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First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers Salary in South Dakota

The median annual wage for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers in South Dakota is $40,640 ($19.54 per hour) -7.8% vs. the national median of $44,080. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.

Median annual wage
$40,640
Mean annual wage
$42,530
Median hourly wage
$19.54
Employment in SD
2,920

2,920 employed · 6.4 per 1,000 jobs

Wage percentiles in South Dakota

Wage distribution for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers in South Dakota (OEWS May 2025).
PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$34,350$16.51
25th percentile$36,960$17.77
Median (50th)$40,640$19.54
75th percentile$46,800$22.50
90th percentile$50,670$24.36

What this salary is worth in South Dakota

Cost-of-living adjusted salary
$45,876

South Dakota prices are 88.6 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)

Median rent burden
27.9%

Median gross rent in South Dakota: $946/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $1,016/mo

Est. affordable home price
$148,252

At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance

For context, the median home value in South Dakota is $257,400 (ACS 2020-2024).

Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.

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About this data

  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 17, 2026.

Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.