Mlt Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Mlt make in South Dakota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Mlt in South Dakota is $41,536 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $20.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $50,803
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $36,724 to $46,387
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $32,344

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Mlt Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$46,387	$3,866	$892	$22
Average	$41,536	$3,461	$799	$20
25th Percentile	$36,724	$3,060	$706	$18

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Key Factors That Influence Mlt Salaries

A Mlt'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 Mlt 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 Mlts. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $50,604.
California: $50,412.
Massachusetts: $49,740.

District of Columbia $50,604 California $50,412 Massachusetts $49,740 Washington $49,557 New Jersey $49,539 Alaska $49,475 Connecticut $48,844 New York $48,588

Hawaii $47,770 Rhode Island $47,386 Maryland $47,126 Minnesota $46,769 Colorado $46,632 Illinois $46,586 Oregon $46,413 Delaware $46,285

New Hampshire $46,204 Virginia $46,024 Pennsylvania $45,499 Nevada $45,233 North Dakota $45,147 Michigan $45,009 Wisconsin $44,959 Vermont $44,859

Texas $44,580 Maine $44,562 Arizona $44,534 Ohio $44,502 Georgia $44,082 Indiana $43,871 Wyoming $43,830 Utah $43,766

Iowa $43,739 Kansas $43,520 Louisiana $43,456 North Carolina $43,433 Missouri $43,424 Florida $43,245 Montana $43,149 Nebraska $43,058

Kentucky $43,008 South Carolina $42,825 Tennessee $42,711 Idaho $42,665 New Mexico $42,331 Oklahoma $42,258 Alabama $41,988 South Dakota $41,536

Arkansas $41,289 West Virginia $41,157 Mississippi $40,759

Top Paying Cities for Mlts

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: $41,969
Aurora: $42,192
Baltic: $41,738

Alcester, SD $41,969 Aurora, SD $42,192 Baltic, SD $41,738 Beresford, SD $41,861 Brandon, SD $41,653 Brookings, SD $42,270 Burbank, SD $41,819 Canistota, SD $41,882

Canton, SD $41,763 Centerville, SD $41,864 Chancellor, SD $41,758 Chester, SD $41,861 Colman, SD $41,998 Colton, SD $41,823 Crooks, SD $41,715 Davis, SD $41,813

Dell Rapids, SD $41,815 Egan, SD $41,927 Elk Point, SD $41,687 Elkton, SD $42,218 Fairview, SD $41,824 Flandreau, SD $42,063 Freeman, SD $42,017 Garretson, SD $41,746

Gayville, SD $42,088 Harrisburg, SD $41,679 Hartford, SD $41,743 Hudson, SD $41,857 Humboldt, SD $41,802 Hurley, SD $41,866 Irene, SD $41,983 Jefferson, SD $41,531

Lennox, SD $41,758 Lesterville, SD $42,057 Lyons, SD $41,754 Madison, SD $42,080 Marion, SD $41,894 Menno, SD $42,035 Mission Hill, SD $42,066 Monroe, SD $41,849

Belle Fourche, SD $42,010 Black Hawk, SD $40,725 Box Elder, SD $40,778 Buffalo, SD $41,934 Buffalo Gap, SD $41,604 Camp Crook, SD $41,974 Caputa, SD $40,975 Custer, SD $41,515

Deadwood, SD $41,259 Edgemont, SD $41,913 Enning, SD $41,586 Fairburn, SD $41,131 Fort Meade, SD $41,127 Hermosa, SD $40,967 Hill City, SD $41,244 Hot Springs, SD $41,881

Howes, SD $41,678 Interior, SD $41,745 Keystone, SD $40,926 Kyle, SD $41,834 Lead, SD $41,637 Ludlow, SD $42,099 Manderson, SD $41,902 Mud Butte, SD $41,704

Nemo, SD $40,983 Newell, SD $41,785 New Underwood, SD $40,977 Nisland, SD $41,877 Oelrichs, SD $41,795 Oglala, SD $41,867 Oral, SD $41,756 Owanka, SD $41,178

Piedmont, SD $40,755 Pine Ridge, SD $41,945 Porcupine, SD $41,819 Pringle, SD $41,644 Quinn, SD $41,685 Redig, SD $41,635 Saint Onge, SD $41,754 Scenic, SD $41,457

Smithwick, SD $41,809 Spearfish, SD $41,942 Sturgis, SD $40,996 Union Center, SD $41,614 Vale, SD $41,483 Wall, SD $41,624 Wasta, SD $41,413 White Owl, SD $41,697

Whitewood, SD $41,578 Wounded Knee, SD $41,904 Leola, SD $42,152 Long Lake, SD $42,217 Mansfield, SD $42,127 Mellette, SD $42,167 Northville, SD $42,121 Onaka, SD $41,958

Orient, SD $42,021 Pierpont, SD $42,164 Redfield, SD $42,232 Rockham, SD $42,071 Roscoe, SD $41,997 Selby, SD $41,924 Seneca, SD $41,931 Stratford, SD $42,169

Tolstoy, SD $41,934 Tulare, SD $42,174 Turton, SD $42,176 Warner, SD $42,218 Westport, SD $42,160 Pierre, SD $38,506 Agar, SD $39,508 Belvidere, SD $41,684

Blunt, SD $38,506 Burke, SD $42,010 Colome, SD $41,959 Dallas, SD $41,946 Draper, SD $40,651 Fort Pierre, SD $38,619 Gregory, SD $41,991 Hamill, SD $41,887

Harrold, SD $38,731 Hayes, SD $41,254 Herrick, SD $41,986 Holabird, SD $39,604 Ideal, SD $41,876 Kadoka, SD $41,732 Kennebec, SD $41,264 Long Valley, SD $41,730

Lower Brule, SD $41,210 Martin, SD $41,830 Midland, SD $41,594 Milesville, SD $41,621 Mission, SD $41,920 Murdo, SD $41,337 Norris, SD $41,795 Okaton, SD $41,689

Okreek, SD $41,896 Onida, SD $38,884 Parmelee, SD $41,870 Philip, SD $41,682 Presho, SD $40,956 Reliance, SD $41,910 Rosebud, SD $41,966 Saint Charles, SD $42,032

Saint Francis, SD $41,885 Tuthill, SD $41,780 Vivian, SD $40,778 Wanblee, SD $41,808 White River, SD $41,789 Winner, SD $41,920 Witten, SD $41,845 Wood, SD $41,784

Mobridge, SD $41,933 Bison, SD $41,828 Bullhead, SD $42,148 Cherry Creek, SD $41,720 Dupree, SD $41,729 Eagle Butte, SD $41,772 Faith, SD $41,716 Glencross, SD $41,752

Glenham, SD $41,948 Herreid, SD $42,108 Isabel, SD $41,743 Keldron, SD $41,945 Lantry, SD $41,792 Lemmon, SD $42,102 Little Eagle, SD $42,142 Lodgepole, SD $41,988

Mc Intosh, SD $42,008 Mc Laughlin, SD $41,971 Meadow, SD $41,732 Morristown, SD $42,051 Mound City, SD $42,033 Pollock, SD $42,191 Prairie City, SD $41,882 Ralph, SD $42,019

Reva, SD $41,885 Ridgeview, SD $41,793 Timber Lake, SD $41,814 Trail City, SD $41,801 Wakpala, SD $41,972 Walker, SD $42,039 Watauga, SD $41,944 Whitehorse, SD $41,837

Rapid City, SD $40,718 Ellsworth Afb, SD $40,718 Allen, SD $41,830 Batesland, SD $41,847 Montrose, SD $41,882 North Sioux City, SD $41,466 Nunda, SD $42,060 Oldham, SD $42,153

Olivet, SD $42,054 Parker, SD $41,826 Ramona, SD $42,078 Renner, SD $41,689 Rowena, SD $41,661 Rutland, SD $42,023 Salem, SD $42,025 Scotland, SD $42,120

Sinai, SD $42,286 Springfield, SD $42,170 Tabor, SD $42,142 Tea, SD $41,712 Trent, SD $41,871 Tyndall, SD $42,130 Utica, SD $42,057 Valley Springs, SD $41,686

Vermillion, SD $42,067 Viborg, SD $41,972 Volga, SD $42,187 Volin, SD $42,019 Wakonda, SD $41,976 Wentworth, SD $42,008 Winfred, SD $42,028 Worthing, SD $41,752

Yankton, SD $42,227 Sioux Falls, SD $41,650 Vienna, SD $42,263 Wallace, SD $42,238 Waubay, SD $42,218 Webster, SD $42,228 White, SD $42,293 Willow Lake, SD $42,311

Wilmot, SD $42,259 Mitchell, SD $42,266 Alexandria, SD $42,110 Alpena, SD $42,182 Armour, SD $42,095 Artesian, SD $42,175 Avon, SD $42,106 Bonesteel, SD $42,025

Bridgewater, SD $41,998 Canova, SD $42,054 Carpenter, SD $42,280 Carthage, SD $42,185 Cavour, SD $42,241 Chamberlain, SD $42,050 Corsica, SD $42,103 Dante, SD $42,082

Delmont, SD $42,084 Dimock, SD $42,130 Emery, SD $42,067 Ethan, SD $42,153 Fairfax, SD $42,032 Fedora, SD $42,139 Fort Thompson, SD $41,557 Fulton, SD $42,144

Gann Valley, SD $41,963 Geddes, SD $42,042 Harrison, SD $42,073 Highmore, SD $41,264 Stephan, SD $41,447 Hitchcock, SD $42,207 Howard, SD $42,160 Huron, SD $42,351

Iroquois, SD $42,250 Kaylor, SD $42,176 Kimball, SD $42,048 Lake Andes, SD $42,110 Lane, SD $42,270 Letcher, SD $42,156 Marty, SD $42,244 Miller, SD $42,088

Mount Vernon, SD $42,129 New Holland, SD $42,191 Oacoma, SD $42,013 Parkston, SD $42,147 Pickstown, SD $42,174 Plankinton, SD $42,122 Platte, SD $42,050 Pukwana, SD $42,020

Ree Heights, SD $41,811 Saint Lawrence, SD $42,089 Spencer, SD $42,049 Stickney, SD $42,094 Tripp, SD $42,106 Virgil, SD $42,146 Wagner, SD $42,115 Wessington, SD $42,115

Wessington Springs, SD $42,108 White Lake, SD $42,067 Wolsey, SD $42,198 Woonsocket, SD $42,179 Yale, SD $42,275 Aberdeen, SD $42,279 Akaska, SD $41,902 Amherst, SD $42,214

Andover, SD $42,153 Ashton, SD $42,146 Barnard, SD $42,204 Bath, SD $42,190 Bowdle, SD $41,981 Brentford, SD $42,222 Britton, SD $42,333 Claremont, SD $42,179

Columbia, SD $42,128 Conde, SD $42,173 Cresbard, SD $42,069 Doland, SD $42,263 Eureka, SD $42,129 Faulkton, SD $42,065 Ferney, SD $42,327 Frankfort, SD $42,260

Frederick, SD $42,215 Gettysburg, SD $41,670 Groton, SD $42,195 Hecla, SD $42,275 Hosmer, SD $42,062 Houghton, SD $42,096 Hoven, SD $41,947 Ipswich, SD $42,105

Java, SD $41,921 Langford, SD $42,158 Lebanon, SD $41,740 Watertown, SD $42,351 Arlington, SD $42,238 Astoria, SD $42,306 Badger, SD $42,312 Big Stone City, SD $42,374

Bradley, SD $42,224 Brandt, SD $42,277 Bristol, SD $42,190 Bruce, SD $42,231 Bryant, SD $42,292 Castlewood, SD $42,266 Claire City, SD $42,330 Clark, SD $42,297

Clear Lake, SD $42,281 Corona, SD $42,331 De Smet, SD $42,275 Eden, SD $42,200 Erwin, SD $42,249 Estelline, SD $42,259 Florence, SD $42,245 Garden City, SD $42,253

Gary, SD $42,308 Goodwin, SD $42,227 Grenville, SD $42,189 Hayti, SD $42,282 Hazel, SD $42,263 Henry, SD $42,264 Kranzburg, SD $42,421 Labolt, SD $42,232

Lake City, SD $42,270 Lake Norden, SD $42,302 Lake Preston, SD $42,261 Marvin, SD $42,186 Milbank, SD $42,367 New Effington, SD $42,420 Ortley, SD $42,195 Peever, SD $42,252

Raymond, SD $42,273 Revillo, SD $42,257 Rosholt, SD $42,410 Roslyn, SD $42,181 Sisseton, SD $42,278 South Shore, SD $42,199 Stockholm, SD $42,200 Strandburg, SD $42,195

Summit, SD $42,198 Toronto, SD $42,261 Twin Brooks, SD $42,184 Veblen, SD $42,351

Mlt Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Mlt roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 70% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Software & Networking and Pharmaceuticals sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 40% above the average. In contrast, Mlt positions in Telecom or Retail & Wholesale typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Mlt as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Mlt

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Software & Networking	$58,150	$28.0	40%
Pharmaceuticals	$53,997	$26.0	30%
Healthcare	$49,843	$24.0	20%
Internet	$45,690	$22.0	10%
Chemicals	$43,613	$21.0	5%

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

Understanding how a Mlt'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

$36,724

Average $41,536/year

$46,387

$3,060

Average $3,461/month

$3,866

$706

Average $799/week

$892

$18

Average $20/hour

$22

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$46,387	$3,866	$892	$22
Average	$41,536	$3,461	$799	$20
25th Percentile	$36,724	$3,060	$706	$18

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