Microbiologists Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Microbiologists make in South Dakota?

As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for a Microbiologists in South Dakota is $76,717 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $37.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $92,902
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $69,633 to $85,189
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $63,185

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Microbiologists Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$85,189	$7,099	$1,638	$41
Average	$76,717	$6,393	$1,475	$37
25th Percentile	$69,633	$5,803	$1,339	$33

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Key Factors That Influence Microbiologists Salaries

A Microbiologists'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 Microbiologists Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Microbiologists'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): $53,794
Early Career (1-2 years): $66,702
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $76,094
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $85,623
Expert (over 8 years): $122,592

Levels	Salary
Microbiol... Level Microbiologists	$53,794
Microbiol... Level Microbiologists	$66,702
Microbiol... Level Microbiologists	$76,094
Microbiol... Level Microbiologists	$85,623
Microbiol... Level Microbiologists	$122,592

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

District of Columbia: $93,465.
California: $93,110.
Massachusetts: $91,869.

District of Columbia $93,465 California $93,110 Massachusetts $91,869 Washington $91,532 New Jersey $91,498 Alaska $91,380 Connecticut $90,215 New York $89,742

Hawaii $88,231 Rhode Island $87,522 Maryland $87,041 Minnesota $86,382 Colorado $86,129 Illinois $86,045 Oregon $85,724 Delaware $85,487

New Hampshire $85,339 Virginia $85,006 Pennsylvania $84,035 Nevada $83,546 North Dakota $83,385 Michigan $83,132 Wisconsin $83,039 Vermont $82,854

Texas $82,339 Maine $82,305 Arizona $82,254 Ohio $82,195 Georgia $81,419 Indiana $81,030 Wyoming $80,954 Utah $80,836

Iowa $80,785 Kansas $80,380 Louisiana $80,262 North Carolina $80,220 Missouri $80,203 Florida $79,874 Montana $79,696 Nebraska $79,528

Kentucky $79,435 South Carolina $79,097 Tennessee $78,886 Idaho $78,802 New Mexico $78,185 Oklahoma $78,050 Alabama $77,552 South Dakota $76,717

Arkansas $76,261 West Virginia $76,016 Mississippi $75,282

Top Paying Cities for Microbiologists

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: $77,516
Aurora: $77,928
Baltic: $77,090

Alcester, SD $77,516 Aurora, SD $77,928 Baltic, SD $77,090 Beresford, SD $77,318 Brandon, SD $76,932 Brookings, SD $78,071 Burbank, SD $77,240 Canistota, SD $77,355

Canton, SD $77,135 Centerville, SD $77,323 Chancellor, SD $77,126 Chester, SD $77,317 Colman, SD $77,569 Colton, SD $77,247 Crooks, SD $77,048 Davis, SD $77,228

Dell Rapids, SD $77,232 Egan, SD $77,438 Elk Point, SD $76,996 Elkton, SD $77,976 Fairview, SD $77,248 Flandreau, SD $77,690 Freeman, SD $77,606 Garretson, SD $77,104

Gayville, SD $77,736 Harrisburg, SD $76,981 Hartford, SD $77,099 Hudson, SD $77,310 Humboldt, SD $77,209 Hurley, SD $77,325 Irene, SD $77,542 Jefferson, SD $76,708

Lennox, SD $77,127 Lesterville, SD $77,678 Lyons, SD $77,119 Madison, SD $77,722 Marion, SD $77,378 Menno, SD $77,638 Mission Hill, SD $77,696 Monroe, SD $77,294

Belle Fourche, SD $77,593 Black Hawk, SD $75,219 Box Elder, SD $75,316 Buffalo, SD $77,452 Buffalo Gap, SD $76,842 Camp Crook, SD $77,526 Caputa, SD $75,680 Custer, SD $76,678

Deadwood, SD $76,205 Edgemont, SD $77,413 Enning, SD $76,809 Fairburn, SD $75,969 Fort Meade, SD $75,961 Hermosa, SD $75,665 Hill City, SD $76,177 Hot Springs, SD $77,354

Howes, SD $76,979 Interior, SD $77,102 Keystone, SD $75,590 Kyle, SD $77,267 Lead, SD $76,903 Ludlow, SD $77,757 Manderson, SD $77,392 Mud Butte, SD $77,026

Nemo, SD $75,696 Newell, SD $77,176 New Underwood, SD $75,683 Nisland, SD $77,346 Oelrichs, SD $77,194 Oglala, SD $77,329 Oral, SD $77,124 Owanka, SD $76,056

Piedmont, SD $75,275 Pine Ridge, SD $77,473 Porcupine, SD $77,240 Pringle, SD $76,916 Quinn, SD $76,991 Redig, SD $76,900 Saint Onge, SD $77,118 Scenic, SD $76,571

Smithwick, SD $77,221 Spearfish, SD $77,466 Sturgis, SD $75,720 Union Center, SD $76,860 Vale, SD $76,618 Wall, SD $76,880 Wasta, SD $76,490 White Owl, SD $77,015

Whitewood, SD $76,793 Wounded Knee, SD $77,396 Leola, SD $77,855 Long Lake, SD $77,974 Mansfield, SD $77,809 Mellette, SD $77,882 Northville, SD $77,798 Onaka, SD $77,496

Orient, SD $77,613 Pierpont, SD $77,876 Redfield, SD $78,002 Rockham, SD $77,705 Roscoe, SD $77,568 Selby, SD $77,433 Seneca, SD $77,447 Stratford, SD $77,886

Tolstoy, SD $77,452 Tulare, SD $77,894 Turton, SD $77,898 Warner, SD $77,976 Westport, SD $77,869 Pierre, SD $71,120 Agar, SD $72,970 Belvidere, SD $76,989

Blunt, SD $71,120 Burke, SD $77,592 Colome, SD $77,497 Dallas, SD $77,474 Draper, SD $75,082 Fort Pierre, SD $71,328 Gregory, SD $77,557 Hamill, SD $77,364

Harrold, SD $71,535 Hayes, SD $76,197 Herrick, SD $77,548 Holabird, SD $73,148 Ideal, SD $77,344 Kadoka, SD $77,078 Kennebec, SD $76,214 Long Valley, SD $77,075

Lower Brule, SD $76,114 Martin, SD $77,260 Midland, SD $76,825 Milesville, SD $76,874 Mission, SD $77,426 Murdo, SD $76,349 Norris, SD $77,194 Okaton, SD $76,999

Okreek, SD $77,382 Onida, SD $71,818 Parmelee, SD $77,333 Philip, SD $76,987 Presho, SD $75,645 Reliance, SD $77,408 Rosebud, SD $77,510 Saint Charles, SD $77,633

Saint Francis, SD $77,362 Tuthill, SD $77,167 Vivian, SD $75,316 Wanblee, SD $77,219 White River, SD $77,184 Winner, SD $77,426 Witten, SD $77,287 Wood, SD $77,175

Mobridge, SD $77,449 Bison, SD $77,256 Bullhead, SD $77,848 Cherry Creek, SD $77,056 Dupree, SD $77,073 Eagle Butte, SD $77,153 Faith, SD $77,049 Glencross, SD $77,115

Glenham, SD $77,477 Herreid, SD $77,774 Isabel, SD $77,100 Keldron, SD $77,472 Lantry, SD $77,189 Lemmon, SD $77,762 Little Eagle, SD $77,836 Lodgepole, SD $77,552

Mc Intosh, SD $77,589 Mc Laughlin, SD $77,520 Meadow, SD $77,079 Morristown, SD $77,668 Mound City, SD $77,634 Pollock, SD $77,926 Prairie City, SD $77,356 Ralph, SD $77,609

Reva, SD $77,361 Ridgeview, SD $77,191 Timber Lake, SD $77,230 Trail City, SD $77,205 Wakpala, SD $77,522 Walker, SD $77,645 Watauga, SD $77,470 Whitehorse, SD $77,273

Rapid City, SD $75,206 Ellsworth Afb, SD $75,206 Allen, SD $77,259 Batesland, SD $77,291 Montrose, SD $77,356 North Sioux City, SD $76,587 Nunda, SD $77,684 Oldham, SD $77,855

Olivet, SD $77,673 Parker, SD $77,252 Ramona, SD $77,718 Renner, SD $76,999 Rowena, SD $76,947 Rutland, SD $77,616 Salem, SD $77,621 Scotland, SD $77,795

Sinai, SD $78,102 Springfield, SD $77,887 Tabor, SD $77,836 Tea, SD $77,042 Trent, SD $77,335 Tyndall, SD $77,814 Utica, SD $77,679 Valley Springs, SD $76,994

Vermillion, SD $77,697 Viborg, SD $77,522 Volga, SD $77,920 Volin, SD $77,608 Wakonda, SD $77,529 Wentworth, SD $77,588 Winfred, SD $77,626 Worthing, SD $77,115

Yankton, SD $77,994 Sioux Falls, SD $76,928 Vienna, SD $78,060 Wallace, SD $78,012 Waubay, SD $77,976 Webster, SD $77,995 White, SD $78,115 Willow Lake, SD $78,147

Wilmot, SD $78,052 Mitchell, SD $78,065 Alexandria, SD $77,778 Alpena, SD $77,909 Armour, SD $77,749 Artesian, SD $77,898 Avon, SD $77,770 Bonesteel, SD $77,619

Bridgewater, SD $77,569 Canova, SD $77,674 Carpenter, SD $78,090 Carthage, SD $77,915 Cavour, SD $78,018 Chamberlain, SD $77,666 Corsica, SD $77,763 Dante, SD $77,725

Delmont, SD $77,728 Dimock, SD $77,814 Emery, SD $77,698 Ethan, SD $77,855 Fairfax, SD $77,633 Fedora, SD $77,830 Fort Thompson, SD $76,755 Fulton, SD $77,840

Gann Valley, SD $77,506 Geddes, SD $77,651 Harrison, SD $77,709 Highmore, SD $76,214 Stephan, SD $76,552 Hitchcock, SD $77,956 Howard, SD $77,869 Huron, SD $78,222

Iroquois, SD $78,036 Kaylor, SD $77,898 Kimball, SD $77,663 Lake Andes, SD $77,776 Lane, SD $78,072 Letcher, SD $77,862 Marty, SD $78,025 Miller, SD $77,736

Mount Vernon, SD $77,811 New Holland, SD $77,927 Oacoma, SD $77,597 Parkston, SD $77,845 Pickstown, SD $77,895 Plankinton, SD $77,799 Platte, SD $77,666 Pukwana, SD $77,611

Ree Heights, SD $77,224 Saint Lawrence, SD $77,739 Spencer, SD $77,664 Stickney, SD $77,748 Tripp, SD $77,770 Virgil, SD $77,844 Wagner, SD $77,785 Wessington, SD $77,785

Wessington Springs, SD $77,774 White Lake, SD $77,697 Wolsey, SD $77,939 Woonsocket, SD $77,904 Yale, SD $78,082 Aberdeen, SD $78,089 Akaska, SD $77,392 Amherst, SD $77,969

Andover, SD $77,857 Ashton, SD $77,843 Barnard, SD $77,950 Bath, SD $77,925 Bowdle, SD $77,538 Brentford, SD $77,984 Britton, SD $78,189 Claremont, SD $77,904

Columbia, SD $77,810 Conde, SD $77,893 Cresbard, SD $77,701 Doland, SD $78,060 Eureka, SD $77,812 Faulkton, SD $77,694 Ferney, SD $78,177 Frankfort, SD $78,055

Frederick, SD $77,970 Gettysburg, SD $76,965 Groton, SD $77,934 Hecla, SD $78,082 Hosmer, SD $77,688 Houghton, SD $77,752 Hoven, SD $77,476 Ipswich, SD $77,768

Java, SD $77,427 Langford, SD $77,865 Lebanon, SD $77,094 Watertown, SD $78,222 Arlington, SD $78,014 Astoria, SD $78,138 Badger, SD $78,151 Big Stone City, SD $78,264

Bradley, SD $77,988 Brandt, SD $78,086 Bristol, SD $77,925 Bruce, SD $78,001 Bryant, SD $78,113 Castlewood, SD $78,065 Claire City, SD $78,183 Clark, SD $78,122

Clear Lake, SD $78,093 Corona, SD $78,185 De Smet, SD $78,082 Eden, SD $77,943 Erwin, SD $78,033 Estelline, SD $78,052 Florence, SD $78,027 Garden City, SD $78,040

Gary, SD $78,142 Goodwin, SD $77,994 Grenville, SD $77,923 Hayti, SD $78,094 Hazel, SD $78,059 Henry, SD $78,061 Kranzburg, SD $78,351 Labolt, SD $78,001

Lake City, SD $78,073 Lake Norden, SD $78,131 Lake Preston, SD $78,056 Marvin, SD $77,918 Milbank, SD $78,251 New Effington, SD $78,349 Ortley, SD $77,935 Peever, SD $78,039

Raymond, SD $78,078 Revillo, SD $78,049 Rosholt, SD $78,331 Roslyn, SD $77,908 Sisseton, SD $78,087 South Shore, SD $77,941 Stockholm, SD $77,942 Strandburg, SD $77,934

Summit, SD $77,939 Toronto, SD $78,055 Twin Brooks, SD $77,913 Veblen, SD $78,222

Microbiologists Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Microbiologists roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 40% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Biotechnology and Energy & Utilities sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 20% above the average. In contrast, Microbiologists positions in Edu., Gov't. & Nonprofit or MFG Nondurable typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Microbiologists as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Microbiologists

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Biotechnology	$92,060	$44.0	20%
Energy & Utilities	$88,224	$42.0	15%
Healthcare	$84,388	$41.0	10%
Chemicals	$80,552	$39.0	5%

Microbiologists Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Microbiologists'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 August 01, 2026

$69,633

Average $76,717/year

$85,189

$5,803

Average $6,393/month

$7,099

$1,339

Average $1,475/week

$1,638

$33

Average $37/hour

$41

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$85,189	$7,099	$1,638	$41
Average	$76,717	$6,393	$1,475	$37
25th Percentile	$69,633	$5,803	$1,339	$33

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