Auto Painter Salary in South Dakota

How much does an Auto Painter make in South Dakota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for an Auto Painter in South Dakota is $56,930 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $27.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $65,317
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $51,121 to $61,320
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $45,831

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Auto Painter Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$61,320	$5,110	$1,179	$29
Average	$56,930	$4,744	$1,095	$27
25th Percentile	$51,121	$4,260	$983	$25

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Key Factors That Influence Auto Painter Salaries

An Auto Painter'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 Auto Painter 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 Auto Painters. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $69,359.
California: $69,096.
Massachusetts: $68,175.

District of Columbia $69,359 California $69,096 Massachusetts $68,175 Washington $67,924 New Jersey $67,899 Alaska $67,812 Connecticut $66,947 New York $66,596

Hawaii $65,475 Rhode Island $64,949 Maryland $64,592 Minnesota $64,103 Colorado $63,915 Illinois $63,853 Oregon $63,614 Delaware $63,439

New Hampshire $63,329 Virginia $63,082 Pennsylvania $62,362 Nevada $61,998 North Dakota $61,879 Michigan $61,691 Wisconsin $61,622 Vermont $61,485

Texas $61,102 Maine $61,077 Arizona $61,040 Ohio $60,996 Georgia $60,420 Indiana $60,131 Wyoming $60,075 Utah $59,987

Iowa $59,950 Kansas $59,649 Louisiana $59,561 North Carolina $59,530 Missouri $59,518 Florida $59,273 Montana $59,142 Nebraska $59,016

Kentucky $58,948 South Carolina $58,697 Tennessee $58,540 Idaho $58,478 New Mexico $58,020 Oklahoma $57,920 Alabama $57,551 South Dakota $56,930

Arkansas $56,592 West Virginia $56,410 Mississippi $55,865

Top Paying Cities for Auto Painters

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: $57,524
Aurora: $57,829
Baltic: $57,207

Alcester, SD $57,524 Aurora, SD $57,829 Baltic, SD $57,207 Beresford, SD $57,376 Brandon, SD $57,090 Brookings, SD $57,936 Burbank, SD $57,319 Canistota, SD $57,404

Canton, SD $57,241 Centerville, SD $57,380 Chancellor, SD $57,234 Chester, SD $57,376 Colman, SD $57,563 Colton, SD $57,324 Crooks, SD $57,176 Davis, SD $57,310

Dell Rapids, SD $57,313 Egan, SD $57,466 Elk Point, SD $57,138 Elkton, SD $57,865 Fairview, SD $57,325 Flandreau, SD $57,653 Freeman, SD $57,590 Garretson, SD $57,218

Gayville, SD $57,687 Harrisburg, SD $57,126 Hartford, SD $57,214 Hudson, SD $57,371 Humboldt, SD $57,296 Hurley, SD $57,382 Irene, SD $57,543 Jefferson, SD $56,924

Lennox, SD $57,235 Lesterville, SD $57,644 Lyons, SD $57,229 Madison, SD $57,676 Marion, SD $57,421 Menno, SD $57,614 Mission Hill, SD $57,657 Monroe, SD $57,359

Belle Fourche, SD $57,581 Black Hawk, SD $55,819 Box Elder, SD $55,891 Buffalo, SD $57,476 Buffalo Gap, SD $57,024 Camp Crook, SD $57,531 Caputa, SD $56,161 Custer, SD $56,902

Deadwood, SD $56,551 Edgemont, SD $57,447 Enning, SD $56,999 Fairburn, SD $56,375 Fort Meade, SD $56,370 Hermosa, SD $56,150 Hill City, SD $56,530 Hot Springs, SD $57,403

Howes, SD $57,125 Interior, SD $57,217 Keystone, SD $56,094 Kyle, SD $57,339 Lead, SD $57,069 Ludlow, SD $57,702 Manderson, SD $57,432 Mud Butte, SD $57,160

Nemo, SD $56,173 Newell, SD $57,271 New Underwood, SD $56,164 Nisland, SD $57,398 Oelrichs, SD $57,285 Oglala, SD $57,385 Oral, SD $57,232 Owanka, SD $56,440

Piedmont, SD $55,860 Pine Ridge, SD $57,492 Porcupine, SD $57,319 Pringle, SD $57,078 Quinn, SD $57,134 Redig, SD $57,066 Saint Onge, SD $57,229 Scenic, SD $56,823

Smithwick, SD $57,304 Spearfish, SD $57,487 Sturgis, SD $56,191 Union Center, SD $57,037 Vale, SD $56,857 Wall, SD $57,051 Wasta, SD $56,763 White Owl, SD $57,152

Whitewood, SD $56,987 Wounded Knee, SD $57,435 Leola, SD $57,775 Long Lake, SD $57,863 Mansfield, SD $57,741 Mellette, SD $57,795 Northville, SD $57,733 Onaka, SD $57,509

Orient, SD $57,596 Pierpont, SD $57,791 Redfield, SD $57,884 Rockham, SD $57,664 Roscoe, SD $57,562 Selby, SD $57,462 Seneca, SD $57,472 Stratford, SD $57,798

Tolstoy, SD $57,476 Tulare, SD $57,804 Turton, SD $57,807 Warner, SD $57,865 Westport, SD $57,785 Pierre, SD $52,777 Agar, SD $54,150 Belvidere, SD $57,133

Blunt, SD $52,777 Burke, SD $57,580 Colome, SD $57,510 Dallas, SD $57,492 Draper, SD $55,718 Fort Pierre, SD $52,932 Gregory, SD $57,554 Hamill, SD $57,411

Harrold, SD $53,085 Hayes, SD $56,545 Herrick, SD $57,547 Holabird, SD $54,282 Ideal, SD $57,396 Kadoka, SD $57,199 Kennebec, SD $56,558 Long Valley, SD $57,196

Lower Brule, SD $56,483 Martin, SD $57,334 Midland, SD $57,011 Milesville, SD $57,048 Mission, SD $57,457 Murdo, SD $56,658 Norris, SD $57,285 Okaton, SD $57,140

Okreek, SD $57,424 Onida, SD $53,295 Parmelee, SD $57,388 Philip, SD $57,131 Presho, SD $56,135 Reliance, SD $57,443 Rosebud, SD $57,519 Saint Charles, SD $57,610

Saint Francis, SD $57,409 Tuthill, SD $57,265 Vivian, SD $55,891 Wanblee, SD $57,303 White River, SD $57,277 Winner, SD $57,457 Witten, SD $57,354 Wood, SD $57,271

Mobridge, SD $57,474 Bison, SD $57,331 Bullhead, SD $57,770 Cherry Creek, SD $57,182 Dupree, SD $57,195 Eagle Butte, SD $57,254 Faith, SD $57,177 Glencross, SD $57,226

Glenham, SD $57,495 Herreid, SD $57,715 Isabel, SD $57,215 Keldron, SD $57,491 Lantry, SD $57,281 Lemmon, SD $57,706 Little Eagle, SD $57,761 Lodgepole, SD $57,551

Mc Intosh, SD $57,578 Mc Laughlin, SD $57,527 Meadow, SD $57,199 Morristown, SD $57,636 Mound City, SD $57,611 Pollock, SD $57,828 Prairie City, SD $57,405 Ralph, SD $57,593

Reva, SD $57,408 Ridgeview, SD $57,282 Timber Lake, SD $57,311 Trail City, SD $57,293 Wakpala, SD $57,528 Walker, SD $57,619 Watauga, SD $57,489 Whitehorse, SD $57,343

Rapid City, SD $55,809 Ellsworth Afb, SD $55,809 Allen, SD $57,333 Batesland, SD $57,357 Montrose, SD $57,405 North Sioux City, SD $56,835 Nunda, SD $57,648 Oldham, SD $57,775

Olivet, SD $57,640 Parker, SD $57,328 Ramona, SD $57,673 Renner, SD $57,140 Rowena, SD $57,101 Rutland, SD $57,598 Salem, SD $57,601 Scotland, SD $57,730

Sinai, SD $57,958 Springfield, SD $57,799 Tabor, SD $57,761 Tea, SD $57,172 Trent, SD $57,389 Tyndall, SD $57,745 Utica, SD $57,645 Valley Springs, SD $57,136

Vermillion, SD $57,658 Viborg, SD $57,528 Volga, SD $57,823 Volin, SD $57,592 Wakonda, SD $57,533 Wentworth, SD $57,577 Winfred, SD $57,605 Worthing, SD $57,226

Yankton, SD $57,878 Sioux Falls, SD $57,087 Vienna, SD $57,927 Wallace, SD $57,892 Waubay, SD $57,865 Webster, SD $57,879 White, SD $57,968 Willow Lake, SD $57,992

Wilmot, SD $57,921 Mitchell, SD $57,931 Alexandria, SD $57,718 Alpena, SD $57,816 Armour, SD $57,697 Artesian, SD $57,807 Avon, SD $57,712 Bonesteel, SD $57,600

Bridgewater, SD $57,563 Canova, SD $57,641 Carpenter, SD $57,950 Carthage, SD $57,820 Cavour, SD $57,896 Chamberlain, SD $57,635 Corsica, SD $57,707 Dante, SD $57,678

Delmont, SD $57,681 Dimock, SD $57,745 Emery, SD $57,658 Ethan, SD $57,775 Fairfax, SD $57,610 Fedora, SD $57,757 Fort Thompson, SD $56,959 Fulton, SD $57,764

Gann Valley, SD $57,516 Geddes, SD $57,624 Harrison, SD $57,667 Highmore, SD $56,558 Stephan, SD $56,808 Hitchcock, SD $57,850 Howard, SD $57,785 Huron, SD $58,047

Iroquois, SD $57,910 Kaylor, SD $57,807 Kimball, SD $57,633 Lake Andes, SD $57,717 Lane, SD $57,936 Letcher, SD $57,780 Marty, SD $57,901 Miller, SD $57,687

Mount Vernon, SD $57,743 New Holland, SD $57,829 Oacoma, SD $57,584 Parkston, SD $57,768 Pickstown, SD $57,805 Plankinton, SD $57,734 Platte, SD $57,635 Pukwana, SD $57,594

Ree Heights, SD $57,307 Saint Lawrence, SD $57,689 Spencer, SD $57,633 Stickney, SD $57,696 Tripp, SD $57,712 Virgil, SD $57,767 Wagner, SD $57,723 Wessington, SD $57,723

Wessington Springs, SD $57,715 White Lake, SD $57,658 Wolsey, SD $57,837 Woonsocket, SD $57,811 Yale, SD $57,943 Aberdeen, SD $57,949 Akaska, SD $57,432 Amherst, SD $57,860

Andover, SD $57,777 Ashton, SD $57,766 Barnard, SD $57,846 Bath, SD $57,827 Bowdle, SD $57,540 Brentford, SD $57,871 Britton, SD $58,023 Claremont, SD $57,811

Columbia, SD $57,742 Conde, SD $57,804 Cresbard, SD $57,661 Doland, SD $57,927 Eureka, SD $57,744 Faulkton, SD $57,656 Ferney, SD $58,014 Frankfort, SD $57,923

Frederick, SD $57,861 Gettysburg, SD $57,115 Groton, SD $57,834 Hecla, SD $57,943 Hosmer, SD $57,651 Houghton, SD $57,698 Hoven, SD $57,494 Ipswich, SD $57,711

Java, SD $57,458 Langford, SD $57,782 Lebanon, SD $57,210 Watertown, SD $58,047 Arlington, SD $57,893 Astoria, SD $57,985 Badger, SD $57,995 Big Stone City, SD $58,079

Bradley, SD $57,874 Brandt, SD $57,946 Bristol, SD $57,827 Bruce, SD $57,883 Bryant, SD $57,967 Castlewood, SD $57,931 Claire City, SD $58,019 Clark, SD $57,973

Clear Lake, SD $57,952 Corona, SD $58,020 De Smet, SD $57,943 Eden, SD $57,841 Erwin, SD $57,907 Estelline, SD $57,921 Florence, SD $57,903 Garden City, SD $57,913

Gary, SD $57,988 Goodwin, SD $57,878 Grenville, SD $57,826 Hayti, SD $57,953 Hazel, SD $57,926 Henry, SD $57,928 Kranzburg, SD $58,143 Labolt, SD $57,884

Lake City, SD $57,937 Lake Norden, SD $57,980 Lake Preston, SD $57,925 Marvin, SD $57,822 Milbank, SD $58,069 New Effington, SD $58,142 Ortley, SD $57,834 Peever, SD $57,912

Raymond, SD $57,941 Revillo, SD $57,919 Rosholt, SD $58,128 Roslyn, SD $57,814 Sisseton, SD $57,947 South Shore, SD $57,839 Stockholm, SD $57,840 Strandburg, SD $57,834

Summit, SD $57,837 Toronto, SD $57,924 Twin Brooks, SD $57,818 Veblen, SD $58,047

Auto Painter Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Auto Painter 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 Aerospace & Defense and Biotechnology sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 20% above the average. In contrast, Auto Painter positions in Retail & Wholesale or MFG Nondurable typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Auto Painter as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an Auto Painter

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Aerospace & Defense	$68,316	$33.0	20%
Biotechnology	$68,316	$33.0	20%
Financial Services	$68,316	$33.0	20%
Healthcare	$68,316	$33.0	20%

Auto Painter Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Auto Painter'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

$51,121

Average $56,930/year

$61,320

$4,260

Average $4,744/month

$5,110

$983

Average $1,095/week

$1,179

$25

Average $27/hour

$29

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$61,320	$5,110	$1,179	$29
Average	$56,930	$4,744	$1,095	$27
25th Percentile	$51,121	$4,260	$983	$25

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