Executive Administrator Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Executive Administrator make in South Dakota?

As of March 01, 2026, the average salary for an Executive Administrator in South Dakota is $80,239 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $39.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $98,180
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $71,471 to $89,630
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $63,487

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Executive Administrator Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$89,630	$7,469	$1,724	$43
Average	$80,239	$6,687	$1,543	$39
25th Percentile	$71,471	$5,956	$1,374	$34

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Key Factors That Influence Executive Administrator Salaries

An Executive Administrator'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 Executive Administrator Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Executive Administrator'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): $57,024
Early Career (1-2 years): $66,134
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $79,549
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $89,974
Expert (over 8 years): $107,909

Levels	Salary
Executive... Level Executive Administrator	$57,024
Executive... Level Executive Administrator	$66,134
Executive... Level Executive Administrator	$79,549
Executive... Level Executive Administrator	$89,974
Executive... Level Executive Administrator	$107,909

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How Do Executive Administrator 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 Executive Administrators. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $97,756.
California: $97,386.
Massachusetts: $96,088.

District of Columbia $97,756 California $97,386 Massachusetts $96,088 Washington $95,735 New Jersey $95,699 Alaska $95,576 Connecticut $94,357 New York $93,863

Hawaii $92,282 Rhode Island $91,541 Maryland $91,037 Minnesota $90,349 Colorado $90,084 Illinois $89,996 Oregon $89,660 Delaware $89,413

New Hampshire $89,258 Virginia $88,910 Pennsylvania $87,894 Nevada $87,382 North Dakota $87,214 Michigan $86,950 Wisconsin $86,852 Vermont $86,658

Texas $86,120 Maine $86,084 Arizona $86,031 Ohio $85,970 Georgia $85,157 Indiana $84,751 Wyoming $84,672 Utah $84,548

Iowa $84,495 Kansas $84,071 Louisiana $83,948 North Carolina $83,904 Missouri $83,886 Florida $83,542 Montana $83,356 Nebraska $83,180

Kentucky $83,082 South Carolina $82,729 Tennessee $82,509 Idaho $82,420 New Mexico $81,776 Oklahoma $81,634 Alabama $81,113 South Dakota $80,239

Arkansas $79,763 West Virginia $79,507 Mississippi $78,738

Top Paying Cities for Executive Administrators

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: $78,703
Aurora: $78,818
Baltic: $79,701

Alcester, SD $78,703 Aurora, SD $78,818 Baltic, SD $79,701 Beresford, SD $78,747 Brandon, SD $80,142 Brookings, SD $78,818 Burbank, SD $78,562 Canistota, SD $78,818

Canton, SD $79,524 Centerville, SD $78,818 Chancellor, SD $79,259 Chester, SD $78,818 Colman, SD $78,818 Colton, SD $79,171 Crooks, SD $80,142 Davis, SD $78,818

Dell Rapids, SD $79,348 Egan, SD $78,818 Elk Point, SD $78,880 Elkton, SD $78,818 Fairview, SD $78,906 Flandreau, SD $78,818 Freeman, SD $78,818 Garretson, SD $79,789

Gayville, SD $78,562 Harrisburg, SD $80,142 Hartford, SD $79,701 Hudson, SD $78,747 Humboldt, SD $79,171 Hurley, SD $78,818 Irene, SD $78,818 Jefferson, SD $79,304

Lennox, SD $79,524 Lesterville, SD $78,818 Lyons, SD $79,877 Madison, SD $78,818 Marion, SD $78,818 Menno, SD $78,818 Mission Hill, SD $78,685 Monroe, SD $78,818

Belle Fourche, SD $77,246 Black Hawk, SD $78,571 Box Elder, SD $78,571 Buffalo, SD $77,246 Buffalo Gap, SD $77,246 Camp Crook, SD $77,246 Caputa, SD $78,482 Custer, SD $77,246

Deadwood, SD $77,246 Edgemont, SD $77,246 Enning, SD $77,246 Fairburn, SD $77,246 Fort Meade, SD $77,246 Hermosa, SD $77,953 Hill City, SD $77,511 Hot Springs, SD $77,246

Howes, SD $77,246 Interior, SD $77,246 Keystone, SD $77,864 Kyle, SD $77,246 Lead, SD $77,246 Ludlow, SD $77,246 Manderson, SD $77,246 Mud Butte, SD $77,246

Nemo, SD $77,864 Newell, SD $77,246 New Underwood, SD $77,953 Nisland, SD $77,246 Oelrichs, SD $77,246 Oglala, SD $77,246 Oral, SD $77,246 Owanka, SD $77,246

Piedmont, SD $78,129 Pine Ridge, SD $77,246 Porcupine, SD $77,246 Pringle, SD $77,246 Quinn, SD $77,246 Redig, SD $77,246 Saint Onge, SD $77,246 Scenic, SD $77,246

Smithwick, SD $77,246 Spearfish, SD $77,246 Sturgis, SD $77,246 Union Center, SD $77,246 Vale, SD $77,246 Wall, SD $77,246 Wasta, SD $77,246 White Owl, SD $77,246

Whitewood, SD $77,246 Wounded Knee, SD $77,246 Leola, SD $79,771 Long Lake, SD $79,771 Mansfield, SD $73,061 Mellette, SD $73,061 Northville, SD $73,061 Onaka, SD $73,061

Orient, SD $73,061 Pierpont, SD $83,674 Redfield, SD $73,061 Rockham, SD $73,061 Roscoe, SD $73,061 Selby, SD $73,061 Seneca, SD $73,061 Stratford, SD $73,061

Tolstoy, SD $73,061 Tulare, SD $73,061 Turton, SD $73,061 Warner, SD $73,061 Westport, SD $78,368 Pierre, SD $74,386 Agar, SD $73,061 Belvidere, SD $73,061

Blunt, SD $74,297 Burke, SD $73,061 Colome, SD $73,061 Dallas, SD $73,061 Draper, SD $73,061 Fort Pierre, SD $74,297 Gregory, SD $73,061 Hamill, SD $73,061

Harrold, SD $73,238 Hayes, SD $73,061 Herrick, SD $73,061 Holabird, SD $73,061 Ideal, SD $73,061 Kadoka, SD $75,154 Kennebec, SD $73,061 Long Valley, SD $75,154

Lower Brule, SD $73,061 Martin, SD $77,246 Midland, SD $73,061 Milesville, SD $75,154 Mission, SD $73,061 Murdo, SD $73,061 Norris, SD $73,061 Okaton, SD $73,061

Okreek, SD $73,061 Onida, SD $73,591 Parmelee, SD $73,061 Philip, SD $75,154 Presho, SD $73,061 Reliance, SD $73,061 Rosebud, SD $73,061 Saint Charles, SD $73,061

Saint Francis, SD $73,061 Tuthill, SD $75,154 Vivian, SD $73,061 Wanblee, SD $77,246 White River, SD $73,061 Winner, SD $73,061 Witten, SD $73,061 Wood, SD $73,061

Mobridge, SD $73,061 Bison, SD $77,246 Bullhead, SD $86,482 Cherry Creek, SD $73,061 Dupree, SD $73,061 Eagle Butte, SD $73,061 Faith, SD $77,246 Glencross, SD $73,061

Glenham, SD $73,061 Herreid, SD $86,482 Isabel, SD $73,061 Keldron, SD $86,482 Lantry, SD $73,061 Lemmon, SD $86,482 Little Eagle, SD $86,482 Lodgepole, SD $81,864

Mc Intosh, SD $86,482 Mc Laughlin, SD $86,482 Meadow, SD $81,864 Morristown, SD $86,482 Mound City, SD $79,771 Pollock, SD $86,482 Prairie City, SD $77,246 Ralph, SD $77,246

Reva, SD $77,246 Ridgeview, SD $73,061 Timber Lake, SD $73,061 Trail City, SD $73,061 Wakpala, SD $79,771 Walker, SD $86,482 Watauga, SD $86,482 Whitehorse, SD $73,061

Rapid City, SD $78,571 Ellsworth Afb, SD $78,571 Allen, SD $77,246 Batesland, SD $77,246 Montrose, SD $78,818 North Sioux City, SD $79,356 Nunda, SD $78,818 Oldham, SD $78,818

Olivet, SD $78,818 Parker, SD $78,818 Ramona, SD $78,818 Renner, SD $80,142 Rowena, SD $80,142 Rutland, SD $78,818 Salem, SD $78,818 Scotland, SD $78,818

Sinai, SD $78,818 Springfield, SD $78,685 Tabor, SD $78,685 Tea, SD $80,054 Trent, SD $78,818 Tyndall, SD $78,818 Utica, SD $78,818 Valley Springs, SD $80,054

Vermillion, SD $78,562 Viborg, SD $78,818 Volga, SD $78,818 Volin, SD $78,818 Wakonda, SD $78,818 Wentworth, SD $78,818 Winfred, SD $78,818 Worthing, SD $79,613

Yankton, SD $78,685 Sioux Falls, SD $80,142 Vienna, SD $78,818 Wallace, SD $78,818 Waubay, SD $83,674 Webster, SD $83,674 White, SD $78,818 Willow Lake, SD $78,818

Wilmot, SD $83,674 Mitchell, SD $78,818 Alexandria, SD $78,818 Alpena, SD $75,940 Armour, SD $78,818 Artesian, SD $78,818 Avon, SD $78,818 Bonesteel, SD $75,940

Bridgewater, SD $78,818 Canova, SD $78,818 Carpenter, SD $78,818 Carthage, SD $78,818 Cavour, SD $78,818 Chamberlain, SD $73,061 Corsica, SD $78,818 Dante, SD $78,818

Delmont, SD $78,818 Dimock, SD $78,818 Emery, SD $78,818 Ethan, SD $78,818 Fairfax, SD $75,940 Fedora, SD $78,818 Fort Thompson, SD $73,061 Fulton, SD $78,818

Gann Valley, SD $73,061 Geddes, SD $75,940 Harrison, SD $78,818 Highmore, SD $73,061 Stephan, SD $73,061 Hitchcock, SD $73,061 Howard, SD $78,818 Huron, SD $75,940

Iroquois, SD $78,818 Kaylor, SD $78,818 Kimball, SD $73,061 Lake Andes, SD $78,818 Lane, SD $75,940 Letcher, SD $78,818 Marty, SD $78,818 Miller, SD $73,061

Mount Vernon, SD $78,818 New Holland, SD $75,940 Oacoma, SD $73,061 Parkston, SD $78,818 Pickstown, SD $78,818 Plankinton, SD $75,940 Platte, SD $75,940 Pukwana, SD $73,061

Ree Heights, SD $73,061 Saint Lawrence, SD $73,061 Spencer, SD $78,818 Stickney, SD $78,818 Tripp, SD $78,818 Virgil, SD $73,061 Wagner, SD $78,818 Wessington, SD $73,061

Wessington Springs, SD $73,061 White Lake, SD $73,061 Wolsey, SD $73,061 Woonsocket, SD $78,818 Yale, SD $78,818 Aberdeen, SD $73,061 Akaska, SD $73,061 Amherst, SD $83,674

Andover, SD $83,674 Ashton, SD $73,061 Barnard, SD $78,368 Bath, SD $78,368 Bowdle, SD $73,061 Brentford, SD $73,061 Britton, SD $83,674 Claremont, SD $83,674

Columbia, SD $78,368 Conde, SD $73,061 Cresbard, SD $73,061 Doland, SD $75,940 Eureka, SD $79,771 Faulkton, SD $73,061 Ferney, SD $78,368 Frankfort, SD $73,061

Frederick, SD $83,674 Gettysburg, SD $73,061 Groton, SD $78,368 Hecla, SD $83,674 Hosmer, SD $73,061 Houghton, SD $83,674 Hoven, SD $73,061 Ipswich, SD $73,061

Java, SD $73,061 Langford, SD $83,674 Lebanon, SD $73,061 Watertown, SD $78,818 Arlington, SD $78,818 Astoria, SD $78,818 Badger, SD $78,818 Big Stone City, SD $82,932

Bradley, SD $78,818 Brandt, SD $78,818 Bristol, SD $83,674 Bruce, SD $78,818 Bryant, SD $78,818 Castlewood, SD $78,818 Claire City, SD $83,674 Clark, SD $78,818

Clear Lake, SD $78,818 Corona, SD $83,674 De Smet, SD $78,818 Eden, SD $83,674 Erwin, SD $78,818 Estelline, SD $78,818 Florence, SD $78,818 Garden City, SD $78,818

Gary, SD $78,818 Goodwin, SD $78,818 Grenville, SD $83,674 Hayti, SD $78,818 Hazel, SD $78,818 Henry, SD $78,818 Kranzburg, SD $78,818 Labolt, SD $78,818

Lake City, SD $83,674 Lake Norden, SD $78,818 Lake Preston, SD $78,818 Marvin, SD $81,246 Milbank, SD $82,932 New Effington, SD $83,674 Ortley, SD $83,674 Peever, SD $83,674

Raymond, SD $75,940 Revillo, SD $78,818 Rosholt, SD $83,674 Roslyn, SD $83,674 Sisseton, SD $83,674 South Shore, SD $78,818 Stockholm, SD $78,818 Strandburg, SD $78,818

Summit, SD $81,246 Toronto, SD $78,818 Twin Brooks, SD $81,246 Veblen, SD $83,674

Executive Administrator Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Executive Administrator'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 March 01, 2026

$71,471

Average $80,239/year

$89,630

$5,956

Average $6,687/month

$7,469

$1,374

Average $1,543/week

$1,724

$34

Average $39/hour

$43

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$89,630	$7,469	$1,724	$43
Average	$80,239	$6,687	$1,543	$39
25th Percentile	$71,471	$5,956	$1,374	$34

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