Data Scientist Senior Salary in South Dakota

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

As of February 01, 2026, the average salary for a Data Scientist Senior in South Dakota is $108,430 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $52.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $125,848
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $99,536 to $117,547
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $91,439

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Data Scientist Senior Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$117,547	$9,796	$2,261	$57
Average	$108,430	$9,036	$2,085	$52
25th Percentile	$99,536	$8,295	$1,914	$48

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Key Factors That Influence Data Scientist Senior Salaries

A Data Scientist Senior'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 Senior Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Data Scientist Senior'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): $68,872
Early Career (1-2 years): $84,280
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $107,760
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $122,813
Expert (over 8 years): $164,613

Levels	Salary
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Senior	$68,872
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Senior	$84,280
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Senior	$107,760
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Senior	$122,813
Data Scie... Level Data Scientist Senior	$164,613

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

District of Columbia: $132,101.
California: $131,600.
Massachusetts: $129,846.

District of Columbia $132,101 California $131,600 Massachusetts $129,846 Washington $129,369 New Jersey $129,321 Alaska $129,154 Connecticut $127,508 New York $126,840

Hawaii $124,704 Rhode Island $123,702 Maryland $123,022 Minnesota $122,091 Colorado $121,733 Illinois $121,614 Oregon $121,160 Delaware $120,826

New Hampshire $120,616 Virginia $120,146 Pennsylvania $118,774 Nevada $118,082 North Dakota $117,855 Michigan $117,497 Wisconsin $117,366 Vermont $117,104

Texas $116,376 Maine $116,328 Arizona $116,257 Ohio $116,173 Georgia $115,075 Indiana $114,527 Wyoming $114,419 Utah $114,252

Iowa $114,181 Kansas $113,608 Louisiana $113,441 North Carolina $113,381 Missouri $113,357 Florida $112,892 Montana $112,642 Nebraska $112,403

Kentucky $112,272 South Carolina $111,794 Tennessee $111,496 Idaho $111,377 New Mexico $110,506 Oklahoma $110,315 Alabama $109,611 South Dakota $108,430

Arkansas $107,786 West Virginia $107,440 Mississippi $106,402

Top Paying Cities for Data Scientist Seniors

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: $106,354
Aurora: $106,509
Baltic: $107,702

Alcester, SD $106,354 Aurora, SD $106,509 Baltic, SD $107,702 Beresford, SD $106,413 Brandon, SD $108,299 Brookings, SD $106,509 Burbank, SD $106,163 Canistota, SD $106,509

Canton, SD $107,463 Centerville, SD $106,509 Chancellor, SD $107,105 Chester, SD $106,509 Colman, SD $106,509 Colton, SD $106,986 Crooks, SD $108,299 Davis, SD $106,509

Dell Rapids, SD $107,225 Egan, SD $106,509 Elk Point, SD $106,592 Elkton, SD $106,509 Fairview, SD $106,628 Flandreau, SD $106,509 Freeman, SD $106,509 Garretson, SD $107,821

Gayville, SD $106,163 Harrisburg, SD $108,299 Hartford, SD $107,702 Hudson, SD $106,413 Humboldt, SD $106,986 Hurley, SD $106,509 Irene, SD $106,509 Jefferson, SD $107,165

Lennox, SD $107,463 Lesterville, SD $106,509 Lyons, SD $107,941 Madison, SD $106,509 Marion, SD $106,509 Menno, SD $106,509 Mission Hill, SD $106,330 Monroe, SD $106,509

Belle Fourche, SD $104,385 Black Hawk, SD $106,175 Box Elder, SD $106,175 Buffalo, SD $104,385 Buffalo Gap, SD $104,385 Camp Crook, SD $104,385 Caputa, SD $106,056 Custer, SD $104,385

Deadwood, SD $104,385 Edgemont, SD $104,385 Enning, SD $104,385 Fairburn, SD $104,385 Fort Meade, SD $104,385 Hermosa, SD $105,340 Hill City, SD $104,743 Hot Springs, SD $104,385

Howes, SD $104,385 Interior, SD $104,385 Keystone, SD $105,220 Kyle, SD $104,385 Lead, SD $104,385 Ludlow, SD $104,385 Manderson, SD $104,385 Mud Butte, SD $104,385

Nemo, SD $105,220 Newell, SD $104,385 New Underwood, SD $105,340 Nisland, SD $104,385 Oelrichs, SD $104,385 Oglala, SD $104,385 Oral, SD $104,385 Owanka, SD $104,385

Piedmont, SD $105,578 Pine Ridge, SD $104,385 Porcupine, SD $104,385 Pringle, SD $104,385 Quinn, SD $104,385 Redig, SD $104,385 Saint Onge, SD $104,385 Scenic, SD $104,385

Smithwick, SD $104,385 Spearfish, SD $104,385 Sturgis, SD $104,385 Union Center, SD $104,385 Vale, SD $104,385 Wall, SD $104,385 Wasta, SD $104,385 White Owl, SD $104,385

Whitewood, SD $104,385 Wounded Knee, SD $104,385 Leola, SD $107,797 Long Lake, SD $107,797 Mansfield, SD $98,730 Mellette, SD $98,730 Northville, SD $98,730 Onaka, SD $98,730

Orient, SD $98,730 Pierpont, SD $113,071 Redfield, SD $98,730 Rockham, SD $98,730 Roscoe, SD $98,730 Selby, SD $98,730 Seneca, SD $98,730 Stratford, SD $98,730

Tolstoy, SD $98,730 Tulare, SD $98,730 Turton, SD $98,730 Warner, SD $98,730 Westport, SD $105,900 Pierre, SD $100,520 Agar, SD $98,730 Belvidere, SD $98,730

Blunt, SD $100,400 Burke, SD $98,730 Colome, SD $98,730 Dallas, SD $98,730 Draper, SD $98,730 Fort Pierre, SD $100,400 Gregory, SD $98,730 Hamill, SD $98,730

Harrold, SD $98,968 Hayes, SD $98,730 Herrick, SD $98,730 Holabird, SD $98,730 Ideal, SD $98,730 Kadoka, SD $101,558 Kennebec, SD $98,730 Long Valley, SD $101,558

Lower Brule, SD $98,730 Martin, SD $104,385 Midland, SD $98,730 Milesville, SD $101,558 Mission, SD $98,730 Murdo, SD $98,730 Norris, SD $98,730 Okaton, SD $98,730

Okreek, SD $98,730 Onida, SD $99,446 Parmelee, SD $98,730 Philip, SD $101,558 Presho, SD $98,730 Reliance, SD $98,730 Rosebud, SD $98,730 Saint Charles, SD $98,730

Saint Francis, SD $98,730 Tuthill, SD $101,558 Vivian, SD $98,730 Wanblee, SD $104,385 White River, SD $98,730 Winner, SD $98,730 Witten, SD $98,730 Wood, SD $98,730

Mobridge, SD $98,730 Bison, SD $104,385 Bullhead, SD $116,865 Cherry Creek, SD $98,730 Dupree, SD $98,730 Eagle Butte, SD $98,730 Faith, SD $104,385 Glencross, SD $98,730

Glenham, SD $98,730 Herreid, SD $116,865 Isabel, SD $98,730 Keldron, SD $116,865 Lantry, SD $98,730 Lemmon, SD $116,865 Little Eagle, SD $116,865 Lodgepole, SD $110,625

Mc Intosh, SD $116,865 Mc Laughlin, SD $116,865 Meadow, SD $110,625 Morristown, SD $116,865 Mound City, SD $107,797 Pollock, SD $116,865 Prairie City, SD $104,385 Ralph, SD $104,385

Reva, SD $104,385 Ridgeview, SD $98,730 Timber Lake, SD $98,730 Trail City, SD $98,730 Wakpala, SD $107,797 Walker, SD $116,865 Watauga, SD $116,865 Whitehorse, SD $98,730

Rapid City, SD $106,175 Ellsworth Afb, SD $106,175 Allen, SD $104,385 Batesland, SD $104,385 Montrose, SD $106,509 North Sioux City, SD $107,237 Nunda, SD $106,509 Oldham, SD $106,509

Olivet, SD $106,509 Parker, SD $106,509 Ramona, SD $106,509 Renner, SD $108,299 Rowena, SD $108,299 Rutland, SD $106,509 Salem, SD $106,509 Scotland, SD $106,509

Sinai, SD $106,509 Springfield, SD $106,330 Tabor, SD $106,330 Tea, SD $108,179 Trent, SD $106,509 Tyndall, SD $106,509 Utica, SD $106,509 Valley Springs, SD $108,179

Vermillion, SD $106,163 Viborg, SD $106,509 Volga, SD $106,509 Volin, SD $106,509 Wakonda, SD $106,509 Wentworth, SD $106,509 Winfred, SD $106,509 Worthing, SD $107,583

Yankton, SD $106,330 Sioux Falls, SD $108,299 Vienna, SD $106,509 Wallace, SD $106,509 Waubay, SD $113,071 Webster, SD $113,071 White, SD $106,509 Willow Lake, SD $106,509

Wilmot, SD $113,071 Mitchell, SD $106,509 Alexandria, SD $106,509 Alpena, SD $102,619 Armour, SD $106,509 Artesian, SD $106,509 Avon, SD $106,509 Bonesteel, SD $102,619

Bridgewater, SD $106,509 Canova, SD $106,509 Carpenter, SD $106,509 Carthage, SD $106,509 Cavour, SD $106,509 Chamberlain, SD $98,730 Corsica, SD $106,509 Dante, SD $106,509

Delmont, SD $106,509 Dimock, SD $106,509 Emery, SD $106,509 Ethan, SD $106,509 Fairfax, SD $102,619 Fedora, SD $106,509 Fort Thompson, SD $98,730 Fulton, SD $106,509

Gann Valley, SD $98,730 Geddes, SD $102,619 Harrison, SD $106,509 Highmore, SD $98,730 Stephan, SD $98,730 Hitchcock, SD $98,730 Howard, SD $106,509 Huron, SD $102,619

Iroquois, SD $106,509 Kaylor, SD $106,509 Kimball, SD $98,730 Lake Andes, SD $106,509 Lane, SD $102,619 Letcher, SD $106,509 Marty, SD $106,509 Miller, SD $98,730

Mount Vernon, SD $106,509 New Holland, SD $102,619 Oacoma, SD $98,730 Parkston, SD $106,509 Pickstown, SD $106,509 Plankinton, SD $102,619 Platte, SD $102,619 Pukwana, SD $98,730

Ree Heights, SD $98,730 Saint Lawrence, SD $98,730 Spencer, SD $106,509 Stickney, SD $106,509 Tripp, SD $106,509 Virgil, SD $98,730 Wagner, SD $106,509 Wessington, SD $98,730

Wessington Springs, SD $98,730 White Lake, SD $98,730 Wolsey, SD $98,730 Woonsocket, SD $106,509 Yale, SD $106,509 Aberdeen, SD $98,730 Akaska, SD $98,730 Amherst, SD $113,071

Andover, SD $113,071 Ashton, SD $98,730 Barnard, SD $105,900 Bath, SD $105,900 Bowdle, SD $98,730 Brentford, SD $98,730 Britton, SD $113,071 Claremont, SD $113,071

Columbia, SD $105,900 Conde, SD $98,730 Cresbard, SD $98,730 Doland, SD $102,619 Eureka, SD $107,797 Faulkton, SD $98,730 Ferney, SD $105,900 Frankfort, SD $98,730

Frederick, SD $113,071 Gettysburg, SD $98,730 Groton, SD $105,900 Hecla, SD $113,071 Hosmer, SD $98,730 Houghton, SD $113,071 Hoven, SD $98,730 Ipswich, SD $98,730

Java, SD $98,730 Langford, SD $113,071 Lebanon, SD $98,730 Watertown, SD $106,509 Arlington, SD $106,509 Astoria, SD $106,509 Badger, SD $106,509 Big Stone City, SD $112,069

Bradley, SD $106,509 Brandt, SD $106,509 Bristol, SD $113,071 Bruce, SD $106,509 Bryant, SD $106,509 Castlewood, SD $106,509 Claire City, SD $113,071 Clark, SD $106,509

Clear Lake, SD $106,509 Corona, SD $113,071 De Smet, SD $106,509 Eden, SD $113,071 Erwin, SD $106,509 Estelline, SD $106,509 Florence, SD $106,509 Garden City, SD $106,509

Gary, SD $106,509 Goodwin, SD $106,509 Grenville, SD $113,071 Hayti, SD $106,509 Hazel, SD $106,509 Henry, SD $106,509 Kranzburg, SD $106,509 Labolt, SD $106,509

Lake City, SD $113,071 Lake Norden, SD $106,509 Lake Preston, SD $106,509 Marvin, SD $109,790 Milbank, SD $112,069 New Effington, SD $113,071 Ortley, SD $113,071 Peever, SD $113,071

Raymond, SD $102,619 Revillo, SD $106,509 Rosholt, SD $113,071 Roslyn, SD $113,071 Sisseton, SD $113,071 South Shore, SD $106,509 Stockholm, SD $106,509 Strandburg, SD $106,509

Summit, SD $109,790 Toronto, SD $106,509 Twin Brooks, SD $109,790 Veblen, SD $113,071

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

Understanding how a Data Scientist Senior'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 February 01, 2026

$99,536

Average $108,430/year

$117,547

$8,295

Average $9,036/month

$9,796

$1,914

Average $2,085/week

$2,261

$48

Average $52/hour

$57

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$117,547	$9,796	$2,261	$57
Average	$108,430	$9,036	$2,085	$52
25th Percentile	$99,536	$8,295	$1,914	$48

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