Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in South Dakota
The median annual wage for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive in South Dakota is $41,700 ($20.05 per hour) — -12.3% vs. the national median of $47,540. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.
- Median annual wage
- $41,700
- Mean annual wage
- $42,030
- Median hourly wage
- $20.05
- Employment in SD
- 6,120
6,120 employed · 13.4 per 1,000 jobs
Wage percentiles in South Dakota
| Percentile | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $31,200 | $15.00 |
| 25th percentile | $36,280 | $17.44 |
| Median (50th) | $41,700 | $20.05 |
| 75th percentile | $47,670 | $22.92 |
| 90th percentile | $51,480 | $24.75 |
What this salary is worth in South Dakota
- Cost-of-living adjusted salary
- $47,073
- Median rent burden
- 27.2%
- Est. affordable home price
- $152,119
South Dakota prices are 88.6 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)
Median gross rent in South Dakota: $946/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $1,043/mo
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.
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive salary in other states
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Other salaries in South Dakota
- Accountants and Auditors in South Dakota
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in South Dakota
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other in South Dakota
- Cashiers in South Dakota
- Construction Laborers in South Dakota
- Cooks, Restaurant in South Dakota
- Customer Service Representatives in South Dakota
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in South Dakota
- Fast Food and Counter Workers in South Dakota
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in South Dakota
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in South Dakota
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in South Dakota
- General and Operations Managers in South Dakota
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in South Dakota
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides in South Dakota
- Human Resources Specialists in South Dakota
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in South Dakota
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in South Dakota
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in South Dakota
- Light Truck Drivers in South Dakota
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in South Dakota
- Management Analysts in South Dakota
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in South Dakota
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in South Dakota
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in South Dakota
- Nursing Assistants in South Dakota
- Office Clerks, General in South Dakota
- Project Management Specialists in South Dakota
- Receptionists and Information Clerks in South Dakota
- Registered Nurses in South Dakota
- Retail Salespersons in South Dakota
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in South Dakota
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products in South Dakota
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in South Dakota
- Security Guards in South Dakota
- Software Developers in South Dakota
- Stockers and Order Fillers in South Dakota
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in South Dakota
- Waiters and Waitresses in South Dakota
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.