Nursing Occupations nurse pay in South Dakota
$82,680median posted offer#50 of 51 states for Nursing Occupations
Nursing Occupations nurses in South Dakota are being offered a median $82,680 a year across 32 live postings that state pay — 17% below the national Nursing Occupations median of $99,715. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Nursing Occupations in South Dakota?
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Other specialties in South Dakota
- Telemetry 6 postings$130k
- Acute Care 6 postings$126k
- ICU 7 postings$122k
- Medical-Surgical 9 postings$118k
- Allied Health Occupations 5 postings$97k
- Nurse Case Managers 5 postings$97k
- Patient Case Managers & Advocates 5 postings$97k
- Administrative & Consulting Nurses 5 postings$83k
Or see all nurse pay in South Dakota (199 postings), or Nursing Occupations pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesSee open nursing roles in South DakotaEvery posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
- Offer in hand?Run it through the offer reality calculatorTurn it into a full-year number, see what it's worth where you'd live, and compare offers side by side.
- 3-minute PULSEFind the work that brings out your bestPay is one axis. Your pace, decision style, connection, scope, and energy rhythm shape the rest.
- CommunityAsk nurses what they really take homeDifferentials, ratios, and the offer nobody posts. Bring your number and compare notes.
Want the craft behind the numbers — differentials, negotiating, travel packages? Read the pay & salary guides.
Questions nurses ask
- How much do Nursing Occupations nurses make in South Dakota?
- Across 32 live Nursing Occupations postings in South Dakota that state pay, the median offer is $82,680 a year. The middle half runs $80,015–$96,852, and the top 10% start at $121,542.
- Is South Dakota a good state for Nursing Occupations nurses?
- On posted pay, South Dakota ranks #50 of 51 states for Nursing Occupations. The median there is 17% below the national Nursing Occupations median of $99,715. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is worth it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Headline figures blend every employment type; `employmentTypes` splits the same postings into staff, travel, PRN and agency bands, each annualized on the posting's own stated terms (weekly travel rates at 52 weeks), so a rate is only ever ranked against its own band. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.