Field Engineering Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Field Engineering make in South Dakota?

As of June 01, 2026, the average salary for a Field Engineering in South Dakota is $77,332 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $37.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $90,578
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $68,431 to $84,265
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $60,328

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Field Engineering Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$84,265	$7,022	$1,620	$41
Average	$77,332	$6,444	$1,487	$37
25th Percentile	$68,431	$5,703	$1,316	$33

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Key Factors That Influence Field Engineering Salaries

A Field Engineering'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 Field Engineering Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Field Engineering'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): $67,069
Early Career (1-2 years): $77,950
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $89,790
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $113,058
Expert (over 8 years): $108,520

Levels	Salary
Field Eng... Level Field Engineering	$67,069
Field Eng... Level Field Engineering	$77,950
Field Eng... Level Field Engineering	$89,790
Field Eng... Level Field Engineering	$113,058
Field Eng... Level Field Engineering	$108,520

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

District of Columbia: $94,214.
California: $93,857.
Massachusetts: $92,606.

District of Columbia $94,214 California $93,857 Massachusetts $92,606 Washington $92,265 New Jersey $92,231 Alaska $92,112 Connecticut $90,938 New York $90,462

Hawaii $88,938 Rhode Island $88,224 Maryland $87,739 Minnesota $87,075 Colorado $86,820 Illinois $86,734 Oregon $86,411 Delaware $86,173

New Hampshire $86,023 Virginia $85,688 Pennsylvania $84,709 Nevada $84,216 North Dakota $84,054 Michigan $83,799 Wisconsin $83,705 Vermont $83,518

Texas $82,999 Maine $82,965 Arizona $82,914 Ohio $82,854 Georgia $82,071 Indiana $81,680 Wyoming $81,603 Utah $81,484

Iowa $81,433 Kansas $81,025 Louisiana $80,906 North Carolina $80,863 Missouri $80,846 Florida $80,514 Montana $80,336 Nebraska $80,165

Kentucky $80,072 South Carolina $79,731 Tennessee $79,519 Idaho $79,434 New Mexico $78,812 Oklahoma $78,676 Alabama $78,174 South Dakota $77,332

Arkansas $76,872 West Virginia $76,626 Mississippi $75,885

Top Paying Cities for Field Engineerings

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: $78,138
Aurora: $78,553
Baltic: $77,708

Alcester, SD $78,138 Aurora, SD $78,553 Baltic, SD $77,708 Beresford, SD $77,938 Brandon, SD $77,549 Brookings, SD $78,698 Burbank, SD $77,859 Canistota, SD $77,975

Canton, SD $77,754 Centerville, SD $77,943 Chancellor, SD $77,744 Chester, SD $77,937 Colman, SD $78,191 Colton, SD $77,866 Crooks, SD $77,665 Davis, SD $77,847

Dell Rapids, SD $77,851 Egan, SD $78,059 Elk Point, SD $77,613 Elkton, SD $78,601 Fairview, SD $77,868 Flandreau, SD $78,313 Freeman, SD $78,228 Garretson, SD $77,722

Gayville, SD $78,359 Harrisburg, SD $77,598 Hartford, SD $77,717 Hudson, SD $77,930 Humboldt, SD $77,828 Hurley, SD $77,945 Irene, SD $78,164 Jefferson, SD $77,323

Lennox, SD $77,745 Lesterville, SD $78,301 Lyons, SD $77,738 Madison, SD $78,345 Marion, SD $77,998 Menno, SD $78,260 Mission Hill, SD $78,319 Monroe, SD $77,914

Belle Fourche, SD $78,215 Black Hawk, SD $75,822 Box Elder, SD $75,920 Buffalo, SD $78,073 Buffalo Gap, SD $77,459 Camp Crook, SD $78,148 Caputa, SD $76,287 Custer, SD $77,293

Deadwood, SD $76,816 Edgemont, SD $78,034 Enning, SD $77,425 Fairburn, SD $76,578 Fort Meade, SD $76,570 Hermosa, SD $76,272 Hill City, SD $76,788 Hot Springs, SD $77,974

Howes, SD $77,596 Interior, SD $77,721 Keystone, SD $76,196 Kyle, SD $77,887 Lead, SD $77,520 Ludlow, SD $78,380 Manderson, SD $78,013 Mud Butte, SD $77,644

Nemo, SD $76,303 Newell, SD $77,795 New Underwood, SD $76,290 Nisland, SD $77,967 Oelrichs, SD $77,813 Oglala, SD $77,949 Oral, SD $77,742 Owanka, SD $76,666

Piedmont, SD $75,878 Pine Ridge, SD $78,094 Porcupine, SD $77,859 Pringle, SD $77,533 Quinn, SD $77,608 Redig, SD $77,516 Saint Onge, SD $77,737 Scenic, SD $77,185

Smithwick, SD $77,840 Spearfish, SD $78,087 Sturgis, SD $76,327 Union Center, SD $77,476 Vale, SD $77,232 Wall, SD $77,496 Wasta, SD $77,104 White Owl, SD $77,632

Whitewood, SD $77,409 Wounded Knee, SD $78,017 Leola, SD $78,479 Long Lake, SD $78,599 Mansfield, SD $78,433 Mellette, SD $78,506 Northville, SD $78,422 Onaka, SD $78,117

Orient, SD $78,235 Pierpont, SD $78,501 Redfield, SD $78,628 Rockham, SD $78,328 Roscoe, SD $78,190 Selby, SD $78,054 Seneca, SD $78,068 Stratford, SD $78,510

Tolstoy, SD $78,073 Tulare, SD $78,519 Turton, SD $78,523 Warner, SD $78,601 Westport, SD $78,493 Pierre, SD $71,690 Agar, SD $73,555 Belvidere, SD $77,607

Blunt, SD $71,690 Burke, SD $78,214 Colome, SD $78,119 Dallas, SD $78,095 Draper, SD $75,684 Fort Pierre, SD $71,900 Gregory, SD $78,178 Hamill, SD $77,984

Harrold, SD $72,109 Hayes, SD $76,808 Herrick, SD $78,170 Holabird, SD $73,735 Ideal, SD $77,964 Kadoka, SD $77,696 Kennebec, SD $76,825 Long Valley, SD $77,693

Lower Brule, SD $76,724 Martin, SD $77,880 Midland, SD $77,441 Milesville, SD $77,491 Mission, SD $78,047 Murdo, SD $76,962 Norris, SD $77,813 Okaton, SD $77,617

Okreek, SD $78,002 Onida, SD $72,394 Parmelee, SD $77,953 Philip, SD $77,604 Presho, SD $76,251 Reliance, SD $78,029 Rosebud, SD $78,132 Saint Charles, SD $78,255

Saint Francis, SD $77,982 Tuthill, SD $77,786 Vivian, SD $75,920 Wanblee, SD $77,838 White River, SD $77,803 Winner, SD $78,047 Witten, SD $77,907 Wood, SD $77,794

Mobridge, SD $78,070 Bison, SD $77,876 Bullhead, SD $78,472 Cherry Creek, SD $77,674 Dupree, SD $77,691 Eagle Butte, SD $77,772 Faith, SD $77,667 Glencross, SD $77,733

Glenham, SD $78,098 Herreid, SD $78,397 Isabel, SD $77,718 Keldron, SD $78,093 Lantry, SD $77,808 Lemmon, SD $78,385 Little Eagle, SD $78,460 Lodgepole, SD $78,174

Mc Intosh, SD $78,211 Mc Laughlin, SD $78,142 Meadow, SD $77,697 Morristown, SD $78,291 Mound City, SD $78,257 Pollock, SD $78,551 Prairie City, SD $77,977 Ralph, SD $78,231

Reva, SD $77,981 Ridgeview, SD $77,810 Timber Lake, SD $77,849 Trail City, SD $77,824 Wakpala, SD $78,144 Walker, SD $78,268 Watauga, SD $78,091 Whitehorse, SD $77,893

Rapid City, SD $75,809 Ellsworth Afb, SD $75,809 Allen, SD $77,879 Batesland, SD $77,911 Montrose, SD $77,976 North Sioux City, SD $77,202 Nunda, SD $78,307 Oldham, SD $78,480

Olivet, SD $78,296 Parker, SD $77,871 Ramona, SD $78,341 Renner, SD $77,617 Rowena, SD $77,564 Rutland, SD $78,238 Salem, SD $78,243 Scotland, SD $78,418

Sinai, SD $78,728 Springfield, SD $78,512 Tabor, SD $78,460 Tea, SD $77,659 Trent, SD $77,955 Tyndall, SD $78,438 Utica, SD $78,302 Valley Springs, SD $77,611

Vermillion, SD $78,320 Viborg, SD $78,144 Volga, SD $78,544 Volin, SD $78,230 Wakonda, SD $78,150 Wentworth, SD $78,210 Winfred, SD $78,248 Worthing, SD $77,733

Yankton, SD $78,619 Sioux Falls, SD $77,545 Vienna, SD $78,686 Wallace, SD $78,638 Waubay, SD $78,601 Webster, SD $78,620 White, SD $78,742 Willow Lake, SD $78,774

Wilmot, SD $78,678 Mitchell, SD $78,691 Alexandria, SD $78,401 Alpena, SD $78,534 Armour, SD $78,372 Artesian, SD $78,522 Avon, SD $78,394 Bonesteel, SD $78,241

Bridgewater, SD $78,191 Canova, SD $78,297 Carpenter, SD $78,716 Carthage, SD $78,540 Cavour, SD $78,644 Chamberlain, SD $78,289 Corsica, SD $78,387 Dante, SD $78,348

Delmont, SD $78,351 Dimock, SD $78,438 Emery, SD $78,321 Ethan, SD $78,480 Fairfax, SD $78,255 Fedora, SD $78,454 Fort Thompson, SD $77,370 Fulton, SD $78,464

Gann Valley, SD $78,127 Geddes, SD $78,274 Harrison, SD $78,332 Highmore, SD $76,825 Stephan, SD $77,166 Hitchcock, SD $78,581 Howard, SD $78,493 Huron, SD $78,849

Iroquois, SD $78,662 Kaylor, SD $78,523 Kimball, SD $78,286 Lake Andes, SD $78,400 Lane, SD $78,698 Letcher, SD $78,486 Marty, SD $78,651 Miller, SD $78,359

Mount Vernon, SD $78,435 New Holland, SD $78,552 Oacoma, SD $78,219 Parkston, SD $78,469 Pickstown, SD $78,520 Plankinton, SD $78,423 Platte, SD $78,289 Pukwana, SD $78,234

Ree Heights, SD $77,843 Saint Lawrence, SD $78,362 Spencer, SD $78,287 Stickney, SD $78,372 Tripp, SD $78,394 Virgil, SD $78,468 Wagner, SD $78,409 Wessington, SD $78,409

Wessington Springs, SD $78,397 White Lake, SD $78,320 Wolsey, SD $78,564 Woonsocket, SD $78,528 Yale, SD $78,708 Aberdeen, SD $78,715 Akaska, SD $78,013 Amherst, SD $78,595

Andover, SD $78,481 Ashton, SD $78,467 Barnard, SD $78,575 Bath, SD $78,550 Bowdle, SD $78,160 Brentford, SD $78,609 Britton, SD $78,816 Claremont, SD $78,528

Columbia, SD $78,434 Conde, SD $78,518 Cresbard, SD $78,324 Doland, SD $78,686 Eureka, SD $78,436 Faulkton, SD $78,317 Ferney, SD $78,804 Frankfort, SD $78,681

Frederick, SD $78,595 Gettysburg, SD $77,582 Groton, SD $78,559 Hecla, SD $78,708 Hosmer, SD $78,311 Houghton, SD $78,375 Hoven, SD $78,097 Ipswich, SD $78,392

Java, SD $78,048 Langford, SD $78,489 Lebanon, SD $77,712 Watertown, SD $78,849 Arlington, SD $78,640 Astoria, SD $78,765 Badger, SD $78,778 Big Stone City, SD $78,892

Bradley, SD $78,613 Brandt, SD $78,712 Bristol, SD $78,550 Bruce, SD $78,626 Bryant, SD $78,739 Castlewood, SD $78,691 Claire City, SD $78,810 Clark, SD $78,749

Clear Lake, SD $78,719 Corona, SD $78,812 De Smet, SD $78,708 Eden, SD $78,568 Erwin, SD $78,658 Estelline, SD $78,678 Florence, SD $78,652 Garden City, SD $78,666

Gary, SD $78,769 Goodwin, SD $78,619 Grenville, SD $78,548 Hayti, SD $78,720 Hazel, SD $78,685 Henry, SD $78,686 Kranzburg, SD $78,979 Labolt, SD $78,627

Lake City, SD $78,699 Lake Norden, SD $78,758 Lake Preston, SD $78,682 Marvin, SD $78,543 Milbank, SD $78,879 New Effington, SD $78,977 Ortley, SD $78,560 Peever, SD $78,665

Raymond, SD $78,704 Revillo, SD $78,675 Rosholt, SD $78,959 Roslyn, SD $78,532 Sisseton, SD $78,713 South Shore, SD $78,566 Stockholm, SD $78,567 Strandburg, SD $78,559

Summit, SD $78,564 Toronto, SD $78,681 Twin Brooks, SD $78,538 Veblen, SD $78,849

Field Engineering Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Field Engineering'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 June 01, 2026

$68,431

Average $77,332/year

$84,265

$5,703

Average $6,444/month

$7,022

$1,316

Average $1,487/week

$1,620

$33

Average $37/hour

$41

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$84,265	$7,022	$1,620	$41
Average	$77,332	$6,444	$1,487	$37
25th Percentile	$68,431	$5,703	$1,316	$33

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