EMT AEMT Salary in South Dakota

How much does an EMT AEMT make in South Dakota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for an EMT AEMT in South Dakota is $36,865 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $18.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $45,805
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $33,164 to $41,544
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $29,794

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EMT AEMT Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$41,544	$3,462	$799	$20
Average	$36,865	$3,072	$709	$18
25th Percentile	$33,164	$2,764	$638	$16

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Key Factors That Influence EMT AEMT Salaries

An EMT AEMT'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 EMT AEMT 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 EMT AEMTs. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $44,913.
California: $44,743.
Massachusetts: $44,146.

District of Columbia $44,913 California $44,743 Massachusetts $44,146 Washington $43,984 New Jersey $43,968 Alaska $43,911 Connecticut $43,351 New York $43,124

Hawaii $42,398 Rhode Island $42,057 Maryland $41,826 Minnesota $41,510 Colorado $41,388 Illinois $41,347 Oregon $41,193 Delaware $41,080

New Hampshire $41,008 Virginia $40,848 Pennsylvania $40,382 Nevada $40,147 North Dakota $40,070 Michigan $39,948 Wisconsin $39,903 Vermont $39,814

Texas $39,567 Maine $39,550 Arizona $39,526 Ohio $39,498 Georgia $39,124 Indiana $38,938 Wyoming $38,901 Utah $38,844

Iowa $38,820 Kansas $38,625 Louisiana $38,569 North Carolina $38,548 Missouri $38,540 Florida $38,382 Montana $38,297 Nebraska $38,216

Kentucky $38,171 South Carolina $38,009 Tennessee $37,907 Idaho $37,867 New Mexico $37,571 Oklahoma $37,506 Alabama $37,267 South Dakota $36,865

Arkansas $36,646 West Virginia $36,528 Mississippi $36,175

Top Paying Cities for EMT AEMTs

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: $37,249
Aurora: $37,447
Baltic: $37,044

Alcester, SD $37,249 Aurora, SD $37,447 Baltic, SD $37,044 Beresford, SD $37,154 Brandon, SD $36,968 Brookings, SD $37,516 Burbank, SD $37,116 Canistota, SD $37,172

Canton, SD $37,066 Centerville, SD $37,156 Chancellor, SD $37,062 Chester, SD $37,153 Colman, SD $37,275 Colton, SD $37,120 Crooks, SD $37,024 Davis, SD $37,111

Dell Rapids, SD $37,112 Egan, SD $37,212 Elk Point, SD $36,999 Elkton, SD $37,470 Fairview, SD $37,120 Flandreau, SD $37,333 Freeman, SD $37,292 Garretson, SD $37,051

Gayville, SD $37,355 Harrisburg, SD $36,992 Hartford, SD $37,049 Hudson, SD $37,150 Humboldt, SD $37,101 Hurley, SD $37,157 Irene, SD $37,262 Jefferson, SD $36,861

Lennox, SD $37,062 Lesterville, SD $37,327 Lyons, SD $37,058 Madison, SD $37,348 Marion, SD $37,183 Menno, SD $37,307 Mission Hill, SD $37,335 Monroe, SD $37,142

Belle Fourche, SD $37,286 Black Hawk, SD $36,145 Box Elder, SD $36,192 Buffalo, SD $37,218 Buffalo Gap, SD $36,925 Camp Crook, SD $37,254 Caputa, SD $36,367 Custer, SD $36,846

Deadwood, SD $36,619 Edgemont, SD $37,200 Enning, SD $36,909 Fairburn, SD $36,506 Fort Meade, SD $36,502 Hermosa, SD $36,359 Hill City, SD $36,606 Hot Springs, SD $37,171

Howes, SD $36,991 Interior, SD $37,050 Keystone, SD $36,323 Kyle, SD $37,129 Lead, SD $36,955 Ludlow, SD $37,365 Manderson, SD $37,189 Mud Butte, SD $37,014

Nemo, SD $36,375 Newell, SD $37,086 New Underwood, SD $36,368 Nisland, SD $37,168 Oelrichs, SD $37,095 Oglala, SD $37,159 Oral, SD $37,060 Owanka, SD $36,547

Piedmont, SD $36,172 Pine Ridge, SD $37,228 Porcupine, SD $37,116 Pringle, SD $36,961 Quinn, SD $36,997 Redig, SD $36,953 Saint Onge, SD $37,058 Scenic, SD $36,795

Smithwick, SD $37,107 Spearfish, SD $37,225 Sturgis, SD $36,386 Union Center, SD $36,934 Vale, SD $36,817 Wall, SD $36,943 Wasta, SD $36,756 White Owl, SD $37,008

Whitewood, SD $36,902 Wounded Knee, SD $37,191 Leola, SD $37,412 Long Lake, SD $37,469 Mansfield, SD $37,390 Mellette, SD $37,425 Northville, SD $37,385 Onaka, SD $37,239

Orient, SD $37,296 Pierpont, SD $37,422 Redfield, SD $37,483 Rockham, SD $37,340 Roscoe, SD $37,274 Selby, SD $37,209 Seneca, SD $37,216 Stratford, SD $37,427

Tolstoy, SD $37,218 Tulare, SD $37,431 Turton, SD $37,433 Warner, SD $37,470 Westport, SD $37,419 Pierre, SD $34,176 Agar, SD $35,065 Belvidere, SD $36,996

Blunt, SD $34,176 Burke, SD $37,286 Colome, SD $37,240 Dallas, SD $37,229 Draper, SD $36,080 Fort Pierre, SD $34,276 Gregory, SD $37,269 Hamill, SD $37,176

Harrold, SD $34,375 Hayes, SD $36,615 Herrick, SD $37,264 Holabird, SD $35,150 Ideal, SD $37,166 Kadoka, SD $37,039 Kennebec, SD $36,624 Long Valley, SD $37,037

Lower Brule, SD $36,575 Martin, SD $37,126 Midland, SD $36,917 Milesville, SD $36,941 Mission, SD $37,206 Murdo, SD $36,688 Norris, SD $37,095 Okaton, SD $37,001

Okreek, SD $37,185 Onida, SD $34,511 Parmelee, SD $37,161 Philip, SD $36,995 Presho, SD $36,350 Reliance, SD $37,197 Rosebud, SD $37,246 Saint Charles, SD $37,305

Saint Francis, SD $37,175 Tuthill, SD $37,082 Vivian, SD $36,192 Wanblee, SD $37,106 White River, SD $37,090 Winner, SD $37,206 Witten, SD $37,139 Wood, SD $37,085

Mobridge, SD $37,217 Bison, SD $37,124 Bullhead, SD $37,408 Cherry Creek, SD $37,028 Dupree, SD $37,036 Eagle Butte, SD $37,075 Faith, SD $37,025 Glencross, SD $37,056

Glenham, SD $37,230 Herreid, SD $37,373 Isabel, SD $37,049 Keldron, SD $37,228 Lantry, SD $37,092 Lemmon, SD $37,367 Little Eagle, SD $37,403 Lodgepole, SD $37,267

Mc Intosh, SD $37,284 Mc Laughlin, SD $37,251 Meadow, SD $37,039 Morristown, SD $37,322 Mound City, SD $37,306 Pollock, SD $37,446 Prairie City, SD $37,172 Ralph, SD $37,294

Reva, SD $37,174 Ridgeview, SD $37,093 Timber Lake, SD $37,112 Trail City, SD $37,100 Wakpala, SD $37,252 Walker, SD $37,311 Watauga, SD $37,227 Whitehorse, SD $37,132

Rapid City, SD $36,139 Ellsworth Afb, SD $36,139 Allen, SD $37,126 Batesland, SD $37,141 Montrose, SD $37,172 North Sioux City, SD $36,803 Nunda, SD $37,330 Oldham, SD $37,412

Olivet, SD $37,325 Parker, SD $37,122 Ramona, SD $37,346 Renner, SD $37,001 Rowena, SD $36,976 Rutland, SD $37,297 Salem, SD $37,299 Scotland, SD $37,383

Sinai, SD $37,531 Springfield, SD $37,428 Tabor, SD $37,403 Tea, SD $37,021 Trent, SD $37,162 Tyndall, SD $37,392 Utica, SD $37,327 Valley Springs, SD $36,998

Vermillion, SD $37,336 Viborg, SD $37,252 Volga, SD $37,443 Volin, SD $37,293 Wakonda, SD $37,255 Wentworth, SD $37,284 Winfred, SD $37,302 Worthing, SD $37,056

Yankton, SD $37,479 Sioux Falls, SD $36,966 Vienna, SD $37,510 Wallace, SD $37,488 Waubay, SD $37,470 Webster, SD $37,479 White, SD $37,537 Willow Lake, SD $37,552

Wilmot, SD $37,507 Mitchell, SD $37,513 Alexandria, SD $37,375 Alpena, SD $37,438 Armour, SD $37,361 Artesian, SD $37,432 Avon, SD $37,371 Bonesteel, SD $37,299

Bridgewater, SD $37,275 Canova, SD $37,325 Carpenter, SD $37,525 Carthage, SD $37,441 Cavour, SD $37,490 Chamberlain, SD $37,321 Corsica, SD $37,368 Dante, SD $37,349

Delmont, SD $37,351 Dimock, SD $37,392 Emery, SD $37,336 Ethan, SD $37,412 Fairfax, SD $37,305 Fedora, SD $37,400 Fort Thompson, SD $36,883 Fulton, SD $37,405

Gann Valley, SD $37,244 Geddes, SD $37,314 Harrison, SD $37,342 Highmore, SD $36,624 Stephan, SD $36,786 Hitchcock, SD $37,460 Howard, SD $37,419 Huron, SD $37,588

Iroquois, SD $37,499 Kaylor, SD $37,433 Kimball, SD $37,320 Lake Andes, SD $37,374 Lane, SD $37,516 Letcher, SD $37,415 Marty, SD $37,494 Miller, SD $37,355

Mount Vernon, SD $37,391 New Holland, SD $37,447 Oacoma, SD $37,288 Parkston, SD $37,407 Pickstown, SD $37,431 Plankinton, SD $37,385 Platte, SD $37,321 Pukwana, SD $37,295

Ree Heights, SD $37,109 Saint Lawrence, SD $37,356 Spencer, SD $37,320 Stickney, SD $37,361 Tripp, SD $37,371 Virgil, SD $37,406 Wagner, SD $37,378 Wessington, SD $37,378

Wessington Springs, SD $37,373 White Lake, SD $37,336 Wolsey, SD $37,452 Woonsocket, SD $37,435 Yale, SD $37,521 Aberdeen, SD $37,525 Akaska, SD $37,189 Amherst, SD $37,467

Andover, SD $37,413 Ashton, SD $37,406 Barnard, SD $37,458 Bath, SD $37,446 Bowdle, SD $37,260 Brentford, SD $37,474 Britton, SD $37,572 Claremont, SD $37,435

Columbia, SD $37,390 Conde, SD $37,430 Cresbard, SD $37,338 Doland, SD $37,510 Eureka, SD $37,391 Faulkton, SD $37,335 Ferney, SD $37,567 Frankfort, SD $37,508

Frederick, SD $37,467 Gettysburg, SD $36,984 Groton, SD $37,450 Hecla, SD $37,521 Hosmer, SD $37,332 Houghton, SD $37,362 Hoven, SD $37,230 Ipswich, SD $37,370

Java, SD $37,206 Langford, SD $37,417 Lebanon, SD $37,046 Watertown, SD $37,588 Arlington, SD $37,488 Astoria, SD $37,548 Badger, SD $37,554 Big Stone City, SD $37,608

Bradley, SD $37,476 Brandt, SD $37,523 Bristol, SD $37,446 Bruce, SD $37,482 Bryant, SD $37,536 Castlewood, SD $37,513 Claire City, SD $37,570 Clark, SD $37,540

Clear Lake, SD $37,526 Corona, SD $37,570 De Smet, SD $37,521 Eden, SD $37,454 Erwin, SD $37,497 Estelline, SD $37,507 Florence, SD $37,494 Garden City, SD $37,501

Gary, SD $37,550 Goodwin, SD $37,479 Grenville, SD $37,445 Hayti, SD $37,527 Hazel, SD $37,510 Henry, SD $37,511 Kranzburg, SD $37,650 Labolt, SD $37,482

Lake City, SD $37,517 Lake Norden, SD $37,545 Lake Preston, SD $37,509 Marvin, SD $37,442 Milbank, SD $37,602 New Effington, SD $37,649 Ortley, SD $37,450 Peever, SD $37,501

Raymond, SD $37,519 Revillo, SD $37,505 Rosholt, SD $37,641 Roslyn, SD $37,437 Sisseton, SD $37,523 South Shore, SD $37,454 Stockholm, SD $37,454 Strandburg, SD $37,450

Summit, SD $37,452 Toronto, SD $37,508 Twin Brooks, SD $37,440 Veblen, SD $37,588

EMT AEMT Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For EMT AEMT roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Healthcare, offers compensation 20% above the average. Conversely, EMT AEMT positions in Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view EMT AEMT as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for an EMT AEMT

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Healthcare	$44,238	$21.0	20%

EMT AEMT Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an EMT AEMT'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

$33,164

Average $36,865/year

$41,544

$2,764

Average $3,072/month

$3,462

$638

Average $709/week

$799

$16

Average $18/hour

$20

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$41,544	$3,462	$799	$20
Average	$36,865	$3,072	$709	$18
25th Percentile	$33,164	$2,764	$638	$16

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