Software Quality Assurance Salary in South Dakota

How much does a Software Quality Assurance make in South Dakota?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Software Quality Assurance in South Dakota is $64,208 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $31.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $72,429
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $59,222 to $68,511
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $54,682

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Software Quality Assurance Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$68,511	$5,709	$1,318	$33
Average	$64,208	$5,351	$1,235	$31
25th Percentile	$59,222	$4,935	$1,139	$28

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Key Factors That Influence Software Quality Assurance Salaries

A Software Quality Assurance'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 Software Quality Assurance Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Software Quality Assurance'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): $64,554
Early Career (1-2 years): $82,855
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $100,452
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $115,999
Expert (over 8 years): $135,632

Levels	Salary
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$64,554
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$82,855
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$100,452
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$115,999
Software ... Level Software Quality Assurance	$135,632

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How Do Software Quality Assurance 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 Software Quality Assurances. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $78,225.
California: $77,929.
Massachusetts: $76,890.

District of Columbia $78,225 California $77,929 Massachusetts $76,890 Washington $76,607 New Jersey $76,579 Alaska $76,480 Connecticut $75,505 New York $75,110

Hawaii $73,845 Rhode Island $73,251 Maryland $72,849 Minnesota $72,298 Colorado $72,086 Illinois $72,015 Oregon $71,747 Delaware $71,549

New Hampshire $71,424 Virginia $71,146 Pennsylvania $70,334 Nevada $69,924 North Dakota $69,790 Michigan $69,578 Wisconsin $69,500 Vermont $69,344

Texas $68,913 Maine $68,885 Arizona $68,843 Ohio $68,793 Georgia $68,143 Indiana $67,818 Wyoming $67,755 Utah $67,656

Iowa $67,613 Kansas $67,274 Louisiana $67,175 North Carolina $67,140 Missouri $67,126 Florida $66,850 Montana $66,702 Nebraska $66,561

Kentucky $66,483 South Carolina $66,200 Tennessee $66,024 Idaho $65,953 New Mexico $65,437 Oklahoma $65,324 Alabama $64,908 South Dakota $64,208

Arkansas $63,827 West Virginia $63,622 Mississippi $63,007

Top Paying Cities for Software Quality Assurances

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: $64,877
Aurora: $65,222
Baltic: $64,520

Alcester, SD $64,877 Aurora, SD $65,222 Baltic, SD $64,520 Beresford, SD $64,711 Brandon, SD $64,388 Brookings, SD $65,342 Burbank, SD $64,646 Canistota, SD $64,742

Canton, SD $64,559 Centerville, SD $64,715 Chancellor, SD $64,551 Chester, SD $64,710 Colman, SD $64,922 Colton, SD $64,652 Crooks, SD $64,485 Davis, SD $64,636

Dell Rapids, SD $64,639 Egan, SD $64,812 Elk Point, SD $64,442 Elkton, SD $65,262 Fairview, SD $64,653 Flandreau, SD $65,023 Freeman, SD $64,952 Garretson, SD $64,532

Gayville, SD $65,061 Harrisburg, SD $64,429 Hartford, SD $64,528 Hudson, SD $64,705 Humboldt, SD $64,620 Hurley, SD $64,717 Irene, SD $64,899 Jefferson, SD $64,201

Lennox, SD $64,551 Lesterville, SD $65,013 Lyons, SD $64,545 Madison, SD $65,050 Marion, SD $64,761 Menno, SD $64,979 Mission Hill, SD $65,028 Monroe, SD $64,691

Belle Fourche, SD $64,941 Black Hawk, SD $62,955 Box Elder, SD $63,036 Buffalo, SD $64,823 Buffalo Gap, SD $64,313 Camp Crook, SD $64,886 Caputa, SD $63,340 Custer, SD $64,176

Deadwood, SD $63,780 Edgemont, SD $64,791 Enning, SD $64,285 Fairburn, SD $63,582 Fort Meade, SD $63,576 Hermosa, SD $63,328 Hill City, SD $63,757 Hot Springs, SD $64,742

Howes, SD $64,428 Interior, SD $64,531 Keystone, SD $63,265 Kyle, SD $64,669 Lead, SD $64,364 Ludlow, SD $65,079 Manderson, SD $64,773 Mud Butte, SD $64,467

Nemo, SD $63,354 Newell, SD $64,592 New Underwood, SD $63,343 Nisland, SD $64,735 Oelrichs, SD $64,608 Oglala, SD $64,720 Oral, SD $64,549 Owanka, SD $63,655

Piedmont, SD $63,001 Pine Ridge, SD $64,841 Porcupine, SD $64,646 Pringle, SD $64,375 Quinn, SD $64,438 Redig, SD $64,361 Saint Onge, SD $64,544 Scenic, SD $64,087

Smithwick, SD $64,630 Spearfish, SD $64,835 Sturgis, SD $63,374 Union Center, SD $64,328 Vale, SD $64,125 Wall, SD $64,344 Wasta, SD $64,019 White Owl, SD $64,457

Whitewood, SD $64,272 Wounded Knee, SD $64,777 Leola, SD $65,160 Long Lake, SD $65,260 Mansfield, SD $65,122 Mellette, SD $65,183 Northville, SD $65,113 Onaka, SD $64,860

Orient, SD $64,958 Pierpont, SD $65,179 Redfield, SD $65,284 Rockham, SD $65,035 Roscoe, SD $64,920 Selby, SD $64,808 Seneca, SD $64,819 Stratford, SD $65,187

Tolstoy, SD $64,823 Tulare, SD $65,194 Turton, SD $65,197 Warner, SD $65,262 Westport, SD $65,172 Pierre, SD $59,524 Agar, SD $61,073 Belvidere, SD $64,436

Blunt, SD $59,524 Burke, SD $64,941 Colome, SD $64,862 Dallas, SD $64,842 Draper, SD $62,840 Fort Pierre, SD $59,698 Gregory, SD $64,911 Hamill, SD $64,750

Harrold, SD $59,871 Hayes, SD $63,773 Herrick, SD $64,904 Holabird, SD $61,222 Ideal, SD $64,733 Kadoka, SD $64,510 Kennebec, SD $63,788 Long Valley, SD $64,508

Lower Brule, SD $63,704 Martin, SD $64,663 Midland, SD $64,299 Milesville, SD $64,340 Mission, SD $64,802 Murdo, SD $63,901 Norris, SD $64,608 Okaton, SD $64,445

Okreek, SD $64,765 Onida, SD $60,108 Parmelee, SD $64,724 Philip, SD $64,434 Presho, SD $63,311 Reliance, SD $64,787 Rosebud, SD $64,872 Saint Charles, SD $64,975

Saint Francis, SD $64,748 Tuthill, SD $64,585 Vivian, SD $63,036 Wanblee, SD $64,628 White River, SD $64,599 Winner, SD $64,802 Witten, SD $64,686 Wood, SD $64,592

Mobridge, SD $64,821 Bison, SD $64,660 Bullhead, SD $65,155 Cherry Creek, SD $64,492 Dupree, SD $64,506 Eagle Butte, SD $64,573 Faith, SD $64,486 Glencross, SD $64,542

Glenham, SD $64,845 Herreid, SD $65,093 Isabel, SD $64,529 Keldron, SD $64,840 Lantry, SD $64,604 Lemmon, SD $65,083 Little Eagle, SD $65,145 Lodgepole, SD $64,908

Mc Intosh, SD $64,938 Mc Laughlin, SD $64,881 Meadow, SD $64,511 Morristown, SD $65,004 Mound City, SD $64,976 Pollock, SD $65,221 Prairie City, SD $64,744 Ralph, SD $64,955

Reva, SD $64,747 Ridgeview, SD $64,605 Timber Lake, SD $64,638 Trail City, SD $64,617 Wakpala, SD $64,882 Walker, SD $64,985 Watauga, SD $64,838 Whitehorse, SD $64,674

Rapid City, SD $62,943 Ellsworth Afb, SD $62,943 Allen, SD $64,662 Batesland, SD $64,689 Montrose, SD $64,743 North Sioux City, SD $64,100 Nunda, SD $65,018 Oldham, SD $65,161

Olivet, SD $65,009 Parker, SD $64,656 Ramona, SD $65,046 Renner, SD $64,445 Rowena, SD $64,401 Rutland, SD $64,961 Salem, SD $64,965 Scotland, SD $65,110

Sinai, SD $65,367 Springfield, SD $65,188 Tabor, SD $65,145 Tea, SD $64,480 Trent, SD $64,725 Tyndall, SD $65,127 Utica, SD $65,014 Valley Springs, SD $64,440

Vermillion, SD $65,028 Viborg, SD $64,882 Volga, SD $65,215 Volin, SD $64,954 Wakonda, SD $64,888 Wentworth, SD $64,937 Winfred, SD $64,969 Worthing, SD $64,542

Yankton, SD $65,277 Sioux Falls, SD $64,385 Vienna, SD $65,332 Wallace, SD $65,293 Waubay, SD $65,262 Webster, SD $65,278 White, SD $65,379 Willow Lake, SD $65,406

Wilmot, SD $65,326 Mitchell, SD $65,336 Alexandria, SD $65,096 Alpena, SD $65,206 Armour, SD $65,072 Artesian, SD $65,196 Avon, SD $65,090 Bonesteel, SD $64,963

Bridgewater, SD $64,922 Canova, SD $65,009 Carpenter, SD $65,358 Carthage, SD $65,211 Cavour, SD $65,298 Chamberlain, SD $65,003 Corsica, SD $65,084 Dante, SD $65,052

Delmont, SD $65,054 Dimock, SD $65,127 Emery, SD $65,029 Ethan, SD $65,161 Fairfax, SD $64,975 Fedora, SD $65,140 Fort Thompson, SD $64,240 Fulton, SD $65,148

Gann Valley, SD $64,869 Geddes, SD $64,990 Harrison, SD $65,039 Highmore, SD $63,788 Stephan, SD $64,070 Hitchcock, SD $65,245 Howard, SD $65,172 Huron, SD $65,468

Iroquois, SD $65,312 Kaylor, SD $65,197 Kimball, SD $65,000 Lake Andes, SD $65,095 Lane, SD $65,343 Letcher, SD $65,167 Marty, SD $65,303 Miller, SD $65,061

Mount Vernon, SD $65,124 New Holland, SD $65,221 Oacoma, SD $64,945 Parkston, SD $65,153 Pickstown, SD $65,194 Plankinton, SD $65,114 Platte, SD $65,003 Pukwana, SD $64,957

Ree Heights, SD $64,633 Saint Lawrence, SD $65,064 Spencer, SD $65,001 Stickney, SD $65,071 Tripp, SD $65,090 Virgil, SD $65,151 Wagner, SD $65,103 Wessington, SD $65,103

Wessington Springs, SD $65,093 White Lake, SD $65,028 Wolsey, SD $65,231 Woonsocket, SD $65,201 Yale, SD $65,351 Aberdeen, SD $65,357 Akaska, SD $64,773 Amherst, SD $65,257

Andover, SD $65,163 Ashton, SD $65,151 Barnard, SD $65,240 Bath, SD $65,220 Bowdle, SD $64,896 Brentford, SD $65,269 Britton, SD $65,440 Claremont, SD $65,201

Columbia, SD $65,123 Conde, SD $65,193 Cresbard, SD $65,032 Doland, SD $65,332 Eureka, SD $65,125 Faulkton, SD $65,026 Ferney, SD $65,430 Frankfort, SD $65,328

Frederick, SD $65,257 Gettysburg, SD $64,416 Groton, SD $65,227 Hecla, SD $65,351 Hosmer, SD $65,021 Houghton, SD $65,074 Hoven, SD $64,843 Ipswich, SD $65,088

Java, SD $64,803 Langford, SD $65,169 Lebanon, SD $64,524 Watertown, SD $65,468 Arlington, SD $65,294 Astoria, SD $65,398 Badger, SD $65,408 Big Stone City, SD $65,503

Bradley, SD $65,272 Brandt, SD $65,354 Bristol, SD $65,220 Bruce, SD $65,283 Bryant, SD $65,377 Castlewood, SD $65,336 Claire City, SD $65,435 Clark, SD $65,384

Clear Lake, SD $65,360 Corona, SD $65,437 De Smet, SD $65,351 Eden, SD $65,235 Erwin, SD $65,310 Estelline, SD $65,326 Florence, SD $65,305 Garden City, SD $65,316

Gary, SD $65,401 Goodwin, SD $65,277 Grenville, SD $65,218 Hayti, SD $65,361 Hazel, SD $65,331 Henry, SD $65,333 Kranzburg, SD $65,576 Labolt, SD $65,283

Lake City, SD $65,343 Lake Norden, SD $65,392 Lake Preston, SD $65,329 Marvin, SD $65,213 Milbank, SD $65,493 New Effington, SD $65,574 Ortley, SD $65,228 Peever, SD $65,315

Raymond, SD $65,348 Revillo, SD $65,323 Rosholt, SD $65,559 Roslyn, SD $65,205 Sisseton, SD $65,355 South Shore, SD $65,233 Stockholm, SD $65,234 Strandburg, SD $65,227

Summit, SD $65,231 Toronto, SD $65,329 Twin Brooks, SD $65,209 Veblen, SD $65,468

Software Quality Assurance Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Software Quality Assurance'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

$59,222

Average $64,208/year

$68,511

$4,935

Average $5,351/month

$5,709

$1,139

Average $1,235/week

$1,318

$28

Average $31/hour

$33

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$68,511	$5,709	$1,318	$33
Average	$64,208	$5,351	$1,235	$31
25th Percentile	$59,222	$4,935	$1,139	$28

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