Games Artist Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Games Artist make in South Dakota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Games Artist in South Dakota is $54,200 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $26.

However, a Games Artist's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $68,050
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $50,158 to $61,450
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $46,478

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Games Artist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$61,450	$5,121	$1,182	$30
Average	$54,200	$4,517	$1,042	$26
25th Percentile	$50,158	$4,180	$965	$24

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Key Factors That Influence Games Artist Salaries

A Games Artist'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 Do Games Artist 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 Games Artists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $66,033.
California: $65,782.
Massachusetts: $64,906.

District of Columbia $66,033 California $65,782 Massachusetts $64,906 Washington $64,667 New Jersey $64,643 Alaska $64,560 Connecticut $63,737 New York $63,403

Hawaii $62,335 Rhode Island $61,834 Maryland $61,494 Minnesota $61,029 Colorado $60,850 Illinois $60,791 Oregon $60,564 Delaware $60,397

New Hampshire $60,292 Virginia $60,057 Pennsylvania $59,371 Nevada $59,025 North Dakota $58,912 Michigan $58,733 Wisconsin $58,667 Vermont $58,536

Texas $58,172 Maine $58,149 Arizona $58,113 Ohio $58,071 Georgia $57,522 Indiana $57,248 Wyoming $57,194 Utah $57,111

Iowa $57,075 Kansas $56,789 Louisiana $56,705 North Carolina $56,676 Missouri $56,664 Florida $56,431 Montana $56,306 Nebraska $56,186

Kentucky $56,121 South Carolina $55,882 Tennessee $55,733 Idaho $55,674 New Mexico $55,238 Oklahoma $55,143 Alabama $54,791 South Dakota $54,200

Arkansas $53,878 West Virginia $53,705 Mississippi $53,187

Top Paying Cities for Games Artists

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: $54,765
Aurora: $55,056
Baltic: $54,464

Alcester, SD $54,765 Aurora, SD $55,056 Baltic, SD $54,464 Beresford, SD $54,625 Brandon, SD $54,353 Brookings, SD $55,158 Burbank, SD $54,570 Canistota, SD $54,651

Canton, SD $54,496 Centerville, SD $54,629 Chancellor, SD $54,490 Chester, SD $54,625 Colman, SD $54,803 Colton, SD $54,575 Crooks, SD $54,434 Davis, SD $54,562

Dell Rapids, SD $54,564 Egan, SD $54,710 Elk Point, SD $54,398 Elkton, SD $55,090 Fairview, SD $54,576 Flandreau, SD $54,888 Freeman, SD $54,828 Garretson, SD $54,474

Gayville, SD $54,920 Harrisburg, SD $54,387 Hartford, SD $54,471 Hudson, SD $54,620 Humboldt, SD $54,548 Hurley, SD $54,630 Irene, SD $54,784 Jefferson, SD $54,195

Lennox, SD $54,490 Lesterville, SD $54,880 Lyons, SD $54,485 Madison, SD $54,911 Marion, SD $54,667 Menno, SD $54,851 Mission Hill, SD $54,892 Monroe, SD $54,608

Belle Fourche, SD $54,820 Black Hawk, SD $53,142 Box Elder, SD $53,211 Buffalo, SD $54,720 Buffalo Gap, SD $54,289 Camp Crook, SD $54,772 Caputa, SD $53,468 Custer, SD $54,173

Deadwood, SD $53,839 Edgemont, SD $54,692 Enning, SD $54,265 Fairburn, SD $53,672 Fort Meade, SD $53,667 Hermosa, SD $53,457 Hill City, SD $53,819 Hot Springs, SD $54,651

Howes, SD $54,386 Interior, SD $54,473 Keystone, SD $53,404 Kyle, SD $54,589 Lead, SD $54,332 Ludlow, SD $54,935 Manderson, SD $54,678 Mud Butte, SD $54,419

Nemo, SD $53,479 Newell, SD $54,525 New Underwood, SD $53,470 Nisland, SD $54,645 Oelrichs, SD $54,538 Oglala, SD $54,633 Oral, SD $54,488 Owanka, SD $53,733

Piedmont, SD $53,182 Pine Ridge, SD $54,735 Porcupine, SD $54,570 Pringle, SD $54,341 Quinn, SD $54,394 Redig, SD $54,330 Saint Onge, SD $54,484 Scenic, SD $54,098

Smithwick, SD $54,557 Spearfish, SD $54,730 Sturgis, SD $53,496 Union Center, SD $54,302 Vale, SD $54,131 Wall, SD $54,316 Wasta, SD $54,041 White Owl, SD $54,411

Whitewood, SD $54,255 Wounded Knee, SD $54,681 Leola, SD $55,004 Long Lake, SD $55,089 Mansfield, SD $54,972 Mellette, SD $55,023 Northville, SD $54,964 Onaka, SD $54,751

Orient, SD $54,834 Pierpont, SD $55,020 Redfield, SD $55,109 Rockham, SD $54,899 Roscoe, SD $54,802 Selby, SD $54,707 Seneca, SD $54,716 Stratford, SD $55,026

Tolstoy, SD $54,720 Tulare, SD $55,032 Turton, SD $55,035 Warner, SD $55,090 Westport, SD $55,015 Pierre, SD $50,246 Agar, SD $51,554 Belvidere, SD $54,393

Blunt, SD $50,246 Burke, SD $54,819 Colome, SD $54,752 Dallas, SD $54,735 Draper, SD $53,046 Fort Pierre, SD $50,394 Gregory, SD $54,794 Hamill, SD $54,658

Harrold, SD $50,540 Hayes, SD $53,833 Herrick, SD $54,788 Holabird, SD $51,680 Ideal, SD $54,644 Kadoka, SD $54,456 Kennebec, SD $53,846 Long Valley, SD $54,453

Lower Brule, SD $53,775 Martin, SD $54,585 Midland, SD $54,277 Milesville, SD $54,312 Mission, SD $54,701 Murdo, SD $53,941 Norris, SD $54,538 Okaton, SD $54,400

Okreek, SD $54,670 Onida, SD $50,740 Parmelee, SD $54,636 Philip, SD $54,391 Presho, SD $53,443 Reliance, SD $54,689 Rosebud, SD $54,761 Saint Charles, SD $54,848

Saint Francis, SD $54,656 Tuthill, SD $54,519 Vivian, SD $53,211 Wanblee, SD $54,555 White River, SD $54,531 Winner, SD $54,701 Witten, SD $54,604 Wood, SD $54,524

Mobridge, SD $54,718 Bison, SD $54,582 Bullhead, SD $55,000 Cherry Creek, SD $54,440 Dupree, SD $54,452 Eagle Butte, SD $54,509 Faith, SD $54,435 Glencross, SD $54,482

Glenham, SD $54,738 Herreid, SD $54,947 Isabel, SD $54,471 Keldron, SD $54,734 Lantry, SD $54,534 Lemmon, SD $54,939 Little Eagle, SD $54,991 Lodgepole, SD $54,791

Mc Intosh, SD $54,817 Mc Laughlin, SD $54,768 Meadow, SD $54,456 Morristown, SD $54,873 Mound City, SD $54,849 Pollock, SD $55,055 Prairie City, SD $54,653 Ralph, SD $54,831

Reva, SD $54,656 Ridgeview, SD $54,536 Timber Lake, SD $54,563 Trail City, SD $54,546 Wakpala, SD $54,769 Walker, SD $54,857 Watauga, SD $54,732 Whitehorse, SD $54,593

Rapid City, SD $53,133 Ellsworth Afb, SD $53,133 Allen, SD $54,584 Batesland, SD $54,607 Montrose, SD $54,652 North Sioux City, SD $54,109 Nunda, SD $54,884 Oldham, SD $55,005

Olivet, SD $54,876 Parker, SD $54,579 Ramona, SD $54,908 Renner, SD $54,400 Rowena, SD $54,363 Rutland, SD $54,836 Salem, SD $54,839 Scotland, SD $54,962

Sinai, SD $55,179 Springfield, SD $55,028 Tabor, SD $54,991 Tea, SD $54,430 Trent, SD $54,637 Tyndall, SD $54,976 Utica, SD $54,880 Valley Springs, SD $54,396

Vermillion, SD $54,893 Viborg, SD $54,769 Volga, SD $55,050 Volin, SD $54,830 Wakonda, SD $54,774 Wentworth, SD $54,816 Winfred, SD $54,843 Worthing, SD $54,482

Yankton, SD $55,103 Sioux Falls, SD $54,350 Vienna, SD $55,149 Wallace, SD $55,116 Waubay, SD $55,090 Webster, SD $55,103 White, SD $55,189 Willow Lake, SD $55,211

Wilmot, SD $55,144 Mitchell, SD $55,153 Alexandria, SD $54,950 Alpena, SD $55,043 Armour, SD $54,930 Artesian, SD $55,035 Avon, SD $54,945 Bonesteel, SD $54,838

Bridgewater, SD $54,803 Canova, SD $54,877 Carpenter, SD $55,171 Carthage, SD $55,047 Cavour, SD $55,120 Chamberlain, SD $54,871 Corsica, SD $54,940 Dante, SD $54,913

Delmont, SD $54,915 Dimock, SD $54,976 Emery, SD $54,893 Ethan, SD $55,005 Fairfax, SD $54,848 Fedora, SD $54,987 Fort Thompson, SD $54,227 Fulton, SD $54,994

Gann Valley, SD $54,758 Geddes, SD $54,861 Harrison, SD $54,902 Highmore, SD $53,846 Stephan, SD $54,084 Hitchcock, SD $55,076 Howard, SD $55,015 Huron, SD $55,264

Iroquois, SD $55,133 Kaylor, SD $55,035 Kimball, SD $54,869 Lake Andes, SD $54,949 Lane, SD $55,158 Letcher, SD $55,010 Marty, SD $55,125 Miller, SD $54,920

Mount Vernon, SD $54,974 New Holland, SD $55,056 Oacoma, SD $54,823 Parkston, SD $54,998 Pickstown, SD $55,033 Plankinton, SD $54,965 Platte, SD $54,871 Pukwana, SD $54,833

Ree Heights, SD $54,559 Saint Lawrence, SD $54,923 Spencer, SD $54,870 Stickney, SD $54,929 Tripp, SD $54,945 Virgil, SD $54,997 Wagner, SD $54,956 Wessington, SD $54,956

Wessington Springs, SD $54,947 White Lake, SD $54,893 Wolsey, SD $55,064 Woonsocket, SD $55,039 Yale, SD $55,165 Aberdeen, SD $55,170 Akaska, SD $54,678 Amherst, SD $55,086

Andover, SD $55,006 Ashton, SD $54,996 Barnard, SD $55,072 Bath, SD $55,055 Bowdle, SD $54,781 Brentford, SD $55,096 Britton, SD $55,241 Claremont, SD $55,039

Columbia, SD $54,973 Conde, SD $55,032 Cresbard, SD $54,896 Doland, SD $55,149 Eureka, SD $54,975 Faulkton, SD $54,891 Ferney, SD $55,232 Frankfort, SD $55,146

Frederick, SD $55,086 Gettysburg, SD $54,376 Groton, SD $55,060 Hecla, SD $55,165 Hosmer, SD $54,887 Houghton, SD $54,932 Hoven, SD $54,737 Ipswich, SD $54,944

Java, SD $54,703 Langford, SD $55,012 Lebanon, SD $54,467 Watertown, SD $55,264 Arlington, SD $55,117 Astoria, SD $55,205 Badger, SD $55,214 Big Stone City, SD $55,294

Bradley, SD $55,099 Brandt, SD $55,168 Bristol, SD $55,055 Bruce, SD $55,108 Bryant, SD $55,187 Castlewood, SD $55,153 Claire City, SD $55,236 Clark, SD $55,193

Clear Lake, SD $55,173 Corona, SD $55,238 De Smet, SD $55,165 Eden, SD $55,067 Erwin, SD $55,130 Estelline, SD $55,144 Florence, SD $55,126 Garden City, SD $55,136

Gary, SD $55,208 Goodwin, SD $55,103 Grenville, SD $55,053 Hayti, SD $55,174 Hazel, SD $55,149 Henry, SD $55,150 Kranzburg, SD $55,355 Labolt, SD $55,108

Lake City, SD $55,159 Lake Norden, SD $55,200 Lake Preston, SD $55,147 Marvin, SD $55,049 Milbank, SD $55,285 New Effington, SD $55,354 Ortley, SD $55,061 Peever, SD $55,135

Raymond, SD $55,162 Revillo, SD $55,142 Rosholt, SD $55,341 Roslyn, SD $55,042 Sisseton, SD $55,168 South Shore, SD $55,066 Stockholm, SD $55,066 Strandburg, SD $55,060

Summit, SD $55,064 Toronto, SD $55,146 Twin Brooks, SD $55,046 Veblen, SD $55,264

Games Artist Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Games Artist roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 55% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Software & Networking and Financial Services sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 25% above the average. In contrast, Games Artist positions in Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit or Hospitality & Leisure typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Games Artist as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Games Artist

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Software & Networking	$67,751	$33.0	25%
Financial Services	$65,041	$31.0	20%
Internet	$62,331	$30.0	15%
Biotechnology	$59,621	$29.0	10%
Healthcare	$59,621	$29.0	10%

Games Artist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Games Artist'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 July 01, 2026

$50,158

Average $54,200/year

$61,450

$4,180

Average $4,517/month

$5,121

$965

Average $1,042/week

$1,182

$24

Average $26/hour

$30

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$61,450	$5,121	$1,182	$30
Average	$54,200	$4,517	$1,042	$26
25th Percentile	$50,158	$4,180	$965	$24

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