Environmental Engineering Technician Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Environmental Engineering Technician make in South Dakota?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for an Environmental Engineering Technician in South Dakota is $49,011 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $24.

However, an Environmental Engineering Technician's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $59,294
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $45,399 to $54,394
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $42,109

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Environmental Engineering Technician Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$54,394	$4,533	$1,046	$26
Average	$49,011	$4,084	$943	$24
25th Percentile	$45,399	$3,783	$873	$22

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Key Factors That Influence Environmental Engineering Technician Salaries

An Environmental Engineering Technician'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 Environmental Engineering Technician Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Environmental Engineering Technician'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): $47,890
Early Career (1-2 years): $55,997
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $62,405
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $77,571
Expert (over 8 years): $83,524

Levels	Salary
Environme... Level Environmental Engineering Technician	$47,890
Environme... Level Environmental Engineering Technician	$55,997
Environme... Level Environmental Engineering Technician	$62,405
Environme... Level Environmental Engineering Technician	$77,571
Environme... Level Environmental Engineering Technician	$83,524

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How Do Environmental Engineering Technician 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 Environmental Engineering Technicians. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $59,711.
California: $59,485.
Massachusetts: $58,692.

District of Columbia $59,711 California $59,485 Massachusetts $58,692 Washington $58,476 New Jersey $58,455 Alaska $58,379 Connecticut $57,635 New York $57,333

Hawaii $56,368 Rhode Island $55,915 Maryland $55,607 Minnesota $55,186 Colorado $55,025 Illinois $54,971 Oregon $54,766 Delaware $54,615

New Hampshire $54,520 Virginia $54,307 Pennsylvania $53,687 Nevada $53,374 North Dakota $53,272 Michigan $53,110 Wisconsin $53,051 Vermont $52,932

Texas $52,603 Maine $52,582 Arizona $52,549 Ohio $52,512 Georgia $52,015 Indiana $51,767 Wyoming $51,719 Utah $51,643

Iowa $51,611 Kansas $51,352 Louisiana $51,277 North Carolina $51,250 Missouri $51,239 Florida $51,028 Montana $50,915 Nebraska $50,807

Kentucky $50,748 South Carolina $50,532 Tennessee $50,397 Idaho $50,344 New Mexico $49,950 Oklahoma $49,864 Alabama $49,545 South Dakota $49,011

Arkansas $48,720 West Virginia $48,564 Mississippi $48,095

Top Paying Cities for Environmental Engineering Technicians

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: $49,522
Aurora: $49,785
Baltic: $49,250

Alcester, SD $49,522 Aurora, SD $49,785 Baltic, SD $49,250 Beresford, SD $49,395 Brandon, SD $49,149 Brookings, SD $49,877 Burbank, SD $49,346 Canistota, SD $49,419

Canton, SD $49,279 Centerville, SD $49,399 Chancellor, SD $49,273 Chester, SD $49,395 Colman, SD $49,556 Colton, SD $49,350 Crooks, SD $49,223 Davis, SD $49,338

Dell Rapids, SD $49,340 Egan, SD $49,473 Elk Point, SD $49,190 Elkton, SD $49,816 Fairview, SD $49,351 Flandreau, SD $49,633 Freeman, SD $49,579 Garretson, SD $49,259

Gayville, SD $49,662 Harrisburg, SD $49,180 Hartford, SD $49,256 Hudson, SD $49,391 Humboldt, SD $49,326 Hurley, SD $49,400 Irene, SD $49,539 Jefferson, SD $49,006

Lennox, SD $49,274 Lesterville, SD $49,626 Lyons, SD $49,269 Madison, SD $49,654 Marion, SD $49,434 Menno, SD $49,600 Mission Hill, SD $49,637 Monroe, SD $49,380

Belle Fourche, SD $49,571 Black Hawk, SD $48,055 Box Elder, SD $48,117 Buffalo, SD $49,481 Buffalo Gap, SD $49,092 Camp Crook, SD $49,529 Caputa, SD $48,349 Custer, SD $48,987

Deadwood, SD $48,685 Edgemont, SD $49,456 Enning, SD $49,070 Fairburn, SD $48,534 Fort Meade, SD $48,529 Hermosa, SD $48,340 Hill City, SD $48,667 Hot Springs, SD $49,419

Howes, SD $49,179 Interior, SD $49,258 Keystone, SD $48,292 Kyle, SD $49,363 Lead, SD $49,131 Ludlow, SD $49,676 Manderson, SD $49,443 Mud Butte, SD $49,209

Nemo, SD $48,359 Newell, SD $49,305 New Underwood, SD $48,351 Nisland, SD $49,414 Oelrichs, SD $49,317 Oglala, SD $49,402 Oral, SD $49,271 Owanka, SD $48,589

Piedmont, SD $48,090 Pine Ridge, SD $49,495 Porcupine, SD $49,346 Pringle, SD $49,139 Quinn, SD $49,187 Redig, SD $49,129 Saint Onge, SD $49,268 Scenic, SD $48,919

Smithwick, SD $49,333 Spearfish, SD $49,490 Sturgis, SD $48,375 Union Center, SD $49,103 Vale, SD $48,948 Wall, SD $49,116 Wasta, SD $48,867 White Owl, SD $49,202

Whitewood, SD $49,061 Wounded Knee, SD $49,446 Leola, SD $49,738 Long Lake, SD $49,815 Mansfield, SD $49,709 Mellette, SD $49,756 Northville, SD $49,702 Onaka, SD $49,509

Orient, SD $49,584 Pierpont, SD $49,752 Redfield, SD $49,833 Rockham, SD $49,643 Roscoe, SD $49,555 Selby, SD $49,469 Seneca, SD $49,478 Stratford, SD $49,758

Tolstoy, SD $49,481 Tulare, SD $49,764 Turton, SD $49,767 Warner, SD $49,816 Westport, SD $49,748 Pierre, SD $45,436 Agar, SD $46,618 Belvidere, SD $49,186

Blunt, SD $45,436 Burke, SD $49,571 Colome, SD $49,510 Dallas, SD $49,495 Draper, SD $47,967 Fort Pierre, SD $45,569 Gregory, SD $49,548 Hamill, SD $49,425

Harrold, SD $45,701 Hayes, SD $48,679 Herrick, SD $49,543 Holabird, SD $46,732 Ideal, SD $49,412 Kadoka, SD $49,242 Kennebec, SD $48,691 Long Valley, SD $49,240

Lower Brule, SD $48,626 Martin, SD $49,359 Midland, SD $49,081 Milesville, SD $49,112 Mission, SD $49,465 Murdo, SD $48,777 Norris, SD $49,317 Okaton, SD $49,192

Okreek, SD $49,436 Onida, SD $45,882 Parmelee, SD $49,405 Philip, SD $49,184 Presho, SD $48,327 Reliance, SD $49,453 Rosebud, SD $49,518 Saint Charles, SD $49,597

Saint Francis, SD $49,424 Tuthill, SD $49,299 Vivian, SD $48,117 Wanblee, SD $49,332 White River, SD $49,310 Winner, SD $49,465 Witten, SD $49,376 Wood, SD $49,304

Mobridge, SD $49,480 Bison, SD $49,356 Bullhead, SD $49,734 Cherry Creek, SD $49,228 Dupree, SD $49,239 Eagle Butte, SD $49,290 Faith, SD $49,224 Glencross, SD $49,266

Glenham, SD $49,497 Herreid, SD $49,687 Isabel, SD $49,256 Keldron, SD $49,494 Lantry, SD $49,314 Lemmon, SD $49,679 Little Eagle, SD $49,727 Lodgepole, SD $49,545

Mc Intosh, SD $49,569 Mc Laughlin, SD $49,525 Meadow, SD $49,243 Morristown, SD $49,619 Mound City, SD $49,598 Pollock, SD $49,784 Prairie City, SD $49,420 Ralph, SD $49,582

Reva, SD $49,423 Ridgeview, SD $49,315 Timber Lake, SD $49,339 Trail City, SD $49,324 Wakpala, SD $49,526 Walker, SD $49,605 Watauga, SD $49,493 Whitehorse, SD $49,367

Rapid City, SD $48,046 Ellsworth Afb, SD $48,046 Allen, SD $49,358 Batesland, SD $49,379 Montrose, SD $49,420 North Sioux City, SD $48,929 Nunda, SD $49,630 Oldham, SD $49,739

Olivet, SD $49,623 Parker, SD $49,353 Ramona, SD $49,651 Renner, SD $49,192 Rowena, SD $49,159 Rutland, SD $49,586 Salem, SD $49,589 Scotland, SD $49,700

Sinai, SD $49,896 Springfield, SD $49,760 Tabor, SD $49,727 Tea, SD $49,219 Trent, SD $49,406 Tyndall, SD $49,713 Utica, SD $49,626 Valley Springs, SD $49,188

Vermillion, SD $49,638 Viborg, SD $49,526 Volga, SD $49,780 Volin, SD $49,581 Wakonda, SD $49,530 Wentworth, SD $49,568 Winfred, SD $49,592 Worthing, SD $49,266

Yankton, SD $49,827 Sioux Falls, SD $49,146 Vienna, SD $49,870 Wallace, SD $49,839 Waubay, SD $49,816 Webster, SD $49,828 White, SD $49,905 Willow Lake, SD $49,926

Wilmot, SD $49,865 Mitchell, SD $49,873 Alexandria, SD $49,689 Alpena, SD $49,774 Armour, SD $49,671 Artesian, SD $49,766 Avon, SD $49,685 Bonesteel, SD $49,588

Bridgewater, SD $49,556 Canova, SD $49,623 Carpenter, SD $49,889 Carthage, SD $49,777 Cavour, SD $49,843 Chamberlain, SD $49,618 Corsica, SD $49,680 Dante, SD $49,655

Delmont, SD $49,658 Dimock, SD $49,713 Emery, SD $49,638 Ethan, SD $49,739 Fairfax, SD $49,597 Fedora, SD $49,723 Fort Thompson, SD $49,036 Fulton, SD $49,729

Gann Valley, SD $49,516 Geddes, SD $49,608 Harrison, SD $49,646 Highmore, SD $48,691 Stephan, SD $48,906 Hitchcock, SD $49,803 Howard, SD $49,748 Huron, SD $49,973

Iroquois, SD $49,854 Kaylor, SD $49,767 Kimball, SD $49,616 Lake Andes, SD $49,688 Lane, SD $49,878 Letcher, SD $49,743 Marty, SD $49,847 Miller, SD $49,662

Mount Vernon, SD $49,711 New Holland, SD $49,785 Oacoma, SD $49,574 Parkston, SD $49,733 Pickstown, SD $49,764 Plankinton, SD $49,703 Platte, SD $49,618 Pukwana, SD $49,583

Ree Heights, SD $49,336 Saint Lawrence, SD $49,665 Spencer, SD $49,617 Stickney, SD $49,671 Tripp, SD $49,685 Virgil, SD $49,731 Wagner, SD $49,694 Wessington, SD $49,694

Wessington Springs, SD $49,687 White Lake, SD $49,638 Wolsey, SD $49,792 Woonsocket, SD $49,770 Yale, SD $49,884 Aberdeen, SD $49,888 Akaska, SD $49,443 Amherst, SD $49,812

Andover, SD $49,740 Ashton, SD $49,731 Barnard, SD $49,799 Bath, SD $49,784 Bowdle, SD $49,536 Brentford, SD $49,821 Britton, SD $49,952 Claremont, SD $49,770

Columbia, SD $49,710 Conde, SD $49,763 Cresbard, SD $49,640 Doland, SD $49,870 Eureka, SD $49,712 Faulkton, SD $49,636 Ferney, SD $49,944 Frankfort, SD $49,866

Frederick, SD $49,812 Gettysburg, SD $49,170 Groton, SD $49,789 Hecla, SD $49,884 Hosmer, SD $49,632 Houghton, SD $49,673 Hoven, SD $49,496 Ipswich, SD $49,683

Java, SD $49,466 Langford, SD $49,745 Lebanon, SD $49,253 Watertown, SD $49,973 Arlington, SD $49,840 Astoria, SD $49,920 Badger, SD $49,928 Big Stone City, SD $50,000

Bradley, SD $49,824 Brandt, SD $49,886 Bristol, SD $49,784 Bruce, SD $49,832 Bryant, SD $49,903 Castlewood, SD $49,873 Claire City, SD $49,948 Clark, SD $49,909

Clear Lake, SD $49,891 Corona, SD $49,949 De Smet, SD $49,884 Eden, SD $49,795 Erwin, SD $49,852 Estelline, SD $49,865 Florence, SD $49,848 Garden City, SD $49,857

Gary, SD $49,922 Goodwin, SD $49,827 Grenville, SD $49,782 Hayti, SD $49,892 Hazel, SD $49,869 Henry, SD $49,870 Kranzburg, SD $50,056 Labolt, SD $49,832

Lake City, SD $49,878 Lake Norden, SD $49,915 Lake Preston, SD $49,867 Marvin, SD $49,779 Milbank, SD $49,992 New Effington, SD $50,054 Ortley, SD $49,790 Peever, SD $49,857

Raymond, SD $49,881 Revillo, SD $49,863 Rosholt, SD $50,043 Roslyn, SD $49,772 Sisseton, SD $49,887 South Shore, SD $49,794 Stockholm, SD $49,795 Strandburg, SD $49,789

Summit, SD $49,792 Toronto, SD $49,867 Twin Brooks, SD $49,776 Veblen, SD $49,973

Environmental Engineering Technician Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Environmental Engineering Technician'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

$45,399

Average $49,011/year

$54,394

$3,783

Average $4,084/month

$4,533

$873

Average $943/week

$1,046

$22

Average $24/hour

$26

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$54,394	$4,533	$1,046	$26
Average	$49,011	$4,084	$943	$24
25th Percentile	$45,399	$3,783	$873	$22

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