Lather Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Lather make in South Dakota?

As of June 01, 2026, the average salary for a Lather in South Dakota is $45,933 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $49,929
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $40,475 to $48,025
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $35,507

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Lather Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$48,025	$4,002	$924	$23
Average	$45,933	$3,828	$883	$22
25th Percentile	$40,475	$3,373	$778	$19

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Key Factors That Influence Lather Salaries

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

How Experience Level Affects Lather Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Lather's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $44,141
Early Career (1-2 years): $44,304
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $45,118
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $46,151
Expert (over 8 years): $46,776

Levels	Salary
Entry Level Lather	$44,141
Intermediate Level Lather	$44,304
Senior Level Lather	$45,118
Specialist Level Lather	$46,151
Expert Level Lather	$46,776

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How Do Lather 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 Lathers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $55,960.
California: $55,748.
Massachusetts: $55,005.

District of Columbia $55,960 California $55,748 Massachusetts $55,005 Washington $54,803 New Jersey $54,782 Alaska $54,712 Connecticut $54,014 New York $53,731

Hawaii $52,826 Rhode Island $52,402 Maryland $52,114 Minnesota $51,720 Colorado $51,568 Illinois $51,517 Oregon $51,325 Delaware $51,184

New Hampshire $51,095 Virginia $50,896 Pennsylvania $50,315 Nevada $50,021 North Dakota $49,925 Michigan $49,774 Wisconsin $49,718 Vermont $49,607

Texas $49,299 Maine $49,278 Arizona $49,248 Ohio $49,213 Georgia $48,748 Indiana $48,515 Wyoming $48,470 Utah $48,399

Iowa $48,369 Kansas $48,126 Louisiana $48,055 North Carolina $48,030 Missouri $48,020 Florida $47,823 Montana $47,717 Nebraska $47,616

Kentucky $47,560 South Carolina $47,358 Tennessee $47,231 Idaho $47,181 New Mexico $46,812 Oklahoma $46,731 Alabama $46,433 South Dakota $45,933

Arkansas $45,660 West Virginia $45,513 Mississippi $45,073

Top Paying Cities for Lathers

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: $46,411
Aurora: $46,658
Baltic: $46,156

Alcester, SD $46,411 Aurora, SD $46,658 Baltic, SD $46,156 Beresford, SD $46,292 Brandon, SD $46,061 Brookings, SD $46,744 Burbank, SD $46,246 Canistota, SD $46,315

Canton, SD $46,183 Centerville, SD $46,295 Chancellor, SD $46,178 Chester, SD $46,292 Colman, SD $46,443 Colton, SD $46,250 Crooks, SD $46,131 Davis, SD $46,239

Dell Rapids, SD $46,241 Egan, SD $46,365 Elk Point, SD $46,100 Elkton, SD $46,687 Fairview, SD $46,251 Flandreau, SD $46,515 Freeman, SD $46,465 Garretson, SD $46,165

Gayville, SD $46,543 Harrisburg, SD $46,091 Hartford, SD $46,162 Hudson, SD $46,288 Humboldt, SD $46,227 Hurley, SD $46,297 Irene, SD $46,427 Jefferson, SD $45,928

Lennox, SD $46,178 Lesterville, SD $46,508 Lyons, SD $46,174 Madison, SD $46,535 Marion, SD $46,328 Menno, SD $46,484 Mission Hill, SD $46,519 Monroe, SD $46,278

Belle Fourche, SD $46,457 Black Hawk, SD $45,036 Box Elder, SD $45,094 Buffalo, SD $46,373 Buffalo Gap, SD $46,008 Camp Crook, SD $46,417 Caputa, SD $45,312 Custer, SD $45,909

Deadwood, SD $45,626 Edgemont, SD $46,350 Enning, SD $45,988 Fairburn, SD $45,485 Fort Meade, SD $45,480 Hermosa, SD $45,303 Hill City, SD $45,610 Hot Springs, SD $46,314

Howes, SD $46,090 Interior, SD $46,164 Keystone, SD $45,258 Kyle, SD $46,262 Lead, SD $46,044 Ludlow, SD $46,555 Manderson, SD $46,337 Mud Butte, SD $46,118

Nemo, SD $45,322 Newell, SD $46,208 New Underwood, SD $45,314 Nisland, SD $46,310 Oelrichs, SD $46,219 Oglala, SD $46,299 Oral, SD $46,176 Owanka, SD $45,537

Piedmont, SD $45,069 Pine Ridge, SD $46,385 Porcupine, SD $46,246 Pringle, SD $46,052 Quinn, SD $46,097 Redig, SD $46,042 Saint Onge, SD $46,173 Scenic, SD $45,846

Smithwick, SD $46,234 Spearfish, SD $46,381 Sturgis, SD $45,336 Union Center, SD $46,018 Vale, SD $45,873 Wall, SD $46,030 Wasta, SD $45,797 White Owl, SD $46,111

Whitewood, SD $45,979 Wounded Knee, SD $46,339 Leola, SD $46,614 Long Lake, SD $46,685 Mansfield, SD $46,587 Mellette, SD $46,630 Northville, SD $46,580 Onaka, SD $46,399

Orient, SD $46,469 Pierpont, SD $46,627 Redfield, SD $46,702 Rockham, SD $46,524 Roscoe, SD $46,442 Selby, SD $46,362 Seneca, SD $46,370 Stratford, SD $46,633

Tolstoy, SD $46,373 Tulare, SD $46,638 Turton, SD $46,640 Warner, SD $46,687 Westport, SD $46,622 Pierre, SD $42,582 Agar, SD $43,690 Belvidere, SD $46,096

Blunt, SD $42,582 Burke, SD $46,457 Colome, SD $46,400 Dallas, SD $46,386 Draper, SD $44,954 Fort Pierre, SD $42,706 Gregory, SD $46,435 Hamill, SD $46,320

Harrold, SD $42,830 Hayes, SD $45,621 Herrick, SD $46,430 Holabird, SD $43,796 Ideal, SD $46,308 Kadoka, SD $46,149 Kennebec, SD $45,632 Long Valley, SD $46,147

Lower Brule, SD $45,572 Martin, SD $46,258 Midland, SD $45,997 Milesville, SD $46,027 Mission, SD $46,357 Murdo, SD $45,713 Norris, SD $46,219 Okaton, SD $46,102

Okreek, SD $46,331 Onida, SD $43,000 Parmelee, SD $46,302 Philip, SD $46,094 Presho, SD $45,291 Reliance, SD $46,347 Rosebud, SD $46,408 Saint Charles, SD $46,481

Saint Francis, SD $46,319 Tuthill, SD $46,202 Vivian, SD $45,094 Wanblee, SD $46,233 White River, SD $46,213 Winner, SD $46,357 Witten, SD $46,274 Wood, SD $46,207

Mobridge, SD $46,371 Bison, SD $46,256 Bullhead, SD $46,610 Cherry Creek, SD $46,136 Dupree, SD $46,146 Eagle Butte, SD $46,194 Faith, SD $46,132 Glencross, SD $46,171

Glenham, SD $46,388 Herreid, SD $46,565 Isabel, SD $46,162 Keldron, SD $46,385 Lantry, SD $46,216 Lemmon, SD $46,558 Little Eagle, SD $46,603 Lodgepole, SD $46,433

Mc Intosh, SD $46,455 Mc Laughlin, SD $46,414 Meadow, SD $46,149 Morristown, SD $46,502 Mound City, SD $46,482 Pollock, SD $46,657 Prairie City, SD $46,316 Ralph, SD $46,467

Reva, SD $46,318 Ridgeview, SD $46,217 Timber Lake, SD $46,240 Trail City, SD $46,225 Wakpala, SD $46,415 Walker, SD $46,489 Watauga, SD $46,383 Whitehorse, SD $46,266

Rapid City, SD $45,028 Ellsworth Afb, SD $45,028 Allen, SD $46,258 Batesland, SD $46,277 Montrose, SD $46,315 North Sioux City, SD $45,855 Nunda, SD $46,512 Oldham, SD $46,614

Olivet, SD $46,505 Parker, SD $46,253 Ramona, SD $46,532 Renner, SD $46,102 Rowena, SD $46,071 Rutland, SD $46,471 Salem, SD $46,474 Scotland, SD $46,578

Sinai, SD $46,762 Springfield, SD $46,634 Tabor, SD $46,603 Tea, SD $46,127 Trent, SD $46,303 Tyndall, SD $46,590 Utica, SD $46,509 Valley Springs, SD $46,098

Vermillion, SD $46,519 Viborg, SD $46,415 Volga, SD $46,653 Volin, SD $46,466 Wakonda, SD $46,419 Wentworth, SD $46,454 Winfred, SD $46,477 Worthing, SD $46,171

Yankton, SD $46,697 Sioux Falls, SD $46,059 Vienna, SD $46,737 Wallace, SD $46,708 Waubay, SD $46,687 Webster, SD $46,698 White, SD $46,770 Willow Lake, SD $46,789

Wilmot, SD $46,732 Mitchell, SD $46,740 Alexandria, SD $46,568 Alpena, SD $46,647 Armour, SD $46,551 Artesian, SD $46,640 Avon, SD $46,563 Bonesteel, SD $46,473

Bridgewater, SD $46,443 Canova, SD $46,506 Carpenter, SD $46,755 Carthage, SD $46,650 Cavour, SD $46,712 Chamberlain, SD $46,501 Corsica, SD $46,559 Dante, SD $46,536

Delmont, SD $46,538 Dimock, SD $46,590 Emery, SD $46,520 Ethan, SD $46,614 Fairfax, SD $46,481 Fedora, SD $46,599 Fort Thompson, SD $45,955 Fulton, SD $46,605

Gann Valley, SD $46,405 Geddes, SD $46,492 Harrison, SD $46,527 Highmore, SD $45,632 Stephan, SD $45,834 Hitchcock, SD $46,675 Howard, SD $46,622 Huron, SD $46,834

Iroquois, SD $46,723 Kaylor, SD $46,640 Kimball, SD $46,499 Lake Andes, SD $46,567 Lane, SD $46,744 Letcher, SD $46,618 Marty, SD $46,716 Miller, SD $46,543

Mount Vernon, SD $46,588 New Holland, SD $46,657 Oacoma, SD $46,460 Parkston, SD $46,608 Pickstown, SD $46,638 Plankinton, SD $46,581 Platte, SD $46,501 Pukwana, SD $46,468

Ree Heights, SD $46,236 Saint Lawrence, SD $46,545 Spencer, SD $46,500 Stickney, SD $46,550 Tripp, SD $46,563 Virgil, SD $46,607 Wagner, SD $46,572 Wessington, SD $46,572

Wessington Springs, SD $46,565 White Lake, SD $46,519 Wolsey, SD $46,664 Woonsocket, SD $46,643 Yale, SD $46,750 Aberdeen, SD $46,754 Akaska, SD $46,337 Amherst, SD $46,683

Andover, SD $46,615 Ashton, SD $46,607 Barnard, SD $46,671 Bath, SD $46,656 Bowdle, SD $46,424 Brentford, SD $46,691 Britton, SD $46,814 Claremont, SD $46,643

Columbia, SD $46,587 Conde, SD $46,637 Cresbard, SD $46,522 Doland, SD $46,737 Eureka, SD $46,589 Faulkton, SD $46,518 Ferney, SD $46,807 Frankfort, SD $46,734

Frederick, SD $46,683 Gettysburg, SD $46,081 Groton, SD $46,661 Hecla, SD $46,750 Hosmer, SD $46,514 Houghton, SD $46,552 Hoven, SD $46,387 Ipswich, SD $46,562

Java, SD $46,358 Langford, SD $46,620 Lebanon, SD $46,158 Watertown, SD $46,834 Arlington, SD $46,709 Astoria, SD $46,784 Badger, SD $46,791 Big Stone City, SD $46,859

Bradley, SD $46,694 Brandt, SD $46,752 Bristol, SD $46,656 Bruce, SD $46,701 Bryant, SD $46,769 Castlewood, SD $46,740 Claire City, SD $46,810 Clark, SD $46,774

Clear Lake, SD $46,756 Corona, SD $46,811 De Smet, SD $46,750 Eden, SD $46,667 Erwin, SD $46,721 Estelline, SD $46,732 Florence, SD $46,717 Garden City, SD $46,725

Gary, SD $46,786 Goodwin, SD $46,697 Grenville, SD $46,655 Hayti, SD $46,757 Hazel, SD $46,736 Henry, SD $46,737 Kranzburg, SD $46,911 Labolt, SD $46,702

Lake City, SD $46,745 Lake Norden, SD $46,780 Lake Preston, SD $46,735 Marvin, SD $46,652 Milbank, SD $46,851 New Effington, SD $46,910 Ortley, SD $46,662 Peever, SD $46,725

Raymond, SD $46,748 Revillo, SD $46,730 Rosholt, SD $46,899 Roslyn, SD $46,646 Sisseton, SD $46,753 South Shore, SD $46,666 Stockholm, SD $46,666 Strandburg, SD $46,661

Summit, SD $46,664 Toronto, SD $46,734 Twin Brooks, SD $46,649 Veblen, SD $46,834

Lather Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Lather salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $51,375. While startup companies pay approximate $43,448.

Lather Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$43,448
Growth Stage	51~500	$45,953
Established	501~5000	$49,613
Enterprise	5000+	$51,375

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

Understanding how a Lather'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 June 01, 2026

$40,475

Average $45,933/year

$48,025

$3,373

Average $3,828/month

$4,002

$778

Average $883/week

$924

$19

Average $22/hour

$23

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$48,025	$4,002	$924	$23
Average	$45,933	$3,828	$883	$22
25th Percentile	$40,475	$3,373	$778	$19

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