Data Scientist Intern Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Data Scientist Intern make in South Dakota?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for a Data Scientist Intern in South Dakota is $66,976 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $32.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $79,226
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $62,260 to $73,388
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $57,967

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Data Scientist Intern Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$73,388	$6,116	$1,411	$35
Average	$66,976	$5,581	$1,288	$32
25th Percentile	$62,260	$5,188	$1,197	$30

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Key Factors That Influence Data Scientist Intern Salaries

A Data Scientist Intern'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 Data Scientist Intern Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Data Scientist Intern'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): $66,505
Early Career (1-2 years): $81,385
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $104,052
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $118,588
Expert (over 8 years): $158,944

Levels	Salary
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Intern	$66,505
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Intern	$81,385
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Intern	$104,052
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Intern	$118,588
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Intern	$158,944

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How Do Data Scientist Intern 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 Data Scientist Interns. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $81,598.
California: $81,288.
Massachusetts: $80,205.

District of Columbia $81,598 California $81,288 Massachusetts $80,205 Washington $79,910 New Jersey $79,880 Alaska $79,777 Connecticut $78,760 New York $78,347

Hawaii $77,028 Rhode Island $76,409 Maryland $75,989 Minnesota $75,414 Colorado $75,193 Illinois $75,120 Oregon $74,840 Delaware $74,633

New Hampshire $74,503 Virginia $74,213 Pennsylvania $73,366 Nevada $72,938 North Dakota $72,798 Michigan $72,577 Wisconsin $72,496 Vermont $72,334

Texas $71,884 Maine $71,855 Arizona $71,811 Ohio $71,759 Georgia $71,081 Indiana $70,742 Wyoming $70,676 Utah $70,572

Iowa $70,528 Kansas $70,174 Louisiana $70,071 North Carolina $70,034 Missouri $70,020 Florida $69,732 Montana $69,578 Nebraska $69,430

Kentucky $69,349 South Carolina $69,054 Tennessee $68,870 Idaho $68,796 New Mexico $68,258 Oklahoma $68,140 Alabama $67,706 South Dakota $66,976

Arkansas $66,578 West Virginia $66,364 Mississippi $65,723

Top Paying Cities for Data Scientist Interns

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: $65,694
Aurora: $65,789
Baltic: $66,526

Alcester, SD $65,694 Aurora, SD $65,789 Baltic, SD $66,526 Beresford, SD $65,731 Brandon, SD $66,895 Brookings, SD $65,789 Burbank, SD $65,576 Canistota, SD $65,789

Canton, SD $66,379 Centerville, SD $65,789 Chancellor, SD $66,158 Chester, SD $65,789 Colman, SD $65,789 Colton, SD $66,084 Crooks, SD $66,895 Davis, SD $65,789

Dell Rapids, SD $66,232 Egan, SD $65,789 Elk Point, SD $65,841 Elkton, SD $65,789 Fairview, SD $65,863 Flandreau, SD $65,789 Freeman, SD $65,789 Garretson, SD $66,600

Gayville, SD $65,576 Harrisburg, SD $66,895 Hartford, SD $66,526 Hudson, SD $65,731 Humboldt, SD $66,084 Hurley, SD $65,789 Irene, SD $65,789 Jefferson, SD $66,195

Lennox, SD $66,379 Lesterville, SD $65,789 Lyons, SD $66,674 Madison, SD $65,789 Marion, SD $65,789 Menno, SD $65,789 Mission Hill, SD $65,679 Monroe, SD $65,789

Belle Fourche, SD $64,478 Black Hawk, SD $65,583 Box Elder, SD $65,583 Buffalo, SD $64,478 Buffalo Gap, SD $64,478 Camp Crook, SD $64,478 Caputa, SD $65,509 Custer, SD $64,478

Deadwood, SD $64,478 Edgemont, SD $64,478 Enning, SD $64,478 Fairburn, SD $64,478 Fort Meade, SD $64,478 Hermosa, SD $65,067 Hill City, SD $64,699 Hot Springs, SD $64,478

Howes, SD $64,478 Interior, SD $64,478 Keystone, SD $64,994 Kyle, SD $64,478 Lead, SD $64,478 Ludlow, SD $64,478 Manderson, SD $64,478 Mud Butte, SD $64,478

Nemo, SD $64,994 Newell, SD $64,478 New Underwood, SD $65,067 Nisland, SD $64,478 Oelrichs, SD $64,478 Oglala, SD $64,478 Oral, SD $64,478 Owanka, SD $64,478

Piedmont, SD $65,215 Pine Ridge, SD $64,478 Porcupine, SD $64,478 Pringle, SD $64,478 Quinn, SD $64,478 Redig, SD $64,478 Saint Onge, SD $64,478 Scenic, SD $64,478

Smithwick, SD $64,478 Spearfish, SD $64,478 Sturgis, SD $64,478 Union Center, SD $64,478 Vale, SD $64,478 Wall, SD $64,478 Wasta, SD $64,478 White Owl, SD $64,478

Whitewood, SD $64,478 Wounded Knee, SD $64,478 Leola, SD $66,585 Long Lake, SD $66,585 Mansfield, SD $60,984 Mellette, SD $60,984 Northville, SD $60,984 Onaka, SD $60,984

Orient, SD $60,984 Pierpont, SD $69,843 Redfield, SD $60,984 Rockham, SD $60,984 Roscoe, SD $60,984 Selby, SD $60,984 Seneca, SD $60,984 Stratford, SD $60,984

Tolstoy, SD $60,984 Tulare, SD $60,984 Turton, SD $60,984 Warner, SD $60,984 Westport, SD $65,414 Pierre, SD $62,090 Agar, SD $60,984 Belvidere, SD $60,984

Blunt, SD $62,016 Burke, SD $60,984 Colome, SD $60,984 Dallas, SD $60,984 Draper, SD $60,984 Fort Pierre, SD $62,016 Gregory, SD $60,984 Hamill, SD $60,984

Harrold, SD $61,132 Hayes, SD $60,984 Herrick, SD $60,984 Holabird, SD $60,984 Ideal, SD $60,984 Kadoka, SD $62,731 Kennebec, SD $60,984 Long Valley, SD $62,731

Lower Brule, SD $60,984 Martin, SD $64,478 Midland, SD $60,984 Milesville, SD $62,731 Mission, SD $60,984 Murdo, SD $60,984 Norris, SD $60,984 Okaton, SD $60,984

Okreek, SD $60,984 Onida, SD $61,427 Parmelee, SD $60,984 Philip, SD $62,731 Presho, SD $60,984 Reliance, SD $60,984 Rosebud, SD $60,984 Saint Charles, SD $60,984

Saint Francis, SD $60,984 Tuthill, SD $62,731 Vivian, SD $60,984 Wanblee, SD $64,478 White River, SD $60,984 Winner, SD $60,984 Witten, SD $60,984 Wood, SD $60,984

Mobridge, SD $60,984 Bison, SD $64,478 Bullhead, SD $72,186 Cherry Creek, SD $60,984 Dupree, SD $60,984 Eagle Butte, SD $60,984 Faith, SD $64,478 Glencross, SD $60,984

Glenham, SD $60,984 Herreid, SD $72,186 Isabel, SD $60,984 Keldron, SD $72,186 Lantry, SD $60,984 Lemmon, SD $72,186 Little Eagle, SD $72,186 Lodgepole, SD $68,332

Mc Intosh, SD $72,186 Mc Laughlin, SD $72,186 Meadow, SD $68,332 Morristown, SD $72,186 Mound City, SD $66,585 Pollock, SD $72,186 Prairie City, SD $64,478 Ralph, SD $64,478

Reva, SD $64,478 Ridgeview, SD $60,984 Timber Lake, SD $60,984 Trail City, SD $60,984 Wakpala, SD $66,585 Walker, SD $72,186 Watauga, SD $72,186 Whitehorse, SD $60,984

Rapid City, SD $65,583 Ellsworth Afb, SD $65,583 Allen, SD $64,478 Batesland, SD $64,478 Montrose, SD $65,789 North Sioux City, SD $66,239 Nunda, SD $65,789 Oldham, SD $65,789

Olivet, SD $65,789 Parker, SD $65,789 Ramona, SD $65,789 Renner, SD $66,895 Rowena, SD $66,895 Rutland, SD $65,789 Salem, SD $65,789 Scotland, SD $65,789

Sinai, SD $65,789 Springfield, SD $65,679 Tabor, SD $65,679 Tea, SD $66,821 Trent, SD $65,789 Tyndall, SD $65,789 Utica, SD $65,789 Valley Springs, SD $66,821

Vermillion, SD $65,576 Viborg, SD $65,789 Volga, SD $65,789 Volin, SD $65,789 Wakonda, SD $65,789 Wentworth, SD $65,789 Winfred, SD $65,789 Worthing, SD $66,453

Yankton, SD $65,679 Sioux Falls, SD $66,895 Vienna, SD $65,789 Wallace, SD $65,789 Waubay, SD $69,843 Webster, SD $69,843 White, SD $65,789 Willow Lake, SD $65,789

Wilmot, SD $69,843 Mitchell, SD $65,789 Alexandria, SD $65,789 Alpena, SD $63,387 Armour, SD $65,789 Artesian, SD $65,789 Avon, SD $65,789 Bonesteel, SD $63,387

Bridgewater, SD $65,789 Canova, SD $65,789 Carpenter, SD $65,789 Carthage, SD $65,789 Cavour, SD $65,789 Chamberlain, SD $60,984 Corsica, SD $65,789 Dante, SD $65,789

Delmont, SD $65,789 Dimock, SD $65,789 Emery, SD $65,789 Ethan, SD $65,789 Fairfax, SD $63,387 Fedora, SD $65,789 Fort Thompson, SD $60,984 Fulton, SD $65,789

Gann Valley, SD $60,984 Geddes, SD $63,387 Harrison, SD $65,789 Highmore, SD $60,984 Stephan, SD $60,984 Hitchcock, SD $60,984 Howard, SD $65,789 Huron, SD $63,387

Iroquois, SD $65,789 Kaylor, SD $65,789 Kimball, SD $60,984 Lake Andes, SD $65,789 Lane, SD $63,387 Letcher, SD $65,789 Marty, SD $65,789 Miller, SD $60,984

Mount Vernon, SD $65,789 New Holland, SD $63,387 Oacoma, SD $60,984 Parkston, SD $65,789 Pickstown, SD $65,789 Plankinton, SD $63,387 Platte, SD $63,387 Pukwana, SD $60,984

Ree Heights, SD $60,984 Saint Lawrence, SD $60,984 Spencer, SD $65,789 Stickney, SD $65,789 Tripp, SD $65,789 Virgil, SD $60,984 Wagner, SD $65,789 Wessington, SD $60,984

Wessington Springs, SD $60,984 White Lake, SD $60,984 Wolsey, SD $60,984 Woonsocket, SD $65,789 Yale, SD $65,789 Aberdeen, SD $60,984 Akaska, SD $60,984 Amherst, SD $69,843

Andover, SD $69,843 Ashton, SD $60,984 Barnard, SD $65,414 Bath, SD $65,414 Bowdle, SD $60,984 Brentford, SD $60,984 Britton, SD $69,843 Claremont, SD $69,843

Columbia, SD $65,414 Conde, SD $60,984 Cresbard, SD $60,984 Doland, SD $63,387 Eureka, SD $66,585 Faulkton, SD $60,984 Ferney, SD $65,414 Frankfort, SD $60,984

Frederick, SD $69,843 Gettysburg, SD $60,984 Groton, SD $65,414 Hecla, SD $69,843 Hosmer, SD $60,984 Houghton, SD $69,843 Hoven, SD $60,984 Ipswich, SD $60,984

Java, SD $60,984 Langford, SD $69,843 Lebanon, SD $60,984 Watertown, SD $65,789 Arlington, SD $65,789 Astoria, SD $65,789 Badger, SD $65,789 Big Stone City, SD $69,224

Bradley, SD $65,789 Brandt, SD $65,789 Bristol, SD $69,843 Bruce, SD $65,789 Bryant, SD $65,789 Castlewood, SD $65,789 Claire City, SD $69,843 Clark, SD $65,789

Clear Lake, SD $65,789 Corona, SD $69,843 De Smet, SD $65,789 Eden, SD $69,843 Erwin, SD $65,789 Estelline, SD $65,789 Florence, SD $65,789 Garden City, SD $65,789

Gary, SD $65,789 Goodwin, SD $65,789 Grenville, SD $69,843 Hayti, SD $65,789 Hazel, SD $65,789 Henry, SD $65,789 Kranzburg, SD $65,789 Labolt, SD $65,789

Lake City, SD $69,843 Lake Norden, SD $65,789 Lake Preston, SD $65,789 Marvin, SD $67,816 Milbank, SD $69,224 New Effington, SD $69,843 Ortley, SD $69,843 Peever, SD $69,843

Raymond, SD $63,387 Revillo, SD $65,789 Rosholt, SD $69,843 Roslyn, SD $69,843 Sisseton, SD $69,843 South Shore, SD $65,789 Stockholm, SD $65,789 Strandburg, SD $65,789

Summit, SD $67,816 Toronto, SD $65,789 Twin Brooks, SD $67,816 Veblen, SD $69,843

Data Scientist Intern Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Data Scientist Intern'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 January 01, 2026

$62,260

Average $66,976/year

$73,388

$5,188

Average $5,581/month

$6,116

$1,197

Average $1,288/week

$1,411

$30

Average $32/hour

$35

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$73,388	$6,116	$1,411	$35
Average	$66,976	$5,581	$1,288	$32
25th Percentile	$62,260	$5,188	$1,197	$30

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