Motion Graphics Designer Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Motion Graphics Designer make in South Dakota?

As of August 01, 2026, the average salary for a Motion Graphics Designer in South Dakota is $71,915 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $35.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $84,639
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $65,073 to $78,575
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $58,843

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Motion Graphics Designer Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$78,575	$6,548	$1,511	$38
Average	$71,915	$5,993	$1,383	$35
25th Percentile	$65,073	$5,423	$1,251	$31

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Key Factors That Influence Motion Graphics Designer Salaries

A Motion Graphics Designer'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 Motion Graphics Designer Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Motion Graphics Designer'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): $59,099
Early Career (1-2 years): $72,390
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $87,738
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $120,355
Expert (over 8 years): $146,082

Levels	Salary
Motion Gr... Level Motion Graphics Designer	$59,099
Motion Gr... Level Motion Graphics Designer	$72,390
Motion Gr... Level Motion Graphics Designer	$87,738
Motion Gr... Level Motion Graphics Designer	$120,355
Motion Gr... Level Motion Graphics Designer	$146,082

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How Do Motion Graphics Designer 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 Motion Graphics Designers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $87,614.
California: $87,282.
Massachusetts: $86,119.

District of Columbia $87,614 California $87,282 Massachusetts $86,119 Washington $85,802 New Jersey $85,771 Alaska $85,660 Connecticut $84,568 New York $84,125

Hawaii $82,708 Rhode Island $82,043 Maryland $81,592 Minnesota $80,975 Colorado $80,738 Illinois $80,659 Oregon $80,358 Delaware $80,136

New Hampshire $79,997 Virginia $79,685 Pennsylvania $78,775 Nevada $78,316 North Dakota $78,166 Michigan $77,929 Wisconsin $77,842 Vermont $77,667

Texas $77,185 Maine $77,153 Arizona $77,106 Ohio $77,050 Georgia $76,322 Indiana $75,958 Wyoming $75,887 Utah $75,776

Iowa $75,729 Kansas $75,349 Louisiana $75,238 North Carolina $75,199 Missouri $75,183 Florida $74,874 Montana $74,708 Nebraska $74,550

Kentucky $74,463 South Carolina $74,146 Tennessee $73,948 Idaho $73,869 New Mexico $73,292 Oklahoma $73,165 Alabama $72,698 South Dakota $71,915

Arkansas $71,487 West Virginia $71,258 Mississippi $70,569

Top Paying Cities for Motion Graphics Designers

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: $72,664
Aurora: $73,050
Baltic: $72,264

Alcester, SD $72,664 Aurora, SD $73,050 Baltic, SD $72,264 Beresford, SD $72,478 Brandon, SD $72,116 Brookings, SD $73,185 Burbank, SD $72,405 Canistota, SD $72,513

Canton, SD $72,307 Centerville, SD $72,483 Chancellor, SD $72,298 Chester, SD $72,477 Colman, SD $72,714 Colton, SD $72,412 Crooks, SD $72,225 Davis, SD $72,394

Dell Rapids, SD $72,397 Egan, SD $72,591 Elk Point, SD $72,177 Elkton, SD $73,095 Fairview, SD $72,413 Flandreau, SD $72,827 Freeman, SD $72,748 Garretson, SD $72,278

Gayville, SD $72,870 Harrisburg, SD $72,162 Hartford, SD $72,273 Hudson, SD $72,471 Humboldt, SD $72,376 Hurley, SD $72,485 Irene, SD $72,689 Jefferson, SD $71,907

Lennox, SD $72,299 Lesterville, SD $72,816 Lyons, SD $72,292 Madison, SD $72,857 Marion, SD $72,534 Menno, SD $72,778 Mission Hill, SD $72,833 Monroe, SD $72,456

Belle Fourche, SD $72,736 Black Hawk, SD $70,511 Box Elder, SD $70,602 Buffalo, SD $72,604 Buffalo Gap, SD $72,033 Camp Crook, SD $72,673 Caputa, SD $70,943 Custer, SD $71,878

Deadwood, SD $71,435 Edgemont, SD $72,567 Enning, SD $72,001 Fairburn, SD $71,214 Fort Meade, SD $71,206 Hermosa, SD $70,929 Hill City, SD $71,409 Hot Springs, SD $72,512

Howes, SD $72,161 Interior, SD $72,276 Keystone, SD $70,858 Kyle, SD $72,431 Lead, SD $72,089 Ludlow, SD $72,890 Manderson, SD $72,548 Mud Butte, SD $72,205

Nemo, SD $70,958 Newell, SD $72,345 New Underwood, SD $70,946 Nisland, SD $72,505 Oelrichs, SD $72,363 Oglala, SD $72,488 Oral, SD $72,296 Owanka, SD $71,295

Piedmont, SD $70,563 Pine Ridge, SD $72,624 Porcupine, SD $72,405 Pringle, SD $72,101 Quinn, SD $72,172 Redig, SD $72,086 Saint Onge, SD $72,291 Scenic, SD $71,779

Smithwick, SD $72,387 Spearfish, SD $72,617 Sturgis, SD $70,980 Union Center, SD $72,049 Vale, SD $71,822 Wall, SD $72,067 Wasta, SD $71,703 White Owl, SD $72,194

Whitewood, SD $71,987 Wounded Knee, SD $72,552 Leola, SD $72,981 Long Lake, SD $73,093 Mansfield, SD $72,939 Mellette, SD $73,007 Northville, SD $72,928 Onaka, SD $72,645

Orient, SD $72,755 Pierpont, SD $73,002 Redfield, SD $73,120 Rockham, SD $72,841 Roscoe, SD $72,712 Selby, SD $72,586 Seneca, SD $72,599 Stratford, SD $73,011

Tolstoy, SD $72,604 Tulare, SD $73,018 Turton, SD $73,022 Warner, SD $73,095 Westport, SD $72,995 Pierre, SD $66,668 Agar, SD $68,403 Belvidere, SD $72,170

Blunt, SD $66,668 Burke, SD $72,735 Colome, SD $72,647 Dallas, SD $72,624 Draper, SD $70,383 Fort Pierre, SD $66,864 Gregory, SD $72,702 Hamill, SD $72,522

Harrold, SD $67,058 Hayes, SD $71,427 Herrick, SD $72,694 Holabird, SD $68,570 Ideal, SD $72,503 Kadoka, SD $72,253 Kennebec, SD $71,444 Long Valley, SD $72,250

Lower Brule, SD $71,350 Martin, SD $72,424 Midland, SD $72,016 Milesville, SD $72,063 Mission, SD $72,579 Murdo, SD $71,570 Norris, SD $72,363 Okaton, SD $72,180

Okreek, SD $72,538 Onida, SD $67,323 Parmelee, SD $72,492 Philip, SD $72,168 Presho, SD $70,910 Reliance, SD $72,563 Rosebud, SD $72,658 Saint Charles, SD $72,773

Saint Francis, SD $72,519 Tuthill, SD $72,337 Vivian, SD $70,602 Wanblee, SD $72,385 White River, SD $72,353 Winner, SD $72,579 Witten, SD $72,450 Wood, SD $72,344

Mobridge, SD $72,601 Bison, SD $72,420 Bullhead, SD $72,975 Cherry Creek, SD $72,233 Dupree, SD $72,249 Eagle Butte, SD $72,324 Faith, SD $72,226 Glencross, SD $72,288

Glenham, SD $72,628 Herreid, SD $72,905 Isabel, SD $72,274 Keldron, SD $72,623 Lantry, SD $72,358 Lemmon, SD $72,894 Little Eagle, SD $72,964 Lodgepole, SD $72,698

Mc Intosh, SD $72,732 Mc Laughlin, SD $72,668 Meadow, SD $72,254 Morristown, SD $72,806 Mound City, SD $72,775 Pollock, SD $73,049 Prairie City, SD $72,514 Ralph, SD $72,751

Reva, SD $72,518 Ridgeview, SD $72,359 Timber Lake, SD $72,396 Trail City, SD $72,373 Wakpala, SD $72,670 Walker, SD $72,785 Watauga, SD $72,620 Whitehorse, SD $72,436

Rapid City, SD $70,498 Ellsworth Afb, SD $70,498 Allen, SD $72,423 Batesland, SD $72,454 Montrose, SD $72,514 North Sioux City, SD $71,794 Nunda, SD $72,821 Oldham, SD $72,982

Olivet, SD $72,811 Parker, SD $72,416 Ramona, SD $72,853 Renner, SD $72,180 Rowena, SD $72,131 Rutland, SD $72,757 Salem, SD $72,762 Scotland, SD $72,925

Sinai, SD $73,213 Springfield, SD $73,012 Tabor, SD $72,964 Tea, SD $72,219 Trent, SD $72,494 Tyndall, SD $72,943 Utica, SD $72,817 Valley Springs, SD $72,174

Vermillion, SD $72,833 Viborg, SD $72,670 Volga, SD $73,042 Volin, SD $72,750 Wakonda, SD $72,676 Wentworth, SD $72,731 Winfred, SD $72,767 Worthing, SD $72,288

Yankton, SD $73,112 Sioux Falls, SD $72,112 Vienna, SD $73,174 Wallace, SD $73,129 Waubay, SD $73,095 Webster, SD $73,113 White, SD $73,226 Willow Lake, SD $73,256

Wilmot, SD $73,166 Mitchell, SD $73,178 Alexandria, SD $72,909 Alpena, SD $73,033 Armour, SD $72,882 Artesian, SD $73,022 Avon, SD $72,902 Bonesteel, SD $72,761

Bridgewater, SD $72,714 Canova, SD $72,812 Carpenter, SD $73,202 Carthage, SD $73,038 Cavour, SD $73,135 Chamberlain, SD $72,805 Corsica, SD $72,896 Dante, SD $72,859

Delmont, SD $72,863 Dimock, SD $72,943 Emery, SD $72,834 Ethan, SD $72,982 Fairfax, SD $72,773 Fedora, SD $72,958 Fort Thompson, SD $71,950 Fulton, SD $72,968

Gann Valley, SD $72,654 Geddes, SD $72,791 Harrison, SD $72,845 Highmore, SD $71,444 Stephan, SD $71,760 Hitchcock, SD $73,076 Howard, SD $72,995 Huron, SD $73,326

Iroquois, SD $73,151 Kaylor, SD $73,022 Kimball, SD $72,802 Lake Andes, SD $72,908 Lane, SD $73,185 Letcher, SD $72,988 Marty, SD $73,141 Miller, SD $72,870

Mount Vernon, SD $72,941 New Holland, SD $73,049 Oacoma, SD $72,740 Parkston, SD $72,973 Pickstown, SD $73,019 Plankinton, SD $72,929 Platte, SD $72,805 Pukwana, SD $72,753

Ree Heights, SD $72,390 Saint Lawrence, SD $72,873 Spencer, SD $72,802 Stickney, SD $72,882 Tripp, SD $72,902 Virgil, SD $72,971 Wagner, SD $72,916 Wessington, SD $72,916

Wessington Springs, SD $72,905 White Lake, SD $72,833 Wolsey, SD $73,060 Woonsocket, SD $73,027 Yale, SD $73,194 Aberdeen, SD $73,201 Akaska, SD $72,548 Amherst, SD $73,089

Andover, SD $72,984 Ashton, SD $72,970 Barnard, SD $73,071 Bath, SD $73,048 Bowdle, SD $72,685 Brentford, SD $73,102 Britton, SD $73,295 Claremont, SD $73,027

Columbia, SD $72,939 Conde, SD $73,018 Cresbard, SD $72,837 Doland, SD $73,174 Eureka, SD $72,942 Faulkton, SD $72,831 Ferney, SD $73,284 Frankfort, SD $73,169

Frederick, SD $73,090 Gettysburg, SD $72,147 Groton, SD $73,056 Hecla, SD $73,194 Hosmer, SD $72,825 Houghton, SD $72,885 Hoven, SD $72,626 Ipswich, SD $72,901

Java, SD $72,581 Langford, SD $72,991 Lebanon, SD $72,268 Watertown, SD $73,326 Arlington, SD $73,131 Astoria, SD $73,247 Badger, SD $73,259 Big Stone City, SD $73,365

Bradley, SD $73,106 Brandt, SD $73,198 Bristol, SD $73,048 Bruce, SD $73,118 Bryant, SD $73,223 Castlewood, SD $73,178 Claire City, SD $73,289 Clark, SD $73,232

Clear Lake, SD $73,204 Corona, SD $73,291 De Smet, SD $73,194 Eden, SD $73,064 Erwin, SD $73,148 Estelline, SD $73,166 Florence, SD $73,143 Garden City, SD $73,155

Gary, SD $73,251 Goodwin, SD $73,112 Grenville, SD $73,045 Hayti, SD $73,206 Hazel, SD $73,173 Henry, SD $73,174 Kranzburg, SD $73,447 Labolt, SD $73,119

Lake City, SD $73,186 Lake Norden, SD $73,241 Lake Preston, SD $73,170 Marvin, SD $73,041 Milbank, SD $73,353 New Effington, SD $73,445 Ortley, SD $73,056 Peever, SD $73,155

Raymond, SD $73,191 Revillo, SD $73,163 Rosholt, SD $73,428 Roslyn, SD $73,031 Sisseton, SD $73,199 South Shore, SD $73,063 Stockholm, SD $73,064 Strandburg, SD $73,056

Summit, SD $73,060 Toronto, SD $73,170 Twin Brooks, SD $73,036 Veblen, SD $73,326

Motion Graphics Designer Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Motion Graphics Designer roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 70% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Biotechnology and Energy & Utilities sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 25% above the average. In contrast, Motion Graphics Designer positions in Transportation or Hospitality & Leisure typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Motion Graphics Designer as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Motion Graphics Designer

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Biotechnology	$89,893	$43.0	25%
Energy & Utilities	$86,298	$41.0	20%
Pharmaceuticals	$86,298	$41.0	20%
Healthcare	$82,702	$40.0	15%
Aerospace & Defense	$79,106	$38.0	10%

Motion Graphics Designer Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Motion Graphics Designer'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

$65,073

Average $71,915/year

$78,575

$5,423

Average $5,993/month

$6,548

$1,251

Average $1,383/week

$1,511

$31

Average $35/hour

$38

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$78,575	$6,548	$1,511	$38
Average	$71,915	$5,993	$1,383	$35
25th Percentile	$65,073	$5,423	$1,251	$31

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