What are the main factors that influence a Medical Surgical Tech's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What are the highest paying states for a Medical Surgical Tech?

Medical Surgical Tech salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Medical Surgical Tech roles are District of Columbia $60,307, California $60,078, Massachusetts $59,278. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Medical Surgical Tech roles make?

Salaries for Medical Surgical Tech level roles vary by specialization: Surgical Medical Assistant: $105,482; Medical Surgical Nurse: $103,525; Rn Medical Surgical: $85,231; Medical Surgical: $75,146; Ob Surgical Tech: $56,358.

Medical Surgical Tech Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Medical Surgical Tech make in South Dakota?

As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for a Medical Surgical Tech in South Dakota is $49,501 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $24.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $70,360
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $39,794 to $60,419
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $30,956

10% $30,956

50% (Median) $49,501

90% $70,360

Medical Surgical Tech Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$60,419	$5,035	$1,162	$29
Average	$49,501	$4,125	$952	$24
25th Percentile	$39,794	$3,316	$765	$19

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Key Factors That Influence Medical Surgical Tech Salaries

A Medical Surgical Tech'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 Medical Surgical Tech 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 Medical Surgical Teches. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $60,307.
California: $60,078.
Massachusetts: $59,278.

District of Columbia $60,307 California $60,078 Massachusetts $59,278 Washington $59,060 New Jersey $59,038 Alaska $58,962 Connecticut $58,210 New York $57,905

Hawaii $56,930 Rhode Island $56,473 Maryland $56,162 Minnesota $55,737 Colorado $55,574 Illinois $55,519 Oregon $55,312 Delaware $55,160

New Hampshire $55,064 Virginia $54,849 Pennsylvania $54,223 Nevada $53,907 North Dakota $53,804 Michigan $53,640 Wisconsin $53,580 Vermont $53,461

Texas $53,128 Maine $53,106 Arizona $53,074 Ohio $53,036 Georgia $52,535 Indiana $52,284 Wyoming $52,235 Utah $52,159

Iowa $52,126 Kansas $51,865 Louisiana $51,788 North Carolina $51,761 Missouri $51,750 Florida $51,538 Montana $51,423 Nebraska $51,314

Kentucky $51,255 South Carolina $51,037 Tennessee $50,901 Idaho $50,846 New Mexico $50,448 Oklahoma $50,361 Alabama $50,040 South Dakota $49,501

Arkansas $49,207 West Virginia $49,049 Mississippi $48,575

Top Paying Cities for Medical Surgical Teches

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: $50,017
Aurora: $50,282
Baltic: $49,741

Alcester, SD $50,017 Aurora, SD $50,282 Baltic, SD $49,741 Beresford, SD $49,889 Brandon, SD $49,640 Brookings, SD $50,375 Burbank, SD $49,838 Canistota, SD $49,912

Canton, SD $49,771 Centerville, SD $49,892 Chancellor, SD $49,765 Chester, SD $49,888 Colman, SD $50,051 Colton, SD $49,843 Crooks, SD $49,714 Davis, SD $49,831

Dell Rapids, SD $49,833 Egan, SD $49,966 Elk Point, SD $49,681 Elkton, SD $50,313 Fairview, SD $49,844 Flandreau, SD $50,129 Freeman, SD $50,074 Garretson, SD $49,751

Gayville, SD $50,158 Harrisburg, SD $49,671 Hartford, SD $49,747 Hudson, SD $49,884 Humboldt, SD $49,818 Hurley, SD $49,893 Irene, SD $50,033 Jefferson, SD $49,495

Lennox, SD $49,765 Lesterville, SD $50,121 Lyons, SD $49,761 Madison, SD $50,149 Marion, SD $49,927 Menno, SD $50,095 Mission Hill, SD $50,133 Monroe, SD $49,873

Belle Fourche, SD $50,066 Black Hawk, SD $48,534 Box Elder, SD $48,597 Buffalo, SD $49,975 Buffalo Gap, SD $49,582 Camp Crook, SD $50,023 Caputa, SD $48,832 Custer, SD $49,476

Deadwood, SD $49,171 Edgemont, SD $49,950 Enning, SD $49,560 Fairburn, SD $49,018 Fort Meade, SD $49,013 Hermosa, SD $48,822 Hill City, SD $49,153 Hot Springs, SD $49,912

Howes, SD $49,670 Interior, SD $49,750 Keystone, SD $48,774 Kyle, SD $49,856 Lead, SD $49,621 Ludlow, SD $50,172 Manderson, SD $49,936 Mud Butte, SD $49,701

Nemo, SD $48,842 Newell, SD $49,797 New Underwood, SD $48,834 Nisland, SD $49,907 Oelrichs, SD $49,809 Oglala, SD $49,896 Oral, SD $49,763 Owanka, SD $49,074

Piedmont, SD $48,570 Pine Ridge, SD $49,989 Porcupine, SD $49,838 Pringle, SD $49,629 Quinn, SD $49,678 Redig, SD $49,619 Saint Onge, SD $49,760 Scenic, SD $49,407

Smithwick, SD $49,826 Spearfish, SD $49,984 Sturgis, SD $48,857 Union Center, SD $49,593 Vale, SD $49,437 Wall, SD $49,606 Wasta, SD $49,355 White Owl, SD $49,693

Whitewood, SD $49,550 Wounded Knee, SD $49,939 Leola, SD $50,235 Long Lake, SD $50,312 Mansfield, SD $50,206 Mellette, SD $50,252 Northville, SD $50,198 Onaka, SD $50,003

Orient, SD $50,079 Pierpont, SD $50,249 Redfield, SD $50,330 Rockham, SD $50,139 Roscoe, SD $50,050 Selby, SD $49,963 Seneca, SD $49,972 Stratford, SD $50,255

Tolstoy, SD $49,975 Tulare, SD $50,261 Turton, SD $50,263 Warner, SD $50,313 Westport, SD $50,244 Pierre, SD $45,889 Agar, SD $47,083 Belvidere, SD $49,677

Blunt, SD $45,889 Burke, SD $50,066 Colome, SD $50,005 Dallas, SD $49,989 Draper, SD $48,446 Fort Pierre, SD $46,024 Gregory, SD $50,043 Hamill, SD $49,918

Harrold, SD $46,157 Hayes, SD $49,165 Herrick, SD $50,037 Holabird, SD $47,198 Ideal, SD $49,905 Kadoka, SD $49,734 Kennebec, SD $49,177 Long Valley, SD $49,732

Lower Brule, SD $49,112 Martin, SD $49,851 Midland, SD $49,570 Milesville, SD $49,603 Mission, SD $49,958 Murdo, SD $49,264 Norris, SD $49,809 Okaton, SD $49,683

Okreek, SD $49,930 Onida, SD $46,340 Parmelee, SD $49,898 Philip, SD $49,675 Presho, SD $48,809 Reliance, SD $49,947 Rosebud, SD $50,013 Saint Charles, SD $50,092

Saint Francis, SD $49,917 Tuthill, SD $49,792 Vivian, SD $48,597 Wanblee, SD $49,825 White River, SD $49,802 Winner, SD $49,958 Witten, SD $49,869 Wood, SD $49,796

Mobridge, SD $49,973 Bison, SD $49,849 Bullhead, SD $50,231 Cherry Creek, SD $49,720 Dupree, SD $49,731 Eagle Butte, SD $49,782 Faith, SD $49,715 Glencross, SD $49,758

Glenham, SD $49,991 Herreid, SD $50,183 Isabel, SD $49,748 Keldron, SD $49,988 Lantry, SD $49,806 Lemmon, SD $50,175 Little Eagle, SD $50,223 Lodgepole, SD $50,040

Mc Intosh, SD $50,063 Mc Laughlin, SD $50,019 Meadow, SD $49,734 Morristown, SD $50,115 Mound City, SD $50,093 Pollock, SD $50,281 Prairie City, SD $49,914 Ralph, SD $50,076

Reva, SD $49,916 Ridgeview, SD $49,807 Timber Lake, SD $49,832 Trail City, SD $49,816 Wakpala, SD $50,020 Walker, SD $50,100 Watauga, SD $49,987 Whitehorse, SD $49,860

Rapid City, SD $48,526 Ellsworth Afb, SD $48,526 Allen, SD $49,851 Batesland, SD $49,872 Montrose, SD $49,913 North Sioux City, SD $49,417 Nunda, SD $50,125 Oldham, SD $50,235

Olivet, SD $50,118 Parker, SD $49,846 Ramona, SD $50,147 Renner, SD $49,683 Rowena, SD $49,649 Rutland, SD $50,081 Salem, SD $50,084 Scotland, SD $50,196

Sinai, SD $50,395 Springfield, SD $50,256 Tabor, SD $50,223 Tea, SD $49,710 Trent, SD $49,899 Tyndall, SD $50,209 Utica, SD $50,122 Valley Springs, SD $49,679

Vermillion, SD $50,133 Viborg, SD $50,020 Volga, SD $50,277 Volin, SD $50,076 Wakonda, SD $50,025 Wentworth, SD $50,063 Winfred, SD $50,087 Worthing, SD $49,758

Yankton, SD $50,325 Sioux Falls, SD $49,637 Vienna, SD $50,367 Wallace, SD $50,337 Waubay, SD $50,313 Webster, SD $50,325 White, SD $50,403 Willow Lake, SD $50,424

Wilmot, SD $50,362 Mitchell, SD $50,371 Alexandria, SD $50,185 Alpena, SD $50,270 Armour, SD $50,167 Artesian, SD $50,263 Avon, SD $50,180 Bonesteel, SD $50,083

Bridgewater, SD $50,051 Canova, SD $50,118 Carpenter, SD $50,387 Carthage, SD $50,274 Cavour, SD $50,341 Chamberlain, SD $50,113 Corsica, SD $50,176 Dante, SD $50,151

Delmont, SD $50,153 Dimock, SD $50,209 Emery, SD $50,134 Ethan, SD $50,235 Fairfax, SD $50,092 Fedora, SD $50,219 Fort Thompson, SD $49,525 Fulton, SD $50,226

Gann Valley, SD $50,010 Geddes, SD $50,104 Harrison, SD $50,141 Highmore, SD $49,177 Stephan, SD $49,394 Hitchcock, SD $50,300 Howard, SD $50,244 Huron, SD $50,472

Iroquois, SD $50,352 Kaylor, SD $50,263 Kimball, SD $50,111 Lake Andes, SD $50,184 Lane, SD $50,375 Letcher, SD $50,240 Marty, SD $50,345 Miller, SD $50,158

Mount Vernon, SD $50,207 New Holland, SD $50,282 Oacoma, SD $50,069 Parkston, SD $50,229 Pickstown, SD $50,261 Plankinton, SD $50,199 Platte, SD $50,113 Pukwana, SD $50,078

Ree Heights, SD $49,828 Saint Lawrence, SD $50,160 Spencer, SD $50,112 Stickney, SD $50,166 Tripp, SD $50,180 Virgil, SD $50,228 Wagner, SD $50,190 Wessington, SD $50,190

Wessington Springs, SD $50,183 White Lake, SD $50,133 Wolsey, SD $50,289 Woonsocket, SD $50,267 Yale, SD $50,381 Aberdeen, SD $50,386 Akaska, SD $49,936 Amherst, SD $50,309

Andover, SD $50,237 Ashton, SD $50,227 Barnard, SD $50,296 Bath, SD $50,281 Bowdle, SD $50,031 Brentford, SD $50,318 Britton, SD $50,451 Claremont, SD $50,267

Columbia, SD $50,206 Conde, SD $50,260 Cresbard, SD $50,136 Doland, SD $50,367 Eureka, SD $50,208 Faulkton, SD $50,131 Ferney, SD $50,443 Frankfort, SD $50,364

Frederick, SD $50,310 Gettysburg, SD $49,661 Groton, SD $50,286 Hecla, SD $50,381 Hosmer, SD $50,128 Houghton, SD $50,168 Hoven, SD $49,990 Ipswich, SD $50,179

Java, SD $49,959 Langford, SD $50,241 Lebanon, SD $49,744 Watertown, SD $50,472 Arlington, SD $50,338 Astoria, SD $50,418 Badger, SD $50,426 Big Stone City, SD $50,499

Bradley, SD $50,321 Brandt, SD $50,384 Bristol, SD $50,281 Bruce, SD $50,329 Bryant, SD $50,402 Castlewood, SD $50,371 Claire City, SD $50,447 Clark, SD $50,408

Clear Lake, SD $50,389 Corona, SD $50,448 De Smet, SD $50,381 Eden, SD $50,292 Erwin, SD $50,350 Estelline, SD $50,362 Florence, SD $50,346 Garden City, SD $50,355

Gary, SD $50,421 Goodwin, SD $50,325 Grenville, SD $50,279 Hayti, SD $50,390 Hazel, SD $50,367 Henry, SD $50,368 Kranzburg, SD $50,555 Labolt, SD $50,330

Lake City, SD $50,376 Lake Norden, SD $50,414 Lake Preston, SD $50,365 Marvin, SD $50,276 Milbank, SD $50,491 New Effington, SD $50,554 Ortley, SD $50,287 Peever, SD $50,354

Raymond, SD $50,379 Revillo, SD $50,360 Rosholt, SD $50,542 Roslyn, SD $50,269 Sisseton, SD $50,385 South Shore, SD $50,291 Stockholm, SD $50,292 Strandburg, SD $50,286

Summit, SD $50,289 Toronto, SD $50,365 Twin Brooks, SD $50,273 Veblen, SD $50,472

Medical Surgical Tech Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Medical Surgical Tech'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.

$39,794

Average $49,501/year

$60,419

$3,316

Average $4,125/month

$5,035

$765

Average $952/week

$1,162

$19

Average $24/hour

$29

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$60,419	$5,035	$1,162	$29
Average	$49,501	$4,125	$952	$24
25th Percentile	$39,794	$3,316	$765	$19

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Medical Surgical Tech Salary in South Dakota

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How Do Medical Surgical Tech Salaries Vary from State to State?

Top Paying Cities for Medical Surgical Teches

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Medical Surgical Tech Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Medical Surgical Tech make in South Dakota?

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Top Paying Cities for Medical Surgical Teches

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