Urban Planner Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Urban Planner make in South Dakota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for an Urban Planner in South Dakota is $50,555 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $24.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $64,071
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $47,716 to $57,630
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $45,132

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Urban Planner Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$57,630	$4,802	$1,108	$28
Average	$50,555	$4,213	$972	$24
25th Percentile	$47,716	$3,976	$918	$23

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Key Factors That Influence Urban Planner Salaries

An Urban Planner'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 Urban Planner 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 Urban Planners. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $61,591.
California: $61,357.
Massachusetts: $60,540.

District of Columbia $61,591 California $61,357 Massachusetts $60,540 Washington $60,317 New Jersey $60,295 Alaska $60,217 Connecticut $59,449 New York $59,138

Hawaii $58,142 Rhode Island $57,675 Maryland $57,358 Minnesota $56,924 Colorado $56,757 Illinois $56,701 Oregon $56,490 Delaware $56,334

New Hampshire $56,236 Virginia $56,017 Pennsylvania $55,377 Nevada $55,055 North Dakota $54,949 Michigan $54,782 Wisconsin $54,721 Vermont $54,599

Texas $54,259 Maine $54,237 Arizona $54,204 Ohio $54,165 Georgia $53,653 Indiana $53,397 Wyoming $53,347 Utah $53,269

Iowa $53,236 Kansas $52,969 Louisiana $52,891 North Carolina $52,863 Missouri $52,852 Florida $52,635 Montana $52,518 Nebraska $52,407

Kentucky $52,346 South Carolina $52,123 Tennessee $51,984 Idaho $51,929 New Mexico $51,522 Oklahoma $51,433 Alabama $51,105 South Dakota $50,555

Arkansas $50,254 West Virginia $50,093 Mississippi $49,609

Top Paying Cities for Urban Planners

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: $51,081
Aurora: $51,353
Baltic: $50,800

Alcester, SD $51,081 Aurora, SD $51,353 Baltic, SD $50,800 Beresford, SD $50,951 Brandon, SD $50,696 Brookings, SD $51,447 Burbank, SD $50,899 Canistota, SD $50,975

Canton, SD $50,830 Centerville, SD $50,954 Chancellor, SD $50,824 Chester, SD $50,950 Colman, SD $51,116 Colton, SD $50,904 Crooks, SD $50,773 Davis, SD $50,892

Dell Rapids, SD $50,894 Egan, SD $51,030 Elk Point, SD $50,739 Elkton, SD $51,384 Fairview, SD $50,905 Flandreau, SD $51,196 Freeman, SD $51,140 Garretson, SD $50,810

Gayville, SD $51,226 Harrisburg, SD $50,729 Hartford, SD $50,807 Hudson, SD $50,946 Humboldt, SD $50,879 Hurley, SD $50,956 Irene, SD $51,099 Jefferson, SD $50,549

Lennox, SD $50,825 Lesterville, SD $51,188 Lyons, SD $50,820 Madison, SD $51,217 Marion, SD $50,990 Menno, SD $51,161 Mission Hill, SD $51,200 Monroe, SD $50,935

Belle Fourche, SD $51,132 Black Hawk, SD $49,568 Box Elder, SD $49,632 Buffalo, SD $51,039 Buffalo Gap, SD $50,637 Camp Crook, SD $51,088 Caputa, SD $49,871 Custer, SD $50,529

Deadwood, SD $50,217 Edgemont, SD $51,013 Enning, SD $50,615 Fairburn, SD $50,062 Fort Meade, SD $50,057 Hermosa, SD $49,861 Hill City, SD $50,199 Hot Springs, SD $50,975

Howes, SD $50,728 Interior, SD $50,809 Keystone, SD $49,812 Kyle, SD $50,917 Lead, SD $50,677 Ludlow, SD $51,240 Manderson, SD $51,000 Mud Butte, SD $50,759

Nemo, SD $49,882 Newell, SD $50,857 New Underwood, SD $49,874 Nisland, SD $50,970 Oelrichs, SD $50,869 Oglala, SD $50,958 Oral, SD $50,823 Owanka, SD $50,119

Piedmont, SD $49,604 Pine Ridge, SD $51,053 Porcupine, SD $50,899 Pringle, SD $50,686 Quinn, SD $50,735 Redig, SD $50,675 Saint Onge, SD $50,819 Scenic, SD $50,459

Smithwick, SD $50,887 Spearfish, SD $51,048 Sturgis, SD $49,898 Union Center, SD $50,649 Vale, SD $50,489 Wall, SD $50,662 Wasta, SD $50,405 White Owl, SD $50,751

Whitewood, SD $50,605 Wounded Knee, SD $51,002 Leola, SD $51,304 Long Lake, SD $51,383 Mansfield, SD $51,274 Mellette, SD $51,322 Northville, SD $51,267 Onaka, SD $51,068

Orient, SD $51,145 Pierpont, SD $51,319 Redfield, SD $51,402 Rockham, SD $51,206 Roscoe, SD $51,115 Selby, SD $51,027 Seneca, SD $51,036 Stratford, SD $51,325

Tolstoy, SD $51,039 Tulare, SD $51,331 Turton, SD $51,333 Warner, SD $51,384 Westport, SD $51,314 Pierre, SD $46,866 Agar, SD $48,086 Belvidere, SD $50,734

Blunt, SD $46,866 Burke, SD $51,131 Colome, SD $51,069 Dallas, SD $51,053 Draper, SD $49,478 Fort Pierre, SD $47,004 Gregory, SD $51,108 Hamill, SD $50,981

Harrold, SD $47,140 Hayes, SD $50,212 Herrick, SD $51,102 Holabird, SD $48,203 Ideal, SD $50,968 Kadoka, SD $50,793 Kennebec, SD $50,224 Long Valley, SD $50,790

Lower Brule, SD $50,157 Martin, SD $50,913 Midland, SD $50,626 Milesville, SD $50,659 Mission, SD $51,022 Murdo, SD $50,313 Norris, SD $50,869 Okaton, SD $50,741

Okreek, SD $50,993 Onida, SD $47,326 Parmelee, SD $50,961 Philip, SD $50,733 Presho, SD $49,848 Reliance, SD $51,010 Rosebud, SD $51,077 Saint Charles, SD $51,158

Saint Francis, SD $50,980 Tuthill, SD $50,852 Vivian, SD $49,632 Wanblee, SD $50,886 White River, SD $50,863 Winner, SD $51,022 Witten, SD $50,931 Wood, SD $50,857

Mobridge, SD $51,037 Bison, SD $50,910 Bullhead, SD $51,300 Cherry Creek, SD $50,778 Dupree, SD $50,789 Eagle Butte, SD $50,842 Faith, SD $50,774 Glencross, SD $50,817

Glenham, SD $51,056 Herreid, SD $51,251 Isabel, SD $50,807 Keldron, SD $51,052 Lantry, SD $50,866 Lemmon, SD $51,243 Little Eagle, SD $51,292 Lodgepole, SD $51,105

Mc Intosh, SD $51,129 Mc Laughlin, SD $51,084 Meadow, SD $50,793 Morristown, SD $51,181 Mound City, SD $51,159 Pollock, SD $51,352 Prairie City, SD $50,976 Ralph, SD $51,143

Reva, SD $50,979 Ridgeview, SD $50,867 Timber Lake, SD $50,893 Trail City, SD $50,877 Wakpala, SD $51,085 Walker, SD $51,166 Watauga, SD $51,051 Whitehorse, SD $50,921

Rapid City, SD $49,559 Ellsworth Afb, SD $49,559 Allen, SD $50,912 Batesland, SD $50,933 Montrose, SD $50,976 North Sioux City, SD $50,469 Nunda, SD $51,192 Oldham, SD $51,305

Olivet, SD $51,185 Parker, SD $50,907 Ramona, SD $51,214 Renner, SD $50,741 Rowena, SD $50,706 Rutland, SD $51,147 Salem, SD $51,150 Scotland, SD $51,265

Sinai, SD $51,467 Springfield, SD $51,326 Tabor, SD $51,292 Tea, SD $50,769 Trent, SD $50,962 Tyndall, SD $51,278 Utica, SD $51,189 Valley Springs, SD $50,737

Vermillion, SD $51,200 Viborg, SD $51,085 Volga, SD $51,347 Volin, SD $51,142 Wakonda, SD $51,090 Wentworth, SD $51,129 Winfred, SD $51,154 Worthing, SD $50,817

Yankton, SD $51,396 Sioux Falls, SD $50,694 Vienna, SD $51,440 Wallace, SD $51,408 Waubay, SD $51,384 Webster, SD $51,397 White, SD $51,476 Willow Lake, SD $51,497

Wilmot, SD $51,435 Mitchell, SD $51,443 Alexandria, SD $51,254 Alpena, SD $51,341 Armour, SD $51,235 Artesian, SD $51,333 Avon, SD $51,249 Bonesteel, SD $51,149

Bridgewater, SD $51,116 Canova, SD $51,185 Carpenter, SD $51,460 Carthage, SD $51,344 Cavour, SD $51,412 Chamberlain, SD $51,180 Corsica, SD $51,244 Dante, SD $51,219

Delmont, SD $51,221 Dimock, SD $51,278 Emery, SD $51,201 Ethan, SD $51,305 Fairfax, SD $51,158 Fedora, SD $51,288 Fort Thompson, SD $50,580 Fulton, SD $51,295

Gann Valley, SD $51,075 Geddes, SD $51,170 Harrison, SD $51,209 Highmore, SD $50,224 Stephan, SD $50,446 Hitchcock, SD $51,371 Howard, SD $51,314 Huron, SD $51,546

Iroquois, SD $51,424 Kaylor, SD $51,333 Kimball, SD $51,178 Lake Andes, SD $51,253 Lane, SD $51,448 Letcher, SD $51,309 Marty, SD $51,417 Miller, SD $51,226

Mount Vernon, SD $51,276 New Holland, SD $51,352 Oacoma, SD $51,135 Parkston, SD $51,298 Pickstown, SD $51,331 Plankinton, SD $51,268 Platte, SD $51,180 Pukwana, SD $51,144

Ree Heights, SD $50,889 Saint Lawrence, SD $51,228 Spencer, SD $51,179 Stickney, SD $51,234 Tripp, SD $51,249 Virgil, SD $51,297 Wagner, SD $51,259 Wessington, SD $51,259

Wessington Springs, SD $51,251 White Lake, SD $51,200 Wolsey, SD $51,360 Woonsocket, SD $51,337 Yale, SD $51,454 Aberdeen, SD $51,459 Akaska, SD $51,000 Amherst, SD $51,380

Andover, SD $51,306 Ashton, SD $51,297 Barnard, SD $51,367 Bath, SD $51,351 Bowdle, SD $51,096 Brentford, SD $51,389 Britton, SD $51,525 Claremont, SD $51,337

Columbia, SD $51,275 Conde, SD $51,330 Cresbard, SD $51,203 Doland, SD $51,440 Eureka, SD $51,277 Faulkton, SD $51,199 Ferney, SD $51,517 Frankfort, SD $51,436

Frederick, SD $51,381 Gettysburg, SD $50,718 Groton, SD $51,357 Hecla, SD $51,454 Hosmer, SD $51,195 Houghton, SD $51,237 Hoven, SD $51,055 Ipswich, SD $51,248

Java, SD $51,023 Langford, SD $51,311 Lebanon, SD $50,803 Watertown, SD $51,546 Arlington, SD $51,410 Astoria, SD $51,491 Badger, SD $51,500 Big Stone City, SD $51,574

Bradley, SD $51,392 Brandt, SD $51,457 Bristol, SD $51,351 Bruce, SD $51,401 Bryant, SD $51,475 Castlewood, SD $51,443 Claire City, SD $51,521 Clark, SD $51,481

Clear Lake, SD $51,461 Corona, SD $51,522 De Smet, SD $51,454 Eden, SD $51,363 Erwin, SD $51,422 Estelline, SD $51,435 Florence, SD $51,418 Garden City, SD $51,427

Gary, SD $51,494 Goodwin, SD $51,396 Grenville, SD $51,349 Hayti, SD $51,462 Hazel, SD $51,439 Henry, SD $51,440 Kranzburg, SD $51,631 Labolt, SD $51,401

Lake City, SD $51,448 Lake Norden, SD $51,487 Lake Preston, SD $51,437 Marvin, SD $51,346 Milbank, SD $51,566 New Effington, SD $51,630 Ortley, SD $51,357 Peever, SD $51,426

Raymond, SD $51,452 Revillo, SD $51,432 Rosholt, SD $51,618 Roslyn, SD $51,339 Sisseton, SD $51,457 South Shore, SD $51,362 Stockholm, SD $51,362 Strandburg, SD $51,357

Summit, SD $51,360 Toronto, SD $51,437 Twin Brooks, SD $51,343 Veblen, SD $51,546

Urban Planner Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Urban Planner salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $50,555. While startup companies pay approximate $50,555.

Urban Planner Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$50,555
Growth Stage	51~500	$50,555
Established	501~5000	$50,555
Enterprise	5000+	$50,555

Urban Planner Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Urban Planner'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

$47,716

Average $50,555/year

$57,630

$3,976

Average $4,213/month

$4,802

$918

Average $972/week

$1,108

$23

Average $24/hour

$28

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$57,630	$4,802	$1,108	$28
Average	$50,555	$4,213	$972	$24
25th Percentile	$47,716	$3,976	$918	$23

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