Hardware Design Engineer Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Hardware Design Engineer make in South Dakota?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Hardware Design Engineer in South Dakota is $76,153 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $37.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $87,961
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $69,678 to $82,334
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $63,782

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Hardware Design Engineer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$82,334	$6,861	$1,583	$40
Average	$76,153	$6,346	$1,464	$37
25th Percentile	$69,678	$5,806	$1,340	$33

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Key Factors That Influence Hardware Design Engineer Salaries

A Hardware Design Engineer'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 Hardware Design Engineer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Hardware Design Engineer'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): $75,699
Early Career (1-2 years): $90,497
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $104,936
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $127,454
Expert (over 8 years): $150,464

Levels	Salary
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$75,699
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$90,497
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$104,936
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$127,454
Hardware ... Level Hardware Design Engineer	$150,464

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How Do Hardware Design Engineer 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 Hardware Design Engineers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $92,778.
California: $92,426.
Massachusetts: $91,195.

District of Columbia $92,778 California $92,426 Massachusetts $91,195 Washington $90,859 New Jersey $90,826 Alaska $90,709 Connecticut $89,552 New York $89,083

Hawaii $87,583 Rhode Island $86,879 Maryland $86,401 Minnesota $85,748 Colorado $85,496 Illinois $85,413 Oregon $85,094 Delaware $84,860

New Hampshire $84,712 Virginia $84,382 Pennsylvania $83,418 Nevada $82,932 North Dakota $82,773 Michigan $82,522 Wisconsin $82,430 Vermont $82,245

Texas $81,734 Maine $81,701 Arizona $81,650 Ohio $81,592 Georgia $80,821 Indiana $80,435 Wyoming $80,360 Utah $80,242

Iowa $80,192 Kansas $79,790 Louisiana $79,673 North Carolina $79,631 Missouri $79,614 Florida $79,287 Montana $79,111 Nebraska $78,944

Kentucky $78,851 South Carolina $78,516 Tennessee $78,307 Idaho $78,223 New Mexico $77,611 Oklahoma $77,477 Alabama $76,983 South Dakota $76,153

Arkansas $75,701 West Virginia $75,458 Mississippi $74,729

Top Paying Cities for Hardware Design Engineers

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: $76,947
Aurora: $77,356
Baltic: $76,524

Alcester, SD $76,947 Aurora, SD $77,356 Baltic, SD $76,524 Beresford, SD $76,750 Brandon, SD $76,367 Brookings, SD $77,498 Burbank, SD $76,673 Canistota, SD $76,787

Canton, SD $76,569 Centerville, SD $76,755 Chancellor, SD $76,560 Chester, SD $76,749 Colman, SD $77,000 Colton, SD $76,679 Crooks, SD $76,482 Davis, SD $76,661

Dell Rapids, SD $76,664 Egan, SD $76,870 Elk Point, SD $76,431 Elkton, SD $77,403 Fairview, SD $76,681 Flandreau, SD $77,119 Freeman, SD $77,036 Garretson, SD $76,538

Gayville, SD $77,165 Harrisburg, SD $76,416 Hartford, SD $76,533 Hudson, SD $76,742 Humboldt, SD $76,642 Hurley, SD $76,757 Irene, SD $76,973 Jefferson, SD $76,145

Lennox, SD $76,561 Lesterville, SD $77,108 Lyons, SD $76,553 Madison, SD $77,151 Marion, SD $76,809 Menno, SD $77,067 Mission Hill, SD $77,125 Monroe, SD $76,726

Belle Fourche, SD $77,023 Black Hawk, SD $74,667 Box Elder, SD $74,763 Buffalo, SD $76,883 Buffalo Gap, SD $76,278 Camp Crook, SD $76,957 Caputa, SD $75,124 Custer, SD $76,115

Deadwood, SD $75,645 Edgemont, SD $76,845 Enning, SD $76,245 Fairburn, SD $75,411 Fort Meade, SD $75,403 Hermosa, SD $75,109 Hill City, SD $75,618 Hot Springs, SD $76,786

Howes, SD $76,414 Interior, SD $76,536 Keystone, SD $75,035 Kyle, SD $76,700 Lead, SD $76,338 Ludlow, SD $77,186 Manderson, SD $76,824 Mud Butte, SD $76,461

Nemo, SD $75,140 Newell, SD $76,609 New Underwood, SD $75,128 Nisland, SD $76,778 Oelrichs, SD $76,628 Oglala, SD $76,761 Oral, SD $76,557 Owanka, SD $75,497

Piedmont, SD $74,722 Pine Ridge, SD $76,904 Porcupine, SD $76,673 Pringle, SD $76,351 Quinn, SD $76,426 Redig, SD $76,335 Saint Onge, SD $76,552 Scenic, SD $76,009

Smithwick, SD $76,654 Spearfish, SD $76,897 Sturgis, SD $75,164 Union Center, SD $76,296 Vale, SD $76,055 Wall, SD $76,315 Wasta, SD $75,929 White Owl, SD $76,449

Whitewood, SD $76,230 Wounded Knee, SD $76,828 Leola, SD $77,283 Long Lake, SD $77,401 Mansfield, SD $77,238 Mellette, SD $77,310 Northville, SD $77,227 Onaka, SD $76,927

Orient, SD $77,043 Pierpont, SD $77,305 Redfield, SD $77,429 Rockham, SD $77,135 Roscoe, SD $76,998 Selby, SD $76,865 Seneca, SD $76,878 Stratford, SD $77,314

Tolstoy, SD $76,883 Tulare, SD $77,322 Turton, SD $77,326 Warner, SD $77,403 Westport, SD $77,297 Pierre, SD $70,598 Agar, SD $72,434 Belvidere, SD $76,424

Blunt, SD $70,598 Burke, SD $77,022 Colome, SD $76,928 Dallas, SD $76,905 Draper, SD $74,531 Fort Pierre, SD $70,805 Gregory, SD $76,987 Hamill, SD $76,796

Harrold, SD $71,010 Hayes, SD $75,637 Herrick, SD $76,979 Holabird, SD $72,611 Ideal, SD $76,776 Kadoka, SD $76,512 Kennebec, SD $75,655 Long Valley, SD $76,509

Lower Brule, SD $75,555 Martin, SD $76,693 Midland, SD $76,261 Milesville, SD $76,310 Mission, SD $76,857 Murdo, SD $75,789 Norris, SD $76,628 Okaton, SD $76,434

Okreek, SD $76,814 Onida, SD $71,291 Parmelee, SD $76,765 Philip, SD $76,421 Presho, SD $75,089 Reliance, SD $76,840 Rosebud, SD $76,941 Saint Charles, SD $77,062

Saint Francis, SD $76,793 Tuthill, SD $76,601 Vivian, SD $74,763 Wanblee, SD $76,652 White River, SD $76,617 Winner, SD $76,857 Witten, SD $76,720 Wood, SD $76,608

Mobridge, SD $76,881 Bison, SD $76,689 Bullhead, SD $77,276 Cherry Creek, SD $76,490 Dupree, SD $76,507 Eagle Butte, SD $76,586 Faith, SD $76,483 Glencross, SD $76,549

Glenham, SD $76,908 Herreid, SD $77,202 Isabel, SD $76,534 Keldron, SD $76,903 Lantry, SD $76,623 Lemmon, SD $77,191 Little Eagle, SD $77,264 Lodgepole, SD $76,983

Mc Intosh, SD $77,019 Mc Laughlin, SD $76,951 Meadow, SD $76,513 Morristown, SD $77,098 Mound City, SD $77,064 Pollock, SD $77,354 Prairie City, SD $76,788 Ralph, SD $77,039

Reva, SD $76,793 Ridgeview, SD $76,624 Timber Lake, SD $76,663 Trail City, SD $76,638 Wakpala, SD $76,953 Walker, SD $77,075 Watauga, SD $76,901 Whitehorse, SD $76,705

Rapid City, SD $74,653 Ellsworth Afb, SD $74,653 Allen, SD $76,692 Batesland, SD $76,724 Montrose, SD $76,788 North Sioux City, SD $76,025 Nunda, SD $77,114 Oldham, SD $77,284

Olivet, SD $77,103 Parker, SD $76,685 Ramona, SD $77,147 Renner, SD $76,434 Rowena, SD $76,382 Rutland, SD $77,046 Salem, SD $77,051 Scotland, SD $77,223

Sinai, SD $77,528 Springfield, SD $77,316 Tabor, SD $77,264 Tea, SD $76,476 Trent, SD $76,767 Tyndall, SD $77,243 Utica, SD $77,109 Valley Springs, SD $76,428

Vermillion, SD $77,126 Viborg, SD $76,953 Volga, SD $77,347 Volin, SD $77,038 Wakonda, SD $76,959 Wentworth, SD $77,018 Winfred, SD $77,056 Worthing, SD $76,549

Yankton, SD $77,421 Sioux Falls, SD $76,363 Vienna, SD $77,486 Wallace, SD $77,440 Waubay, SD $77,403 Webster, SD $77,422 White, SD $77,542 Willow Lake, SD $77,574

Wilmot, SD $77,479 Mitchell, SD $77,491 Alexandria, SD $77,207 Alpena, SD $77,337 Armour, SD $77,178 Artesian, SD $77,326 Avon, SD $77,199 Bonesteel, SD $77,049

Bridgewater, SD $77,000 Canova, SD $77,103 Carpenter, SD $77,517 Carthage, SD $77,343 Cavour, SD $77,445 Chamberlain, SD $77,096 Corsica, SD $77,192 Dante, SD $77,154

Delmont, SD $77,157 Dimock, SD $77,243 Emery, SD $77,127 Ethan, SD $77,284 Fairfax, SD $77,062 Fedora, SD $77,259 Fort Thompson, SD $76,191 Fulton, SD $77,269

Gann Valley, SD $76,937 Geddes, SD $77,081 Harrison, SD $77,139 Highmore, SD $75,655 Stephan, SD $75,990 Hitchcock, SD $77,383 Howard, SD $77,297 Huron, SD $77,647

Iroquois, SD $77,463 Kaylor, SD $77,326 Kimball, SD $77,093 Lake Andes, SD $77,205 Lane, SD $77,499 Letcher, SD $77,290 Marty, SD $77,452 Miller, SD $77,165

Mount Vernon, SD $77,240 New Holland, SD $77,355 Oacoma, SD $77,027 Parkston, SD $77,274 Pickstown, SD $77,323 Plankinton, SD $77,228 Platte, SD $77,096 Pukwana, SD $77,041

Ree Heights, SD $76,657 Saint Lawrence, SD $77,168 Spencer, SD $77,093 Stickney, SD $77,177 Tripp, SD $77,199 Virgil, SD $77,272 Wagner, SD $77,214 Wessington, SD $77,214

Wessington Springs, SD $77,202 White Lake, SD $77,126 Wolsey, SD $77,367 Woonsocket, SD $77,331 Yale, SD $77,508 Aberdeen, SD $77,516 Akaska, SD $76,824 Amherst, SD $77,397

Andover, SD $77,285 Ashton, SD $77,271 Barnard, SD $77,378 Bath, SD $77,353 Bowdle, SD $76,969 Brentford, SD $77,411 Britton, SD $77,615 Claremont, SD $77,331

Columbia, SD $77,238 Conde, SD $77,321 Cresbard, SD $77,130 Doland, SD $77,486 Eureka, SD $77,241 Faulkton, SD $77,124 Ferney, SD $77,603 Frankfort, SD $77,481

Frederick, SD $77,398 Gettysburg, SD $76,400 Groton, SD $77,362 Hecla, SD $77,508 Hosmer, SD $77,118 Houghton, SD $77,181 Hoven, SD $76,907 Ipswich, SD $77,197

Java, SD $76,859 Langford, SD $77,293 Lebanon, SD $76,528 Watertown, SD $77,647 Arlington, SD $77,441 Astoria, SD $77,564 Badger, SD $77,577 Big Stone City, SD $77,689

Bradley, SD $77,415 Brandt, SD $77,512 Bristol, SD $77,353 Bruce, SD $77,428 Bryant, SD $77,539 Castlewood, SD $77,491 Claire City, SD $77,609 Clark, SD $77,548

Clear Lake, SD $77,519 Corona, SD $77,610 De Smet, SD $77,508 Eden, SD $77,371 Erwin, SD $77,460 Estelline, SD $77,479 Florence, SD $77,454 Garden City, SD $77,467

Gary, SD $77,569 Goodwin, SD $77,421 Grenville, SD $77,351 Hayti, SD $77,521 Hazel, SD $77,486 Henry, SD $77,487 Kranzburg, SD $77,776 Labolt, SD $77,429

Lake City, SD $77,500 Lake Norden, SD $77,558 Lake Preston, SD $77,483 Marvin, SD $77,346 Milbank, SD $77,677 New Effington, SD $77,774 Ortley, SD $77,362 Peever, SD $77,466

Raymond, SD $77,505 Revillo, SD $77,476 Rosholt, SD $77,755 Roslyn, SD $77,336 Sisseton, SD $77,513 South Shore, SD $77,369 Stockholm, SD $77,370 Strandburg, SD $77,362

Summit, SD $77,367 Toronto, SD $77,482 Twin Brooks, SD $77,341 Veblen, SD $77,647

Hardware Design Engineer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Hardware Design Engineer'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 May 01, 2026

$69,678

Average $76,153/year

$82,334

$5,806

Average $6,346/month

$6,861

$1,340

Average $1,464/week

$1,583

$33

Average $37/hour

$40

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$82,334	$6,861	$1,583	$40
Average	$76,153	$6,346	$1,464	$37
25th Percentile	$69,678	$5,806	$1,340	$33

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