TA Salary in South Dakota

How much does a TA make in South Dakota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a TA in South Dakota is $17,603 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $8.

However, a TA's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $25,818
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $14,503 to $21,903
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $11,681

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TA Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$21,903	$1,825	$421	$11
Average	$17,603	$1,467	$339	$8
25th Percentile	$14,503	$1,209	$279	$7

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Key Factors That Influence TA Salaries

A TA's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how geographic location, and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do TA Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract TAs. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $21,403.
California: $21,303.
Massachusetts: $21,003.

District of Columbia $21,403 California $21,303 Massachusetts $21,003 Washington $21,003 New Jersey $21,003 Alaska $20,903 Connecticut $20,703 New York $20,603

Hawaii $20,203 Rhode Island $20,103 Maryland $19,903 Minnesota $19,803 Illinois $19,703 Colorado $19,703 Oregon $19,603 Delaware $19,603

New Hampshire $19,603 Virginia $19,503 Pennsylvania $19,303 Nevada $19,103 North Dakota $19,103 Michigan $19,103 Wisconsin $19,003 Vermont $19,003

Arizona $18,903 Maine $18,903 Texas $18,903 Ohio $18,803 Georgia $18,703 Indiana $18,603 Wyoming $18,603 Utah $18,503

Iowa $18,503 Kansas $18,403 Louisiana $18,403 North Carolina $18,403 Missouri $18,403 Montana $18,303 Florida $18,303 Nebraska $18,203

Kentucky $18,203 South Carolina $18,103 Tennessee $18,103 Idaho $18,103 New Mexico $17,903 Oklahoma $17,903 Alabama $17,803 South Dakota $17,603

Arkansas $17,503 West Virginia $17,403 Mississippi $17,303

Top Paying Cities for TAs

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Alcester: $17,803
Aurora: $17,903
Baltic: $17,703

Alcester, SD $17,803 Aurora, SD $17,903 Baltic, SD $17,703 Beresford, SD $17,703 Brandon, SD $17,603 Brookings, SD $17,903 Burbank, SD $17,703 Canistota, SD $17,703

Canton, SD $17,703 Centerville, SD $17,703 Chancellor, SD $17,703 Chester, SD $17,703 Colman, SD $17,803 Colton, SD $17,703 Crooks, SD $17,703 Davis, SD $17,703

Dell Rapids, SD $17,703 Egan, SD $17,703 Elk Point, SD $17,603 Elkton, SD $17,903 Fairview, SD $17,703 Flandreau, SD $17,803 Freeman, SD $17,803 Garretson, SD $17,703

Gayville, SD $17,803 Harrisburg, SD $17,603 Hartford, SD $17,703 Hudson, SD $17,703 Humboldt, SD $17,703 Hurley, SD $17,703 Irene, SD $17,803 Jefferson, SD $17,603

Lennox, SD $17,703 Lesterville, SD $17,803 Lyons, SD $17,703 Madison, SD $17,803 Marion, SD $17,703 Menno, SD $17,803 Mission Hill, SD $17,803 Monroe, SD $17,703

Belle Fourche, SD $17,803 Black Hawk, SD $17,203 Box Elder, SD $17,303 Buffalo, SD $17,803 Buffalo Gap, SD $17,603 Camp Crook, SD $17,803 Caputa, SD $17,303 Custer, SD $17,603

Deadwood, SD $17,503 Edgemont, SD $17,703 Enning, SD $17,603 Fairburn, SD $17,403 Fort Meade, SD $17,403 Hermosa, SD $17,303 Hill City, SD $17,503 Hot Springs, SD $17,703

Howes, SD $17,603 Interior, SD $17,703 Keystone, SD $17,303 Kyle, SD $17,703 Lead, SD $17,603 Ludlow, SD $17,803 Manderson, SD $17,703 Mud Butte, SD $17,703

Nemo, SD $17,403 Newell, SD $17,703 New Underwood, SD $17,303 Nisland, SD $17,703 Oelrichs, SD $17,703 Oglala, SD $17,703 Oral, SD $17,703 Owanka, SD $17,403

Piedmont, SD $17,303 Pine Ridge, SD $17,803 Porcupine, SD $17,703 Pringle, SD $17,603 Quinn, SD $17,603 Redig, SD $17,603 Saint Onge, SD $17,703 Scenic, SD $17,603

Smithwick, SD $17,703 Spearfish, SD $17,803 Sturgis, SD $17,403 Union Center, SD $17,603 Vale, SD $17,603 Wall, SD $17,603 Wasta, SD $17,503 White Owl, SD $17,703

Whitewood, SD $17,603 Wounded Knee, SD $17,703 Leola, SD $17,803 Long Lake, SD $17,903 Mansfield, SD $17,803 Mellette, SD $17,903 Northville, SD $17,803 Onaka, SD $17,803

Orient, SD $17,803 Pierpont, SD $17,803 Redfield, SD $17,903 Rockham, SD $17,803 Roscoe, SD $17,803 Selby, SD $17,703 Seneca, SD $17,803 Stratford, SD $17,903

Tolstoy, SD $17,803 Tulare, SD $17,903 Turton, SD $17,903 Warner, SD $17,903 Westport, SD $17,803 Pierre, SD $16,303 Agar, SD $16,703 Belvidere, SD $17,603

Blunt, SD $16,303 Burke, SD $17,803 Colome, SD $17,803 Dallas, SD $17,803 Draper, SD $17,203 Fort Pierre, SD $16,403 Gregory, SD $17,803 Hamill, SD $17,703

Harrold, SD $16,403 Hayes, SD $17,503 Herrick, SD $17,803 Holabird, SD $16,803 Ideal, SD $17,703 Kadoka, SD $17,703 Kennebec, SD $17,503 Long Valley, SD $17,703

Lower Brule, SD $17,403 Martin, SD $17,703 Midland, SD $17,603 Milesville, SD $17,603 Mission, SD $17,703 Murdo, SD $17,503 Norris, SD $17,703 Okaton, SD $17,603

Okreek, SD $17,703 Onida, SD $16,503 Parmelee, SD $17,703 Philip, SD $17,603 Presho, SD $17,303 Reliance, SD $17,703 Rosebud, SD $17,803 Saint Charles, SD $17,803

Saint Francis, SD $17,703 Tuthill, SD $17,703 Vivian, SD $17,303 Wanblee, SD $17,703 White River, SD $17,703 Winner, SD $17,703 Witten, SD $17,703 Wood, SD $17,703

Mobridge, SD $17,803 Bison, SD $17,703 Bullhead, SD $17,803 Cherry Creek, SD $17,703 Dupree, SD $17,703 Eagle Butte, SD $17,703 Faith, SD $17,703 Glencross, SD $17,703

Glenham, SD $17,803 Herreid, SD $17,803 Isabel, SD $17,703 Keldron, SD $17,803 Lantry, SD $17,703 Lemmon, SD $17,803 Little Eagle, SD $17,803 Lodgepole, SD $17,803

Mc Intosh, SD $17,803 Mc Laughlin, SD $17,803 Meadow, SD $17,703 Morristown, SD $17,803 Mound City, SD $17,803 Pollock, SD $17,903 Prairie City, SD $17,703 Ralph, SD $17,803

Reva, SD $17,703 Ridgeview, SD $17,703 Timber Lake, SD $17,703 Trail City, SD $17,703 Wakpala, SD $17,803 Walker, SD $17,803 Watauga, SD $17,803 Whitehorse, SD $17,703

Rapid City, SD $17,203 Ellsworth Afb, SD $17,203 Allen, SD $17,703 Batesland, SD $17,703 Montrose, SD $17,703 North Sioux City, SD $17,603 Nunda, SD $17,803 Oldham, SD $17,803

Olivet, SD $17,803 Parker, SD $17,703 Ramona, SD $17,803 Renner, SD $17,603 Rowena, SD $17,603 Rutland, SD $17,803 Salem, SD $17,803 Scotland, SD $17,803

Sinai, SD $17,903 Springfield, SD $17,903 Tabor, SD $17,803 Tea, SD $17,703 Trent, SD $17,703 Tyndall, SD $17,803 Utica, SD $17,803 Valley Springs, SD $17,603

Vermillion, SD $17,803 Viborg, SD $17,803 Volga, SD $17,903 Volin, SD $17,803 Wakonda, SD $17,803 Wentworth, SD $17,803 Winfred, SD $17,803 Worthing, SD $17,703

Yankton, SD $17,903 Sioux Falls, SD $17,603 Vienna, SD $17,903 Wallace, SD $17,903 Waubay, SD $17,903 Webster, SD $17,903 White, SD $17,903 Willow Lake, SD $17,903

Wilmot, SD $17,903 Mitchell, SD $17,903 Alexandria, SD $17,803 Alpena, SD $17,903 Armour, SD $17,803 Artesian, SD $17,903 Avon, SD $17,803 Bonesteel, SD $17,803

Bridgewater, SD $17,803 Canova, SD $17,803 Carpenter, SD $17,903 Carthage, SD $17,903 Cavour, SD $17,903 Chamberlain, SD $17,803 Corsica, SD $17,803 Dante, SD $17,803

Delmont, SD $17,803 Dimock, SD $17,803 Emery, SD $17,803 Ethan, SD $17,803 Fairfax, SD $17,803 Fedora, SD $17,803 Fort Thompson, SD $17,603 Fulton, SD $17,803

Gann Valley, SD $17,803 Geddes, SD $17,803 Harrison, SD $17,803 Highmore, SD $17,503 Stephan, SD $17,503 Hitchcock, SD $17,903 Howard, SD $17,803 Huron, SD $17,903

Iroquois, SD $17,903 Kaylor, SD $17,903 Kimball, SD $17,803 Lake Andes, SD $17,803 Lane, SD $17,903 Letcher, SD $17,803 Marty, SD $17,903 Miller, SD $17,803

Mount Vernon, SD $17,803 New Holland, SD $17,903 Oacoma, SD $17,803 Parkston, SD $17,803 Pickstown, SD $17,903 Plankinton, SD $17,803 Platte, SD $17,803 Pukwana, SD $17,803

Ree Heights, SD $17,703 Saint Lawrence, SD $17,803 Spencer, SD $17,803 Stickney, SD $17,803 Tripp, SD $17,803 Virgil, SD $17,803 Wagner, SD $17,803 Wessington, SD $17,803

Wessington Springs, SD $17,803 White Lake, SD $17,803 Wolsey, SD $17,903 Woonsocket, SD $17,903 Yale, SD $17,903 Aberdeen, SD $17,903 Akaska, SD $17,703 Amherst, SD $17,903

Andover, SD $17,803 Ashton, SD $17,803 Barnard, SD $17,903 Bath, SD $17,903 Bowdle, SD $17,803 Brentford, SD $17,903 Britton, SD $17,903 Claremont, SD $17,903

Columbia, SD $17,803 Conde, SD $17,903 Cresbard, SD $17,803 Doland, SD $17,903 Eureka, SD $17,803 Faulkton, SD $17,803 Ferney, SD $17,903 Frankfort, SD $17,903

Frederick, SD $17,903 Gettysburg, SD $17,603 Groton, SD $17,903 Hecla, SD $17,903 Hosmer, SD $17,803 Houghton, SD $17,803 Hoven, SD $17,803 Ipswich, SD $17,803

Java, SD $17,703 Langford, SD $17,803 Lebanon, SD $17,703 Watertown, SD $17,903 Arlington, SD $17,903 Astoria, SD $17,903 Badger, SD $17,903 Big Stone City, SD $17,903

Bradley, SD $17,903 Brandt, SD $17,903 Bristol, SD $17,903 Bruce, SD $17,903 Bryant, SD $17,903 Castlewood, SD $17,903 Claire City, SD $17,903 Clark, SD $17,903

Clear Lake, SD $17,903 Corona, SD $17,903 De Smet, SD $17,903 Eden, SD $17,903 Erwin, SD $17,903 Estelline, SD $17,903 Florence, SD $17,903 Garden City, SD $17,903

Gary, SD $17,903 Goodwin, SD $17,903 Grenville, SD $17,903 Hayti, SD $17,903 Hazel, SD $17,903 Henry, SD $17,903 Kranzburg, SD $18,003 Labolt, SD $17,903

Lake City, SD $17,903 Lake Norden, SD $17,903 Lake Preston, SD $17,903 Marvin, SD $17,903 Milbank, SD $17,903 New Effington, SD $18,003 Ortley, SD $17,903 Peever, SD $17,903

Raymond, SD $17,903 Revillo, SD $17,903 Rosholt, SD $18,003 Roslyn, SD $17,903 Sisseton, SD $17,903 South Shore, SD $17,903 Stockholm, SD $17,903 Strandburg, SD $17,903

Summit, SD $17,903 Toronto, SD $17,903 Twin Brooks, SD $17,903 Veblen, SD $17,903

TA Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

TA salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $17,603. While startup companies pay approximate $17,603.

TA Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$17,603
Growth Stage	51~500	$17,603
Established	501~5000	$17,603
Enterprise	5000+	$17,603

TA Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a TA's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$14,503

Average $17,603/year

$21,903

$1,209

Average $1,467/month

$1,825

$279

Average $339/week

$421

$7

Average $8/hour

$11

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$21,903	$1,825	$421	$11
Average	$17,603	$1,467	$339	$8
25th Percentile	$14,503	$1,209	$279	$7

TA Salary Growth & Career Path

TA

College Assistant Professor - Architecture

College Assistant Professor - Biology

College Assistant Professor - Chemical Engineering

College Assistant Professor - Civil Engineering

College Associate Professor - Architecture

College Professor - Biology

College Associate Professor - Chemical Engineering

College Associate Professor - Civil Engineering

Promotions are the fastest way to increase your earnings. As a TA, you have the following paths for advancement. The table below compares the salary raises for common next-step roles. By comparing these figures, you can choose the career path that best meets your financial goals.

TA Salary Growth and Career Path
Next Step Role	Estimate Salary	Projected Raise
College Assistant Professor - Architecture	$65,700	273%
College Assistant Professor - Biology	$64,600	267%
College Assistant Professor - Chemical Engineering	$87,500	397%
College Assistant Professor - Civil Engineering	$82,200	367%

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