Ltl Driver Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Ltl Driver make in South Dakota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Ltl Driver in South Dakota is $51,829 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $25.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $64,980
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $44,076 to $58,713
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $37,016

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Ltl Driver Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$58,713	$4,893	$1,129	$28
Average	$51,829	$4,319	$997	$25
25th Percentile	$44,076	$3,673	$848	$21

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Key Factors That Influence Ltl Driver Salaries

A Ltl Driver'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 Do Ltl Driver 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 Ltl Drivers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $63,144.
California: $62,904.
Massachusetts: $62,066.

District of Columbia $63,144 California $62,904 Massachusetts $62,066 Washington $61,838 New Jersey $61,815 Alaska $61,735 Connecticut $60,948 New York $60,629

Hawaii $59,608 Rhode Island $59,129 Maryland $58,804 Minnesota $58,359 Colorado $58,188 Illinois $58,131 Oregon $57,914 Delaware $57,755

New Hampshire $57,654 Virginia $57,430 Pennsylvania $56,774 Nevada $56,443 North Dakota $56,335 Michigan $56,163 Wisconsin $56,101 Vermont $55,975

Texas $55,627 Maine $55,605 Arizona $55,570 Ohio $55,530 Georgia $55,006 Indiana $54,743 Wyoming $54,692 Utah $54,612

Iowa $54,578 Kansas $54,304 Louisiana $54,224 North Carolina $54,196 Missouri $54,184 Florida $53,962 Montana $53,842 Nebraska $53,728

Kentucky $53,666 South Carolina $53,437 Tennessee $53,295 Idaho $53,238 New Mexico $52,821 Oklahoma $52,730 Alabama $52,394 South Dakota $51,829

Arkansas $51,521 West Virginia $51,356 Mississippi $50,860

Top Paying Cities for Ltl Drivers

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: $52,369
Aurora: $52,648
Baltic: $52,081

Alcester, SD $52,369 Aurora, SD $52,648 Baltic, SD $52,081 Beresford, SD $52,235 Brandon, SD $51,975 Brookings, SD $52,744 Burbank, SD $52,183 Canistota, SD $52,260

Canton, SD $52,112 Centerville, SD $52,239 Chancellor, SD $52,106 Chester, SD $52,235 Colman, SD $52,405 Colton, SD $52,187 Crooks, SD $52,053 Davis, SD $52,175

Dell Rapids, SD $52,177 Egan, SD $52,317 Elk Point, SD $52,018 Elkton, SD $52,680 Fairview, SD $52,188 Flandreau, SD $52,487 Freeman, SD $52,430 Garretson, SD $52,091

Gayville, SD $52,517 Harrisburg, SD $52,008 Hartford, SD $52,087 Hudson, SD $52,230 Humboldt, SD $52,162 Hurley, SD $52,240 Irene, SD $52,387 Jefferson, SD $51,823

Lennox, SD $52,106 Lesterville, SD $52,479 Lyons, SD $52,101 Madison, SD $52,508 Marion, SD $52,276 Menno, SD $52,451 Mission Hill, SD $52,491 Monroe, SD $52,219

Belle Fourche, SD $52,421 Black Hawk, SD $50,817 Box Elder, SD $50,883 Buffalo, SD $52,326 Buffalo Gap, SD $51,914 Camp Crook, SD $52,376 Caputa, SD $51,129 Custer, SD $51,803

Deadwood, SD $51,484 Edgemont, SD $52,300 Enning, SD $51,891 Fairburn, SD $51,324 Fort Meade, SD $51,319 Hermosa, SD $51,119 Hill City, SD $51,465 Hot Springs, SD $52,260

Howes, SD $52,007 Interior, SD $52,090 Keystone, SD $51,068 Kyle, SD $52,201 Lead, SD $51,955 Ludlow, SD $52,532 Manderson, SD $52,285 Mud Butte, SD $52,038

Nemo, SD $51,140 Newell, SD $52,139 New Underwood, SD $51,131 Nisland, SD $52,255 Oelrichs, SD $52,152 Oglala, SD $52,243 Oral, SD $52,104 Owanka, SD $51,383

Piedmont, SD $50,855 Pine Ridge, SD $52,340 Porcupine, SD $52,183 Pringle, SD $51,964 Quinn, SD $52,014 Redig, SD $51,953 Saint Onge, SD $52,101 Scenic, SD $51,731

Smithwick, SD $52,170 Spearfish, SD $52,336 Sturgis, SD $51,156 Union Center, SD $51,926 Vale, SD $51,762 Wall, SD $51,939 Wasta, SD $51,676 White Owl, SD $52,030

Whitewood, SD $51,881 Wounded Knee, SD $52,288 Leola, SD $52,598 Long Lake, SD $52,678 Mansfield, SD $52,567 Mellette, SD $52,616 Northville, SD $52,560 Onaka, SD $52,356

Orient, SD $52,435 Pierpont, SD $52,613 Redfield, SD $52,698 Rockham, SD $52,497 Roscoe, SD $52,404 Selby, SD $52,313 Seneca, SD $52,322 Stratford, SD $52,619

Tolstoy, SD $52,326 Tulare, SD $52,625 Turton, SD $52,628 Warner, SD $52,680 Westport, SD $52,608 Pierre, SD $48,048 Agar, SD $49,298 Belvidere, SD $52,013

Blunt, SD $48,048 Burke, SD $52,421 Colome, SD $52,357 Dallas, SD $52,341 Draper, SD $50,725 Fort Pierre, SD $48,189 Gregory, SD $52,397 Hamill, SD $52,267

Harrold, SD $48,329 Hayes, SD $51,478 Herrick, SD $52,391 Holabird, SD $49,418 Ideal, SD $52,253 Kadoka, SD $52,073 Kennebec, SD $51,490 Long Valley, SD $52,071

Lower Brule, SD $51,422 Martin, SD $52,196 Midland, SD $51,902 Milesville, SD $51,936 Mission, SD $52,308 Murdo, SD $51,581 Norris, SD $52,152 Okaton, SD $52,020

Okreek, SD $52,279 Onida, SD $48,520 Parmelee, SD $52,245 Philip, SD $52,012 Presho, SD $51,105 Reliance, SD $52,296 Rosebud, SD $52,365 Saint Charles, SD $52,448

Saint Francis, SD $52,265 Tuthill, SD $52,134 Vivian, SD $50,883 Wanblee, SD $52,168 White River, SD $52,145 Winner, SD $52,308 Witten, SD $52,215 Wood, SD $52,139

Mobridge, SD $52,324 Bison, SD $52,194 Bullhead, SD $52,593 Cherry Creek, SD $52,058 Dupree, SD $52,070 Eagle Butte, SD $52,124 Faith, SD $52,054 Glencross, SD $52,098

Glenham, SD $52,343 Herreid, SD $52,543 Isabel, SD $52,088 Keldron, SD $52,340 Lantry, SD $52,149 Lemmon, SD $52,535 Little Eagle, SD $52,585 Lodgepole, SD $52,394

Mc Intosh, SD $52,418 Mc Laughlin, SD $52,372 Meadow, SD $52,074 Morristown, SD $52,472 Mound City, SD $52,449 Pollock, SD $52,646 Prairie City, SD $52,261 Ralph, SD $52,432

Reva, SD $52,264 Ridgeview, SD $52,150 Timber Lake, SD $52,176 Trail City, SD $52,159 Wakpala, SD $52,373 Walker, SD $52,456 Watauga, SD $52,338 Whitehorse, SD $52,205

Rapid City, SD $50,808 Ellsworth Afb, SD $50,808 Allen, SD $52,196 Batesland, SD $52,218 Montrose, SD $52,261 North Sioux City, SD $51,742 Nunda, SD $52,483 Oldham, SD $52,598

Olivet, SD $52,475 Parker, SD $52,191 Ramona, SD $52,506 Renner, SD $52,020 Rowena, SD $51,985 Rutland, SD $52,437 Salem, SD $52,440 Scotland, SD $52,557

Sinai, SD $52,765 Springfield, SD $52,620 Tabor, SD $52,585 Tea, SD $52,049 Trent, SD $52,247 Tyndall, SD $52,571 Utica, SD $52,479 Valley Springs, SD $52,016

Vermillion, SD $52,491 Viborg, SD $52,373 Volga, SD $52,642 Volin, SD $52,431 Wakonda, SD $52,378 Wentworth, SD $52,418 Winfred, SD $52,443 Worthing, SD $52,098

Yankton, SD $52,692 Sioux Falls, SD $51,972 Vienna, SD $52,736 Wallace, SD $52,705 Waubay, SD $52,680 Webster, SD $52,693 White, SD $52,774 Willow Lake, SD $52,796

Wilmot, SD $52,731 Mitchell, SD $52,740 Alexandria, SD $52,546 Alpena, SD $52,635 Armour, SD $52,527 Artesian, SD $52,627 Avon, SD $52,541 Bonesteel, SD $52,439

Bridgewater, SD $52,405 Canova, SD $52,476 Carpenter, SD $52,757 Carthage, SD $52,639 Cavour, SD $52,709 Chamberlain, SD $52,471 Corsica, SD $52,536 Dante, SD $52,510

Delmont, SD $52,512 Dimock, SD $52,571 Emery, SD $52,492 Ethan, SD $52,598 Fairfax, SD $52,448 Fedora, SD $52,581 Fort Thompson, SD $51,855 Fulton, SD $52,588

Gann Valley, SD $52,362 Geddes, SD $52,460 Harrison, SD $52,500 Highmore, SD $51,490 Stephan, SD $51,718 Hitchcock, SD $52,666 Howard, SD $52,608 Huron, SD $52,846

Iroquois, SD $52,721 Kaylor, SD $52,628 Kimball, SD $52,468 Lake Andes, SD $52,545 Lane, SD $52,745 Letcher, SD $52,603 Marty, SD $52,713 Miller, SD $52,517

Mount Vernon, SD $52,569 New Holland, SD $52,647 Oacoma, SD $52,424 Parkston, SD $52,592 Pickstown, SD $52,625 Plankinton, SD $52,560 Platte, SD $52,471 Pukwana, SD $52,434

Ree Heights, SD $52,172 Saint Lawrence, SD $52,520 Spencer, SD $52,469 Stickney, SD $52,526 Tripp, SD $52,541 Virgil, SD $52,590 Wagner, SD $52,551 Wessington, SD $52,551

Wessington Springs, SD $52,543 White Lake, SD $52,491 Wolsey, SD $52,655 Woonsocket, SD $52,631 Yale, SD $52,751 Aberdeen, SD $52,756 Akaska, SD $52,285 Amherst, SD $52,675

Andover, SD $52,600 Ashton, SD $52,590 Barnard, SD $52,662 Bath, SD $52,646 Bowdle, SD $52,384 Brentford, SD $52,685 Britton, SD $52,824 Claremont, SD $52,631

Columbia, SD $52,568 Conde, SD $52,624 Cresbard, SD $52,494 Doland, SD $52,736 Eureka, SD $52,569 Faulkton, SD $52,490 Ferney, SD $52,816 Frankfort, SD $52,733

Frederick, SD $52,676 Gettysburg, SD $51,997 Groton, SD $52,652 Hecla, SD $52,751 Hosmer, SD $52,486 Houghton, SD $52,528 Hoven, SD $52,342 Ipswich, SD $52,540

Java, SD $52,309 Langford, SD $52,605 Lebanon, SD $52,084 Watertown, SD $52,846 Arlington, SD $52,706 Astoria, SD $52,790 Badger, SD $52,798 Big Stone City, SD $52,875

Bradley, SD $52,688 Brandt, SD $52,754 Bristol, SD $52,646 Bruce, SD $52,697 Bryant, SD $52,772 Castlewood, SD $52,740 Claire City, SD $52,820 Clark, SD $52,779

Clear Lake, SD $52,759 Corona, SD $52,821 De Smet, SD $52,751 Eden, SD $52,658 Erwin, SD $52,718 Estelline, SD $52,731 Florence, SD $52,714 Garden City, SD $52,723

Gary, SD $52,792 Goodwin, SD $52,692 Grenville, SD $52,644 Hayti, SD $52,760 Hazel, SD $52,736 Henry, SD $52,737 Kranzburg, SD $52,933 Labolt, SD $52,697

Lake City, SD $52,746 Lake Norden, SD $52,785 Lake Preston, SD $52,734 Marvin, SD $52,641 Milbank, SD $52,866 New Effington, SD $52,932 Ortley, SD $52,652 Peever, SD $52,723

Raymond, SD $52,749 Revillo, SD $52,729 Rosholt, SD $52,920 Roslyn, SD $52,634 Sisseton, SD $52,755 South Shore, SD $52,657 Stockholm, SD $52,657 Strandburg, SD $52,652

Summit, SD $52,655 Toronto, SD $52,734 Twin Brooks, SD $52,637 Veblen, SD $52,846

Ltl Driver Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Ltl Driver roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 0% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit, offers compensation 10% above the average. Conversely, Ltl Driver positions in Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view Ltl Driver as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for a Ltl Driver

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit	$57,012	$27.0	10%

Ltl Driver Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Ltl Driver'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

$44,076

Average $51,829/year

$58,713

$3,673

Average $4,319/month

$4,893

$848

Average $997/week

$1,129

$21

Average $25/hour

$28

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$58,713	$4,893	$1,129	$28
Average	$51,829	$4,319	$997	$25
25th Percentile	$44,076	$3,673	$848	$21

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