Help Desk Representative Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Help Desk Representative make in South Dakota?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Help Desk Representative in South Dakota is $61,402 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $30.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $79,335
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $56,440 to $70,789
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $51,922

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Help Desk Representative Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$70,789	$5,899	$1,361	$34
Average	$61,402	$5,117	$1,181	$30
25th Percentile	$56,440	$4,703	$1,085	$27

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Key Factors That Influence Help Desk Representative Salaries

A Help Desk Representative'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 Help Desk Representative Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Help Desk Representative'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): $47,010
Early Career (1-2 years): $54,560
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $61,746
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $68,083
Expert (over 8 years): $76,498

Levels	Salary
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Representative	$47,010
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Representative	$54,560
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Representative	$61,746
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Representative	$68,083
Help Desk... Level Help Desk Representative	$76,498

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How Do Help Desk Representative 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 Help Desk Representatives. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $74,807.
California: $74,523.
Massachusetts: $73,530.

District of Columbia $74,807 California $74,523 Massachusetts $73,530 Washington $73,259 New Jersey $73,232 Alaska $73,138 Connecticut $72,205 New York $71,827

Hawaii $70,618 Rhode Island $70,050 Maryland $69,665 Minnesota $69,138 Colorado $68,935 Illinois $68,868 Oregon $68,611 Delaware $68,422

New Hampshire $68,303 Virginia $68,037 Pennsylvania $67,260 Nevada $66,868 North Dakota $66,739 Michigan $66,537 Wisconsin $66,462 Vermont $66,314

Texas $65,902 Maine $65,875 Arizona $65,834 Ohio $65,787 Georgia $65,165 Indiana $64,854 Wyoming $64,794 Utah $64,699

Iowa $64,658 Kansas $64,334 Louisiana $64,240 North Carolina $64,206 Missouri $64,192 Florida $63,929 Montana $63,787 Nebraska $63,652

Kentucky $63,577 South Carolina $63,307 Tennessee $63,138 Idaho $63,071 New Mexico $62,577 Oklahoma $62,469 Alabama $62,071 South Dakota $61,402

Arkansas $61,037 West Virginia $60,841 Mississippi $60,253

Top Paying Cities for Help Desk Representatives

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: $62,042
Aurora: $62,371
Baltic: $61,701

Alcester, SD $62,042 Aurora, SD $62,371 Baltic, SD $61,701 Beresford, SD $61,883 Brandon, SD $61,574 Brookings, SD $62,486 Burbank, SD $61,821 Canistota, SD $61,913

Canton, SD $61,737 Centerville, SD $61,887 Chancellor, SD $61,730 Chester, SD $61,882 Colman, SD $62,084 Colton, SD $61,826 Crooks, SD $61,667 Davis, SD $61,811

Dell Rapids, SD $61,814 Egan, SD $61,980 Elk Point, SD $61,626 Elkton, SD $62,410 Fairview, SD $61,828 Flandreau, SD $62,181 Freeman, SD $62,113 Garretson, SD $61,712

Gayville, SD $62,217 Harrisburg, SD $61,613 Hartford, SD $61,708 Hudson, SD $61,877 Humboldt, SD $61,796 Hurley, SD $61,889 Irene, SD $62,063 Jefferson, SD $61,395

Lennox, SD $61,730 Lesterville, SD $62,171 Lyons, SD $61,724 Madison, SD $62,207 Marion, SD $61,931 Menno, SD $62,139 Mission Hill, SD $62,186 Monroe, SD $61,864

Belle Fourche, SD $62,103 Black Hawk, SD $60,203 Box Elder, SD $60,281 Buffalo, SD $61,990 Buffalo Gap, SD $61,503 Camp Crook, SD $62,050 Caputa, SD $60,572 Custer, SD $61,371

Deadwood, SD $60,992 Edgemont, SD $61,959 Enning, SD $61,476 Fairburn, SD $60,803 Fort Meade, SD $60,797 Hermosa, SD $60,560 Hill City, SD $60,970 Hot Springs, SD $61,912

Howes, SD $61,612 Interior, SD $61,711 Keystone, SD $60,500 Kyle, SD $61,842 Lead, SD $61,551 Ludlow, SD $62,234 Manderson, SD $61,942 Mud Butte, SD $61,650

Nemo, SD $60,585 Newell, SD $61,769 New Underwood, SD $60,575 Nisland, SD $61,906 Oelrichs, SD $61,784 Oglala, SD $61,892 Oral, SD $61,728 Owanka, SD $60,873

Piedmont, SD $60,248 Pine Ridge, SD $62,007 Porcupine, SD $61,821 Pringle, SD $61,561 Quinn, SD $61,621 Redig, SD $61,549 Saint Onge, SD $61,723 Scenic, SD $61,286

Smithwick, SD $61,805 Spearfish, SD $62,002 Sturgis, SD $60,604 Union Center, SD $61,517 Vale, SD $61,323 Wall, SD $61,532 Wasta, SD $61,221 White Owl, SD $61,640

Whitewood, SD $61,463 Wounded Knee, SD $61,946 Leola, SD $62,313 Long Lake, SD $62,408 Mansfield, SD $62,276 Mellette, SD $62,334 Northville, SD $62,267 Onaka, SD $62,026

Orient, SD $62,119 Pierpont, SD $62,330 Redfield, SD $62,431 Rockham, SD $62,193 Roscoe, SD $62,083 Selby, SD $61,976 Seneca, SD $61,986 Stratford, SD $62,338

Tolstoy, SD $61,990 Tulare, SD $62,344 Turton, SD $62,348 Warner, SD $62,410 Westport, SD $62,324 Pierre, SD $56,922 Agar, SD $58,403 Belvidere, SD $61,620

Blunt, SD $56,922 Burke, SD $62,103 Colome, SD $62,027 Dallas, SD $62,008 Draper, SD $60,094 Fort Pierre, SD $57,089 Gregory, SD $62,074 Hamill, SD $61,920

Harrold, SD $57,255 Hayes, SD $60,986 Herrick, SD $62,067 Holabird, SD $58,546 Ideal, SD $61,904 Kadoka, SD $61,691 Kennebec, SD $61,000 Long Valley, SD $61,688

Lower Brule, SD $60,919 Martin, SD $61,837 Midland, SD $61,488 Milesville, SD $61,528 Mission, SD $61,969 Murdo, SD $61,108 Norris, SD $61,784 Okaton, SD $61,628

Okreek, SD $61,934 Onida, SD $57,481 Parmelee, SD $61,895 Philip, SD $61,618 Presho, SD $60,544 Reliance, SD $61,955 Rosebud, SD $62,037 Saint Charles, SD $62,135

Saint Francis, SD $61,918 Tuthill, SD $61,763 Vivian, SD $60,281 Wanblee, SD $61,804 White River, SD $61,776 Winner, SD $61,969 Witten, SD $61,859 Wood, SD $61,769

Mobridge, SD $61,988 Bison, SD $61,834 Bullhead, SD $62,307 Cherry Creek, SD $61,673 Dupree, SD $61,687 Eagle Butte, SD $61,751 Faith, SD $61,668 Glencross, SD $61,721

Glenham, SD $62,011 Herreid, SD $62,248 Isabel, SD $61,709 Keldron, SD $62,007 Lantry, SD $61,780 Lemmon, SD $62,238 Little Eagle, SD $62,298 Lodgepole, SD $62,071

Mc Intosh, SD $62,100 Mc Laughlin, SD $62,045 Meadow, SD $61,692 Morristown, SD $62,163 Mound City, SD $62,136 Pollock, SD $62,370 Prairie City, SD $61,914 Ralph, SD $62,116

Reva, SD $61,917 Ridgeview, SD $61,782 Timber Lake, SD $61,813 Trail City, SD $61,793 Wakpala, SD $62,046 Walker, SD $62,145 Watauga, SD $62,005 Whitehorse, SD $61,847

Rapid City, SD $60,193 Ellsworth Afb, SD $60,193 Allen, SD $61,836 Batesland, SD $61,862 Montrose, SD $61,913 North Sioux City, SD $61,299 Nunda, SD $62,176 Oldham, SD $62,313

Olivet, SD $62,167 Parker, SD $61,830 Ramona, SD $62,203 Renner, SD $61,628 Rowena, SD $61,586 Rutland, SD $62,121 Salem, SD $62,125 Scotland, SD $62,265

Sinai, SD $62,511 Springfield, SD $62,339 Tabor, SD $62,298 Tea, SD $61,662 Trent, SD $61,896 Tyndall, SD $62,280 Utica, SD $62,172 Valley Springs, SD $61,623

Vermillion, SD $62,186 Viborg, SD $62,046 Volga, SD $62,365 Volin, SD $62,115 Wakonda, SD $62,052 Wentworth, SD $62,099 Winfred, SD $62,130 Worthing, SD $61,721

Yankton, SD $62,424 Sioux Falls, SD $61,571 Vienna, SD $62,477 Wallace, SD $62,439 Waubay, SD $62,410 Webster, SD $62,425 White, SD $62,521 Willow Lake, SD $62,547

Wilmot, SD $62,471 Mitchell, SD $62,481 Alexandria, SD $62,251 Alpena, SD $62,357 Armour, SD $62,228 Artesian, SD $62,347 Avon, SD $62,245 Bonesteel, SD $62,124

Bridgewater, SD $62,084 Canova, SD $62,168 Carpenter, SD $62,501 Carthage, SD $62,361 Cavour, SD $62,444 Chamberlain, SD $62,162 Corsica, SD $62,240 Dante, SD $62,209

Delmont, SD $62,211 Dimock, SD $62,280 Emery, SD $62,187 Ethan, SD $62,313 Fairfax, SD $62,135 Fedora, SD $62,293 Fort Thompson, SD $61,432 Fulton, SD $62,301

Gann Valley, SD $62,034 Geddes, SD $62,150 Harrison, SD $62,196 Highmore, SD $61,000 Stephan, SD $61,270 Hitchcock, SD $62,394 Howard, SD $62,324 Huron, SD $62,607

Iroquois, SD $62,458 Kaylor, SD $62,348 Kimball, SD $62,159 Lake Andes, SD $62,250 Lane, SD $62,487 Letcher, SD $62,319 Marty, SD $62,449 Miller, SD $62,217

Mount Vernon, SD $62,278 New Holland, SD $62,371 Oacoma, SD $62,107 Parkston, SD $62,305 Pickstown, SD $62,345 Plankinton, SD $62,268 Platte, SD $62,162 Pukwana, SD $62,118

Ree Heights, SD $61,808 Saint Lawrence, SD $62,220 Spencer, SD $62,160 Stickney, SD $62,228 Tripp, SD $62,245 Virgil, SD $62,304 Wagner, SD $62,257 Wessington, SD $62,257

Wessington Springs, SD $62,248 White Lake, SD $62,186 Wolsey, SD $62,380 Woonsocket, SD $62,352 Yale, SD $62,494 Aberdeen, SD $62,500 Akaska, SD $61,942 Amherst, SD $62,405

Andover, SD $62,315 Ashton, SD $62,303 Barnard, SD $62,389 Bath, SD $62,369 Bowdle, SD $62,059 Brentford, SD $62,416 Britton, SD $62,580 Claremont, SD $62,352

Columbia, SD $62,277 Conde, SD $62,344 Cresbard, SD $62,190 Doland, SD $62,477 Eureka, SD $62,279 Faulkton, SD $62,184 Ferney, SD $62,571 Frankfort, SD $62,473

Frederick, SD $62,405 Gettysburg, SD $61,601 Groton, SD $62,376 Hecla, SD $62,494 Hosmer, SD $62,180 Houghton, SD $62,230 Hoven, SD $62,009 Ipswich, SD $62,244

Java, SD $61,971 Langford, SD $62,321 Lebanon, SD $61,704 Watertown, SD $62,607 Arlington, SD $62,440 Astoria, SD $62,540 Badger, SD $62,550 Big Stone City, SD $62,640

Bradley, SD $62,419 Brandt, SD $62,498 Bristol, SD $62,369 Bruce, SD $62,430 Bryant, SD $62,519 Castlewood, SD $62,481 Claire City, SD $62,575 Clark, SD $62,527

Clear Lake, SD $62,503 Corona, SD $62,577 De Smet, SD $62,494 Eden, SD $62,384 Erwin, SD $62,455 Estelline, SD $62,471 Florence, SD $62,450 Garden City, SD $62,461

Gary, SD $62,543 Goodwin, SD $62,424 Grenville, SD $62,367 Hayti, SD $62,505 Hazel, SD $62,476 Henry, SD $62,478 Kranzburg, SD $62,710 Labolt, SD $62,430

Lake City, SD $62,488 Lake Norden, SD $62,534 Lake Preston, SD $62,474 Marvin, SD $62,363 Milbank, SD $62,630 New Effington, SD $62,709 Ortley, SD $62,377 Peever, SD $62,461

Raymond, SD $62,492 Revillo, SD $62,468 Rosholt, SD $62,694 Roslyn, SD $62,355 Sisseton, SD $62,498 South Shore, SD $62,382 Stockholm, SD $62,383 Strandburg, SD $62,376

Summit, SD $62,380 Toronto, SD $62,473 Twin Brooks, SD $62,359 Veblen, SD $62,607

Help Desk Representative Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Help Desk Representative'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 May 01, 2026

$56,440

Average $61,402/year

$70,789

$4,703

Average $5,117/month

$5,899

$1,085

Average $1,181/week

$1,361

$27

Average $30/hour

$34

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$70,789	$5,899	$1,361	$34
Average	$61,402	$5,117	$1,181	$30
25th Percentile	$56,440	$4,703	$1,085	$27

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