TX — $58,440Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $58,570New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $58,660Bowling Green, KY — $58,770Lake Charles, LA — $58,850Iowa City, IA — $58,930Greensboro-High Point, NC — $59,070Ocala, FL — $59,070Jackson, TN — $59,090Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $59,100Lawton, OK — $59,110Johnson City, TN — $59,180Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $59,400Peoria, IL — $59,470Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $59,540Pocatello, ID — $59,550Tulsa, OK — $59,570Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $59,670Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $59,910Albany, GA — $59,920Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,920Enid, OK — $59,920Kankakee, IL — $59,940Jackson, MS — $59,990Akron, OH — $60,010Kenosha, WI — $60,090Canton-Massillon, OH — $60,120Baton Rouge, LA — $60,230Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $60,300Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $60,360Erie, PA — $60,440Dubuque, IA — $60,500Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $60,500Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $60,520Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $60,520Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,610Bangor, ME — $60,620Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $60,620Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $60,660Macon-Bibb County, GA — $60,690Flagstaff, AZ — $60,730Rochester, NY — $60,780New Haven, CT — $60,800North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $60,840Utica-Rome, NY — $60,860Chattanooga, TN-GA — $60,900Wilmington, NC — $60,900Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $60,910Winston-Salem, NC — $60,920Richmond, VA — $60,980Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $61,080Flint, MI — $61,080Hammond, LA — $61,090Springfield, MO — $61,120Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $61,150Grand Forks, ND-MN — $61,190Columbia, SC — $61,230Visalia, CA — $61,270Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $61,420Raleigh-Cary, NC — $61,480Lima, OH — $61,520Roanoke, VA — $61,600Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $61,650Bismarck, ND — $61,690Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $61,730Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,730Abilene, TX — $61,740Rockford, IL — $61,740Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $61,780St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,790Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $61,830McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $61,830Lexington-Fayette, KY — $61,870Fort Smith, AR-OK — $61,890Rapid City, SD — $61,960Cleveland, OH — $62,130Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $62,250Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $62,250Kansas City, MO-KS — $62,250Fargo, ND-MN — $62,360Pittsburgh, PA — $62,370Punta Gorda, FL — $62,450Toledo, OH — $62,470Sherman-Denison, TX — $62,500Springfield, IL — $62,590York-Hanover, PA — $62,670Lancaster, PA — $62,680Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $62,810Helena, MT — $62,910Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $62,910Lewiston, ID-WA — $62,940El Paso, TX — $62,980Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $62,980Victoria, TX — $63,000Lubbock, TX — $63,030Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $63,050Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $63,120Fort Wayne, IN — $63,140Bloomington, IN — $63,200Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $63,200Traverse City, MI — $63,230Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $63,250Syracuse, NY — $63,270Twin Falls, ID — $63,280Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $63,310Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $63,450Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $63,490Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $63,530Spartanburg, SC — $63,570Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $63,590Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $63,590Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $63,680Athens-Clarke County, GA — $63,950Savannah, GA — $63,990Missoula, MT — $64,030Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $64,070Jacksonville, FL — $64,070Columbus, OH — $64,120Evansville, IN — $64,220Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $64,240Oklahoma City, OK — $64,290Fresno, CA — $64,380Tucson, AZ — $64,510Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $64,640Yakima, WA — $64,740Terre Haute, IN — $64,790Naples-Marco Island, FL — $64,910Omaha, NE-IA — $65,050Sheboygan, WI — $65,070Lincoln, NE — $65,110Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $65,370Grand Junction, CO — $65,410Ogden, UT — $65,440Asheville, NC — $65,450Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $65,520Bozeman, MT — $65,600Fayetteville, NC — $65,660Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,690Port St. Lucie, FL — $65,780Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $65,810Portland-South Portland, ME — $65,910Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $65,980Waco, TX — $66,020Longview, TX — $66,210Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $66,270Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $66,360Florence, SC — $67,080Appleton, WI — $67,220Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $67,570South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $67,660Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $67,920St. George, UT — $68,080Bloomington, IL — $68,140Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $68,970Pittsfield, MA — $69,040St. Cloud, MN — $69,270Wausau, WI — $69,430Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $69,650Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $70,130Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $70,610Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $71,050Colorado Springs, CO — $71,790Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $71,890Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $72,030Duluth, MN-WI — $72,360Salinas, CA — $72,780Green Bay, WI — $73,120Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $73,810Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $74,200Manchester-Nashua, NH — $74,330Janesville-Beloit, WI — $74,360Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $74,830Eau Claire, WI — $74,900Kennewick-Richland, WA — $75,000Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $75,390Fairbanks-College, AK — $75,640Reno, NV — $75,830Madison, WI — $75,930Bellingham, WA — $75,970Boise City, ID — $76,650Medford, OR — $76,720Greenville, NC — $76,820Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $76,830Pueblo, CO — $76,940Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $77,020Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $77,270Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $77,440Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $77,490Worcester, MA — $77,610Greeley, CO — $77,750Ithaca, NY — $77,760Salem, OR — $78,010Chico, CA — $78,050Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $78,050Rochester, MN — $78,070Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $78,470Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $78,510Springfield, MA — $78,510Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $78,610Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $78,750Eugene-Springfield, OR — $79,210Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $79,900Modesto, CA — $79,950Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $79,990Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $80,060San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $80,730Anchorage, AK — $80,880Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $81,470Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $81,500Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $81,580Boulder, CO — $81,600Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $82,000San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $82,260Stockton-Lodi, CA — $82,300Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $82,430Barnstable Town, MA — $82,860Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $83,580New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $84,120Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $86,790Urban Honolulu, HI — $87,330Redding, CA — $89,940San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $99,390Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $99,960Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $100,130Napa, CA — $102,490Vallejo, CA — $105,260San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $106,840

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 Rapid City metro area has the 153rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 282 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 surgical technologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Rapid City metro areathis page
    $61,960
  • Sioux Falls metro area
    $53,850

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Registered Nurses$79,380Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$52,220Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$47,240Pharmacists$140,340Pharmacy Technicians$47,840Physical Therapists$94,120

Highest-paying metro areas for surgical technologistss · Highest-paying occupations in Rapid City Metro

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.

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.